Jan Bosveld

Feroaring fan Lucht' is gebaseerd op de gelijknamige roman van de Friese schrijver Rink van der Velde (1932-2001). De vele werken van Van der Velde zijn meestal gebaseerd op ervaringen die hij opdeed...

Bi-Millennial Celebration' has been composed to honour the 2000th anniversary of the founding of the city of Nijmegen. This work consists of three continuous movements. The first movement depicts the...

Ceremonial Entry is a non-programmatic introductory work in which the timpani's set a slow movement supported by a long pedal in the basses. Interrupted by signal like motifs the dynamics gradually in...

Match-Rhythm was the compulsory work for the B-division during the European Brass Band Championships of 2005 taking place in Groningen. It is a rhythmical (Rhythm) oriented opening work in which the...

Fort Fincastle was built in 1793 by royal governor 'Lord Dunmore at an unusual location: Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. The name of the fort: Fort Fincastle' comes from Dunmore's second title of...

Het dorp Oude-Tonge is gesticht omstreeks 1438 en maakt deel uit van de Ambachtsheerlijkheid Grijsoord. Dat is de titel van de compositieopdracht van Fanfare-orkest Vooruit, Oude-Tonge o. l. v. Jurgen...

Just wake up the public? With this 'snack' it remains difficult to sit still! Before you know it, everyone folds to the joyful sounds of the circus band.

Le Fort Fincastle fut érigé en 1793, à Nassau, capitale des Bahamas. Le constructeur, Lord Dunmore, alors gouverneur de Virginie, fut plus que déçu par la structure ronde à l'arrière du bâtiment alors...

Le Fort Fincastle fut érigé en 1793, à Nassau, capitale des Bahamas. Le constructeur, Lord Dunmore, alors gouverneur de Virginie, fut plus que déçu par la structure ronde à l'arrière du bâtiment alors...

This festive fanfare sets the tone for your concert or festival and is suitable for all sorts of occasions. The premiere took place in 2001 and was written for the special 70th anniversary of the PTT...

The assignment to write a test piece for the National Brass Band Championships ended up also being a 'test piece' for myself as a composer. Although being quite familiar with the Brass Band phenomenon...

Match-Rhythm was the compulsory work for the B-division during the European Brass Band Championships of 2005 taking place in Groningen. It is a rhythmical (Rhythm) oriented opening work in which the...

Fort Fincastle was built in 1793 by royal governor 'Lord Dunmore at an unusual location: Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. The name of the fort: Fort Fincastle' comes from Dunmore's second title of...

Shortly after the Second World War, a combative movement of Danish, Belgian and Dutch artists chose the cobra snake - extremely dangerous yet considered sacred - as a symbol of their resistance to str...

One of the best-known and most popular classical themes comes from Johann Sebastian Bach's Third Suite for Orchestra. The Air on a G-string has already been adapted for many instrumental combinations,...

In Greek mythology, Boreas is the God of the North Wind. When thinking of the north wind we particularly think of the bleak wind coming from the freezing cold north, but in Homers' work we see a more...

Astrology is based on the principle that each sort of time has its own quality. In order to determine the quality of a particular moment, an astrologer looks at the position of the planets in the sola...

Czech composer Antonin Dvorak is best-known for his beautiful string-quartets, his symphonies (especially nr. 9 'From the New World'), and his Slavonic Dances Op. 46 and 72. Dutch composer and arrrang...

The Odyssee tells the story of Odysseus, the undaunted hero. In times long ago the blind poet Homer wrote this famous epic. The 'Odyssey' follows the 'Iliad', the story of the bloody war between the G...

The Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep IV, better known as Achnaton, was the second son and successor of Amenhotep III. He reigned the New Kingdom from 1353 until 1336 BC. Achnatons lack of interest in the ec...

Just wake up the public? With this 'snack' it remains difficult to sit still! Before you know it, everyone folds to the joyful sounds of the circus band.

Bi-Millennial Celebration' has been composed to honour the 2000th anniversary of the founding of the city of Nijmegen. This work consists of three continuous movements. The first movement depicts the...