Molenaar Edition

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...

'Malcontento' is the Spanish word for 'discontent'. This notion will certainly not be relevant to your audiences.

This arrangement of the number one hit of Anouk can be played with a limited band. A real must for any youth wind band.

This swinging piece is the solution for those looking for a combination of original music and Caribbean rhythms; it will make your audiences jump up and start dancing. Hans Elzinga got his inspiration...

This piece was composed on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Frysk Fanfare Festival Foundation in 2006. It is a fine work for bands of the lower divisions that puts the stress on tone colour...

Another new item in this series is the pedagogic piece 'Four Happy Tunes' by Patrick Millstone. We have several performance styles in the separate parts.

A documentary film about the Rocky Mountains inspired Patrick Millstone to write this piece. The majesty of this natural site is described by a regularly repeated octave leap. The splendour of nature...

Go tell it on the mountains, Go down, Moses, Oh, when the saints, My Lord, what a morning and By the rivers of Babylon. Have your young musicians acquainted with these traditional spirituals. They wil...

Here is another fine work for flexible instrumentation by Patrick Millstone. Three Cool Dances consists of a solid rock tune, a romantic ballad and, to close, a nice sensual calypso. This piece will b...

This work by Peter Goosensen is, once more, splendid though quite simple and easy to play. Without using great means, this piece makes any starting band sound terrific and impressive. A nice work, eas...

for young musicians and beginning bands and each time he succeeds to compose in a most effective way nice works that are easy to play. This is also the case with 'Fun for Band' a piece in Dixieland st...

This simple arrangement of this classic piece can optional be played with choir, or instrumental soloist

A very full sounding arrangement from our famous 'Flexible Wind' series, for every band. In three movements. 'Just Drifting', Just Go For It en 'Just Rocking' come in the Swing, Easy Beat and Rock sty...

Finally a follow up to the popular 'Our Man in Paris' from the composer Terry Kenny. This composition combines an Arabian flavor with European swing.

Drive me Wild (Maak me gek) was a hit single in 2007 from Dutch popular artist Gerard Joling, and his first solo single in a very long time. This work has a big carnival party feel, which will have ev...

'Accretio' was commissioned by the Dutch town of Laarbeek on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. It is a joyful overture and both the title and the musical contents refer to a work of art set up in...

Music: Franz Krenn, Text: Ferry Krauss, Arrangement: Franz Watz Franz Krenn (1816 - 1897) was an organist, a conductor and later also teacher at the Conservatory of music of the 'Gesellschaft der Musi...

On the occasion of its centenary the 'Excelsior' band from the Frisian town Rijperkerk (The Netherlands) commissioned its former conductor Feike van Tuinen to write a concert piece. One of his inspira...

The Lion Sleeps Tonight is based on the African melody 'Mbube', written in 1939. This melody can be heard in many various different forms all over Europe, for example in the popular musical 'The Lion...

Here we have a rather easy piece with a grand effect. This 2 x 4 voice Renaissance piece was composed by Orlando di Lasso for double choir. It can be performed by two (half) bands or by a band and a q...

Everybody has already heard this tune, but this arrangement is full of unexpected pedagogical elements. The starting young musician is confronted with the 'question and answer' system, with several su...

Patrick Millstone was inspired to write this composition during a trip through New-Zealand. The names of the places Kaikoura, Akaroa, Punakaiki and Waikuku are also the subtitles of this suite. With i...