Johan de Meij

Der fulminante Bühnenerfolg des Musicals Elisabeth beweist, wie sehr das Leben der Kaiserin von Ísterreich die Fantasie der Menschen auch heute noch zu beflügeln vermag - und spricht natürlich auch fü...

Der fulminante Bühnenerfolg des Musicals Elisabeth beweist, wie sehr das Leben der Kaiserin von Ísterreich die Fantasie der Menschen auch heute noch zu beflügeln vermag - und spricht natürlich auch fü...

Tintin forms the centre of this wonderful suite. The music has originally been composed for a musical based on Tintin - The Prisoners of the Sun and reflects not only the adventurous 'Indiana Jones' a...

Who could forget our childhood favourites Tintin and Snowy? Tintin - Prisoners of the Sun is a refreshing piece reuniting audiences with the intrepid reporter and his sidekick. Arranged in agreement w...

Anthem is the most well known song from the popular musical 'CHESS' written by the male half of the Swedish pop group ABBA, Bjoern Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. Anthem has been brought out as a separat...

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:...

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...

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...

The Ceremonial Fanfare was originally written for orchestral brass and percussion, commissioned by The Orchestra Osaka Symphoniker from Osaka, Japan. The world première performance took place on April...

The Ceremonial Fanfare was originally written for orchestral brass and percussion, commissioned by The Orchestra Osaka Symphoniker from Osaka, Japan. The world première performance took place on April...

John Williams (8 février 1932) a composé certaines des musiques de film les plus populaires, reconnaissables et acclamées par la critique de l’histoire du cinéma. Williams a remporté 25 Grammy Awards,...

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...

La célèbre trilogie The Lord of the Rings (Le Seigneur des Anneaux) de l'écrivain anglais J. R. R. Tolkien, publiée en 1955, a marqué plusieurs générations delecteurs. Johan de Meij s'en est inspiré p...

Le populaire compositeur et chef d'orchestre américain Henry Mancini a étudié le piano et la direction d'orchestre à la célèbre Julliard School of Music. Il a commencé sa carrière dans la musique de f...

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.

Encore une suite folklorique captivante qui repose sur des chansons irlandaises, voici la suite des œuvres à succès de De Meij, At Kitty O'Shea's et Songs from the Catskills.

Encore une suite folklorique captivante qui repose sur des chansons irlandaises, voici la suite des œuvres à succès de De Meij, At Kitty O'Shea's et Songs from the Catskills.

In 1938 Shostakovich composed his Second Jazz Suite at the request of the recently founded State Orchestra for Jazz conducted by Victor Knushevitsky. This suite was originally scored for a complete sy...

La '4e Symphonie' pour voix solo, chœur d'enfants et orchestre d'harmonie s'inspire de divers poèmes allemands du XIXe siècle. Les trois premiers mouvements contiennent des textes provenant de la...