Advanced Sheet Music for Concert Band

The medieval song 'Halewijn' tells the fascinating story about a murderer of women who is finally killed himself. This subject is set to music by Gerard Boedijn in his symphonic poem ' Halewijn '. Thi...

Drieluik is one of the pearls in the repertoire, which is specifically written for wind band. It is an interesting piece in a contemporary idiom that was written ahead of its time (1969). This is a re...

'Eli, Eli' short for Eli, Eli lema sabacthani refers to the biblical text from the gospel of Matthew. The composition doesn't intend any direct relationship with Christianity but refers to the loss of...

Roman Festivals is a symphonic poem composed in 1928, and the third orchestral work from Respighi's Roman Trilogy. Each of the four movements describes a scene from ancient Rome. The first movement, C...

The composition Guggisberg Fantasie is based on a beloved and well known Swiss folksong. This song from the 17th century tells the sad story of two lovers who can never be together. The girl Verena is...

This composition was written at the request of the symphonic wind band 'Na Lang Streven” from Klaaswaal, to celebrate their 100th anniversary. As a starting point the English translation of the book A...

This four-movement work was written following the experience of the composer's two years as principal bassist with the National Symphony in El Salvador during the late 1970s, where he witnessed politc...

Commissioned by the Dallas Wind Symphony, this three-movement work is based on three mythological characters that have the ability to fly. Movements include: I - Pegasus; II - Sweet Melusine; III - Ph...

An early work written in 1908 while the composer was still studying with Rimsky-Korsakov, 'Fireworks' is dedicated to his teacher's daught Nadia and her husband Maximilian Steinberg, and gave the youn...

European Parts

This piece was selected for the 29th Symposium for New Band Music in Virginia, has been presented at national and regional composition and band conferences, and received an honorable memtion in the co...

This is Kees Vlak's most ambitious composition. Before writing this work, the composer listened for many hours to a most gifted bass clarinet player. So he discovered that the instrument ranges over f...

It was his charming wife Raphaële, a fine harpist, who drew Serge Lancen's attention to the harp. He has written various works for this instrument, such as: 'Pour Raphaële', 'Duo Concertant' for harp...

Sing in me muses. Tell them the story of that man, who wandered for years.' These are the first lines of Homer's most famous epos, the Odyssey, and the first lyrics of the choir in Alex Poelman's seco...

Auftragswerk für das Musikkorps der Bundeswehr unter Leitung von Oberstleutnant Christoph Scheibling

Auftragswerk für das Musikkorps der Bundeswehr unter Leitung von Oberstleutnant Christoph Scheibling

In unseren turbulenten Zeiten muss man sich manchmal Ruheoasen schaffen und in Gedanken schwelgen. Das romantische Stück 'A scheana Zeit' von Herbert Hornig das von den besonders schönen Zeiten mit se...