Jan van der Roost

As The Curtain Closes is a ceremonious composition that radiates noblesse and pride, and features challenges for all sections. At the beginning, the main theme is introduced by the flute, accompanied...

Questa composizione emana serenità e tranquillità, ma anche intensità ed espressività - conferendole qualità simili a lavori precedenti di Van der Roost, come Canterbury Chorale e Adagio for Winds. Lu...

Questa composizione emana serenità e tranquillità, ma anche intensità ed espressività - conferendole qualità simili a lavori precedenti di Van der Roost, come Canterbury Chorale e Adagio for Winds. Lu...

With solo trombone and trumpet

This opener was written for the 10th anniversary of Brass Band Midden Brabant (BBMB), the composer's own band. A soft and lyrical middle section follows on the powerful opening fanfare which, if the t...

Mercury is a concert march composed in a typically British idiom. In 1990, Jan Van der Roost wrote this piece on the occasion of the 15-year anniversary of his own band: Brass Band Midden Brabant. Lik...

This quiet piece with its broad tones was originally written for brass band on request of Robert Leveugle, chairman of the composer's own band: Brass Band Midden Brabant (Belgium). The direct cause wa...

Minerva by Jan Van der Roost was composed on the commission of the German 'Musikverein Braunshausen' on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the orchestra. The composition, first performed on Septe...

From Ancient Times is a major work for brass band, inspired largely by the music of the Franco-Flemish School of the Renaissance. Hints of Gregorian chant and middle age dances pay tribute to music fr...

Contrasts' was written for, and dedicated to, trombone soloist Dr. Brett Baker. As the titles indicates, contrasting elements characterize this challenging piece. The slow movement 'Sounds' has a some...

I Shall Love But Thee' is an occasional work in the literal sense of the word, since it was originally written on the occasion of the composer's youngest son's wedding. The texts, by William Shakespea...

I Shall Love But Thee' is an occasional work in the literal sense of the word, since it was originally written on the occasion of the composer's youngest son's wedding. The texts, by William Shakespea...

Alpina Brass' was the test piece for the first division of the Fêtes Cantonales on 8 and 9 June 2019 in Naters, Switzerland. It consists of three movements, and features a variety of aspects, as is co...

Alpina Brass' was the test piece for the first division of the Fêtes Cantonales on 8 and 9 June 2019 in Naters, Switzerland. It consists of three movements, and features a variety of aspects, as is co...

The Greek word 'hypernikon' roughly translates as 'More Than Conquerors', the motto of Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts - the commissioner of this piece. The work is inspired by David Rox's ver...

The Greek word 'hypernikon' roughly translates as 'More Than Conquerors', the motto of Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts - the commissioner of this piece. The work is inspired by David Rox's ver...

Dopo l'opera originale Stonehenge, pubblicata nel 1992, il compositore Jan Van der Roost ha nuovamente dedicato un nuovo lavoro a questo monumento molto speciale, in risposta alle recenti ricerche che...

In the course of the two centuries following the death of Henry Purcell in 1695, no British composer of any statue was apparent. Consequently, the break-through of Edward Elgar (1857-1934) as an inter...

A spectacular dive via an extended chromatic scale immediately submerges us in a charged and somewhat archaic-feeling atmosphere. Trumpets, horns and trombones resound in rhythmic patterns, buttressed...

Minerva by Jan Van der Roost was composed on the commission of the German 'Musikverein Braunshausen' on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the orchestra. The composition, first performed on Septe...

This concert overture, which has the air of a symphonic poem, takes its inspiration from an ancient Roman bridge. A massive introduction, a threatening allegro and alternating virtuoso and chorale the...

Following in the footsteps of Ceremonial March, Mercury, Arsenal and Minerva, Helios is a concert march in the tradition of grand English marches. In the first passage several connected themes are dev...

This concert march does not begin with flourishing trumpets or loud tutti sounds: Jupiter opens refreshingly with percussion instruments and the 'high woodwinds'. This original introduction is followe...

From the first bars the stately character of this solemn, yet celebratory, march is clearly heard. The introduction of the main theme takes place in the medium register, immediately resulting in a nob...