Johan de Meij

The T-Bone Concerto was Johan de Meij's first composition for solo instrument and symphonic band. It consists of three movements called respectively 'Rare', 'Medium' and 'Well Done'. In addition to th...

Die Continental Overture ist ein kurzes, aber dynamisches Stück voller Energie und Schwung mit einem sehr melodischen Mittelteil und einem spektakulären Schluss. In keinster Weise versucht der Komponi...

Voice of Space is the first movement of The Venetian Collection. The picture on which the music is based on was painted by the Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte. Along with Ensor, Permeke and De...

The Red Tower was inspired by the painting of the same name (La Torre Rossa) by the Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico, and was awarded first prize in the International Composition Contest in Oman. One...

The Red Tower ist der zweite Teil von The Venetian Collection, einem Zyklus von Orchesterwerken, in denen der Komponist vier Gemälde aus dem Peggy-Guggenheim-Museum in Venedig vertont hat. Der zweite...

Magic Garden contrasts starkly with the other movements of the cycle. As with the painting, Johan de Meij has tried to reflect the colourful, naive dream world of Paul Klee. The transparent texture, i...

Inspired by a painting by Magritte [1898 - 1967] Empire Of Light was commissioned by a consortium of nine university bands, united in the Atlantic Coast College Band Directors Association [ACCBDA] and...

Who could forget our childhood favourites Tintin and Snowy? Tintin - Prisoners of the Sun is a refreshing piece reuniting audiences with the intrepid reporter and his sidekick. Arranged in agreement w...

A book for those who keep the spirit of youth alive in them; of life, sunshine, running water, woodlands, dusty roads, winter firesides' said author Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) about his children's bo...

Klezmer is the traditional instrumental music for weddings and parties of the Yiddish speaking Jews of Eastern Europe. Its origin goes back to the sixteenth century. At this time Yiddish culture was a...

Extreme Make-Over was inspired by a theme from the second movement of Tchaikovsky?s String Quartet No. 1 (Andante Cantabile). It consists of a number of musical metamorphoses on the theme and includes...

Chicago, America's third largest city, is characterised by its modernskyline with dazzling architecture, fabulous restaurants and swingingjazz clubs. It is also, however, famous for its bitterly cold...

Chicago, America's third largest city, is characterised by its modernskyline with dazzling architecture, fabulous restaurants and swingingjazz clubs. It is also, however, famous for its bitterly cold...

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...

As the composer of music for well-known movies like Bridget Jones?sDiary, Sense and Sensibility and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Patrick Doyle had already made his name. With the song Non Nobi...

With hit musicals like Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, Starlight Express and The Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber is the most successful musical composer ever. His most recent production...

Johan de Meijs third symphony, Planet Earth, unmistakeably marksa new peak in his large musical output. The symphonic version waspremiered in 2006 and has now been arranged for wind orchestra by the c...

Johan de Meijs third symphony, Planet Earth, unmistakeably marksa new peak in his large musical output. The symphonic version waspremiered in 2006 and has now been arranged for wind orchestra by the c...