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Dancescriptions combines many styles derived from pop music with techniques from classical composition. The styles are not the focal point - the true musical definition comes from the interpretation o...

Duration: 19:00 minutes

As with his composition Shirim, Piet Swerts has based this new work on Jewish folksongs. The melody lines of Tum Balalaika provide a beautiful, Arab-sounding effect in the harmony. The various themes...

This work, in two movements, was written for the 50th anniversary of 'Harmonie St. Cecilia' in Oudenburg, Belgium, and is dedicated to its conductor, Arne Wyntin. The first part is rather quiet and pa...

Roland Kernen has developed a true fascination for the traditional music scene and for Celtic folk music in particular. The Celts fed on a rich blend of legend and myth which is skillfully portrayed i...

Duration: 9:30 minutes

Singapore Rhapsody is an exciting work in two movements based on popular Malaysian folksongs. The songs that occur in the first movement are Rasa Sayang eh (a love song), Gelang Sipaku Gelang (a song...

Concerto Cappricioso begins with a short fanfare-like opening. It?s three movements then develop with exciting dialogues between the soloist and the main concert band, which both answers and accompani...

In this fascinating piece, composer Hayato Hirose creates a fantasy world of a pirate who dreams of sailing to a treasure island. The music follows four different scenes that are played without interr...

Don't listen to anyone's advice, but listen to the lessons of the wind passing and telling the history of the world. ' Claude Debussy Since the dawn of time, the wind has played an important role in a...

A flashback is an interesting psychological phenomenon: a seemingly random trigger can bring back long-forgotten memories from the subconscious mind. The composer underwent a similar experience before...

Bei Vollmond wird das Meer vom Mondenschein erhellt - ein wunderschöner Anblick, der Ruhe ausstrahlt. Welche Macht der Mond jedoch auch über das Wasser hat, zeigt der Uzushio, ein riesiger, wild tosen...

Bellum et Pax is a composition describing the two ancient concepts of 'war' and 'peace. ' While this piece appears to be one single movement, it consists of four sections that flow into one another. M...

Redbad was written for the Championship Section of the Dutch Brass Band Championships - and thus it contains plenty of musical and technical challenges. In this work of seven connected movements we ge...

Sabbia e stelle racconta il viaggio del pilota e scrittore Antoine de Saint-Exupéry nel tentativo di battere il record di volo da Parigi a Saigon. Il viaggio iniziò come previsto, ma si concluse prema...

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

With the original work, Stonehenge, released in 1992, composer Jan Van der Roost has yet again dedicated a new work to this very special monument – in response to recent research revealing that the mi...