Molenaar Concert Band Sheet Music

The medieval song 'Halewijn' tells the fascinating story about a murderer of women who is finally killed himself. This subject is set to music by Gerard Boedijn in his symphonic poem ' Halewijn '. Thi...

The Maestro, a concertino voor trompet en band, was commissioned by Philip Cobb, principal trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra. It's a tour de force not only for the soloist but also for the band...

'Eli, Eli' short for Eli, Eli lema sabacthani refers to the biblical text from the gospel of Matthew. The composition doesn't intend any direct relationship with Christianity but refers to the loss of...

A Samba with lots of pizzazz. This tune has an appealing theme, with a lyrical bridge with a solid harmonic foundation, and provides fun for every instrumentalist. A spicy alto sax solo leads to a bol...

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....

The literary basis for the piece Overture to Avalon is the Avalon trilogy by the American fantasy writer Marion Zimmer Bradley. We are in a world of myth and magic, in this island Avalon still be atta...

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...

Discursum is a short piece with a vigorous and solemn character. It opens with a bold and triomphant theme. This passes into a compelling and impressive middle part to end heroic and powerful. The ori...

In the Berlin City Palace in 1701 a room was constructed with walls decorated with amber, at the command of the first Prussian King, Friedrich I. In 1716 Friedrich gave the room to the Russian Tsar, P...

Little Mayflower is an expressive musical work. The lyrical theme is first presented by various groups of instruments. Half way through the little mayflower blooms as the theme is embellished with the...

Sequences for Band is constructed from several melodic sequences that converge independently of each other on many occasions but sometimes also agree together. The work is divided into three distinct...

This symphonic poem was written at the request of the Portuguese Navy Band on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the ship the N. R. P Sagres of the Portuguese Navy. The composer travelled on the...

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...

À la Mémoire (En mémoire de ma femme). In Memory (In memory of my wife). With this composition I wanted to express my feelings over the enormous loss of my wife, who died in 2018 after 60 years of mar...

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,...

Avern is commissioned in 2016 by Sant Esteve's hermitage association parties to celebrate the 350th anniversary of this small church in Ontinyent (Spain). The work is divided into five sections, relat...

Roll on the Ground is a Concert March/Overture written in 2012, as a departure gift to Roland Schiltz, conductor of the Harmonie Municipale of Rollingergrund (Luxembourg) for 20 years. Talent, enthusi...

Festival Flourish was written to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Musikkapelle Kappl from Tirol. Massive brass playing is interchanged with lyrical and rhythmic elements. This music is very su...

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...

The composition Ritual of Light describes the different variations of light. The sun in the clear blue sky, backlit swirling snowflakes, countless reflections in waterfalls, beside the darkness of cav...

Menu' is a work divided into three movements which are related to the development and 'tasting' of a good gastronomic menu. The titles of these movements are closely related to the content, character...