Beriato Music

This grand work contains four contrasting movements. The first movement, Prelude, takes the form of an overture: it raises the curtains and marks the beginning of the piece. The brilliant motifs of th...

From the first beat Sven Van Calster's new composition gives the message - it's time for celebrations to begin! Let's Celebrate was composed for the youth band SJOW in Hoboken, Belgium, to commemorate...

Stef Minnebo's Concert Pitch is a spectacular opening piece. It contains two contrasting sections that flow into one another. The introduction is musically beautiful, however it can be performed as ba...

Bert Appermont composed Song for Sakiko during a stay in the cosmopolitan metropolis of Tokyo. 'Sakiko' roughly translated means 'flower child' and is associated with a dreamy, poetic atmosphere. Appe...

The 'J. Geils Band', from Massachusetts in the USA, played blues-rock in the 1970s, but by the beginning of the 1980s had evolved their sound to a somewhat more pop style. And not without success: the...

Impressionist composer Claude Debussy wrote his set of Préludes for the piano between 1909 and 1913. In their entirety, his Préludes total 24 individual pieces in two volumes. It is from these that Ka...

This grand work contains four contrasting movements. The first movement, Prelude, takes the form of an overture: it raises the curtains and marks the beginning of the piece. The brilliant motifs of th...

Fanfare and Jubilation was commissioned by the Yahata Technical High School Band (Fukuoka, Japan) to celebrate the 40th edition of their annual concert, and is dedicated to its directors, Mr. Satoru Y...

The Corrs are a well-known contemporary Irish band. They take Irish folk tunes and dress them up with pop, rock, and Celtic influences. They also use a mix of contemporary and traditional instruments...

The Corrs are a well-known contemporary Irish band. They take Irish folk tunes and dress them up with pop, rock, and Celtic influences. They also use a mix of contemporary and traditional instruments...

In On Wings Bart Picqueur cleverly portrays the sense of freedom and joy that music can bring. On Wings was commissioned by the VLAMO of East Flanders (Belgium). VLAMO is an umbrella association that...

I composed Axis as a dedication to my friend Shinya Nakamitsu. He is a wonderful graphic designer who loves wind band music. Some years ago, I made a demo CD to hand out to a number of people. He over...

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) composed his opera The Night before Christmas in 1894-95. The premiere took place on December 10 1895 in St. Petersburg. The libretto to the opera came from Rimsky-...

ESSENTIA is an collaborative orchestral merger in Essen, Noorderkempen, in Belgium. This amalgamation was first established in September 2010. The piece The Essence of Music was written in honour of t...

Jan Moretus (1543-1610) was a book printer and publisher in his native city of Antwerp. He worked as assistant to his father-in-law, the renowned master printer and publisher Christoffel Plantijn. Aft...

The name 'Aldacum' (alder wood) dates from the period of the Roman occupation, and is the Latin name of the brewing town Alken in the Belgian province of Limburg. The Koninklijke Harmonie Sint-Aloysiu...

The Legend of Ratu Kidul carries us into the world of Indonesian mythology, on the island of Java: Once upon a time, the Queen of the Southern Seas was a kind and beautiful princess. She was the daugh...

This miniature tone poem for concert band is a sequel of Benjamin Yeo's earlier work Flight. Voyage to the End of the Earth depicts a voyage by ship across the sea. The music expresses the calm of the...

This brilliant concert march was written to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of 'Les Voltigeurs de Québec'. The title of the work refers to the emblem of this Canadian regiment, in whic...

This work is based on the famous stories of Baron Münchhausen. In these tall tales, the baron undertook all sorts of fabulous adventures. He flew, for example, on a cannonball, or rode on a horse torn...

On 25th May 2011 a huge fire broke out in the Kalmthoutse Heath nature reserve north of Antwerp. Within a very short time more than 600 hectares of heath land went up in flames. The effect on the surr...

The Ultimate 'Europe' Collection is an exciting medley of explosive 80s rock! Europe, who originally went under the name of Force, were founded in 1979 in the Swedish town of Uppland Väsby. At the beg...

Composer Naoya Wada wrote his new work Wind Capsule for his old school pal and his wife Asako for their wedding. Befitting this happy occasion, it's a cheerful, bubbly and dynamic work that radiates o...

The Celtic poem The Voyage of Bran was the inspiration for this fantasy work by Bert Appermont. The subject of this composition is Febal, who - together with his companions - travels to the 'otherworl...

Audivi Media Nocte is based on the eponymous motet by Thomas Tallis from the 16th Century - a work that holds great fascination for Oliver Waespi. During the process of composition, various chord sequ...