HAFABRA Louis Martinus

Simple Gifts From 'The Lord Of The Dance'

These dances represent surely some of the most beautiful moments from Russian opera repertoire. They are taken from the opera 'Prince Igor', left unfinished at Borodins death but completed three years...

This piece was written after Hardy Mertens asked me if I would write a competition finale piece for the Sardinian Band in which his girlfriend, Carla Correddu, was a flautist. He wanted a piece that w...

Except for some minor works, Espana is Emmanuel CHABRIER`s first orchestral piece. He was born in Ambert (F) and like many other composers, (Lalo and Bizet for example), he was fascination of Spain. T...

In June 1944, at 21.30 hrs, C-47 Dakota and Albermale aircraft, pulling about 200 gliders, took off from their bases. The first wave had on board 'Pathfinders' - scouts specially trained to mark out t...

This piece, originally entitled '2001 A Brass Odyssey', was commissioned by the National Youth Brass Band of Switzerland to be premiered in the year of its title. I had written a piece which ran the g...

Non Potho Reposare I cannot rest ?at'assicuro ch'a tie solu bramo? a I assure you that I desire only you Canto della nostalgia. Nostalgic hymn. Non potho reposare, amore e coro I cannot rest, love of...

This piece is partly a tribute to an Irish troubadour named Percy French who lived from 1854 to 1920. Although not so many people outside Ireland have heard of his name he wrote the music and texts to...

7 parts + drum set