Jan van der Roost Sheet Music for Concert Band

Pfarreimusik Wünnewil-Flamatt requested a new work to be commissioned for the celebration of its 111th anniversary. They asked the composer to create a piece lasting approximately 11 minutes and 11 se...

Contrasts' was written for, and dedicated to, trombone soloist Dr. Brett Baker. As the titles indicates, contrasting elements characterize this challenging piece. The slow movement 'Sounds' has a some...

Contrasts' was written for, and dedicated to, trombone soloist Dr. Brett Baker. As the titles indicates, contrasting elements characterize this challenging piece. The slow movement 'Sounds' has a some...

Stepstones' was commissioned by the Harmonie Victoria Téiteng from Tétange (Luxembourg) for its 125th anniversary. The composer references the music of Rossini, who died 25 years before the commission...

Stepstones' was commissioned by the Harmonie Victoria Téiteng from Tétange (Luxembourg) for its 125th anniversary. The composer references the music of Rossini, who died 25 years before the commission...

This piece was written to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Takayama Wind Orchestra, who also commissioned it. The historic city of Takayama draws numerous visitors from home and abroad, not j...

This piece was written to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Takayama Wind Orchestra, who also commissioned it. The historic city of Takayama draws numerous visitors from home and abroad, not j...

The Greek word 'hypernikon' roughly translates as 'More Than Conquerors', the motto of Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts the commissioner of this piece. The work is inspired by David Rox's very...

Beating Beats rhythmically is a rather special piece: more conventional metres are manipulated in such a way that the listener (without score) may be confused and even misled at various points! The 'r...

Beating Beats rhythmically is a rather special piece: more conventional metres are manipulated in such a way that the listener (without score) may be confused and even misled at various points! The 'r...

Right from the outset until the very end, the speed, energy and 'drive' of the tuneful music is palpable. It's abundantly clear why the title 'Seatbelts Fastened!' was chosen: just like an airplane, t...

Colores is Spanish for 'colours' - a word which this composition seeks to reflect and build itself upon. Musical colours, timbres, sounds, soft and sharp color tones, sonorous effects ... they are all...

Colores is Spanish for 'colours' - a word which this composition seeks to reflect and build itself upon. Musical colours, timbres, sounds, soft and sharp color tones, sonorous effects ... they are all...

In this varied suite, named after the Swedish region Medelpad, folk dances in a Swedish fashion take stage in diverse tempi, styles and atmospheres. For Medelpadia, Van der Roost used a combination of...

In this varied suite, named after the Swedish region Medelpad, folk dances in a Swedish fashion take stage in diverse tempi, styles and atmospheres. For Medelpadia, Van der Roost used a combination of...

As The Curtain Closes is a ceremonious composition that radiates noblesse and pride, and features challenges for all sections. At the beginning, the main theme is introduced by the flute, accompanied...

As The Curtain Closes is a ceremonious composition that radiates noblesse and pride, and features challenges for all sections. At the beginning, the main theme is introduced by the flute, accompanied...

This composition exudes serenity and tranquillity, but also intensity and expressiveness – giving it similar qualities to earlier works by Van der Roost, like Canterbury Chorale and Adagio for Winds....

This composition exudes serenity and tranquillity, but also intensity and expressiveness – giving it similar qualities to earlier works by Van der Roost, like Canterbury Chorale and Adagio for Winds....

In the course of the two centuries following the death of Henry Purcell in 1695, no British composer of any statue was apparent. Consequently, the break-through of Edward Elgar (1857-1934) as an inter...

This hymn was commissioned by 'Antwerpen 93'. And this city, on the banks of the river Schelde has been nominated 'Cultural Capital of Europe' for 1993. The work-group 'animatie' took the initiative a...

A spectacular dive via an extended chromatic scale immediately submerges us in a charged and somewhat archaic-feeling atmosphere. Trumpets, horns and trombones resound in rhythmic patterns, buttressed...

Minerva by Jan Van der Roost was composed on the commission of the German 'Musikverein Braunshausen' on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the orchestra. The composition, first performed on Septe...

This concert overture, which has the air of a symphonic poem, takes its inspiration from an ancient Roman bridge. A massive introduction, a threatening allegro and alternating virtuoso and chorale the...

Following in the footsteps of Ceremonial March, Mercury, Arsenal and Minerva, Helios is a concert march in the tradition of grand English marches. In the first passage several connected themes are dev...