Kees Vlak

Es ist von grundsätzlicher Bedeutung, dass ein Komponist bei seiner Arbeit stets an den spezifischen Klang der Blasinstrumente und des Schlagwerks denkt. Für eine Eröffnungsfanfare ist es daher unerlä...

A group of European pioneers are dwelling through the Far West, looking for the eldorado called ' El Rancho Grande'. On their way they have to overcome a lot of dangers and difficulties. The morning m...

This four part suite in Spanish style is named after the second part, the most romantic of the four movements. It pictures a pastoral Spanish mountain village awakening by the sound of the church bell...

Big Band Sound again! A composition in the famous Glenn Miller idiom but ... much easier to perform. Again a number of Chorusses in which the musicians can Jazz it up a little. This opportunity for im...

This selection of Dutch hits that made it on the worldrepertoirelist was commissioned by CONAMUS,the Dutch organisation for promotion of Dutch Entertainment Music, compiled by Kees Vlak and published...

The beaches of Rio de Janeiro are almost as famous all over the world as the Brasilian music with its typical characteristics. The population is an amalgam of several races: white people, black people...

Diese Komposition handelt vom Schiff Rainbow Warrior der Umweltorganisation Greenpeace. Kees Vlak beschreibt auf musikalische Weise die manchmal abenteuerlichen Aktionen im Kampf um das Überleben bedr...

Diese Komposition handelt vom Schiff Rainbow Warrior der Umweltorganisation Greenpeace. Kees Vlak beschreibt auf musikalische Weise die manchmal abenteuerlichen Aktionen im Kampf um das Überleben bedr...

The Dutch composer Kees Vlak (Amsterdam, 1938) has often been inspired by traditional folk music when composing for wind band. So, for example, he used themes from the Antilles, the Caribbean, France,...

Here we have a selection of Brabant folksongs in a modern arrangement. The main theme 'Duke John' is constantly present in different forms and makes the link between the different musical themes. This...

Just like the Brabant Fantasy and the Frysk Fantasy this composition is a selection of original folksongs. The most popular song is undoubtedly the Limburg national anthem 'Where in the Bronze Green O...

An easy work which will invite the listeners to dance. This chatterbox cha-cha has a real exotic touch. A real cha-cha that incites to dance!

This work is meant to provide both musicians and listeners with a better understanding of the musical structures. The composers deals successively with the sonata, the three-part Lied form and the ron...