Johan de Meij: spartiti difficile

After 30 years, Johan de Meij revisits Middle-Earth, the enchanting mythological world of J. R. R. Tolkien, with his spectacular Symphony No. 5 Return to Middle Earth. Although there are thematic remi...

The work, set as the test-piece for the 2005 European Brass Band Championships was inspired by a theme from the second movement of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1 (Andante Cantabile). It consists o...

The work, set as the test-piece for the 2005 European Brass Band Championships was inspired by a theme from the second movement of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1 (Andante Cantabile). It consists o...

Extreme Make-Over was inspired by a theme from the second movement of Tchaikovsky?s String Quartet No. 1 (Andante Cantabile). It consists of a number of musical metamorphoses on the theme and includes...

Johan de Meijs third symphony, Planet Earth, unmistakeably marksa new peak in his large musical output. The symphonic version waspremiered in 2006 and has now been arranged for wind orchestra by the c...

Johan de Meijs third symphony, Planet Earth, unmistakeably marksa new peak in his large musical output. The symphonic version waspremiered in 2006 and has now been arranged for wind orchestra by the c...

Ufo Concerto, the first solo work by Johan de Meij for euphonium solo, is not a traditional concert work in the classical sense. It is comprised of five movements that are thematically interconnected:...

Fellini takes the listener into the surrealistic and dreamy world of legendary Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. The alto saxophone soloist - being the personification of a clown - and the off stage...

Fellini takes the listener into the surrealistic and dreamy world of legendary Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. The alto saxophone soloist - being the personification of a clown - and the off stage...

John Williams (February 8, 1932) has composed some of the most popular, recognizable and critically acclaimed film scores in cinema history. Williams has won 25 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, sev...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) composed the music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream at two different times. In 1826, at the age of 16, he wrote a concert overture (Op...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847) composed the music for William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream at two different times. In 1826, at the age of 16, he wrote a concert overture (Op...

L'anno 1941 fu composto durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Prokofiev fu evacuato nel Caucaso insieme ad altri compositori quando la Germania iniziò ad attaccare l'Unione Sovietica nel 1941. Fu in que...

L'anno 1941 fu composto durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Prokofiev fu evacuato nel Caucaso insieme ad altri compositori quando la Germania iniziò ad attaccare l'Unione Sovietica nel 1941. Fu in que...

La Pavane pour une infante defunte (Pavane per una principessa morta) fu composta per pianoforte da Maurice Ravel, all'età di 24 anni, nel 1899. Ravel compose la versione per orchestra sinfonica nel 1...

A trent'anni dall'uscita della prima parte di Romeo e Giulietta di Sergei Prokofiev, Johan de Meij presenta un seguito mozzafiato. Questa nuovissima suite in tre parti per banda da concerto non è una...

A trent'anni dall'uscita della prima parte di Romeo e Giulietta di Sergei Prokofiev, Johan de Meij presenta un seguito mozzafiato. Questa nuovissima suite in tre parti per banda da concerto non è una...

The symphonic poem 'Loch Ness' consists of five through-composed impressions of this mysterious Scottish Lake. I) The Lake At Dawn - calm, static, sonorous blocks depict the troubled opaque water surf...