Partitions pour brass bands

The longest trip we make is to the Far East. Japan, China, Tibet,... all countries with an enormous cultural background and history. Percussion is very important here to give a rich dimension to this...

We sail the ocean with stubborn, hardworking but weak hearted Flemish fishermen to the Northern parts of the Atlantic. A sailor is leaving his wife or girlfriend not knowing if he is going to come bac...

Back to the southern part of Flanders where we tell a sad story about a mother and her children. Serious contemplative talk by the euphonium soloist in Tjanne. Eventually coloured by a harp.

The Dutch composer Eric Swiggers (1968) studied composition with Kees Schoonenbeek. Besides several orchestral and choral compositions, he also composes easy listening pieces for youth bands and uses...

Here is another easy but very nice march by Ennio Salvere - pen-name of the Dutch composer Eric Swiggers - who always writes nice and melodious pieces for flexible winds that can easily be performed b...

In this rather simple but extremely well sounding suite in four parts, the Dutch composer Dick van Heuvel has made a musical evocation of the four basic elements of nature, namely earth, air, water an...

The Belgian piano virtuoso and composer François Glorieux (Kortrijk, 1932) has had a long international career as a concert pianist and conductor. As composer and arranger he worked, among others, wit...

'Malcontento' is the Spanish word for 'discontent'. This notion will certainly not be relevant to your audiences.

Casta Diva is possibly the most famous aria by Bellini. This is Norma's prayer to the moon goddess, and shows Bellini's high craftsmanship with melodies. The most famous version of this aria, was sung...

The complete title of this Irish tune is : 'Believe me if all those endearing young charms'. The character of this song is rather nostalgic, but yet it is popular all over the world as it has been sun...

This swinging piece is the solution for those looking for a combination of original music and Caribbean rhythms; it will make your audiences jump up and start dancing. Hans Elzinga got his inspiration...

The popular youth band suite 'Straight Ahead' has completely been revised by Ennio Salvere who has added extra percussion and a timpani part. The suite consists of four parts: Straight Ahead, Wicked W...

As the tune is so well known and played and sung regularly all over the world, the piece needs no extra comment. Yet this wind band arrangement is, no doubt, a fine acquisition for the repertoire.

This famous Dutch love romance by Ramses Shaffy expresses both the passion and the melancholy of a love relation that had never been expressed as beautifully before in any Dutch song.

Another new item in this series is the pedagogic piece 'Four Happy Tunes' by Patrick Millstone. We have several performance styles in the separate parts.

Here is a splendid composition by Feike van Tuinen commissioned by the municipality 'Het Bildt' on the occasion of its 500th anniversary in 2005. The score describes the history of the place situated...

Kelly wrote this march for the 1948 Kneller Hall March Contest. With the 4/7th Dragoon Guards Kelly took part into the landing in Normandy on D Day, june the 6th 1944; actually he was injured himself...

Here is another fine work for flexible instrumentation by Patrick Millstone. Three Cool Dances consists of a solid rock tune, a romantic ballad and, to close, a nice sensual calypso. This piece will b...

Ramses Shaffy is one of the greatest and most popular singers The Netherlands have known in the 20th century but he had never been honoured with any arrangement for wind band of his songs. At last, th...

for young musicians and beginning bands and each time he succeeds to compose in a most effective way nice works that are easy to play. This is also the case with 'Fun for Band' a piece in Dixieland st...