HAFABRA Louis Martinus

In 1992 I attended a band festival in the south of France where I met the conductor of a fanfare band from Luxembourg, Robert Köller. He was kind enough to say some encouraging words to me about one o...

The Introduction is in an A-B-A form where the first fanfare-like majestic theme passes from group to group of the instrumentation. This is followed by a dialog duet between alto saxophone and euphoni...

Intro

Louis Martinus has selected 10 slow, romantic and quiet excerpts from large wind band and fanfare band pieces composed by Hardy MERTENS. All these 'moods' are playable separately and are excellent for...

This was the first published piece by Dominique Wyckhuys. Although the composer has never put a foot in Brazil, he nevertheless is attracted to its lively and rhythmical music. After an opening which...

2 marches. The little swan This light march is the fruit of a collaboration between two composers : Jaak GOVAERE and Pascal DEVROYE. It is a lovely and energetic march which was composed for the fanfa...

Alex NORTH didn't received an Oscar for this lovely song but his wistful Unchained Melody, broke out from the forgettable prison epic 'Unchained' , to top the charts. This success written in 1965 and...

In the sixties, an English singer captivated the French and Belgium people with her seductive style of singing. Petula Clark enjoyed a lot of success with her English and French versions of many songs...

This vastly amusing piece was composed for the 100th anniversary of the 'Harmonie Royale de Moresnet (B)' (then conducted by Louis MARTINUS). The composition is in five separate parts : SAMBA - WALTZ...

This small festive overture features the brass section prominantly. The work is very suitable to begin a concert and was written for the 100th anniversary of the 'Royale Harmonie de Moresnet (B)' wher...

As a trombone player, the composer could not resist writing a piece for the trombone section. Swinging slides offers the trombone players a 3 or 4 parts (4th is optional) very swingy and jazzy piece....

The composer has written this piece especially for youth and it includes a review and some instructions by the publisher. Based on a strong rock background, this composition allows a young drummer to...

Commissioned by the wind band of Gaurain (B), this piece has been conceived to open a concert in a non-conventional way. The orchestra starts after a drum set solo (ad lib) but without conductor and i...