Musica strumentale per banda

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Patrick Millstone based his Dance of the Shepherds on the song Quem pastores laudavere by Michael Praetorius. After an upbeat flashy introduction, you can hear this wonderful Christmas song. A good ch...

Rousing opening fanfare including parts from Joy to the World. Challenging!

The composer: A short concert-opener where I use Norwegian folk-tunes. I wanted to create a short musical picture of the Vikings running from the seashore towards some people they wanted to fight down...

Rob Goorhuis wrote his Variations on a Pentatonic Theme (1987) for the Royal Wind band of Thorn, conductor Jan Cober. The work consists of five character variations on a pentatonic (five-tone) theme....

Franeker (formerly known as Froonacker) is a bustling city situated in the north of The Netherlands. Carl Wittrock wrote this challenging march in honour of the anniversary of one of the music associa...

As the Deer is a well-known praise and worship song by Martin Nystrom. Written in 1984, this song is based on Psalm 42:1.. 'As the hart panteth after the water brooks, o panteth my soul after thee, O...

The Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV, better known as Achnaton, was the second son and successor of Amenhotep III. He reigned the New Kingdom from 1353 until 1336 BC. Achnatons lack of interest in the ec...

Is it too late? Certainly not for this 'jazzy' ballad for flugel horn and band! Feel free to lie back and relax...

Is it too late? Certainly not for this 'jazzy' ballad for flugel horn and band! Feel free to lie back and relax...

The young have the future. This is the statement made at the beginning of 'Like a Child' by Andreas Ludwig Schulte. The opening radiates strength and ambition, but one is also made to wonder which dir...

As he did before in the often played and commonly appreciated 'Lord Tullamore', in which he poetically depicted the landscape and the cultural elements of a small Irish village, in his composition 'Th...

The Yiddish word 'Klezmer' has been derived from the Old Hebrew words 'Kley' (tool, instrument) and 'Zemer' (song, singing, making music). Klezmer is the traditional music of Jews from Eastern Europe....

Jubilant Prelude' is an orchestration of the 'Preludium over Psalm 150' originally composed for organ by Toon Hagen. Since 1998 Toon Hagen has been organ-player of the 'Grote or Sint Michaëlskerk' in...

David Well composed 'Frida's Whiskers' in commemoration of his own cat, who met an untimely end. Frida (whose real name was 'Godefrida van Coopersburg thoe Nieuwenhuys') was a lively creature, who led...

David Well composed 'Frida's Whiskers' in commemoration of his own cat, who met an untimely end. Frida (whose real name was 'Godefrida van Coopersburg thoe Nieuwenhuys') was a lively creature, who led...

Gaudete' comes from the Finnish/Swedish 'Piae Cantiones', a collection of religious music from the 16th century. The English folk group 'Steeleye Span' featuring female lead singer Maddy Prior had a h...

Just wake up the public? With this 'snack' it remains difficult to sit still! Before you know it, everyone folds to the joyful sounds of the circus band.

Make my day, che significa all'incirca 'mi fai un grande favore', è il titolo di questa accattivante composizione di Ron Gilmore, ideale per creare atmosfera in una sala da concerto. Make my Day è per...

Make my day, che significa all'incirca 'mi fai un grande favore', è il titolo di questa accattivante composizione di Ron Gilmore, ideale per creare atmosfera in una sala da concerto. Make my Day è per...

Don Quichote de la Mancha si compone di quattro brevi pezzi (Don Quichote, il geniale nobile spagnolo - Dulcinée: non si incontreranno mai, è la scelta del suo cuore a cui giura amore e lealtà - Sanch...