Kees Vlak Sheet Music for Concert Band

Equally varied, certainly as to the countries of origin, is the wind band suite (eventually with mixed choir) 'An International Christmas' (1979) in which Kees Vlak used Italian and Czech carols.

Also Kees Vlak (1938) has apparantly been struck by the treasure of French carols and composed in 1981 the 'Fantasy on French Christmas Songs'.

Here is an opportunity for the musician who wants to improvise on a simple blues scheme. For improvisations the Pentablues-scale or the Blues-scale might prove useful. Thes two scales fit the chords u...

Dieses Werk wurde im Auftrag der Gemeinde Midden-Beemster anlässlich des 375. Geburtstages der Beemster Polder komponiert. Um dieses Jubiläum zu feiern wurden auch etwa zwanzig bildende Künstler um ei...

The versatile Dutch composer Kees Vlak (Amsterdam 1938) proves that also he knows how to write a fine march. 'Marching Time' is a kind of pastiche of a thrilling swing march as introduced with US Air...

In La Cittadella Kees Vlak reflects the stark contrasts in the Italian mountain village Assisi. On the one hand there is the bustle of the hundreds of thousands visitors who have come to admire the be...

In La Citadella stellt Kees Vlak eine sehr gegensätzliche Situation im italienischen Bergdorf Assisi dar. Auf der einen Seite ist eine Horde von Touristen, welche die Kathedrale besichtigen. Auf der a...

This work was previously published under the title 'De Bovenwindse Eilanden' (The Windward Islands)by Molenaar and at that time it remained relatively unknown. This is very undeserved, especially when...

The main theme of these variations is composed of the first four notes played each hour by the carillon of the world famous bell tower of the London Parliament. After a foggy introduction the first va...

Again a new edition in the Creative Compositions © series. This piece was revolutionary in its time in 1972, because it was the first time a 5/4 bar had been used.. It is a real program piece with a f...