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In Japan, July the 7th is a holiday known as Tanabata, for which large celebrations are held throughout the country. The holiday is based on a legend about a young man and a young woman who are separa...

This 'Grand Overture' was commissioned by the 'Nagano Community Band' - Japan- on occasion of its jubilee in 1992 and is dedicated to the band's conductor, Ikuo Inagaki. The work is based upon three m...

Der japanische Arrangeur Toshihiko Sahashi arrangierte die drei bekanntesten Themen aus dem Soundtrack zum Kinofilm Batman in diesem Medley für Blasorchester.

Don't Cry for me Argentina is the best-known song from the 1976 musical Evita. It was sung by Eva Peron when she was addressing the crowds amassed in the square below her balcony. More recently it was...

Prima Luce (First Light) was commisioned by the Holy Angels Elementary School located in Aurora (USA). The name of the town (which means dawn), the town's great religious history and the fact that thi...

Die weltberühmte Rhapsody in Blue von George Gershwin in einer hervorragenden Transkription für Blasorchester von Tohru Takahashi. Ein guter Pianist und ein sehr gutes Blasorchester sind die Zutaten,...

The popular Swedish children's series Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking) is about an exceedingly strong and strong-willed little girl with red braids - who is the brainchild of Astrid Lindgre...

Gilbert Bécaud, 'Monsieur 100. 000 Volt', der in blauem Anzug und gepunkteter Krawatte immer wieder das Publikum mit seiner schönen Stimme und seinen unvergesslichen Chansons begeisterte, gilt diese g...

This work consists of two movements. The first part is rather quiet and pastoral in character, written in a gently rocking 12/8 time and expressing the tranquillity of the area around the medieval tow...

Adagio for Winds is similar in atmosphere to the well-known Canterbury Chorale (also by Jan Van der Roost), in that it has no exaggerated melodrama, but rather a melodically wide and expressive approa...

Lieder wie The Girl from Ipanema oder eben Desafinado haben den brasilianischen Pianisten und Komponisten Antonio Carlos Jobim weltberühmt gemacht und sind mittlerweile Jazz-Standards, die in einem At...

Der 1809er Marsch entstand durch die Liebe des Komponisten zur Tiroler Blasmusik, die er schon als Dreijähriger bei Konzertbesuchen in seinem Heimatort mit dem Großvater kennen gelernt hatte. Zu Ehren...

Nothing Compares 2 U gained global recognition when it was performed and recorded many years later by the Irish singer/songwriter Sinead O'Connor.

Jacob de Haan was commissioned to compose this concert piece by the 'St. Peters Wind Symphony' from Brisbane, Australia. 'Ross Roy' is the monumental late 19th century villa where St. Peters Lutheran...

Die Popmusik der 80er-Jahre erlebt derzeit ein großes Revival. Viele Hits von damals werden erfolgreich neu aufgelegt und kommen bei Alt und Jung gleichermaßen gut an. Die drei Tophits der kalifornisc...

The inspiration for this three-part work goes back to the International European Youth Wind Music Festival, of which the patron has been Jacob de Haan several times. It begins in a festive march tempo...

Galea et Bellum was commissioned by the Excelsior Schraard music society (Friesland, the Netherlands). The work tells the story of a rare helmet that was discovered in a church in the Frisian village...

In Four Faces of JazzÔÇôVier Gesichter des Jazz ÔÇô zeigt Peter Kleine Schaars in ebenso vielen Sätzen vier verschiedene Facetten von Jazzmusik auf: Beginnend mit IÔÇÖm Feeling Blue, einem Blues wie i...

According to a famous statement by Herder, folk songs represent the archives of a nation's knowledge, the expression of its heart and the image that reflects its history and identity. Suite Marchigian...

This suite tells the story of the French town 'Tulle' in the 'Nouvelle-Aquitaine'. Tulle was built on seven hills, just like Rome and Lisbon, and is beautifully situated on the river Corrèze. The firs...