Molenaar Edition

Here is another fine original piece by Rob Pronk, adding guitar, piano and bass guitar to the usual wind band scoring. These rather unusual instruments start this composition called The Introduction,...

This is an original march composed by Rob Pronk and arranged by Major Jos Pommer, conductor of the Band of the Royal Dutch Airforce. Fifty marching people are passing by, but not to the traditional ma...

Peter Kleine Schaars most skilfully uses the wind band to give a nice demonstration of the wrapped salsa rhythm. The theme is strolling right through the various instrument groups, whereas the woodwin...

The French composer Jules Massenet (1842-1912) was a pupil of Ambroise Thomas and was awarded a Grand Prix de Rome. He composed several successful operas such as 'Hérodiade' (1881) and 'Manon' (1884)....

Dámaso Pérez Prado defined the mambo as 'merely an Afro-Cuban rhythm with a flavour of American swing'. In the 1950's he became also a star in the USA where he was considered as 'The Mambo King'.

Originally this music was composed as a song on Ukrainian text and dedicated to Kiev - capital of the Ukraine. Kiev is one of the oldest in the former USSR city, it has its own originality and has a l...

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...

The Gulf War began with the invasion and annexation of Kuwiat by the Iraqi army on August 2nd 1990. Following authorization from the UN Security Council, the Allies conducted an operation called Deser...

César Franck (1822-1890) was born in Liege, Belgium, and his great musical talent was discovered when he was still a small boy. When he was 12 years old, his family moved to Paris. In the French capit...

Ton van Grevenbroek selected some picturesque pages from Arnold's soundtrack score.

The infernal and extremely rhythmical 'Samba di Janeiro' was a hit made popular by the group Bellini years ago. A driving and exotic sounding percussion introduction is followed by a most compelling t...

Hans-Joachim Rhinow, born in Berlin on 18 November 1921, studied at the Conservatory of Music (Musikhochschule) of his native town. From 1958 onwards he was active as composer and arranger for radio,...

The Belgian composer Jaak Govaere (1954) is a member of the Royal Belgian Air Force Band and of several famous dance and jazz bands. 'Follow me', arranged by Gh. Slingeneyer, guitarist of the former B...

A game of chess took place in London between two great masters, Anderssen (English) and Kiesevitzki (Russian). That game was regarded as one of the most beautiful ever played in history. That was the...