Advanced Sheet Music for Concert Band

A Sinfonietta is a 'small symphony', so it is a composition that does not boast the length of a real symphony (although this could be the case) and so allows the composer to take some liberties. In th...

1. Harvest Dance - Phoeboia II Like many of the inhabited planets Phoebia II was first colonized by the survivors of a spaceship crash. There is no certainty as to where these survivors originated fro...

The Gulf War began with the invasion and annexation of Kuwiat by the Iraqi army on August 2nd 1990. Following authorization from the UN Security Council, the Allies conducted an operation called Deser...

Ton van Grevenbroek selected some picturesque pages from Arnold's soundtrack score.

A game of chess took place in London between two great masters, Anderssen (English) and Kiesevitzki (Russian). That game was regarded as one of the most beautiful ever played in history. That was the...

Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) was one of the leading figures in the musical world of the early nineteenth century, being active as well in Paris, London and Vienna as in his home country Italy. He becam...

Amando Blanquer Ponsoda (1935-2005) is born in Alicante. Entornos is a symphony for band in three parts: Allegro Grazioso, Lento and Fanfarria y Coral. It is written in a tonal idiom and boasts an ext...

This is the fourth movement of the five-part suite 'Nomenclatura' commissioned by the Dutch Customs Band 'Douane Harmonie Nederland'. This movement is a quiet ballad, that could be considered as a qui...

The Flemish composer and arranger Marcel Peeters has certainly influenced the wind band repertoire of the last decade. With his usual talent he arranged some fine cartoon melodies into a relaxing medl...

In this nice five-part suite, Marcel Peeters (Antwerp, 1926) draws a musical portrait of the 20th century. By means of five legendary car types, each of them referring to a specific period, suggested...

April in Paris is the high water mark for Count Basie's legendary orchestra. A great arrangement from our number one arranger, Marcel Peeters

The title ' a life, a day ' or ' life as one day ' is the basis of the musical contents of this composition. It consists of five parts and is written in a neo baroque style, combining a number of baro...

The Greek mythology relates us how the young hero Theseus kills the monster Minotaur, escapes from the Knossos labyrinth thanks to Ariadne's thread and finally marries the Queen of the Amazons. This s...

Somewhere in a park in China you can find the Dragon's Fountain. According to legend, long ago a dragon with three heads was slain in a fierce combat. According to the story, in order to express its a...

This composition, subtitled 'Light after Darkness' starts in a rather mysterious mood, but soon turns into a solemn, serious and impressive adagio. With its rich orchestration this short but most effe...