Alex Poelman Sheet Music for Concert Band

This is the very first composition which Alex Poelman wrote for symphonic band. The work describes the contrast between the beauty of the volcanoes and their destructive power.

In the Ancient World the seven most beautiful monuments were called 'The seven Wonders of the World'. In his Symphony nr.1, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' the young Dutch composer Alex Poelma...

In the Ancient World the seven most beautiful monuments were called 'The seven Wonders of the World'. In his Symphony nr.1, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' the young Dutch composer Alex Poelma...

This pieces D-Day describes that historical day. Water, fog banks, fear, panic, assault, guns, victims... The composition reaches its culminating point in the final choral 'abide with me'. An impressi...

The composition 'Nahr-Al-Alwaan' (the river of colours) describes the course of a river. Raindrops and snow flakes give birth to the river in the mountains. Several small brooks flow into the river wh...

This composition is based on an old Chinese myth about the constellation Draco which is still to be seen in the firmament between the Great Bear and the Little Bear. The Chinese people believed that w...

The composition 'Pegasus' tells us the legend of the mythological flying horse. The birth of Pegasus, his integration with the stars, his spectacular flights and the sufferings of Bellerophon are desc...

On a small island between Indonesia and Australia every year a strange event takes place. Out of the dense forest millions of red crabs start their journey to the other site of the island. This amazin...

Selkies were creatures, which looked something like grey seals. They were guardians of the sea, and protected the sailors navigating their passages across the ocean. Once a year they would come ashore...

When an Egyptian hero fell on the battlefield he entered the underworld named Duat. There he had to fulfill his last task: pass through all the gates guarded by monstrous creatures and enter Aaru (par...

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...