Concert Pieces for Concert Band

Gustav Mahler composed his 'Wunderhornlieder' (Songs from the Youth's Magic Horn) between 1892 and 1901. Just half of the Wunderhornlieder have military subjects but beside those there are songs with...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Originally written for piano in 1890, Debussy's 'Rêverie' was one of his earlier works in his career as a composer. The gentle and repetitive theme at the beginning of the piece feels as if a person f...

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and someti...

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and someti...

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and someti...

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and someti...

Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928) has been inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style and along with Dvorák and Smetana, he is considered one of...

Czech composer Leos Janácek (1854-1928) has been inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style and along with Dvorák and Smetana, he is considered one of...

The fast polka 'Auf der Jagd' opus 373 is one of six dance arrangements of melodies from Johann Strauss' operetta 'Cagliostro in Wien' which was premiered in February 1875. The polka received its firs...

The fast polka 'Auf der Jagd' opus 373 is one of six dance arrangements of melodies from Johann Strauss' operetta 'Cagliostro in Wien' which was premiered in February 1875. The polka received its firs...

In 1876, Edvard Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt', at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestr...

In 1876, Edvard Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt', at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestr...

In 1876, Edvard Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt", at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestr...

In 1876, Edvard Grieg created incidental music for the premiere of Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt", at the request of the author. Many of the pieces from this work became very popular in the form of orchestr...

Premiered in January 1893 'Fürstin Ninetta', Strauss's twelfth operetta, was quite a success, running for 76 performances at the 'Theater an der Wien'. The story is filled with misunderstandings and c...

Premiered in January 1893 'Ninetta', Strauss's twelfth operetta, was quite a success, running for 76 performances at the 'Theater an der Wien'. The story is filled with misunderstandings and complicat...

Premiered in January 1893 'Ninetta', Strauss's twelfth operetta, was quite a success, running for 76 performances at the 'Theater an der Wien'. The story is filled with misunderstandings and complicat...

The 'Serenade for Strings in E minor', Op. 20 was written by Edward Elgar in March 1892 and first performed in private in that year, by the Worcester Ladies' Orchestral Class, with the composer conduc...

The 'Serenade for Strings in E minor', Op. 20 was written by Edward Elgar in March 1892 and first performed in private in that year, by the Worcester Ladies' Orchestral Class, with the composer conduc...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The eighth dance from the first se...

The 'Slavonic Dances' are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvorák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. The eighth dance from the first se...

In 1909, Gabriel Fauré, Director of the Paris Conservatoire, named Claude Debussy to its Board of Directors. In July, Debussy sat on the jury for the conservatory's annual woodwind 'concours' (exit ex...