Molenaar partitions pour Harmonie

Solo for two baritons (euphonia) and wind orchestra

This composition is subtitled 'Rhapsodic Sketches on a two days journey through a Dutch province (county)'. Penders originally composed this music to illustrate a series of slides on the Dutch provinc...

Japanese sounds, pentatonic scales, throbbing drums and (for Western wind orchestras something quite new), glissandi on the double-reed instruments. The fact that Molenaar's Editions for wind-orchestr...

The composer thinks his 'Overture for an Imaginary Play' (1987) does not need any comment at all.

Grandfather's Clock, presented à la Herb Alpert orJames Last, a useful addition to our Real Big Band Sound repertoire.

We can assume that Bach wrote this work, full of lively rythms and moving melodies, in a lighthearted and jubilant mood. Though originally composed for the organ, this composition has been arranged fo...

Henry Mancini studied composition, piano and conducting at the famous Julliard School of Music. He started his musical career as a pianist and arranger with the Tex Beneke Band before working as arran...

Mike Post wrote several fine tunes for popular American television series such as 'The Greatest American Hero' and 'NYPD Blue'. Willy Hautvast already arranged for Molenaar Edition the theme of the ce...

This selection of Dutch hits that made it on the worldrepertoirelist was commissioned by CONAMUS,the Dutch organisation for promotion of Dutch Entertainment Music, compiled by Kees Vlak and published...

The huntsman goes on a holiday and takes it easy.There are no agitated horns, but there is a quiet hunting-motif instead. A few moments later the horns want to sound off again, but they can be coaxed...

'Rookie' stands for a new recruit. This small piece of entertainment music describes his first exercises and training.

This rhapsody is based on popular folktunes and dances such as 'Annie Laurie', 'Gina Body', 'Meet a Baby', 'Hundred Pipers' and 'Auld Lang Syne'. Henk van Lijnschooten is second to none to picture the...