Rob Goorhuis

Don Quichote de la Mancha is a tasteful musical adaptation of the famous novel by Miguel de Cervantes in four lively movements: The first movement presents the wise nobleman Don Quixote, and in the se...

In the composition 'La terre' several aspects of Earth have been translated into sounds in an associative manner. The first part depicts Nature, Mother Earth, stability, the soil which is the source o...

The composition 'The Fever Tree'in 2008 was commissioned by the Music Association of Central and Eastern Netherlands St. Willibrord as a gift to all its members on the occasion of the formation of a n...

The Innocent Condemned tells of the so-called buck riders (bokkerijders) who, in the middle of the 18th Century caused mayhem in the area around Limburg. Calmer passages in the music depict the fear o...

The composition Guggisberg Fantasie is based on a beloved and well known Swiss folksong. This song from the 17th century tells the sad story of two lovers who can never be together. The girl Verena is...

Rob Goorhuis wrote this challenging work for solo euphonium with its marvellous title The Seven Divine Properties at the request of Danny Oosterman and after an idea of Anteun Hoesen. In fact, this pi...

Listening to Holiday Impressions, you are instantly touched by the atmosphere of far-off lands, exotic cities and lonely beaches. Rob Goorhuis has translated his holiday impressions into a light, surp...

Listening to Holiday Impressions, you are instantly touched by the atmosphere of far-off lands, exotic cities and lonely beaches. Rob Goorhuis has translated his holiday impressions into a light, surp...

Overture Concertante werd geschreven in opdracht van de fanfare St. Joseph uit Meers in Limburg. Het is een spontaan en dynamisch muziekstuk. Het werk bevat veel interessante slagwerkpassages, waarond...

The Innocent Condemned tells of the so-called buck riders (bokkerijders) who, in the middle of the 18th Century caused mayhem in the area around Limburg. Calmer passages in the music depict the fear o...

In opdracht van de fanfare Flora uit Aalsmeer componeerde Goorhuis het werk Fiori Musicali. Het 4-delige werk is een ode aan de bloemenpracht, een branche waarin Aalsmeer internationale bekendheid gen...

In 2005 it was 400 years ago that the first volume of the world-famous novel 'El ingenioso hidalgo don Quichote de La Mancha', written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), was published. Don...

On Wings of Liberty shows us that Rob Goorhuis, one of Holland's greatest contemporary composers of music for wind instruments, is a natural when it comes to writing concert marches. His first work of...

In the year 1368 a rapacious character takes up residence in the castle of Rijnesteyn at Cothen. He is Johan, bastard son of the Bishop of Utrecht. Round this now so peaceful castle eventful matters a...

Fúzje is in opdracht geschreven van de fanfare Ons Genoegen uit het Friese dorp Marssum ter gelegenheid van haar 100 jarig bestaan in 2001. Het werk heeft vier deeltjes, die in elkaar overlopen. Er w...

Tusken bou en greiden Deze compositie van Rob Goorhuis gaat over drie mannen, wier namen nauw verbonden zijn met het Friese dorp Witmarsum. Het zijn heel verschillende figuren, hoewel er in hun karakt...

The composition 'The Fever Tree'in 2008 was commissioned by the Music Association of Central and Eastern Netherlands St. Willibrord as a gift to all its members on the occasion of the formation of a n...

Rob Goorhuis wrote this challenging work for solo euphonium with its marvellous title The Seven Divine Properties at the request of Danny Oosterman and after an idea of Anteun Hoesen. In fact, this pi...

Rob Goorhuis wrote this challenging work for solo euphonium with its marvellous title The Seven Divine Properties at the request of Danny Oosterman and after an idea of Anteun Hoesen. In fact, this pi...

This march is a cheerful tribute to the board and in particular the chairman of each band. At a time when it is difficult to find suitable board members, a musical helping to the current generation of...

This overture was written in 1997 as a commission by the De Bildt (Holland) municipality on the occasion of the 800 years anniversary of its German sister-town Coesfeld (Germany), to which the work wa...