Molenaar Edition

The fact that composer, Meindert Boekel is an emotional person is rather clear when listening to this composition. He wrote this work after a period in his private life when things had not gone well....

SUITE ESPAÑOLA1. Granada - 2. Cataluña - 3. Sevilla - 4. Cadiz - 5. Asturias - 6. Aragon.It was in 1886 that Isaac Albéniz started writing this eight part suite for piano, shortly after his study peri...

Part I. 'The exciting new harmonic band' is written in the then 'new wind band style', characterized by the use of pop music elements.Part II. 'Blue Air' is a calm melody allowing to recover from the...

The one movement symphonic poem Le Chant de l'Arbre (The Song of the Tree), dedicated to the composer's friend Thirault, was also commissioned by the French Government. This composition, published in...

The associated artists Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II played a prominent role in the history of the American musical. Their collaboration started in 1943 and resulted immediately in the big...

Concertino for Piccolo and Band is a work commissioned by and dedicated to Fernando Marinho. Attempts to portrait musically a little of what Fernando is... Energetic, always willing to do more and on...

Fleodrum was composed for the Fanfare Wilhelmina Vlierden band. The title of the work refers to the earliest formation of the village of Vlierden in a title deed from 721 to Willibrodus. The piece com...

The symphonic poem 'The Island of the Light' illustrates legends and places of the island of Minorca. In ' Cova d'enXoroi ' the listener can hear the legend of a Moor nicknamed Xoroi, who after a pira...

Fontane di Roma is the first suite from Respighi’s Roman Trilogy. In this suite the fountains of Rome are musically depicted. La Fontana di Valle Giullia all’alba is a musical image of these fount...

This is one of the very first overtures composed by this old master of the wind-band.