Spartiti medio per Banda

The traditional song Day-Oh! became very popular when Harry Belafonte (New-York, 1927) put it in his repertoire as 'Banana Boat Song'. This jazz musician discovered by chance that he boasted a unique...

Mandalay, the cultural capital of Burma, was very seriously damaged by bombings of the Allied Forces during the Second World War. 'The Road to Mandalay' has been a kind of oriental symbol, which was a...

Don't Let The Moment Pass is a song from Alan Parsons Project album Freudiana (1990). Freudiana is a rock album and a rock opera, originally intended to be the 11th album by The Alan Parsons Project....

This arrangment is part of the Alan Parsons Project. This band was founded by sound technician Alan Parsons and composer and session musician Eric Woolfson. During a performance of Night of the Proms...

This arrangment is part of the Alan Parsons Project. The Turn tells the story of the entrance a gambler makes into a casino, full of expressionless faces and the endless spinning of the roulette wheel...

I Prelude (start) II Landscape (measure 17) III Crowded and Urbanization (measure 68) In case of lack of time or potential technical problems, it is possible to skip the third part. One can make a str...

The Dutch conductor Feike van Tuinen, who wrote 'Hever castle' for flexible instrumentation, has now written this fine composition for fanfare band 'Chorus'.It consists of a series of fine variations...

We sail the ocean with stubborn, hardworking but weak hearted Flemish fishermen to the Northern parts of the Atlantic. A sailor is leaving his wife or girlfriend not knowing if he is going to come bac...

Back to the southern part of Flanders where we tell a sad story about a mother and her children. Serious contemplative talk by the euphonium soloist in Tjanne. Eventually coloured by a harp.

At the commemoration ceremonies of the '60th anniversary of the Liberation' several stories about the concentration camps were brought up once more. Most poignant was the improvised act by an ex priso...

Natum 1834 è un brano molto colorato, con grandi melodie e contrasti sorprendenti. Il titolo si riferisce alla nascita della Banda Amizade di Aveiro in Portogallo.

Casta Diva is possibly the most famous aria by Bellini. This is Norma's prayer to the moon goddess, and shows Bellini's high craftsmanship with melodies. The most famous version of this aria, was sung...

This is a splendid choral in which the Dutch historical song 'Merck toch hoe sterk' is skillfully arranged

The work describes a short dance by a one-legged sailor. In the 6/8 beat the sailor always makes the wrong steps and gets furious about it. So he stamps his wooden leg (sounded by beats on two large w...

This cheerful four part ' simple suite ' surprises in a most pleasant way. The first part 'Preludio' is very playful and dynamic. The second part 'Cancion' is of course rather lyrical. The third part...