Amstel Concert Band

The Hymn To My Country is the trio part of the second movement, entitled 'In the Country', from the third Symphony To My Country (1886 - 1890) by the Dutch composer Bernard Zweers (1854 - 1924). This...

For countless years the legendary Kitty O'Shea's, a bar at the Hilton & Towers Hotel in Chicago, has been the favourite meeting place for participants of the annual Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic. It...

Venezuelan pianist and composer Moisés Moleiro Sánchez was born in Zaraza on March 28, 1904 and died in Caracas on June 18, 1979. His most popular work is Joropo, composed for piano solo. This charmin...

Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) is an opera in three acts by French composer Georges Bizet, who particularly made his fame with his opera Carmen. The friendship duet Au fond du temple saint...

Another award-winning composition by Johan de Meij: a spectacular orchestral adventure, exploring the endless possibilities of the note 'E' in all its different forms and appearances.

With Via Claudia, the band takes the audience with it on a tour of the Alps. The journey begins on a foggy night near Venice and leads in a solemn procession over steep mountain passes up to the summi...

The first of its kind: A delightful suite based on five enchanting African folk songs. African Harmony can be performed instrumental or with choir (SATB).

After 30 years, Johan de Meij revisits Middle-Earth, the enchanting mythological world of J. R. R. Tolkien, with his spectacular Symphony No. 5 Return to Middle Earth. Although there are thematic remi...

The fascinating life of Leonardo da Vinci and his enormous curiosity spurred Johan de Meij to experiment with musical material, by using only the ivory keys of the piano during the composition process...

The fascinating life of Leonardo da Vinci and his enormous curiosity spurred Johan de Meij to experiment with musical material, by using only the ivory keys of the piano during the composition process...

The French composer Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a member of the 'Groupe des Six'. This group of six composers gathering Honegger, Poulence, Auric, Durey, Tailleferre and Milhaud, imitated Erik Sati...

Das bekannteste Werk des französischen Komponisten Darius Milhaud ist wohl La Création du Monde, das bei seiner Uraufführung in Paris 1923 viel Aufsehen erregte. Trois Rag-Caprices entstand ein Jahr z...

The funeral music from the melodrama Bergliot consists of two orchestral fragments illustrating dramatical events happening in the melodrama. The monologue is recited by Bergliot, the wife of Einar Ta...

Die Jazz Suite No. 2 schrieb Dimitri Schostakowitsch im Jahre 1938 ursprünglich für ein Sinfonieorchester mit vier Saxophonen, einem Akkordeon und einer Gitarre. Der Vorgänger Jazz Suite No. 1 von 193...

Dvorak's Symphony No. 4 (1874) was a pivotal work in the career of this famous Bohemian composer. In the work Dvorák is finally freed from the influence of other composers and succeeds in producing a...

Dvorak's Symphony No. 4 (1874) was a pivotal work in the career of this famous Bohemian composer. In the work Dvorák is finally freed from the influence of other composers and succeeds in producing a...

The opera-ballet Mlada was an epic project involving six different Russiancomposers including Mussorgsky, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov. Unfortunately the work didn't ever receive a performance howevert...

The Russian composer Anatoli Liadow was one of Rimski-Korsakov's talented students and was also a respected conductor. Liadow's compositions are relatively few, as he did not complete many of his work...

Ufo Concerto, the first solo work by Johan de Meij for euphonium solo, is not a traditional concert work in the classical sense. It is comprised of five movements that are thematically interconnected:...

Johan de Meij's 4th Symphony for solo voice, children's choir and wind orchestra is inspired by a variety of 19th century German poems. The first three movements use lyrics from the same source as Gus...