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For this exciting work Johan de Meij took his inspiration from Rembrandt's The Night Watch, Vermeer's Love Letter and Steen's Prinsjesdag. In the first movement the solo trombone keeps watch at night,...

Cloud Factory is an industrial piece, inspired by a huge steel plant in Holland. Following an opening section that recalls the sounds of the nearby North Sea, we hear the factory locomotives, the mach...

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:...

Venezuelan pianist and composer Moisés Moleiro Sánchez was born in Zaraza on March 28, 1904 and died in Caracas on June 18, 1979. His most popular work is Joropo, composed for piano solo. This charmin...

The Continental Overture was commissioned by the California Band Directors Association [CBDA] and was premiered on February 23rd 1997 at the 40th annual CBDA Conference in Bakersfield [CA] by the Cali...

Chicago, America's third largest city, is characterised by its modernskyline with dazzling architecture, fabulous restaurants and swingingjazz clubs. It is also, however, famous for its bitterly cold...

In questa selezione di note melodie di James Bond, l'arrangiatore Johan de Meij si è avvalso in successione dei seguenti temi: 'All Time High' (da 'Octopussy', l'ultimo ruolo di Roger Moore come agent...

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...

Tintin è al centro di questa meravigliosa suite. La musica è stata originariamente composta per un musical basato su Tintin - I prigionieri del sole e riflette non solo l'atmosfera avventurosa alla "I...

As the composer of music for well-known movies like Bridget Jones?sDiary, Sense and Sensibility and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Patrick Doyle had already made his name. With the song Non Nobi...

For countless years the legendary Kitty O'Shea's, a bar at the Hilton & Towers Hotel in Chicago, has been the favourite meeting place for participants of the annual Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic. It...

Dutch composer Anthony Fiumara wrote this delightful and sentimental medley of folk songs from Naples, the birthplace of his father Antonio, to whom the suite is dedicated.

Dutch composer Anthony Fiumara wrote this delightful and sentimental medley of folk songs from Naples, the birthplace of his father Antonio, to whom the suite is dedicated.

With "Celtic Classics," Johan de Meij presents an exhilarating Irish Folk Song Suite for wind orchestra, published by Amstel Music. Following in the footsteps of his highly successful works "At Kitty...

Another exciting folk song suite based on traditional Irish songs, from the sequel of Johan de Meij's successful At Kitty O'Shea's and Songs from the Catskills.

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...

Eigentlich ist eine Kirche ein Ort der Ruhe, des Gebets und der Meditation. Das Gegenteil ist der Fall in Giacomo Puccinis Oper Tosca: Er verwandelt die römische Basilika Sant' Andrea in einen Spielpl...

Edgar was Giacomo Puccini's second opera but despite numerous changes and adaptations, it was never able to match the success enjoyed by his first opera Le Villi. Puccini himself was never completely...

Edgar was Giacomo Puccini's second opera but despite numerous changes and adaptations, it was never able to match the success enjoyed by his first opera Le Villi. Puccini himself was never completely...

Following the success of Madame Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed the opera La Fanciulla del West, a dramatic love story based on the Wild-Western play, The Girl of the Golden West. Thi...

Following the success of Madame Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) composed the opera La Fanciulla del West, a dramatic love story based on the Wild-Western play, The Girl of the Golden West. Thi...

Bei dem Duett, das Johan de Meij meisterlich für Blasorchester umsetzte, handelt es sich um Dio, che nell' alma infondere aus dem zweiten Akt von Giuseppe Verdis berühmter Oper Don Carlo. In diesem Du...

Bei dem Duett, das Johan de Meij meisterlich für Blasorchester umsetzte, handelt es sich um Dio, che nell' alma infondere aus dem zweiten Akt von Giuseppe Verdis berühmter Oper Don Carlo. In diesem Du...

Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano is the last aria that tenor-role Dick Johnson (the bandit Ramerrez) sings before his death sentence is carried out. Puccini's opera La Fanciulla del West is set in Am...