Molenaar Edition

Bizet's famous opera 'Carmen' is frequently performed as a commercial production, also for television. One of the most beloved arias, the Flower Song, is now arranged not only for tenor voice, but als...

Baritone Voice + Band

Baritone Voice

Soprano Solo

The French composer Georges Bizet (Paris, 1838 - 1875) is not only famous because of his opera 'Carmen' and his stage music for 'L'Arlésienne'. His opera in three acts, 'Les Pêcheurs de Perles' (The P...

Sakura, the cherry blossom, has always played a major role in the Japanese culture. The blossom stands as a symbol for precariousness and perishableness of life. When the blossom has reached its utmos...

This part from Mendelssohn's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' is a nice piece full of atmosphere allowing a wind band to excel. Above all, the French horn section comes to the fore. The work is well suited f...

Henk Ummels ha scritto questo arrangiamento facile e allo stesso tempo abile per le bande della classe media di questa composizione classica estremamente popolare di Maurice Ravel. Questo arrangiament...

This is the fourth movement from the suite in D minor (HWV 437) for solo harpsichord. This work became widely known from it's prominent use in Stanley Kubrick's 1975 film Barry Lyndon. Brian de Palma...

No doubt, 'The Fifth of Beethoven' is one of the most popular and famous compositions in the history of classical music as well as being one of the most often performed. This version is based on Robin...

Hector Berlioz wrote his 'Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale' in 1840, for the ceremonies celebrating the 10th anniversary of the July Revolution. The first part, the 'Marche Funèbre' (Funeral Mar...

Berlioz wrote the Hungarian March in 1846, which he later in the year included in his large work, The Damnation of Faust. The march was written on the advice of those Berlioz had told how the Hungaria...

By popular demand we have a favourite from Andre Rieu in the catalogue this year: The medley Carnival of Venice. Who doesn't know the Italian folksong O Cara Mama Mia, better known as Carnival of Veni...