Christmas Concert Works for Band

This composition for concert band was commissioned by Orchesterverein Wadgassen e. V. (Saarland/Germany) and its conductor Holger Jakobs. Thomas Doss has depicted the legend of the knight Maldix vom L...

In composing Puszta, Jan Van der Roost wrote folk dances related to Slavonic folk music. Its character and sounds are comparable to the Hungarian and Slavonic dances by Brahms and Dvorak and to the Hu...

Jacob de Haan thus draws inspiration from very different things. Travels abroad, walks, everyday experiences. But also experiences from the past. During his conservatory years, Jacob de Haan played in...

Variazioni in Blue besteht aus einer Reihe von Variationen, die auf melodischen Blueselementen wie die 'blue notes' beruhen. Einer ornamentalen Variation im klassischen Stil schliesst sich eine Blues-...

T-Square is a Japanese jazz fusion band that was formed in 1978. They became famous in the late 70s and early 80s, amongst other Japanese fusion bands. One of their most popular songs is "Omens of Lov...

This piece takes you on a journey to the sunny Californian city of Pasadena. The piece reflects two contrasting aspects of the city,. Firstly the serene expressive side with exquisite statues, works o...

This opening piece by Japanese composer Satoshi Yagisawa expresses joy, gratitude, hope and courage. The three sections are performed without interruption. We hear 'Joy' in the brilliant introduction,...

2011 was a disastrous year for Japan: on March 11 the northeast of the country suffered a violent earthquake, which triggered a huge tsunami and caused massive damage to people and the environment. Th...

Like the Eagle, We Soar and Rise was commissioned by Yuying Secondary School Concert Band and Yuying Alumni Association for the 2010 centenary of the school's foundation. The piece was named by a frie...

Belvedere is a beautiful solo for trumpet or flugel horn and is partly taken from City Scapes, a concert work that was inspired by Central Park in New York City. The title Belvedere refers to 'Belvede...

Belvedere is a beautiful solo for trumpet or flugel horn and is partly taken from City Scapes, a concert work that was inspired by Central Park in New York City. The title Belvedere refers to 'Belvede...

Tarjan, Hungarian Pictures' is a work in three movements commissioned by the town of Vesoul and its concert band. This work pays tribute to Jean-Marie Goux, the band's former musical director, who had...

Rosa Gallica' has been written to commemorate the centenary of the First World War. The work focuses largely on France as a lot of the fighting took place there. With the title Rosa Gallica (French ro...

The myth of El Dorado ('the golden one') stems from the story of a powerful chief who used to cover himself with gold dust before bathing in a sacred lake where he threw precious objects as offerings...

With this work, composer Jacob de Haan depicts a procession of the inhabitants of the Basque town Zumarraga to the hermitage of Santa Mar a La Antigua in the mountains nearby. The music, that has care...

A wonderful new work by Satoshi Yagisawa in which flowers are the focal point. This work honours the official registration of the Dendrobium ‘Yishun Primary School' in The International Orchid Registe...

Four roads lead to Santiago', so begins the Book of the Pilgrim. Written in the 12th century, the Codex Calixtinus opened the way for pilgrimage from most cities in Europe and North Africa to Santiago...

These days, many concert bands celebrate their centenary - this provided a good reason to compose the Centennial Celebration. This work has a festive, harmonious and optimistic vibe. A joyful introduc...

This work is not only about the flow of the Doubs, Ranceuse and Roide rivers that converge at Pont-de-Roide but also about the flow of life and history of this French town. The composition begins fest...

On 22 January 1963, the signing of the Élysée Treaty between France and Germany marked the beginning of a solid relationship of cooperation and friendship, embodying the reconciliation of two nations...

Knocking at Heaven's Gate brings us into brief contact with heaven through music. There are beautiful solos for euphonium and flugelhorn in the piece, and the trumpets and trombones also play an impor...

Knocking at Heaven's Gate brings us into brief contact with heaven through music. There are beautiful solos for euphonium and flugelhorn in the piece, and the trumpets and trombones also play an impor...

The work Sonoritas was commissioned by the Kaohsiung City Wind Orchestra, a professional wind orchestra from Taiwan, and premiered on September 10, 2023 at the beautiful Kaohsiung Weiwuying Concert Ha...

The work Sonoritas was commissioned by the Kaohsiung City Wind Orchestra, a professional wind orchestra from Taiwan, and premiered on September 10, 2023 at the beautiful Kaohsiung Weiwuying Concert Ha...

Already in ancient times, a wooden double-reed instrument called aulos existed on the eastern Mediterranean coast. Images of it have been discovered in various countries that are thousands of years ol...