Kees Vlak

Here we have a selection of Brabant folksongs in a modern arrangement. The main theme 'Duke John' is constantly present in different forms and makes the link between the different musical themes. This...

Gerade wie die Brabant Fantasie und die Fryske Fantasie ist dieses Werk eine Auslese von originalen Volksliedern, diesmal aus den Limburger Provinzen. Das bekannteste Lied, zugleich die Verbindung zwi...

An easy work which will invite the listeners to dance. This chatterbox cha-cha has a real exotic touch. A real cha-cha that incites to dance!

This work is meant to provide both musicians and listeners with a better understanding of the musical structures. The composers deals successively with the sonata, the three-part Lied form and the ron...

Big Band Sound again! A composition in the famous Glenn Miller idiom but ... much easier to perform. Again a number of Chorusses in which the musicians can Jazz it up a little. This opportunity for im...

This work - distinguished in Italy - recalls the atmosphere of the Scottish Highlands. There are three movements which are linked to each other: 'At Daybreak', 'Bagpipers' Dance' and 'Wild Horses'.

This selection of Dutch hits that made it on the worldrepertoirelist was commissioned by CONAMUS,the Dutch organisation for promotion of Dutch Entertainment Music, compiled by Kees Vlak and published...

Anlässlich eines Musikfestes des Bundes Deutscher Blasmusikverbände in Freiburg im '86 war der Komponist im Schwarzwald zu Gast. Eine seiner Kompositionen wurde auf diesem Festival prämiiert. Er wohnt...

1) 'Jour de Fête.* A quiet sunday atmosphere on the Avenue Foch, a residental area for the well-to-do in Paris. It begins with full-soun­ding chords, with a wealth of added tones. It seems as if many...

Le spiagge di Rio de Janeiro sono famose in tutto il mondo quasi quanto la musica brasiliana con le sue caratteristiche tipiche. La mescolanza di razze diverse ha portato non solo a una bella musica,...

In his three hours lasting box-office hit 'Les Uns et les Autres' the French filmmaker Claude Lelouch describes the joys and sorrows, important events and everyday incidents of the lives of a number o...