Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

The town of Schwenningen at the source of the Neckar inspired Wolfgang Wössner to compose this march song. In the trio he employed Friedrich Silcher's well-known folk song Am Neckar. The march is comp...

First Choice is a simple, nimble and cheerful March with an infectious melody, a snappy bass solo and a trio section that is based on a predominantly syncopated feel.

This festive piece of music was composed for the occasion of a long lasting friendship between a Belgian and a German wind band after having encountered for the first time in 1976, creating a strong b...

This festive piece of music was composed for the occasion of a long lasting friendship between a Belgian and a German wind band after having encountered for the first time in 1976, creating a strong b...

This joyful work begins with a powerful introduction, followed by a playful and light theme. The middle section introduces your bass players. A beautiful trio follows this, leading to a brilliant and...

These two 'railroad marches' (E7A and RS-2) are excellent examples of witty, contemporary compositional techniques, utilizing our most indigenous wind band forms - the extended concert march in E7A an...

Harvey and Allen Dodworth, Thomas Eaton, Patrick S. Gilmore, David L. Downing, Thomas Coates, and especially Claudio S. Grafulla. The current compilation is drawn from the band books of the Third Regi...

As with his march Fresena, Jacob de Haan assimilated a well-known folksong from his province of birth (Friesland) into this swinging composition. Both works originate from a festival suite that he onc...

In the course of the two centuries following the death of Henry Purcell in 1695, no British composer of any statue was apparent. Consequently, the break-through of Edward Elgar (1857-1934) as an inter...

Harm Evers showed his true character with this likeable march. With its interesting rhythms and unusual approach, this is sure to be memorable to musicians and audience alike.

76 Trombones comes from the musical The Music Man by Meredith Wilson, which was made into a film in 1962. In it, Professor Harold Wilson tells the children of the town how one day he witnessed numerou...

This hymn was commissioned by 'Antwerpen 93'. And this city, on the banks of the river Schelde has been nominated 'Cultural Capital of Europe' for 1993. The work-group 'animatie' took the initiative a...

Martenizza' is the Bulgarian word for the month March. This work describes an old custom in Bulgaria introduced to the composer was through Ivo Stoykov, a Bulgarian acquaintance. In accordance with tr...

Sonority - zu deutsch 'Klangfülle' - hält, was sein Titel verspricht: Peter Riedemanns Komposition ist ein prachtvoller Konzertmarsch im 6/8-Takt mit einem besonders melodischen Trio. Ein absoluter Gl...

Along with the movement In the King's Hall, The Homage March from Act III of Sigurd Jorsalfar remains one of the most popular Scandinavian pieces of classical music. This arrangement has, once again,...

Along with the movement In the King's Hall, The Homage March from Act III of Sigurd Jorsalfar remains one of the most popular Scandinavian pieces of classical music. This arrangement has, once again,...

A spectacular dive via an extended chromatic scale immediately submerges us in a charged and somewhat archaic-feeling atmosphere. Trumpets, horns and trombones resound in rhythmic patterns, buttressed...

Minerva by Jan Van der Roost was composed on the commission of the German 'Musikverein Braunshausen' on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the orchestra. The composition, first performed on Septe...

This concert overture, which has the air of a symphonic poem, takes its inspiration from an ancient Roman bridge. A massive introduction, a threatening allegro and alternating virtuoso and chorale the...

Dieser originale Marsch orientiert sich an der Marschform, wie sie im späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert von vielen Blasorchestern gespielt wurde. Sousas Stil wird zweifellos immer populär sein, ga...

Following in the footsteps of Ceremonial March, Mercury, Arsenal and Minerva, Helios is a concert march in the tradition of grand English marches. In the first passage several connected themes are dev...

Everest is the name of a restaurant on the 40th floor of a skyscraper in Chicago. In 2003 the composer Jacob de Haan had dinner there together with his publishers and other fellow composers. The idea...

Der Komponist Itaru Skai fand die Inspiration zu diesem Stück in der wunderschönen Landschaft von Yakushima, einer Insel im Südwesten Japans. Yakushima besitzt tiefe Wälder mit mehr als 1000 Jahre alt...