Willy Hautvast

This Ode to Joy is the choral finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, composed in 1823, using a poem written in 1785 by Friedrich von Schiller. During the Olympic Games of 1956, 1960 and 1964, Ode to Joy...

Willy Hautvast arranged this splendid work from the works of Bach. The serene tranquility it breathes will leave a deep impression behind.

This symphony has a wonderful 2nd movement which lends itself excellently for performance by windband.In Holland this movement serves as a signature tune for a very popular tv-programme, 'Het Capitool...

In Tchaikovsky's most popular opera, 'Eugen Onegin', the poet Lensky dies after a duel, caused by a misunderstanding about his fiancée. In this aria Lensky mourns the approaching loss of love and life...

The French composer Georges Bizet (Paris, 1838 - 1875) is not only famous because of his opera 'Carmen' and his stage music for 'L'Arlésienne'. His opera in three acts, 'Les Pêcheurs de Perles' (The P...

This part from Mendelssohn's 'Midsummer Night's Dream' is a nice piece full of atmosphere allowing a wind band to excel. Above all, the French horn section comes to the fore. The work is well suited f...

For Bedrich Smetana, the polka was the source of typical Czech music par excellence. We do not only find it in his operas, symphonic works and chamber music, but he also wrote single or separate polka...

Following Chopin's example, Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 - March 25, 1918) composed a series of piano pieces called 'préludes.' Debussy, a pupil of Émile Durand and César Franck, gave a title to ea...

'Ases Tod' aus der Schauspielmusik zu Henrik Ibsens 'Peer Gynt' von Edvard Grieg.

'Where'er You Walk' ist eine wunderschöne Arie aus dem dramatischen Oratorium 'Semele' (HWV 58) von Georg Friedrich Händel.

Schlummert Ein' is an aria, the third section from the cantata Ich Habe Genug (BWV 82) ('I Have Enough'). Bach wrote this piece for the Purification of Mary on February 2, 1727. He composed it origina...

Praeludium no. 4, BWV 556, is from '8 Short Preludes and Fugues' formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach, but probably composed by one of his students. It is originally a short prelude for organ....