Kevin Houben

“Man wird mit Keulen zu Boden geschlagen und dann auf Engelsfittichen zu den höchsten Höhen gehoben.” (Mahler over zijn 2de symfonie “Wederopstanding”, Juli 1894) *“You are clubbed to the ground and t...

The travels of the Aztec people as they headed south through North America looking for a new home, acted as the inspiration for Lake of the Moon. The composition contains small fragments of Oriental m...

The travels of the Aztec people as they headed south through North America looking for a new home, acted as the inspiration for Lake of the Moon. The composition contains small fragments of Oriental m...

Forgotten World pays homage to a former conductor of the orchestra that commissioned this work. It also happens to be the same orchestra that composer Kevin Houben gained some of his early experience...

Into Your Eyes' was commissioned by the Nielse ConcertBand (Belgium) to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The band was formed through the fusion of two existing music societies by the late Michel Versa...

Arcana is the plural of the Latin word ?arcanum, ? meaning secret. This substantial work is full of contrasts. Smooth historic like melodies harking back to music of yesteryear, bustling complex rhyth...

The Cry of the Falcon refers to the Germanic Goddess Freya, who had a cloak of feathers that gave her the ability to change into a falcon. As a falcon Freya could make her way among people. Weeping an...

The word 'orbis' means an orbit or a path, and in this case represents the direction of three wind ensembles as they join together. A triumphant opening to Orbis alludes to the history of these three...

Future Celebration was composed on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Royal Socialist Wind Band 'De Toekomst' from Sint-Niklaas (Belgium). In this colourful compostion Kevin Houben succeeds...

Johannes Brahms can be considered to be one of the top composers of the nineteenth century chamber music. He was a giant in this field and an eminent successor of Beethoven and Haydn. A masterpiece fr...

Johannes Brahms can be considered to be one of the top composers of the nineteenth century chamber music. He was a giant in this field and an eminent successor of Beethoven and Haydn. A masterpiece fr...

Concert Pieces for Bb Clarinet and Piano and Etudes for Bb Clarinet Piano Accompagniment available on YouTube Channel HOUBEN EDITIONS

La primera de sus '3 Declaraciones' para seis trompetas (en Sib) es un Maestoso solemne y dinámico - Don't hold back - de algo menos de 1 minuto de duración, unido a un segundo movimiento lírico - Be...

Legend of a Giant ist eine Komposition für solo Altsaxophon und Harmonie-Orchester des belgischen Komponisten Kevin Houben. Der Komponist hat dieses herausfordernde Saxophon-concerto dem spanischen Sa...

Dieses Werk ist Kevin Houbens musikalisches Tribut an den berühmten Renaissance-Maler Pieter Brueghel (dem Älteren) aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. Es beginnt mit einer Gesamtansicht des Gemäldes Aufstieg zu...

We find ourselves initially at the court of King Nobel, where all the animals have arrived for a court hearing. Reynard the Fox has plenty to answer for but he seems determined to avoid his punishment...

Atropos is one of the three goddesses of fate. Atropos cuts the thread of life of a person whenever their time has come. She works alongside Clotho, who spins the thread, and Lachesis who determines t...

March of the Marmots describes the comical creatures that emerge from their winter slumber, at ­first soft and hesitant, then stridently march from their burrows into the sunlight. This piece is a nic...

Dogon whisks the audience off on a journey to the steep slopes of the Dogon Valley. Majestic brass sounds sketch the exotic culture of the Malian Dogon people. The Dogon see the valley as both a threa...

A Viking's Tale tells the story of Gelmel, the watchman of a Northern king. It is a suite distilled from Kevin Houben's large musical spectacle Gelmel, containing the most beautiful themes and interes...

Commissioned by Banda de Musica Municipal de Silleda (ES), Kevin Houben has written this work for the Certamen de Valencia 2018 in Spain. Where Angels Fly is a very technical, powerful and virtuoso wo...

Commissioned by Banda de Musica Municipal de Silleda (ES), Kevin Houben has written this work for the Certamen de Valencia 2018 in Spain. Where Angels Fly is a very technical, powerful and virtuoso wo...

Into Your Eyes was commissioned by the Nielse ConcertBand (Belgium) to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The band was formed through the fusion of two existing music societies by the late Michel Versav...

Lux Futura' (Light of the Future) was commissioned by the Royal Wind Orchestra Delft and is inspired by the letters 'D-E-L-F-T' using the letter notation system by Béla Bartók. In this 'Delft' cell, t...