Partitions pour orchestre d'instruments à vent

The Canadian composer Legrady, born in Hungary, wrote this fine suite with three famous mediterrenean holiday resorts in mind.He was successively inspired by the Monte Carlo Casino, the Greek isle of...

This suite in five parts by the famous Russian wind music composer Salnikov is remarkable for its brilliant composition technique and its superb inspiration. Original Russian themes have been linked i...

In a previous successful work Glenn meets Wolfgang Penders revised a Mozart tune in the Glenn Miller style; this time the famous spiritual Battle of Jericho was the willing victim of Glenn Miller's sp...

Symphonie Ibérique (Iberian Symphony) was composed in 1989. As the title suggests the composer evokes in this three part composition some Spanish atmospheres. The melodic structure and the typical mus...

In his three hours lasting box-office hit 'Les Uns et les Autres' the French filmmaker Claude Lelouch describes the joys and sorrows, important events and everyday incidents of the lives of a number o...

The outer movements of this Little Suite are based on traditional Swedish folkdances. The melancholy second movement sings of the girl Hilla and her love for Duke Hillebrand, unattainable for her, as...

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...

Atmospheres was composed for the Uster Musiktage and first performed in Uster (Switzerland) on october 1st 1989.The idea for the music comes from the thought that whilst a room remains the same, someh...

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...

Gertl Jahns is in fact a well-known Dutch wind band music composer. He wrote this litle Latin-American sounding piece for wind band and was inspired by the 'Bajon', a typical Brazilian folkdance tune....

Hymns and Dances II für großes Harmonieorchester und Harfe (ad Libitum) folgt der Komposition 'Hymnes and Dances I' und ist basiert auf den Kontrast zwischen hymnischen Melodien und tanzenden Episoden...

In 1867 Richard Wagner completed his only comic opera 'Die Meistersänger von Nürnberg' (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) for which he himself had written the libretto, based on the 'Nuremberg Chronicle...