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Banditen-Galopp, Op. 378, by Johann Strauss II is a work brimming with energy, wit, and brilliance. True to the spirit of the galop, this very fast dance immediately sweeps the audience into a rousing...

The Bacchanale from the opera *Samson et Dalila* is one of Camille Saint-Saëns’s best-known orchestral works. At the beginning of the third act, it depicts the magnificent festival of the Philistines...

The Bacchanale from the opera *Samson et Dalila* is one of Camille Saint-Saëns’s best-known orchestral works. At the beginning of the third act, it depicts the magnificent festival of the Philistines...

With this suite for brass quintet, David Sampson paints a striking musical portrait of Chesapeake Bay and the maritime world of Annapolis. In four contrasting movements, the composer creates colorful...

Exact instrumentation: small Eb-flugelhorn, cornet, horn, trombone, ophicleide (or 2 cornets, horn, trombone, euphonium or 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba) These 12 quintets, composed between 1848 an...

RASS'N ROLL is a scherzo for brass ensemble and percussion (16 brass players and 4 percussionists), composed in a decidedly energetic and contemporary style. The work explores a distinctive rhythmic u...

Gerónimo Giménez (1854-1923) was a Spanish conductor and composer, who dedicated his career to writing zarzuelas, such as La Tempranica and La Boda de Luis Alonso. In 1885, he was named director of th...

For 'Eastwind', Jean-François Michel was cleverly inspired by the rich Balkan or Eastern European musical folklore, which was introduced by the gypsies in countless variations wherever they settled. T...

A day like many others with special and sometimes unique moments and feelings: a spiritual calling which touches you deeply; an exciting encounter that you're anxiously waiting for; a grey sky that re...

One aspect when writing for brass quintet that has always interested me has been all the available color and timbre possibilities. My first brass quintet, Four Sketches (BIM ENS48 - 1990), explored a...

A Short Take on Love was originally intended for a trombone octet and was premiered several years ago by the ensemble "Bone Machine," which the composer had the pleasure of conducting. As the title su...

These three pieces taken from Monteverdi's opera 'Orfeo' ('La favola d'Orfeo, 1607) were instrumental interludes to be played between scenes. The famous 'Toccata', which Monteverdi also used in his Ve...

Jan Koetsier writes within a given form and develops the material according to rigid structural frameworks, while his musical lines are distinguished by a rich melodic and rhythmic imagination. His wo...

Four Sketches for brass quintet (version 1989) was commissioned by Mel Jernigan and the St. Louis Brass Quintet (USA) and has undergone almost a complete metamorphosis since its premiere in St. Louis...

Jack Gallagher (*1947) graduated cum laude from Hofstra University with a Bachelor of Arts and earned a master's and doctoral degree in composition from Cornell University in the United States. His te...

Brass quintet and organ (or 2 brass quintets) Fanfare for Canterbury Cathedral was written for and first performed at Canterbury Cathedral, March 11, 1979 by the Delbarton Brass Ensemble, to whom the...

Alexander Arutiunian’s Concert Scherzo is a brilliant and virtuosic work that celebrates instrumental brilliance and agility. Composed in 1955, this striking piece unfolds a musical language of great...

The title of this work, K-1, refers to the Japanese martial art of the same name. I am not a fan of these sports, but when Steve Rosse - known for his powerful tuba playing - asked me to write somethi...

Liberation of Sisyphus was composed in the spring of 1990. The work was commissioned by Roger Bobo and written especially for him. The premiere took place in August 1990 in Sapporo, Japan, during the...

A stroll through the autumn leaves in November: This warm, autumnal, and lyrical duet for trumpet and trombone, accompanied by a colorful piano part, unfolds an intimate, conversational dialogue betwe...

*Entrance/Exit* for brass quintet is a striking and captivating work composed in 2004 as a gift to the renowned American Brass Quintet, honoring the composer’s fruitful and ongoing collaboration with...

Chants and Flourishes for double brass quintet was commissioned to mark the American Brass Quintet’s fiftieth anniversary. The work continues my ongoing collaboration with the ABQ, which began in 1986...