Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Bring pure joie de vivre and infectious energy to the concert stage! With the unforgettable hit 'Comment Ça Va', your concert band brings an absolute crowd-pleaser to the program. This beloved classic...

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While studying at Harvard University he conducted the university symphonic band. In 1936 he was engaged as arranger with the famous 'Bo...

Commissioned for the World Music Festival in Kerkrade, Holland, in July 1993, this work was completed in the summer of 1992, with the composer reading the final proofs in November of that year. The mu...

A Sinfonietta is a 'small symphony', so it is a composition that does not boast the length of a real symphony (although this could be the case) and so allows the composer to take some liberties. In th...

The associated artists Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II played a prominent role in the history of the American musical. Their collaboration started in 1943 and resulted immediately in the big...

This suggestive novelty describes the somewhat jerky behaviour of the 'lazy robots' performing a kind of clumsy and yet comic dance.

Immerse yourself in the rich, resonant world of "Deep Harmony," a moving piece that showcases the full tonal depth and warmth of the concert band. Published by the renowned Molenaar Edition, this impr...

The Salsa is a mixture of jazz, rock and Afro-Cuban music that was born in the seventies in New York. This musical genre, based on Caribbean rhythmical patterns, gives way to a lot of improvisation. T...

This world famous song is either of Scottish or Irish origin. Whether the text refers to the emotion caused by the conversion of John Newton or to the joy caused by the rescue of a sailor in danger ca...

A new composer and a new sound. This piece 'Cycles and myths' sounds quite modern and brings a mix of contemporary rhythmical sounds alternating with more quiet intermezzi. This composition will, no d...

Concertino for Piccolo and Band is a work commissioned by and dedicated to Fernando Marinho. Attempts to portrait musically a little of what Fernando is... Energetic, always willing to do more and on...

This is what Chris Hazell, the composer, had to say about 'Three Brass Cats': 'Some years ago I had four cats in the house - all were strays and decided that I was a soft touch when it came to free bo...

Fleodrum was composed for the Fanfare Wilhelmina Vlierden band. The title of the work refers to the earliest formation of the village of Vlierden in a title deed from 721 to Willibrodus. The piece com...

This piece was commissioned by Kunstfactor in the Netherlands. This work has been written in a contemporary but accessible idiom. The composition describes three different clouds: 1. Cumulus. Cumulus...

This composition tells the ancient Japanese legend of Amaterasu, goddess of the Sun. Amaterasu, the sun goddess had a very glamorous and dazzling ppearance. When her brother Susanoo the storm god come...

The symphonic poem 'The Island of the Light' illustrates legends and places of the island of Minorca. In ' Cova d'enXoroi ' the listener can hear the legend of a Moor nicknamed Xoroi, who after a pira...

The symphonic poem 'The Island of the Light' illustrates legends and places of the island of Minorca. In ' Cova d'enXoroi ' the listener can hear the legend of a Moor nicknamed Xoroi, who after a pira...

Fontane di Roma is the first suite from Respighi's Roman Trilogy. In this suite the fountains of Rome are musically depicted. La Fontana di Valle Giullia all'alba is a musical image of these fountains...

Ein heiterer, swingender Charleston von Walter Schneider für Blasorchester, bei dem man nur schwer die Füsse stillhalten kann.

Des Jägers Abschied (Solostück von Robert Payer)

1. Andulko Safarova 2. Hoj, Marenko 3. Koline, Koline 4. Ceska Musika (Tschechische Musik) 5. Jarabßcek 6. Jara Mlßdi

Aram Chatschaturjan (1903-1978) zählte zu den bekanntesten und beliebtesten Komponisten der ehemaligen Sowjetunion. Geboren am südlichen Rand der UDSSR, in Armenien, absolvierte er von 1922-1937 seine...

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