HAFABRA Louis Martinus

This composition won the 1995 composition prize of the Cultural Department of the Province of Hainaut (B). 'At the end of the fear an open window' This short citation illustrates the emotional route t...

Commissioned by the wind band of Gaurain (B), this piece has been conceived to open a concert in a non-conventional way. The orchestra starts after a drum set solo (ad lib) but without conductor and i...

Pekin, 1898. A young occidental tries to follow an unknown young girl whom he has seen in a crowd. His quest brings him to the doors of the mysterious Forbidden City. Will the doors open for him? It i...

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One of Miklos Rozsa's most famous pieces from his most successful film score, for William Wyler's Ben Hur (1959), Parade of the Charioteers is a fine example of the composer improvising authentic Roma...

In 1992 I attended a band festival in the south of France where I met the conductor of a fanfare band from Luxembourg, Robert Köller. He was kind enough to say some encouraging words to me about one o...

The Introduction is in an A-B-A form where the first fanfare-like majestic theme passes from group to group of the instrumentation. This is followed by a dialog duet between alto saxophone and euphoni...

Choir ad lib. Surely the best wind band adaptation of the music from the historical movie : 1492 - Christopher Columbus. This arrangement by Pascal Devroye has an optional choir part. Within a few bar...

Intro

Louis Martinus has selected 10 slow, romantic and quiet excerpts from large wind band and fanfare band pieces composed by Hardy MERTENS. All these 'moods' are playable separately and are excellent for...

This was the first published piece by Dominique Wyckhuys. Although the composer has never put a foot in Brazil, he nevertheless is attracted to its lively and rhythmical music. After an opening which...

2 marches. The little swan This light march is the fruit of a collaboration between two composers : Jaak GOVAERE and Pascal DEVROYE. It is a lovely and energetic march which was composed for the fanfa...

Alex NORTH didn't received an Oscar for this lovely song but his wistful Unchained Melody, broke out from the forgettable prison epic 'Unchained' , to top the charts. This success written in 1965 and...