Désiré Dondeyne

With 'Listening to Paris' we had discovered the talent of Mickey Nicolas, assistant conductor at and arranger for the famous Paris Cabaret 'Le Lido'. Here is a new composition for medium grade bands w...

A man is strolling in Paris and muses about the capital's prestigious history, suggested by a slow waltz. He is disturbed by the surrounding noise, but anyhow the musical evocation proves to be strong...

As the title clearly indicates this is a kind of 'Foolish Toccata and Fugue', written in collaboration with Désiré Dondeyne. Both the introduction and the free fugue incited Master Dondeyne to develop...

This parade, extremely well suited for wind band, is a succession of themes amalgamated into a medley and reminding major sequences of an imaginary musical. Conductor and musicians come to the fore.

We are flying in a plane over the Vaccarès lake in the middle of the Mediterranean area in the South of France and this inspires to a musical evocation of the Provence. After a flight of flamingos too...

Three sound portraits of Turkey: the 'Topkapi Palace' , the imperial residence built after the Ottoman conquest in Istanbul, the 'Blue Mosque' or Sultan Ahmet mosque built between 1609 and 1616 also a...

Although one can strive for original music in the field of the wind orchestra, the arrangement still has its place. When one hears Mozart's moving masonic funeral music played by a symphonic or fanfar...

This parade, extremely well suited for wind band, is a succession of themes amalgamated into a medley and reminding major sequences of an imaginary musical. Conductor and musicians come to the fore.

This Overture in C, composed by one of Gossec's outstanding pupils Catel, is a most representative original band composition of the French Revolution era. It was premiered by the National Guard Band a...