Overtures for Concert Band

Trumpet Fiesta spotlights four trumpet soloists. From the opening bars the music expresses a feeling of happiness. This swift and lively piece begins with a series of dynamic staccato passages from th...

In this great Disney musical a little girl, Lilo, adopts what she believes is a puppy but is what turns out to be an alien that has landed on earth by mistake. Their friendship is sealed by their mutu...

During the course of the 20th century, the world of music underwent some significant changes. Every decade gave birth to new dances or styles of music such as the Charleston, New Orleans Jazz, swing,...

This finely crafted jubilant overture explores many 'musical moods' through its expressive rhythmic and melodic framework. The opening section is festive in character with majestic brass fanfares intr...

Vienna Festival Music is an opening piece composed in the same style and sound that composer Otto M. Schwarz uses for his great dramatic historical concert works such as Nostradamus, Man in the Ice an...

The music society Melodia Goldach from Switzerland commissioned Gilbert Tinner to write Start Up the Band, an ideal opening piece for any concert. Following a lively, fanfare-like brass introduction,...

This festive overture by the Austrian composer Thomas Doss, whose father was German, is intended to be a symbol of the friendship between Germany and Austria, and the countries that border on these tw...

Intrada is a slow and majestic opening piece, which reveals the rich palette of sound-colours in a concert band. The smooth fluidity of the melodic lines highlights the mellow tones of the woodwind in...

People gathering dates back to the dawn of mankind?s history. Nowadays, many festivals still attract hundreds or even thousands of people in an atmosphere of sharing and joy. Festival Scenes describes...

When Jeff Wayne's musical adaptation H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds was originally released, no one would have believed that it would become so popular. The Eve of the War, the stunning open...

Trumpets and Bridges was composed to celebrate the opening ofa new bridge linking Austria with Germany. This bridge is a symbolfor the meeting of cultures and the lifting of borders. In the thirdmille...

Festive brass fanfares, an attractive melody and a quiet chorale-like interlude, played by the woodwind section, are the main ingredients of this compelling concert opener by Gilbert Tinner. The livel...

This work was commissioned by the Musikkapelle Heiden, Germany, on the occasion of the centenary of this versatile and energetic music society. Triumphal Prelude begins with fireworks of sounds and fa...

This joyous fanfare offers many members of the band the opportunityto shine. The opening subject is passed from the clarinets to thesaxophones and then to the oboes before being taken up by thecomplet...

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Diese 'Bilder einer Stadt' wollen nicht so sehr visuale Bilder, sondern vielmehr ein Stimmungsbild einer modernen Großstadt heraufbeschwören. Die Musik spiegelt die Stimmungslagen des heutigen Lebens...

Enjoy the Future was composed for the Politie Orkest Noord-Nederland (Police Band of the Northern Netherlands) to mark its 75th anniversary. This composition, dedicated to manager and assistant conduc...

Pirates Overture is an overture for all those young 'pirates' out there, who will undoubtedly rock the boat with their tidal waves of music!During the introduction a mysterious pirate ship appears on...

Pirates Overture is an overture for young "pirates" who want to capsize every concert hall with their instruments in the sea of notes! The introduction describes how the pirate ship appears on the hor...

This overture, called Sinfonia, is without doubt one of the best original works for concert band to emerge from the 19th century. It is characterised by its fluid spontaneity as well as its rich textu...

Tancredi, composed in 1813, is rarely performed in today's opera houses, however its overture, or Sinfonia, as it was called at the time, is well-liked and has received regular performances over the y...

Gilbert Tinner composed the three-movement Opening Music specifically with incomplete and smaller ensembles in mind. Fanfares ring out as the main theme makes its first appearance, accompanied by maje...

All the Best is a happy, upbeat piece by Otto M. Schwarz. He has already composed several pieces in this genre, including Fire & Ice, Last Call, and Funky Brass, and is constantly looking for ways to...

The word 'orbis' means an orbit or a path, and in this case represents the direction of three wind ensembles as they join together. A triumphant opening to Orbis alludes to the history of these three...

Mark Jeanbourquin wrote Musicavenir, or 'Music of the Future', on leaving the eponymous music school whose concert band he had conducted for some years. For every farewell there's a new beginning, and...