Désiré Dondeyne

With 'Listening to Paris' we had discovered the talent of Mickey Nicolas, assistant conductor at and arranger for the famous Paris Cabaret 'Le Lido'. Here is a new composition for medium grade bands w...

A man is strolling in Paris and muses about the capital's prestigious history, suggested by a slow waltz. He is disturbed by the surrounding noise, but anyhow the musical evocation proves to be strong...

This concert march was originally written for the piano in 1960. In the meantime, his friend Désiré Dondeyne whom Serge Lancen had met as fellow-pupil at the Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de...

As the title clearly indicates this is a kind of 'Foolish Toccata and Fugue', written in collaboration with Désiré Dondeyne. Both the introduction and the free fugue incited Master Dondeyne to develop...

This parade, extremely well suited for wind band, is a succession of themes amalgamated into a medley and reminding major sequences of an imaginary musical. Conductor and musicians come to the fore.

This short sequence, composed as a tribute to the European Community, is intended for any public musical event, but can introduce a concert as well and, in a way, call for the attention of the audienc...

We are flying in a plane over the Vaccarès lake in the middle of the Mediterranean area in the South of France and this inspires to a musical evocation of the Provence. After a flight of flamingos too...

Three sound portraits of Turkey: the 'Topkapi Palace' , the imperial residence built after the Ottoman conquest in Istanbul, the 'Blue Mosque' or Sultan Ahmet mosque built between 1609 and 1616 also a...

The overture to George Gershwin's musical 'Strike up the Band' has been masterly arranged by our grand old master Desiré Dondeyne. 'Strike Up the Band' is a milestone in the history of the Broadway mu...

Oboe und Orchester oder Ensemble

6 Klarinetten

6 Klarinetten

6 Klarinetten

6 Klarinetten

Although one can strive for original music in the field of the wind orchestra, the arrangement still has its place. When one hears Mozart's moving masonic funeral music played by a symphonic or fanfar...

This parade, extremely well suited for wind band, is a succession of themes amalgamated into a medley and reminding major sequences of an imaginary musical. Conductor and musicians come to the fore.

Marche, composed for band in 1976, is a fanciful, varied and elegant composition in which the rhythm contrasts in a charming way with the martial metric pattern. Désiré Dondeyne provided the rich inst...