Overtures Sheet Music

The concert overture "Infinity Forest" draws inspiration from an ancient forest, standing majestically, enveloped in mystery and secrets. Venturing into this forest, one never knows what awaits. It li...

2005-Overture - 100 years of independence. This overture was commisioned to celebrate Norway's 100 year as an independed nation in 2005. It had its premier perfomance at Akershus Castle in Oslo May 20...

Storbystev has a catchy tune, and incorporates a mix of funk-, samba- and rock rythms. The alto saxophone and trumpet are featured as soloists, but the piece also show-cases the tuba- and percussion s...

This christmas fanfare is based on the tune by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / William H. Cummings. The lyrics Hark, the Herald Angels Sing are credited to Charles Wesley, and are written a century befo...

This piece was commisioned by The Norwegian Band Federation - Northwestern Region for an summer festival in Eid. Intrada Orientale recieved it's first performance there in 2012. It is a concert-opene...

This original piece is intended to performed by the youngest musicians. The structure of the overture is traditional A-B-A with a slow section in the middle flanked by two Modearo sections. As the tit...

'Introduction' is a short concert opener. I quote a couple of Norwegian Folk Tunes to make a musical picture of the Vikings running from the seashore to face a battle. They used to drink something mad...

This piece was composed in 1937 in the composer's later part of life. Here, Widqvist shows his broad competence as a composer by using both classic marching and late-romantic thematic elements with ex...

This piece was commissioned by Torskangerpoll Musikklag as a massed-band item for their “Storm Festival” in 2016. The “Storm Festival” is a festival for from bands all over Norway with concerts, parad...

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) was asked by his sister to compose music for a play for her children in 1890. He first started to compose Hänsel und Gretel, based on the fairy tale by the Brothers G...

Duration: 8 Minutes.

This spectacular tune from John Williams was originally written for the First Centennial Celebration of Fenway Park in Boston. It was transcribed for brass band by Stephen Bulla for the exclusive 'Joh...

Written in 1987 as the accompaniment to New England Time Capsule, an Omnimax travelogue, and recently recorded by the Boston Pops, this three minute concert work adapts wonderfully for band. With true...

Written in 1987 as the accompaniment to New England Time Capsule, an Omnimax travelogue, and recently recorded by the Boston Pops, this three minute concert work adapts wonderfully for band. With true...

Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote many pieces for operettas but none was better received than the music to H.M.S. Pinafore. It had a terrific 700-night run once it opened and its popularity continues today. T...

This work was originally composed for orchestra at an outdoor concert. This is a sonically vibrant overture written to reverberate around a valley in the Rocky Mountains. The grandeur of the setting i...

Composer Donald Coakley was asked by the Pastor of St. William's Roman Catholic Church, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to write a hymn based on verses he had written about the parish's namesake. What...

Intrada and Choral' is particularly suitable as a festive concert opening. In his own musical language, Jean-François Michel dedicates this work to the great masters of sumptuous early music such as S...

Intrada and Choral' is particularly suitable as a festive concert opening. In his own musical language, Jean-François Michel dedicates this work to the great masters of sumptuous early music such as S...

Aus der Reihe 'Bernaerts Opening Pieces'.

Aus der Reihe 'Bernaerts Opening Pieces & Concert Series'.

Aus der Reihe 'Bernaerts Opening Pieces'.