Johan de Meij Sheet Music for Concert Band

Another award-winning composition by Johan de Meij: a spectacular orchestral adventure, exploring the endless possibilities of the note 'E' in all its different forms and appearances.

With Via Claudia, the band takes the audience with it on a tour of the Alps. The journey begins on a foggy night near Venice and leads in a solemn procession over steep mountain passes up to the summi...

The first of its kind: A delightful suite based on five enchanting African folk songs. African Harmony can be performed instrumental or with choir (SATB).

Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) is an opera in three acts by French composer Georges Bizet, who particularly made his fame with his opera Carmen. The friendship duet Au fond du temple saint...

After 30 years, Johan de Meij revisits Middle-Earth, the enchanting mythological world of J. R. R. Tolkien, with his spectacular Symphony No. 5 Return to Middle Earth. Although there are thematic remi...

The fascinating life of Leonardo da Vinci and his enormous curiosity spurred Johan de Meij to experiment with musical material, by using only the ivory keys of the piano during the composition process...

The fascinating life of Leonardo da Vinci and his enormous curiosity spurred Johan de Meij to experiment with musical material, by using only the ivory keys of the piano during the composition process...

The French composer Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a member of the 'Groupe des Six'. This group of six composers gathering Honegger, Poulence, Auric, Durey, Tailleferre and Milhaud, imitated Erik Sati...

Das bekannteste Werk des französischen Komponisten Darius Milhaud ist wohl La Création du Monde, das bei seiner Uraufführung in Paris 1923 viel Aufsehen erregte. Trois Rag-Caprices entstand ein Jahr z...

Poland boasts a very rich tradition as to Christmas Carols. In this suite, you can hear a combination of church hymns and a folk music character.

The funeral music from the melodrama Bergliot consists of two orchestral fragments illustrating dramatical events happening in the melodrama. The monologue is recited by Bergliot, the wife of Einar Ta...

Die Jazz Suite No. 2 schrieb Dimitri Schostakowitsch im Jahre 1938 ursprünglich für ein Sinfonieorchester mit vier Saxophonen, einem Akkordeon und einer Gitarre. Der Vorgänger Jazz Suite No. 1 von 193...

The T-Bone Concerto was Johan de Meij's first composition for solo instrument and symphonic band. It consists of three movements called respectively 'Rare', 'Medium' and 'Well Done'. In addition to th...

Die Continental Overture ist ein kurzes, aber dynamisches Stück voller Energie und Schwung mit einem sehr melodischen Mittelteil und einem spektakulären Schluss. In keinster Weise versucht der Komponi...

Der fulminante Bühnenerfolg des Musicals Elisabeth beweist, wie sehr das Leben der Kaiserin von Österreich die Fantasie der Menschen auch heute noch zu beflügeln vermag - und spricht natürlich auch fü...

Voice of Space is the first movement of The Venetian Collection. The picture on which the music is based on was painted by the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte. Along with Ensor, Permeke and De...

The Red Tower was inspired by the painting of the same name (La Torre Rossa) by the Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico, and was awarded first prize in the International Composition Contest in Oman. One...

The Red Tower ist der zweite Teil von The Venetian Collection, einem Zyklus von Orchesterwerken, in denen der Komponist vier Gemälde aus dem Peggy-Guggenheim-Museum in Venedig vertont hat. Der zweite...