Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Bei dem Duett, das Johan de Meij meisterlich für Blasorchester umsetzte, handelt es sich um Dio, che nell' alma infondere aus dem zweiten Akt von Giuseppe Verdis berühmter Oper Don Carlo. In diesem Du...

Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano is the last aria that tenor-role Dick Johnson (the bandit Ramerrez) sings before his death sentence is carried out. Puccini's opera La Fanciulla del West is set in Am...

Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano is the last aria that tenor-role Dick Johnson (the bandit Ramerrez) sings before his death sentence is carried out. Puccini's opera La Fanciulla del West is set in Am...

Giacomo Puccini was commissioned to write a second opera after the resounding success of his first, Le Villi. However, the original four-act, grand opera Edgar, to a libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, re...

Giacomo Puccini was commissioned to write a second opera after the resounding success of his first, Le Villi. However, the original four-act, grand opera Edgar, to a libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, re...

Eigentlich ist eine Kirche ein Ort der Ruhe, des Gebets und der Meditation. Das Gegenteil ist der Fall in Giacomo Puccinis Oper Tosca: Er verwandelt die römische Basilika Sant' Andrea in einen Spielpl...

Willis sind feenhafte Wesen. Wenn eine Frau unverheiratet an gebrochenem Herzen stirbt, zwingen sie den Herzensbrecher dazu, sich zu Tode zu tanzen. Diese Legende wählte Giacomo Puccini für seine erst...

Together with his good friend Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst had a strong liking for the abundant folk music of the British Isles. This influence is heard in many of his works and is perhaps str...

The first movement of Nielsen's spectacular 3rd Symphony, skillfully arranged for wind orchestra by Johan de Meij.

The first movement of Nielsen's spectacular 3rd Symphony, skillfully arranged for wind orchestra by Johan de Meij.

La Danza is a playful Neapolitan tarantella, composed by Gioacchino Rossini, that became world famous in the orchestration by Ottorino Respighi. It's hard to sit still during this fresh whirlwind!

La Danza is a playful Neapolitan tarantella, composed by Gioacchino Rossini, that became world famous in the orchestration by Ottorino Respighi. It's hard to sit still during this fresh whirlwind!

This new arrangement contains all five movements of this gorgeous orchestral suite, written in the same period as his famous New World Symphony, and containing the same American folk song elements suc...

This new arrangement contains all five movements of this gorgeous orchestral suite, written in the same period as his famous New World Symphony, and containing the same American folk song elements suc...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) composed the music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream at two different times. In 1826, at the age of 16, he wrote a concert overture (Op...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) composed the music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream at two different times. In 1826, at the age of 16, he wrote a concert overture (Op...

Erik Satie, born in Honfleur in Normandy (France) in 1866 is undoubtedly one of the most striking personalities in the history of French music. He composed in various, often quite divergent, styles. B...

Erik Satie, born in Honfleur in Normandy (France) in 1866 is undoubtedly one of the most striking personalities in the history of French music. He composed in various, often quite divergent, styles. B...

Erik Satie, born in Honfleur in Normandy (France) in 1866 is undoubtedly one of the most striking personalities in the history of French music. He composed in various, often quite divergent, styles. B...

Erik Satie, born in Honfleur in Normandy (France) in 1866 is undoubtedly one of the most striking personalities in the history of French music. He composed in various, often quite divergent, styles. B...

Erik Satie, born in Honfleur in Normandy (France) in 1866 is undoubtedly one of the most striking personalities in the history of French music. He composed in various, often quite divergent, styles. B...

Erik Satie, born in Honfleur in Normandy (France) in 1866 is undoubtedly one of the most striking personalities in the history of French music. He composed in various, often quite divergent, styles. B...

Sergei Prokofiev's The Stone Flower (Opus 118) is his eighth and last ballet, which he composed between 1948 and 1950. His most famous ballets are Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella and Le Pas d'Acier. The...

Sergei Prokofiev's The Stone Flower (Opus 118) is his eighth and last ballet, which he composed between 1948 and 1950. His most famous ballets are Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella and Le Pas d'Acier. The...

In 1938 Shostakovich composed his "Second Jazz Suite" at the request of the recently founded State Orchestra for Jazz conducted by Victor Knushevitsky. This suite was originally scored for a complete...