Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Studying and performing this piece can be lots of fun. All the musicians have to do is imagine themselves on an energetic parade of animals, like a circus train, traveling through the country side. Li...

This piece was commissioned by Japan Ground Self Defense Force Western Army Band. In the programme note for the première the composer wrote: 'I am always impressed by the expansive earth and sparkling...

The commissioner of this piece, a conductor and friend of the composer, asked Satoshi Yagisawa to compose an item in the choral style of some of his earlier works. The result is the classic warm and g...

This piece was commissioned by Oyama City Symphonic Wind Orchestra to commemorate their 30th Anniversary. The composer was inspired by Oyama City's slogan, 'water, green and earth', to write this fest...

Le Lion de Belfort was composed for the official inauguration of the sculpture Le Lion de Belfort : an enormous red sandstone lion that dominates the landscape of the French city of Belfort. This 22 m...

The Atlas Symphony for symphonic wind band is an impressive and subtle work, thematically complex, with a rich orchestration, but also great beauty. The composer was keen to draw a parallel between an...

The Wooden Soldier is a short and simple piece commissioned by the Singapore Ministry of Education. It was originally intended as a compulsory piece for the 2012 Singapore Youth Festival. Because many...

The Soldier's Wife is a short and simple piece commissioned by the Singapore Ministry of Education. It was originally intended as a compulsory piece for the 2012 Singapore Youth Festival. Because many...

The Book of Urizen is a fascinating two-part composition for wind orchestra, soprano voice and a speaking voice that works with unusual soundscapes. The work takes its inspiration from the cycle of po...

This composition was written on the occasion of the golden jubilee of the De Pinte wind band. This is also the derivation of Latin title Aureus (golden-from the word aurum, or gold). This work is comp...

The inspiration for this three-part work goes back to the International European Youth Wind Music Festival, of which the patron has been Jacob de Haan several times. It begins in a festive march tempo...

KYO-WA is a suite in three movements - Fanfare, Chorale and March, which composer Satoshi Yagisawa wrote individually year on year between 2008 and 2010 for a symphonic wind band. The word KYO in the...

This piece was commissioned by Horikoshi High School Wind Ensemble. The director and conductor of the ensemble, Takashi Yoshizawa, has been a close friend of Satoshi Yagisawa since the inception of th...

This work was especially composed for a concert series that was characterised by a variety of musical directions. These musical directions are captured in Campus Intrada, which was named after the Cul...

Here's a cheerful piece for young - and perhaps incomplete - ensembles, which portrays a tropical island. Syncopated motifs create bags of swing. Great fun for young musicians and their audience who,...

Jan Van der Roost wrote this festive overture for the Yokohama Art Festival. The theme is an obvious reflection of the vibrant, dynamic city of Yokohama. The chorale-like moments in this energetic and...

The Other Side was written as a farewell to a loved one. Following the melancholy theme of mourning in a minor key we also hear the happy memories in major key and also the knowledge that the person w...

A brief introduction leads to a majestic theme in the clarinets, supported by pounding percussion beats, before the brass section takes up the theme in a quicker, heroic fashion. In Statue of Liberty...

A brief introduction leads into a majestic theme in the clarinets, supported by pounding beats in the percussion, before the brass present the theme more quickly and in a dignified manner. In Statue o...

High Voltage is an especially energetic composition in the big band style. The blaring brass and the ornate interplay of the woodwinds lend this work great character and conviction. In the second half...

High Voltage ist eine ganz besonders energiereiche Komposition im Bigband-Stil. Schmetterndes Blech und kunstvolles Spiel der Holzbläser verleihen diesem dynamischen Werk viel Charakter und Überzeugun...

Homage besteht aus sechs Variationen über ein originales Thema im Renaissance-Stil. Geschrieben als Pflichtstück für das ‚Gouden Spiker Festival' in Friesland (Niederlande), eignet es sich als anspruc...

Sacramento, in the American state of California, is also known as River City - which is also the name of the concert band that commissioned Jacob de Haan to write this sonorous, lyrical work on the oc...

Villariacum is Roman for the town 'Wilrijk' (Belgium) and was composed for its 1250th Anniversary. This work is all about this celebration and is a kind of musical tour through the beautiful town. A s...

Villariacum is Roman for the town 'Wilrijk' (Belgium) and was composed for its 1250th Anniversary. This work is all about this celebration and is a kind of musical tour through the beautiful town. A s...