Intermediate Sheet Music from Molenaar Edition

The TROMBONE CONCERTO was composed at the request of Michel BECQUET and Gilles MILLIERE. Both talented trombone players had deeply impressed the composer. The brilliant work, dedicated to both virtuos...

The Italian composer Saverio Mercadante lived from 1795 up to 1870. Beside some 60(!) operas he wrote a number of concerti such as this Concerto for Horn, here in a skillfull arrangement for band by W...

The Transit of Venus is a work inspired by the soundtracks of science fiction movies related to space, the composition of which was initiated during the space phenomenon occurred in 2004 which the sci...

At last here we have an interesting and quite playable solo concert for the tuba, a too often undervalued wind instrument. This concerto was written for and dedicated to the Portuguese tuba player Adé...

This musical work seeks to portray the various stages that make up a climb to the mountain of Pico. The summit of the mountain is 2351 meters above mean sea level, being the highest point in Portugal....

Selkies were creatures, which looked something like grey seals. They were guardians of the sea, and protected the sailors navigating their passages across the ocean. Once a year they would come ashore...

As a young man, Andrew Pearce had fond memories of playing cornet in the local Youth Brass Band, where he first experienced the power and beauty of brass music. After completing 'The Maestro' concerti...

As a young man, Andrew Pearce had fond memories of playing cornet in the local Youth Brass Band, where he first experienced the power and beauty of brass music. After completing 'The Maestro' concerti...

The idea of composing an original piece for band, appeared at the birth of the composers daughter. In this piece the brass section takes a leading role with introducing the themes while the woodwinds...

'Falling Rocks' is reminiscent of the landslide in Dobratsch, Austria and the resulting despair of the population afterwards, musically represented by 'A Folk Song'. 'Black Death, Bonaparte and the En...

Built as a rhapsodic suite, in the style of the great band composers from the early XX century (also nationalists and proud of their folk music), this piece has 9 small connected parts in a free form,...

The Cotton Phoenix is the first part of the two-part work 'Metropolis of the East' and describes the influence of the textile industry on the development of Enschede. The composition begins introducin...

In the second part of the two-piece work Metropolis of the East is the Old Market, the centre point of the city of Enschede in the Netherlands. Elements such as the Great Church, the monument to the c...

Lights in the Mirror was commissioned by the Yahata High School Band (Fukuoka, Japan) on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of their annual concert in august 2016. Mirroring and looking at the heart...

It is a wedding. There is laughter. There is singing. New love is in the making. Old friendships revive. Then, at once, everybody moves to the dance floor and wrap their arms around each other. On the...

Shapes was commissioned by the municipality Smallingerland and written for the ONFK 2018 in Drachten. The starting point for this composition is the art movement De Stijl, which was founded a hundred...

A caminho dos 100 anos (On the way to 100 years). This piece came as a commission from Filarmónica Boa Vontade Lorvanense, from Penacova - Portugal. It was inspired by the Lorvão Monastery, located in...

1º de Agosto. This piece was composed in commemoration of the centenary of Sociedade Musical 1º de Agosto, located in Vila Nova de Gaia - Portugal. It's a festive piece in a Pasodoble style. It starts...

The Legend of Jomi has been commissioned by the Feelener Musek Fanfare (Luxembourg) as a gift for the farewell concert of their conductor Jean-Marie Thein (alias Jomi). The piece is based on three let...

José Alberto Pina will take us to the city of ancient Rome, Pompeii, specifically in the year AD 79. in which Mount Vesuvius erupted. It is a work full of nobility, mystery, epic and with a large dose...

In this sequel for orchestra, five musical acts take us into the wonderful world of the circus, the fanfare rings out: the artists show up for the parade. All you have to do now is to close your eyes...

Composer Ron van Riel was inspired by Wilhelm von Kaulbach's painting ‘'Die Seeschlacht bei Salamis'' (The Battle of Salamis). It portrays the naval battle at Salamis, where the Persian King Xerxes lo...

The Village on River Mark was composed to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Wind Band ‘Costantia' from Ulvenhout in the Netherlands. In five connected parts this work describes the rural and fo...