Jan van der Roost: spartiti difficile

Beating Beats rhythmically is a rather special piece: more conventional metres are manipulated in such a way that the listener (without score) may be confused and even misled at various points! The 'r...

Beating Beats rhythmically is a rather special piece: more conventional metres are manipulated in such a way that the listener (without score) may be confused and even misled at various points! The 'r...

With solo trombone and trumpet

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...

Alpina Brass' was the test piece for the first division of the Fêtes Cantonales on 8 and 9 June 2019 in Naters, Switzerland. It consists of three movements, and features a variety of aspects, as is co...

Alpina Brass' was the test piece for the first division of the Fêtes Cantonales on 8 and 9 June 2019 in Naters, Switzerland. It consists of three movements, and features a variety of aspects, as is co...

In the course of the two centuries following the death of Henry Purcell in 1695, no British composer of any statue was apparent. Consequently, the break-through of Edward Elgar (1857-1934) as an inter...

Dieses Doppelkonzert für zwei Klarinetten und Klavier widmete der Komponist dem Klarinettenvirtuosen Walter Boeykens und dessen Tochter. In jedem der vier Teile der anspruchsvollen Komposition entspin...

Jan Van der Roost ha scritto Chemical Suite per il Daniel Speer Trombone Consort. In questa suite inusuale vengono tradotti in musica, con l'aiuto di particolare effetti sonori, le caratteristiche del...

This short work is partly based on the well-known bassoon solo from 'Peter and the Wolf', the musical fairy tale by Sergei Prokofiev. However, the original melody is presented in 'inversion': ascendin...

Der Titel Salti (non) mortali spielt darauf an, worum es in diesem kurzen Werk für Violine und Klavier geht: Sprünge bzw. Intervalle. Das Stück erfordert speziell im Mittelteil Techniken und Effekte w...

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...

In composing Firework Jan Van der Roost has once again succeeded in creating another spectacular intro following on Flashing Winds and Signature. In just over a minute the composer shows the band off...

The Lords of Masmine was composed on the occasion of the ninetieth anniversary of the Koninklijk Fanfare Orkest (Royal Fanfare Orchestra) Volksopbeuring of Massemen in Belgium in 2021. The work portra...

The Lords of Masmine was composed on the occasion of the ninetieth anniversary of the Koninklijk Fanfare Orkest (Royal Fanfare Orchestra) Volksopbeuring of Massemen in Belgium in 2021. The work portra...

Die olympischen Winterspiele 1998, die nach 26 Jahren wieder einmal in Japan stattfanden, sind unvergessen: Mit 2302 Teilnehmer war eine Rekordteilnehmerzahl erreicht und die deutschen Sportler kehrte...

In the most literal sense: a piece for an occasion. The actual occasion was Jan de Haan's twentieth anniversary as a conductor of the top Dutch brass band, 'Soli Deo Gloria' (Leeuwarden). To mark the...

Homage wurde von Jan Van der Roost im Auftrage der Brass Band Soli Deo Gloria aus Leeuwarden geschrieben. Direkter Anlass dazu war das 20-jährige Jubiläum von Jan de Haan als Dirigent dieses Ensembles...