Ensemble

This is the very first composition which Alex Poelman wrote for symphonic band. The work describes the contrast between the beauty of the volcanoes and their destructive power.

In the Ancient World the seven most beautiful monuments were called 'The seven Wonders of the World'. In his Symphony nr.1, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' the young Dutch composer Alex Poelma...

In the Ancient World the seven most beautiful monuments were called 'The seven Wonders of the World'. In his Symphony nr.1, The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' the young Dutch composer Alex Poelma...

Somewhere in a park in China you can find the Dragon's Fountain. According to legend, long ago a dragon with three heads was slain in a fierce combat. According to the story, in order to express its a...

Here we have a short but powerful composition introduced by a brilliant brass fanfare which is repeated by the rest of the band in different forms and by different instrumental groups, leading finally...

This composition, subtitled 'Light after Darkness' starts in a rather mysterious mood, but soon turns into a solemn, serious and impressive adagio. With its rich orchestration this short but most effe...

When the heat has become very intensive and invisible, it seems to turn black. This composition is an attempt to turn the apparent contrast heat/blackness into music because Alkema is fond of fire and...

The Dutch conductor Feike van Tuinen, who wrote 'Hever castle' for flexible instrumentation, has now written this fine composition for fanfare band 'Chorus'.It consists of a series of fine variations...

The Salsa is a mixture of jazz, rock and Afro-Cuban music that was born in the seventies in New York. This musical genre, based on Caribbean rhythmical patterns, gives way to a lot of improvisation. T...

In his 'Radiovariations' the Spanish composer José Alamá-Gil wrote four very different variations on a 'radio theme' that is heard in the broad introduction. The 1st variation is lively and very rhyth...

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...

We start our trip in Wallony, the French speaking part of Belgium where folk music is having a big revival nowadays. A solo cornet invites us with a classic opening as a little promenade to the dance,...

Jews in Eastern Europe always had their typical music. Links with gipsy music are never far away. Starting with 3 cadenzas, each for cornet, euphonium and tenorhorn the band has to deal with a difficu...

The longest trip we make is to the Far East. Japan, China, Tibet,... all countries with an enormous cultural background and history. Percussion is very important here to give a rich dimension to this...

We sail the ocean with stubborn, hardworking but weak hearted Flemish fishermen to the Northern parts of the Atlantic. A sailor is leaving his wife or girlfriend not knowing if he is going to come bac...

Back to the southern part of Flanders where we tell a sad story about a mother and her children. Serious contemplative talk by the euphonium soloist in Tjanne. Eventually coloured by a harp.

This pieces D-Day describes that historical day. Water, fog banks, fear, panic, assault, guns, victims... The composition reaches its culminating point in the final choral 'abide with me'. An impressi...

The composer wrote: 'Though my English friends doubted whether this title was grammatically correct, it perfectly expresses what I wanted to say. At some moment I finally accepted the continuous failu...

' Madam I'm Adam'. Said Adam to Eve. If only the whole story in the Garden of Eden could as easily be read backwards as this palindrome! That was not the case and so all kinds of things happened, such...