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Cecil Coles was a Scottish composer who was killed by a German sniper in world war one, and is buried in Crouy (Northern-France). During WWI he sent manuscripts to his friend Gustav Holst, en his musi...

Popular composition by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona, composed in 1928 as last movement of his suite Andalucia. Other famous versions were made and played by Stan Kenton, Bill Haley, Ritchie Valens,...

One of Sir Edward Elgar's strange and ethereal part songs, based on 'the lotos eaters' by Tennyson. It was written with the choir split across two keys a semitone apart, the men in G, the women in A-f...

Abendlied (Evening song) is a sacred motet by Josef Rheinberger for a six-part mixed choir. He wrote the first version in 1855 at the age of 15. It is perhaps his most famous choral work, which looks...

John Clifford Heed (1862-1908) composed more then 60 marches, 'In Storm and Sunshine' is one of his best known.

Famous classic march from Johann Strauss Sr.!

Lovely classic work of Hans Christian Lumbye (1810-1874), also known as the Strauss of the North. Let the champagne pop!

Fast American circus march for conmcert band by Fred Jewell (1875-1936). Perfect encore of your concert!

In 'Sweet Jubilations' the chorale 'In dulci jubilo' by J.S. Bach is used next to a fast dance version of the same melody. In an imaginative elaboration different versions of the melody carry us toan...

This work the composer wrote to personate the feeling you get when you look straight in the air: everything starts to spin and you feel your life to the tips of your toes.

Quick march written by Russell Alexander (1877-1915), a virtuoso euphonium player and composer who got famous with the Barnum and Baileys Circus.

'B-Liss' is a duet for alto saxophone and trombone. You get a kind of battle between the two instruments which will culminate in the ultimate music experience, sharing a great musical moment together....

Serene composition by Belgian composer Patrick Verhaegen, written as a tribute to the passionate music lover.

'El Cid' tells in four parts the story of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, a Spanish knight of the 11th century who was known by his nickname El Cid Campeador ('Lord Champion'). This warrior earned a lot of res...

'A Mother's Treasure' tells the musical story of the mother who sees her daughter grow up. As a little girl she is playing simple pieces that you will hear back in the trumpet part. Later she is in he...

'Salute' is written for conductor Nico Meylemans and the Royal Fanfare Band 'Moed & Volharding' from Heist -op-den -Berg (B). The work commemorates all war victims from Heist-op-den-Berg who died duri...

Who has not stood in the kitchen with Mom in his youth? Who has not looked at how the dough was baked in the oven, the vegetables were chopped. In 'Sorcery's Kitchen' composer Patrick Verhaegen was in...

Exciting new composition by talented composer Stijn Aertgeerts, commissioned by the '2015 Brass On Stage' festival for the world famous Eikanger-Bjørsvik Musikklag.

Lovely march by American composer Robert Browne Hall, the 'March King of Maine'.

Great new march, written for the Cardiff University Brass Band Composition Competition.

The 'Black Saturday' bushfires were a series of bushfires that ignited or were burning across the Australian state of Victoria on and around Saturday, 7 February 2009 and were Australia's worst ever b...

In 'The Oak and the Linden' the story of Philemon and Baucis is pictured musically, which rewards the Gods hospitality. This story is told by the Roman poet Ovidius in his 'Metamorphosen', and is cons...

'Taiko & Geisha' was commissioned by the Norwegian brass band, Kleppe Musikklag, as a part of their contest program: 'Around the world', for the entertainment contest, Siddis Brass Festival, in 2012....

The Middle Ages are in the history of Europe during the period between classical antiquity and the modern era, roughly between the years 500 and 1500 AD. Traditionally this period was situated between...