Spartiti medio per orchestra

1) 'Jour de Fête.* A quiet sunday atmosphere on the Avenue Foch, a residental area for the well-to-do in Paris. It begins with full-soun­ding chords, with a wealth of added tones. It seems as if many...

Our man in Paris is a flaneur. Polished, elegant, and a little wordly-wise, he spends much of the day in the glossy boulevard cafes, sipping his drink and chatting with friends as he watches the fashi...

The immortal French song 'Les Feuilles Mortes' (Autumn Leaves) was composed by Joseph Kosma on a text by Jacques Prévert. Kosma worked with Berthold Brecht, Kurt Weil and Hans Eisler in Berlin before...

The Japanese composer Kamioka Youichi is a newcomer in our European band world. His composition 'In Autumn Skies' is a traditional march, however characterised by quite original ornaments, especially...

Juri Briat has arranged the tunes of the winter Olympic games of the Eighties for a wind orchestra. As always, he has chosen original works and arranged them in his own typically colourful way. An ide...

Stevie Wonders musikalische Karriere begann schon sehr früh. Wegen seiner Blindheit konnte er nicht wie die anderen Kinder draußen spielen. So hörte er viel Musik und spielte dazu auf Schüsseln und Tö...

The popular American composer and conductor Henry Mancini studied the piano and conducting at the famous Julliard School of Music. He started his career in film music as arranger for the legendary mov...

Fly Me to the Moon' was originally titled 'In Other Words', and was introduced by Felicia Sanders in cabarets. The song became known popularly as 'Fly Me to the Moon'.

This swinging piece used to be very popular in the sixties. It is a composition in which you can recognise the typical big band sound.

In diesem Werk greift Jacob de Haan eine alte Sage über einen Drachen, der einst nahe der holländischen Stadt Zwolle lebte und von den Bewohnern immer wieder Menschenopfer forderte, ehe er vom Erzenge...

In diesem Werk greift Jacob de Haan eine alte Sage über einen Drachen, der einst nahe der holländischen Stadt Zwolle lebte und von den Bewohnern immer wieder Menschenopfer forderte, ehe er vom Erzenge...