Jan van der Roost: spartiti difficile

In Sonatina Piccola, consisting of three movements, the piccolo is presented in all its facets. The Ballata Malincolica features some melodic passages and makes the small instrument sing as well as la...

I Shall Love But Thee is an occasional work in the literal sense of the word, since it was originally written on the occasion of the composer's youngest son's wedding. The texts, by William Shakespear...

Knocking at Heaven's Gate ci mette in breve contatto con il paradiso attraverso la musica. Ci sono bellissimi assoli per eufonio e flicorno nel brano, e anche le trombe e i tromboni giocano un ruolo i...

Knocking at Heaven's Gate ci mette in breve contatto con il paradiso attraverso la musica. Ci sono bellissimi assoli per eufonio e flicorno nel brano, e anche le trombe e i tromboni giocano un ruolo i...

From Ancient Times is a major work for brass band, inspired largely by the music of the Franco-Flemish School of the Renaissance. Hints of Gregorian chant and middle age dances pay tribute to music fr...

Già nell'antichità, sulla costa orientale del Mediterraneo esisteva uno strumento di legno a doppia ancia chiamato aulos. Ne sono state scoperte immagini millenarie in vari Paesi. Lo strumento consist...

Contrasts' was written for, and dedicated to, trombone soloist Dr. Brett Baker. As the titles indicates, contrasting elements characterize this challenging piece. The slow movement 'Sounds' has a some...

Sotto molti aspetti Namasé Rhapsody si allontana dallo stile tipico di Van der Roost. La composizione colpisce per i suoi numerosi riferimenti alla musica di John Adams. Il primo movimento, minimalist...

This 'Grand Overture' was commissioned by the 'Nagano Community Band' - Japan- on occasion of its jubilee in 1992 and is dedicated to the band's conductor, Ikuo Inagaki. The work is based upon three m...

Rikudim (Hebrew for 'Dances') is a four-part dance suite based on Jewish music. By using eastern intervals and irregular time changes, the composer succeeds in creating a slightly melancholy but speci...

Questo lavoro è stato scritto su richiesta della sezione di tromboni della Osakan Philharmonic Winds, un'orchestra di fiati professionale giapponese con la quale il compositore ha già lavorato diverse...

Puszta, vier feurige ungarische Tänze aus der Feder von Jan Van der Roost. Besetzung: Es-Klarinette, 4 B-Klarinetten, Es-Altklarinette, Bassklarinette, Kontrabassklarinette, Es-Kontra-Altklarinette (a...

Für Hungarian Impressions wurden die ersten beiden Sätze des originalen Blasorchesterwerkes Puszta von Jan Van der Roost exzellent für Klarinettenensemble arrangiert. Zusammen mit Puszta für Klarinett...

The Latin phrase De Profundis translates as 'out of the depths' and this is certainly an appropriate title for this solo work for bass trombone, since the deep voice of the instrument is featured exte...

Saltimbanco ha diversi significati: artista, mago, acrobata, artigiano e persino buffone. In effetti, entrambi i movimenti angolari richiedono molto al solista, che dovrà esibirsi qua e là in prodezze...

The magical world of King Arthur, Merlin and Mordred is the setting for Avalon. Unexpected opening figures portray the sudden entrance into another world. A choral-like melody represents the processio...

Spartacus is a 'Symphonic Tone Poem' with 3 joints. Each section has its own melodical materials, however: in the final movement the main theme from the second section returns in a 'grandioso'- tutti....

Jan Van der Roost received the commission for this work from the 'Orchestre d'Harmonie du Val d'Aoste' and dedicated the composition to Lino Blanchod, the conductor of the orchestra. The first perform...

Sinfonietta consists of four movements that have no thematic or musical relationship with each other. Each movement has its own character and atmosphere, which displays a variety of qualities and poss...

Sinfonietta consists of four movements that have no thematic or musical relationship with each other. Each movement has its own character and atmosphere, which displays a variety of qualities and poss...