Œuvres instrumentales pour orchestre d'instruments à vent

L'opéra Peter Grimes de Britten, acclamé par la critique, a été créé en 1945 et fait désormais partie du répertoire standard. En outre, la suite orchestrale de concert Four Sea Interludes est fréquemm...

Welsh composer Karl Jenkins dedicated his landmark mass The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace to the victims of the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo. More recently it is been associated with remembrances of 9/11. Th...

'Woodwind and percussion players usually are unfamiliar with the antiphonal brass choir tradition. I made this modern, more easily readable version of Bonelli's classic 1600 Toccata for flexible wind...

Les instrumentistes à vent et les percussionnistes ne sont généralement pas familiarisés avec la tradition des chœurs de cuivres antiphoniques. J'ai réalisé cette version moderne, plus facile à lire,...

A century ago, James Causley Windram, then band director of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (and later the Coldstream Guards) asked Gustav Holst if he would transcribe some of the composer's Hymns fr...

A century ago, James Causley Windram, then band director of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (and later the Coldstream Guards) asked Gustav Holst if he would transcribe some of the composer's Hymns fr...

Originally composed to introduce the various instruments of the orchestra, Britten's 'Young Person's Guide' follows a set of variations based on a melody by Henry Purcell. In this setting for wind ban...

This tune comes to us from England during the 'Bloodless Revolution' of 1688 that saw King James deposed and Wiliam and Mary placed on the throne. Lilliburlero was a satirical political song that help...

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Henry Purcell (1659-1695) était un compositeur anglais de musique baroque, dont les œuvres sont encore souvent jouées et enregistrées aujourd'hui. Ses œuvres font partie du répertoire baroque le plus...

En 1866, Strauss est chargé d'écrire une œuvre pour le Wiener Männergesangverein. Il écrit la valse "An der schönen blauen Donau", mais lors de sa création le 13 février 1867, cette valse n'a que peu...

Anton Bruckner a composé ses "Kleine Orchesterstücke" en 1862, comme un premier essai dans ce domaine qu'il allait plus tard faire sien : la musique orchestrale. Ces quatre pièces sont de petits momen...

Although Franz Lehár became most known for his contribution to the operetta repertoire, he also composed a lot of marches. One of these is 'Piave induló' (Piave Marsch, Marche form the 106th Regiment)...

The 'Hungarian Dances' (Ungarische Tänze), evoking directly the warm blood of Hungarian gypsy music, consist of 21 dances, originally composed for piano four hands. Perhaps less familiar than the famo...

The Toy Symphony, (Kinder-Sinfonie) was also published as Sinfonia Berchtolsgadensis because it was written for instruments that were manufactured in the toy industry of Berchtensgaden that flourished...

Ecce sacerdos magnus (Voici un grand prêtre), WAB 13, est un motet sacré de 1885 du compositeur autrichien Anton Bruckner. Il s'agit d'une mise en musique de l'antienne du même titre. L'œuvre est un r...

As a composer, Johann Strauss Sr. is probably less well known than his son Johann Strauss Jr., but his 'Radeztky March' is still one of the most popular pieces in classical music. Besides this march h...

In 1869 Johann Strauss composed the polka francaise 'Im Krapfenwald'l' ('In Krapfen's Woods'). It was originally titled 'Im Pawlowsk Walde' when first performed in Pavlovsk (Russia). Reportedly, sever...

L'œuvre la plus connue de Kurt Weill (1900-1950) est "Die Dreigroschenoper" ("L'Opéra de quat'sous") (1928), une reprise de "The Beggar's Opera" de John Gay, écrite en collaboration avec Bertolt Brech...

Johann Strauss wrote the 'Russische Marsch-Fantasie' (Russian March Fantasy) for a tour to Russia in 1872. Because the tour was cancelled, the successful first performance of the march was held in Vie...