Molenaar Edition

Regina Coeli is a scene from the opera Cavelleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni set in a church service on Easter morning. Well known and extremely passionate Italian opera music! Extremely skilfully a...

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...

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...

'Funny Fay', 'Dixie Trix' and 'Swinging Sarah' are the names of the 'girls' in this new exciting piece by Patrick Millstone. Do invite those girls to join you on the dance floor.

Patrick Millstone was inspired by some Frisian folk melodies to write this nice piece for flexible instrumentation. Thanks to the variety of dances such as a calypso, a waltz in 5/4 and a kind of cha-...

Besides what their names tell you about their native country, you can easily hear what the birthplace of the five 'universal girls' is. Both the structure and each melody clearly illustrate in which p...

By means of its simplified rhythms 'Mas Que Nada' allows the starting musician to play some typical Brazilian music. Both performances by Black Eyed Peas and by Sergio Mendes have recently made this t...

Patrick Millstone gave his puppies the following names: Nann, Paris and Max. The contrasts in this merry piece for young musicians are great. This is undoubtedly a must for your next concert devoted t...

'Three Unsquare Dances' consists of three short educational movements and is intended to make starting youth bands acquainted with irregular times and time changes in a simple and clear way.

Modern sounds, captured in a framework of exciting portraits, this fun piece should be ideal for dynamic groups. Each movement contains a different style depicting the various images. From the fast pa...

Due to the success of Henk Ummels' arrangement 'The Best of the Blues Brothers' he wrote a sequel which should be equally successful. This part includes the hits 'Think', 'Minnie the Moocher' and 'I'm...

Here you have an ideal warm-up for your next contest or an intimate intermezzo for your next concert. Patrick Millstone succeeded in composing an impressive and nice sounding easy to play choral that...

'Kick-off' could be an ideal musical kick-off for your next concert. Once again, Patrick Millstone succeeded in writing a nice sounding piece for our 'flexible wind' series. Success guaranteed!

Traffic Jam! Is a funny and educational composition for the beginners youth orchestra. Throughout the day the trafic just keeps coming: Pedestrians, cars, lorries, even emergency vehicals are heard in...

A Day with Dino Saurus' is an educative four-part narrating piece in six movements for young musicians. Dino awakes, he goes to school and attends the lessons. On the playing ground the kids are doing...

'Ballad of the Big City' is a spectacular and thrilling piece for beginners describing the sounds of the city with simple means. Next to the theme, one hears all kinds of horns, a policeman, the inevi...

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...

Three Little Pieces is a suite in three movements for younger band and a natural progression from 'Stepping Out. It includes a Fanfare/March, a Waltz and a final upbeat movement suggesting the holiday...

This is a very clever arrangement of one of the biggest hits from the Dutch singer Caro Emerald. This song is from her Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor album from 2010. The single was releas...