Ensemble

The French composer Mickey Nicolas (Laon, 1938) was conductor at the famous Paris cabaret 'Le Lido' for many years. He already expressed his great love for the Eiffel Tower City by composing 'Listenin...

In 1964 I met the American composer, conductor, pianist and educationist Aaron Copland (1900-1990) who was in The Netherlands during an European concert tour. I keep most pleasant memories of his perf...

The American composer John Tatgenhorst (East Liverpool, Ohio, 1938) started composing works for school bands. Among his numerous band compositions the overture 'Tanglewood' was very successsful. The w...

Molenaar Edition has already published several arrangements by Josef Hastreiter as well as his thrilling concert piece 'Dancing Show'. This new very rhythmical compo-sition 'Six to Five' will certainl...

While the mountains are still covered with a thick snow cloth and many passroads are still closed, the fruitblossoms next to the fjords are in full bloom and the days are growing longer and warmer. Th...

This is based on the famous tango 'El Choclo' by Angel Villoldo. The tango is the national dance of Argentina, but Terry has turned it into a samba, which is the national dance of Brazil, thereby runn...

This opera in three acts is based on a libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil inspired by the play 'The sunken bell' by the German playwright Gerhard Hauptmann. It tells a tragical story, similar to the 'Undine'...

Peter Laine has got a long and rich career with entertainment (and more serious) music. His experience, with a.o. the famous Swiss ensemble 'Hazy Osterwald Sextett' and several bands and radio orchest...