Christmas Concert Works for Band

Die lustige Witwe, composed by Franz Franz Lehar is one of the absolute highlights in the whole operetta-repertoire. The duet Lippen schweigen - Love unspoken - is a waltz in a very romantic mood sung...

Die lustige Witwe, composed by Franz Franz Lehar is one of the absolute highlights in the whole operetta-repertoire. The duet Lippen schweigen - Love unspoken - is a waltz in a very romantic mood sung...

The Oratorio de NoÙl, opus 112 was composed in 1858 and is one of the four oratorios he wrote.It is scored for five soloists (soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor and baritone) four-part mixed choir, s...

The Oratorio de NoÙl, opus 112 was composed in 1858 and is one of the four oratorios he wrote.It is scored for five soloists (soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor and baritone) four-part mixed choir, s...

Until nowadays, La Traviata is still one of the most successful opera's in the music-literature. Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed this opera in 1853 and it belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middl...

Until nowadays, La Traviata is still one of the most successful operas in the music-literature. Giuseppe Verdi composed this opera in 1853 and it belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middle period o...

Despite its title Kodaly's Dances of Galanta is not so much a dance-suite as a symphonic poem.The dances in this piece are derived from the 18th-century Verbunkos, a characteristic Hungarian dance of...

Despite its title Kodaly's Dances of Galanta is not so much a dance-suite as a symphonic poem.The dances in this piece are derived from the 18th-century Verbunkos, a characteristic Hungarian dance of...

Until nowadays, La Traviata is still one of the most successful opera's in the music-literature. Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed this opera in 1853 and it belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middl...

Until nowadays, La Traviata is still one of the most successful opera's in the music-literature. Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed this opera in 1853 and it belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middl...

Otto Nicolai's last opera Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor is the only one left and also his only one in German language. It is still one of the most performed opera's in Germany opera houses. The aria...

Carmen' is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment. The Toreadorsong is sung in the second act of the opera: the famous b...

The original manuscript of Neruda's (c.1708) Concerto in Eb Major is found in the Music Department of the National Museum in Prague and is titled: Concerto a Corno Primo del Sig. Neruda. Nowadays it b...

The original manuscript of Neruda's (c.1708) Concerto in Eb Major is found in the Music Department of the National Museum in Prague and is titled: Concerto a Corno Primo del Sig. Neruda. Nowadays it b...

The Coronation Mass of March 1779 is said to have been composed for the coronation of an image of the Virgin in the church of Maria Plain near Salzburg, though there is no evidence to support this. In...

The Coronation Mass of March 1779 is said to have been composed for the coronation of an image of the Virgin in the church of Maria Plain near Salzburg, though there is no evidence to support this. In...

Joseph Joseph Haydn's (1732-1809) last solo concerto was composed to help with an experiment: in an effort to break through the Trumpet's limitations Anton Weidinger - a Trumpeter of the Vienna Court...

Joseph Joseph Haydn's (1732-1809) last solo concerto was composed to help with an experiment: in an effort to break through the Trumpet's limitations Anton Weidinger - a Trumpeter of the Vienna Court...

The aria Stride la vampa - blazing flames - is sung by the gipsy woman Azucena in the second act of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore whilst she is staring into the campfire and telling the story of...

The aria Stride la vampa - blazing flames - is sung by the gipsy woman Azucena in the second act of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore whilst she is staring into the campfire and telling the story of...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the greatest Italian opera-composer, composed his opera La Forza del Destino in 1862. The 'ronda' Compagni, Sostiamo is sung in the third act: a Spanish military c...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the greatest Italian opera-composer, composed his opera La Forza del Destino in 1862. The 'ronda' Compagni, Sostiamo is sung in the third act: a Spanish military c...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the greatest Italian opera-composer, composed his opera La Forza del Destino in 1862. The famous Rataplan is sung at the end of the third act by the gipsy girl Pre...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), the greatest Italian opera-composer, composed his opera La Forza del Destino in 1862. The famous Rataplan is sung at the end of the third act by the gipsy girl Pre...

Giuseppe Giuseppe Verdi composed his opera Rigoletto in 1851 and together with La Traviata (1853) and Il Trovatore (1853), this opera belongs to the top of Giuseppe Verdi's middle period of composing....