Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

This wonderful arrangement by Toshihiko Sahashi is based on themes taken from the massive output of master-composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Several well-known melodies are combined with modern pop st...

Salzburg, birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, inspired Dutch composer Henk Hogestein to write this musical tribute. Mozart was born in this charming Austrian town in January 1756. He was a musical...

Salzburg, die bezaubernde österreichische Stadt an der Salzach verdankt ihre Berühmtheit vor allem den jährlich stattfindenden Salzburger Festspielen. Charming Salzburg basiert auf einem Thema aus der...

Der Aufzug der Meistersinger stammt aus dem dritten Akt von Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Wagners einziger 'leichter' Oper. Rund zwanzig Jahre lang hat er an einer stimmigen dramatischen Handlung, g...

Berlioz war von der Instrumentationskunst Meyerbeers begeistert und ganz sicher beeinflusste Meyerbeer große Kompinisten wie Verdi und R. Wagner. Dieser Coronation March (Krönungsmarsch) aus Le Prophè...

Giacomo Puccini composed Gianni Schicchi in 1918. It was the third opera of Il trittico (a trilogy). O mio babbino caro is a famous arietta sung by Gianni Schicchi's daughter Lauretta. The song is ver...

O Mio Babbino Caro ist eine der berühmtesten Opernarien Puccinis überhaupt. Sie stammt aus der Oper Gianni Schicchi, dem dritten Teil einer Opern-Trilogie. Die Harfe, die im Original eine zentrale Rol...

Zu Johannes Brahms berühmtesten Kompositionen zählen neben zahlreichen Liedern und Klavierwerken auch vier Sinfonien. Andrew Watkin wählte das Hauptthema aus der 1. Sinfonie und schuf daraus ein leich...

Wonderful! But, aren't there too many notes?' asked the emperor Joseph II. 'No, all notes are necessary. This is new music, ' replied Mozart. This is a famous anecdote about the premiere of the opera...

Wonderful! But, aren't there too many notes?' asked the emperor Joseph II. 'No, all notes are necessary. This is new music, ' replied Mozart. This is a famous anecdote about the premiere of the opera...

Eduard Strauss, the third son of Johann Strauss the Elder, was born on March 15, 1835, in Vienna. Originally, Eduard looked for employment in the diplomatic service, but he also studied music theory....

The operetta The Gipsy Baron is, together with Die Fledermaus (The Bat), the most famous theatre work by Johann Strauss Jr. A libretto full of romance, original musical ideas, compelling Viennese danc...

Franz Lehár was born in Komárom, Hungary on 30th April 1870. From the age of fifteen he received composition and violin lessons at the Prague conservatory from Antonín Dvorák. In 1905 he composed The...

The melody of Bundeslied originates from Mozart's' Frimaurerkantate (KV62) from 1791. However research has shown evidence that it was probably composed by Johann Holzer, a freemason brother of his, bu...