Concert Pieces for Brass Band

This work describes an orchestra which, after intensive preparation, enters the stage for a competition with great inner tension and joyful excitement. The faster and more difficult passages - but als...

Rōnin were masterless Japanese samurai during the feudal period from 1185 to 1868. A samurai could become masterless if his master died, was removed from office by the shōgunate or if he fell out of f...

Rōnin were masterless Japanese samurai during the feudal period from 1185 to 1868. A samurai could become masterless if his master died, was removed from office by the shōgunate or if he fell out of f...

Prophecy was inspired by Heroic Fantasy, an epic literary genre that also appears in comics, films and video games. The story usually focuses on a hero who moves in a medieval fantasy world featuring...

Es war einmal... - ein König!', werden meine kleinen Leser sofort rufen. Nein, Kinder, da irrt ihr euch! Es war einmal - ein Stück Holz. ... so beginnt die Geschichte. Geppetto, ein armer italienische...

Das Werk beschreibt die Schönheit der Bucht von Plymouth. Die Komposition basiert auf zwei Themen: Als Erstes eine lyrische Melodie, als Zweites ein marziales Thema, welches die militärische Geschicht...

Die Ísterreichische Blasmusikjugend vergab für den 5. Ísterreichischen Jugend-Blasorchester-Wettbewerb, der im Oktober 2011 in Linz stattfindet, fünf Auftragskompositionen. Der Auftrag für ein Werk in...

Großformat (A4 hoch)

Törbel, a small village in the mountain region of Valais (CH), lives from its rich landscape and the many small watermills. Mario Bürki has wonderfully captured the life and landscape of this region i...

Großformat (A4 hoch)

Großformat (A4 hoch)

Norwegian folk song, arranged by Ray Steadman-Allen as a flugel horn solo.

Composed during the summer of 1988. Commissioned by The Norwegian Brass Band Club First performed in the Grieg Hall at the 10th Anniversary Concert for the Norwegian Championship, Bergen, February 198...

Ray Steadman-Allen's lovely, atmospheric piece of music. Based on a well-known Scandinavian childrens's hymne, 'Ingen er s? trygg i fare' (Children of the Heavenly Father).

A suite in three movements by Ray Steadman-Allen, based on the Norwegian folk song 'P? Kl?rfjell der kvelver seg borgi sa rein'. The work opens with the melody in the flugel horn, and the theme is the...

Fanitullen is a lively, beautiful 'Sl?tt', i. e. an old Norwegian melody which is played on a traditional 'Hardingfele' (Hardanger fiddle). Because of its violent rhythm and exciting character, playin...

The composer: A short concert-opener where I use Norwegian folk-tunes. I wanted to create a short musical picture of the Vikings running from the seashore towards some people they wanted to fight down...

Melancholy and romance in a contemporary setting. A small but brilliant gem of sonority based on a melody by the Norwegian composer Halfdan Kjerulf (1815-1868). Romance and a full command of timbre ar...

Wonderfull piece. Cornet section has tacet in this composition.

Commissioned by Manger School Band and their conductor (at that time) Bjoern Sagstad in 1990. He wanted a calm, slow piece of music. Nocturne means 'night music'. It does not reflect a particular drea...

This piece was commissioned by Nordhordland Brass Seminar in 1990 and written for a youth band. The title referes to a story from norse mythology. 'The Binding of the Wolf' is not a programmatic piec...

The idyllic village Beetsterzwaag, in the east of Friesland, and its surroundings are depicted in this suite. The first part describes the main street with its liveliness. The second part brings us to...