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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...

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...

José Alamá Gil became musical director of the Banda del Centre Artistic Musical de Bétera in 1979 and has won many awards with this fine symphonic band. His two part concert piece for symphonic band '...

José Alamá Gil became musical director of the Banda del Centre Artistic Musical de Bétera in 1979 and has won many awards with this fine symphonic band. His two part concert piece for symphonic band '...

The ' Sinfonia Hamlet ' is a quite original and contemporary musical representation of William Shakespeare's tragedy. The composer uses all kinds of effects causing quite some musical surprises (or di...

This arrangement by Marcel Peeters is a compilation of tunes from 'Porgy and Bess' and is meant as a tribute to one of the greatest composers of entertainment music of the 20th century. The performanc...

This Rock Opera appeared for the first time in 1970, from composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics from Tim Rice. The musical world ate it up, and it was a huge hit on Broadway and London. In 1973 a...

This nice composition, commissioned by the Swiss Army Brass Band was arranged for symphonic band at Johann Mösenbichler's request. The legendary bird called 'Phoenix' rises from its ashes as a symbol...

The overture to George Gershwin's musical 'Strike up the Band' has been masterly arranged by our grand old master Desiré Dondeyne. 'Strike Up the Band' is a milestone in the history of the Broadway mu...

The title 'Dis-TENSIONS-diS' is a game (or pun) with the words tension and distension (relaxation). The work stems from a 'Leitmotiv' presented at the beginning of the work by the warm sound of the ba...

Scheherazade Opus 35 ist eine sinfonische Suite, die 1888 von Nicolai Rimski-Korsakow in St. Petersburg komponiert worden ist. Die Suite ist auf der bekannten Sammlung von arabischen Märchen 'Tausend...

Once a year, Aegeus, King of Athens, had to sacrifice seven young maidens and seven young men to the mythological monster, called Minotaur, guardian of the labyrinth on the isle of Crete. His son Thes...

This is an extremely impressive and important work, which demands the highest level from both musicians and conductor. The subtitle of Fantastic Variations is 'Homage to Duarte Ferreira Pestana', refe...

The 'Suite voor Harmonieorkest'was written in 1962 commissioned by the Ministry of Culture at that time. The rave reviews Bob Vos got for his 'Concertino for Eb Clarinet and wind band led tot his comm...

The 'Suite voor Harmonieorkest'was written in 1962 commissioned by the Ministry of Culture at that time. The rave reviews Bob Vos got for his 'Concertino for Eb Clarinet and wind band led tot his comm...

The medieval song 'Halewijn' tells the fascinating story about a murderer of women who is finally killed himself. This subject is set to music by Gerard Boedijn in his symphonic poem ' Halewijn '. Thi...

Drieluik is one of the pearls in the repertoire, which is specifically written for wind band. It is an interesting piece in a contemporary idiom that was written ahead of its time (1969). This is a re...

'Eli, Eli' short for Eli, Eli lema sabacthani refers to the biblical text from the gospel of Matthew. The composition doesn't intend any direct relationship with Christianity but refers to the loss of...