Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

Fascinated by the expressive power and spirit of the gypsy music from Hungary, Brahms used mainly traditional melodies in his Hungarian Dances as well as themes from compositions in similar musical st...

Ravel's ballet, Daphnis and Chloé, was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered with the Ballets Russes in Paris in 1912. The ballet is now rarely performed, but its Suite No. 2 remains popular....

Ravel's ballet, Daphnis and Chloé, was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered with the Ballets Russes in Paris in 1912. The ballet is now rarely performed, but its Suite No. 2 remains popular....

This three-part Easy Baroque Suite has been written for flexible instrumentation, making it possible for almost any instrument to participate. Robert van Beringen made sure the level of difficulty was...

This three-part Easy Baroque Suite has been written for flexible instrumentation, making it possible for almost any instrument to participate. Robert van Beringen made sure the level of difficulty was...

Bring the majestic sound of great classical masterpieces to your young ensemble! With "Theme from Symphony No. 1" from the renowned "Essential Elements European Band Series" published by De Haske Publ...

Bring one of the world's most famous opera melodies to life with your young band! With this masterful arrangement of the iconic aria "La donna è mobile" from Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" by Jan...

Jan de Haan's arrangement of La donna è mobile makes the excitement of opera accessible to less experienced bands as well as school bands!

Offenbach (1819 - 1880), who was born in Germany, moved to Paris when he was a teenage boy and remained there for much of his life. He became especially famous as a composer of numerous operettas. and...

The famous Barcarolle from Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann opens the fourth act of the opera, which takes place in Venice. For this reason Offenbach chose a barcarolle - a Venetian gondolier song wi...

This work brings fragments from three of Giuseppe Verdi's operas together in a single composition. Opening the work is the Triumphal March from Aida. Next come two notable motifs from La forza del des...

This work brings fragments from three of Giuseppe Verdi's operas together in a single composition. Opening the work is the Triumphal March from Aida. Next come two notable motifs from La forza del des...

Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald (Tales from the Vienna Woods), composed by Johann Strauss II in 1868, is a patriotic masterpiece that praises the beauty of the Vienna Woods. This icon of Viennese music...

The tale of Faust, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power, has been a source of inspiration for many authors, poets, film directors and composers. Among these is the French...

The tale of Faust, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power, has been a source of inspiration for many authors, poets, film directors and composers. Among these is the French...

A cantastoria or Bänkelsänger German for busker was a travelling musician who made music in streets and squares, together with his colleagues. Die Bänkelsängerlieder (buskers songs) originally stem fr...

Pjotr Iljitsj Tchaikovsky is famous for his fantastic moving melodies. Different to many of his other romantic Russian contemporaries, Tchaikovsky had a particular feel for the European music taste of...

Pjotr Iljitsj Tchaikovsky is famous for his fantastic moving melodies. Different to many of his other romantic Russian contemporaries, Tchaikovsky had a particular feel for the European music taste of...

To choose the musical material of this medley, the arranger had drawn on the rich arsenal of Russian folk songs and dances. Well-known traditional have been combined with less known but certainly no l...

Majesty is a powerful and spectacular overture. Right from the start, the brass open the work brilliantly before making way for a majestic hymn mostly played by the woodwind. The end of the piece repe...

Immortal Jean-Philippe Rameau! The 'Hymne a la nuit ' from the opera Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau didn't he composed over 300 operas...) is one of those melodies that, when you start to hum, doesn't le...

Require a new hymn tune for your next contest? Peter Ratnik has crafted a masterful new setting of Belville. - With soloists, section feature and whole band playing.