Kees Vlak Sheet Music for Concert Band

This imposing work has been commissioned by the BFO Dutch Music Center and the VARA radio. Kees Vlak has been inspired by the Liberation which put an end to the Second World War.

Anlässlich eines Musikfestes des Bundes Deutscher Blasmusikverbände in Freiburg im '86 war der Komponist im Schwarzwald zu Gast. Eine seiner Kompositionen wurde auf diesem Festival prämiiert. Er wohnt...

1) 'Jour de Fête.* A quiet sunday atmosphere on the Avenue Foch, a residental area for the well-to-do in Paris. It begins with full-soun­ding chords, with a wealth of added tones. It seems as if many...

The beaches of Rio de Janeiro are almost as famous all over the world as the Brasilian music with its typical characteristics. The mixture of different races resulted not only in beautiful music but a...

In his three hours lasting box-office hit 'Les Uns et les Autres' the French filmmaker Claude Lelouch describes the joys and sorrows, important events and everyday incidents of the lives of a number o...

While the mountains are still covered with a thick snow cloth and many passroads are still closed, the fruitblossoms next to the fjords are in full bloom and the days are growing longer and warmer. Th...

Selbstwahl-Liste BDMV Kategorie 4 In einem weiten, waldreichen Land siedeln Menschen und errichten Dörfer... Doch räuberische Stämme und die Naturgewalt des Meeres stellen eine fortwährende Gefahr für...

A solo for alto saxophone or flugelhorn. Recommended for beginners. A good percussion performance will create a certain tension. The solo part does not require a developed technique, but rather a good...

This is Kees Vlak's most ambitious composition. Before writing this work, the composer listened for many hours to a most gifted bass clarinet player. So he discovered that the instrument ranges over f...