Instrumental Pieces for Brass Band

Pre-Pop is has is a five-movement work composed for beginner bands and can be played with a minimum of four players (+ percussion). It is of course also suitable for a full beginner band. The five con...

Pre-Pop is has is a five-movement work composed for beginner bands and can be played with a minimum of four players (+ percussion). It is of course also suitable for a full beginner band. The five con...

To arrange one of the most beautiful organ fugues by the great classical composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) for brass band is certainly a demanding task. Klaas van der Woude has however perfor...

Eine der wunderbaren Orgelfugen des großen klassischen Komponisten Johann Sebastian Bach für Blasorchester zu bearbeiten, ist eine anspruchsvolle Aufgabe und Herausforderung, die Klaas van der Woude h...

Giulio Caccini (ca. 1550 - 1618), also known as Giulio Romano, was an Italian composer, singer, and lute player and is regarded as the founder of opera. Today, Caccini's music is receiving attention a...

Der monodische Stil ist in Caccinis Ave Maria leicht zu erkennen. Die Solostimme kann von verschiedenen Instrumenten übernommen werden, aber auch ein Gesangssolist ist möglich. Die Schlagzeugstimme is...

The popular Swedish children's series Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) is about an exceedingly strong and strong-willed little girl with red braids - who is the brainchild of Astrid Lindgre...

Pippi Langstrumpf, das ebenso starke wie eigenwillige Mädchen mit den roten Zöpfen, hat in Büchern, Filmen und Fernsehserien die Herzen der Kinder und jung Gebliebenen auf der ganzen Welt erobert. Unt...

This is best known as the theme from Rocky, the 1997 smash hit for composer, conductor and Oscar winner Bill Conti. The Italian composer Lorenzo Bocci has taken this exciting piece and made it accessi...

Gonna Fly Now, besser bekannt als das Theme from Rocky, war schon 1977 ein Riesenerfolg für den Komponisten, Orchesterleiter und Oscar-Gewinner Bill Conti, der sich auch mit Musik zu legendären U. S....

Chain was composed between June and August 2000 as the test piece for the 2002 European Brass Band Championship. The composer's idea was to compose a one-movement piece - a work that starts mysterious...

Adiós Nonino is an enchanting and passionate tango written by the Argentine composer and accordion player Astor Piazzolla. Although the piece was originally written for accordion Klaas van der Woude h...

Little Europe führt uns musikalisch durch acht europäische Länder: Belgien, Holland, Griechenland, Norwegen, Frankreich, England, Italien und Deutschland. Johan Nijs ist es in diesem Stück gelungen, d...

Five movements in techno-pop style. The work begins with Rock March with a few pithy chords over a driving percussion accompaniment. Feeling Free is a slow ballad. Rockarab is devoted to 'the ship of...

A Scottish Hymn is a chorale arrangement of a hymn composed by Charles Hutcheson, a Scottish merchant and amateur composer who lived from 1792 to 1860. This hymn was given the title 'Stracathro, ' a t...

Als Grundlage dieses Werkes diente die wunderschöne Psalmvertonung des schottischen Händlers und Laienkomponisten Charles Hutcheson aus dem Jahre 1832. Die Hymne, die den typisch schottischen Namen St...

Worn Down Piano was a huge hit for the Mark & Clark Band in 1977. This arrangement by Klaas van der Woude makes an entertaining piece with its tonal contrasts working exceptionally well for brass band...

Worn Down Piano was a huge hit for the Mark & Clark Band in 1977. This arrangement by Klaas van der Woude makes an entertaining piece with its tonal contrasts working exceptionally well for brass band...

Andrew Lloyd Webber was born in London, England in 1948 and has become probably the most well respected of all composers of musicals, with many of his works being household names. All I Ask of You is...

Let Me Weep ('Lascia ch'io pianga') is an aria from Handel's opera 'Rinaldo'. According to reports he composed the music for the complete opera in just 14 days, using many melodies from earlier works....