Willy Hautvast

This march was composed for the 25th anniversary of the Dutch Air Force Band. In the airforce jargon 'Fly Past' means a group of aeroplanes flying over.

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) was a German composer, conductor, organist and pianist of the early Romantic period. This Wedding March, extracted from the theatre music written for William Sh...

Hot Toddy is a so-called evergreen in the bigband repertoire. Composer Ralph Flanagan (1914 - 1995) himself was a successful bandleader in the United States of America. The piece was very popular and...

1492 Conquest of Paradise' is a historical movie picture made by Ridley Scott in 1992, exactly 500 years after the discovery of the American continent. This film music composed by Vangelis became worl...

Aria from Cantata no.208 In a fine arrangement by Willy Hautvast

Regina Coeli is a scene from the opera Cavelleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni set in a church service on Easter morning. Well known and extremely passionate Italian opera music! Extremely skilfully a...

Wilhelm Kienzl (born Waizenkirchen, Oberösterreich, January 17, 1857; died Vienna, October 3, 1941) was an Austrian composer, pianist, and conductor. On May 4 1895, Der Evangelimann, his most famous o...

Wilhelm Kienzl (born Waizenkirchen, Oberösterreich, January 17, 1857; died Vienna, October 3, 1941) was an Austrian composer, pianist, and conductor. On May 4 1895, Der Evangelimann, his most famous o...

Schlummert Ein' is an aria, the third section from the cantata Ich Habe Genug (BWV 82) ('I Have Enough'). Bach wrote this piece for the Purification of Mary on February 2, 1727. He composed it origina...

Leo Delibes (1836-1891) wurde in Frankreich geboren und studierte ab seinem 11. Lebensjahr am Konservatorium von Paris, wo er Studien in Solfeggio, Orgel und Komposition absolvierte. Er komponierte ha...

Cette hymne à la joie est la finale des choeurs de la Neuvième Symphonie de Van Beethoven de 1823 sur un poème de 1785 de Friedrich von Schiller. Pendant les Jeux Olympiques de 1956, 1960 et 1964 l'Hy...

Willy Hautvast arranged this splendid work from the works of Bach. The serene tranquility it breathes will leave a deep impression behind.

This symphony has a wonderful 2nd movement which lends itself excellently for performance by windband.In Holland this movement serves as a signature tune for a very popular tv-programme, 'Het Capitool...

In Tchaikovsky's most popular opera, 'Eugen Onegin', the poet Lensky dies after a duel, caused by a misunderstanding about his fiancée. In this aria Lensky mourns the approaching loss of love and life...

The French composer Georges Bizet (Paris, 1838 - 1875) is not only famous because of his opera 'Carmen' and his stage music for 'L'Arlésienne'. His opera in three acts, 'Les Pêcheurs de Perles' (The P...