August Verbesselt's Three Monologues for flute alone, like much of his music, lies somewhere in between Bartók and Muczynski. His experimentations with dodecaphony and atonality, like Bartók, were dir...
Born into a musical family in Mococa, São Paulo, Brazil, Sergio Assad began creating music for the guitar not long after he began playing the instrument. He learned Brazilian folk melodies from his fa...
Since 2010 Sam is full time drummer in the Royal Band of the Belgian Navy. As a freelance musician he played with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, the National Orchestra of Belgium, Symphonic Factory a...
Volume 1: Rythmes avec grosse caisse en 8es, fills en 16es, notes fantômes, accent hi-hat. Cette méthode est axée sur la compréhension des rythmes par rapport au tempo et en différents phrasés. Chaque...
This Argentine Tango was composed for the Flanders Clarinet Quartet. The piece starts with a slow contemplation after which a magnificent tango-theme develops in a fugue, sustained by a strict bass pa...
Only available in Dutch. Klarinetpret is een methode voor jonge kinderen vanaf 7 jaar, boordevol vernieuwende ideeën! Het eerste boek, ‘klarinetpret met de linkerhand' is ook geschikt voor kinderen me...
François Glorieux was born in Belgium in 1932, and acclaimed throughout Europe, the USA, Latin America, Canada, Japan, China, the Middle East and Africa. He is one of the most widely accomplished and...
Lodewijk Mortelmans was born in Antwerp on February 5, 1868, as second son of printer Karel Mortelmans. He died on June 24, 1952. He was an outstanding, universal Belgian musician and composer. His un...
Prosper Van Eechaute (1904-1964), born in Ghent, was a Belgian composer, conductor and teacher. While a student at the Ghent Royal Conservatory, he was awarded first prize for cello, harmony, chamber...
Sailing the oceans is an unpredictable adventure. One moment the sea is calm and then choppy, and before you know, you are in the middle of a storm. Fortunately, most storms don't last long and things...
Mendelssohn composed the Concert pieces for clarinet, basset horn and piano in 1833 for the German clarinet virtuosos Heinrich and Carl Bärmann (father and son). The intention was to be together as fr...
Belgian composer Wilfried Westerlinck composed 'Look, a Bass Clarinet in my Garden' ('Kijk, een basklarinet in mijn tuin!') in 1985 for Jan Guns, bass clarinetist of the Flemish Radio Orchestra. Inclu...
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies on the music of Marc Yeats: 'Marc Yeats' musical voice is quite unlike anything else; the music is challenging to both performers and audiences, and very communicative. He pro...
Iain Matheson is a Scottish composer and musician, based in Edinburgh. He writes concert music in the classical tradition. Most of his work is based on some aspect of time, the medium in which music h...
Gareth Churchill trained in London with Rhian Samuel and in Cardiff with Anthony Powers (PhD Composition 2007); other teachers having included Peter Maxwell Davies, Judith Weir, John Metcalf and Charl...
Antony Clare was born in Nottingham in 1964. He read music at York University and has subsequently combined private instrumental teaching with a range of performing activities. He has formed several s...
Miroslav Spasov, composer of instrumental and live electroacoustic music, was born in Macedonia. He earned his PhD in composition at the university of Calgary and currently teaches composition and com...
Sohrab Uduman read music at the University of Surrey and went on to study composition at the University of Birmingham, receiving his PhD in 1993. His music has received several awards, including an in...
Sarah Watts is an award winning British Clarinettist who has gained an international reputation for her work as a solo bass clarinettist. Her work both as a soloist and with her various chamber ensemb...
It was 1995 when I had the fortune to listen to the freshly published recording of the suites performed by Mstislav Rostropovich. I would have given anything to be able to play them, and this was what...
Twelve concerti grossi, Op. 6, is a collection of twelve concerti, arranged for publication in 1714. These are some of the finest examples of the baroque-style concerti grossi, that is, concertos for...
Though most clarinetists are more than familiar with Holst's two suites for military band, his St. Paul's Suite should not be overlooked. In fact, it was composed shortly after he completed the Second...
Julius Klengel (1859 - 1933) was a German cellist who is most well-known for his compositions for his own instrument, most notably a large output of works for multiple cellos. After joining the Leipzi...
François Rasse (1873 - 1955) was a Belgian composer and violinist, student of Eugène Ysaye. He started his career as a conductor at the 'Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie' in Brussels. Afterwards, he became...
Johan Favoreel studied at the Royal Music Academy in Brussels. Being producer with the Belgian Broadcasting Company since 1982, he made several CD-recordings with a.o. the BRTN-Filharmonic orchestra a...