Molenaar Edition

This is a simple three-part suite from folk songs. The first part is a combination of various french songs, the second is based on the famous 'two king's children'('daar waren twee koningskinderen'),...

These variations on a popular Dutch children's song about a 'Count from The Hague' are infact studies in orchestral playing. Aspects dealing with playing in tune; overall sound; ensemble playing; rhyt...

Der französiche Komponist Roger Roger ist schon bekannt wegen seiner Suite 'Music from the four Winds' (erst in den Vereinigten Staaten, später bei Molenaar verlegt). In der dreiteiligen Suite 'Americ...

This overture is based on the popsong AURA LEE immortalized by Frank Sinatra's version. Here is complete new arrangement consisting of a chorallike introduction followed by a more swinging second part...

European Folk Rhapsody contains folk melodies from England (Early One Morning), France (Passing through Lorraine), Holland (When Duke Jan came sailing), Switzerland (Vreneli) and Austria (Sleep Little...

Gipsies are wizards with the fiddle. Eastern European folk musicians and gipsies are using a lot of brass in their music. Their brass ensembles are very impressive, so the link to brassbands is quickl...

The Belgian trumpeter Paul Voet founded the Brass band Panta Rhei Ghent in 1995 and obtained several national and international successes. As a freelance musician he also composes music for brass band...

Here we have another splendid pleasing suite by Ennio Salvere. It consists of the following three parts : 'Of Guilds and Bagpipes', 'Of Sailors and Fishermen' and 'Of Singers and Dancers'. With this c...

Three popular Russian folk songs, including: 1. 'Kalinka', a Russian song written in 1860 by the composer and folklorist Ivan Larionov, first performed in Saratov as part of a theatrical entertainment...

This is a merry Latin-American arrangement of the well-known song 'Tulips from Amsterdam'. It immediately bursts loose at the start with the chorus in a rousing Samba, followed by the actual song in a...

A while ago Andrew Pearce was asked to arrange some traditional folk songs into a medley that utilised an array of unusual instrumental groupings, typical of a local village band. He has re-worked the...

With the symphonic poem The Culture of the Celts you will experience a day with the celtic people. In multible scenes the daily routine in a celtic settlement, peaceful life in harmony with nature, jo...

This composition was written at the request of the symphonic wind band 'Na Lang Streven” from Klaaswaal, to celebrate their 100th anniversary. As a starting point the English translation of the book A...

TESEO is a symphonic poem based on four mythical scenes from the famous Greek hero Theseus. This work begins in Athens, where Theseus is invited to a feast at which it was officially acknowledged that...

Ispirato dalla ricchezza e dalla vivacità del repertorio tradizionale irlandese, questo lavoro per banda di fiati intreccia un viaggio sonoro attraverso tre melodie emblematiche: Fin dalle prime battu...

Un bellissimo medley delle migliori e più famose canzoni popolari toscane. In questo medley: Peschi fiorenti, La rigiri e fai la rota, La veneranda, La biritullera, Giovanottino, La strada dell'amore,...

Una composizione fresca in stile funky in cui tutti i gruppi sono ben coperti. I vari temi sono elaborati in stili diversi. Un funk veloce, un groove jazzistico a ritmo lento e un blues lento. Una ver...

Il gruppo americano di musica soul "Earth, Wind and Fire", fondato nel 1970 dal cantante e batterista Maurice Whitney, iniziò una vera e propria carriera internazionale a partire dal 1975. Soprattutto...

The young Spanish conductor and composer Ferrer Ferran is a pupil of Jef Penders. He conducts the symphonic band of the Valencia Conservatory of Music and the Banda Primitiva de Paiporta. For this thr...

This is the third part of the five-part suite 'Nomenclatura' commissioned by the Dutch Customs Band 'Douane Harmonie Nederland' for the band's performance at The Light Music Festival in Sankt Gallen,...

This little modern suite by Ennio Salvere is an easy but most pleasant concert piece for youth band. The three parts 'Give me some Funk', 'Give me some Blues' and 'Give me some Soul' allow young music...

While conducting younger groups in the UK, Andrew Pearce wrote a funky and accessible piece that younger musicians would appreciate playing. The piece begins with a repeated quaver motif in low brass...

While conducting younger groups in the UK, the composer decided to write a funky and accessible piece with a catchy tune that younger musicians would appreciate playing each week. It is aptly called '...

'I Got You (commonly known as 'I Feel Good') is a hit song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1965, it was one of Brown's signature songs, and is arguably his most widely known recording. A very...

Chocolat! is a piece written for solo trumpet, two percussionists and concertband with style inspired by funk and jazz music. The name, comes from the nickname of trumpet player Raúl Garcia Chocolate....