Molenaar Edition

Literally 'The Birds of Brazil”, this title refers to the Brazilian people. In Part 1 Passaros coloridos (Coloured Birds) an ocarina or panflute imitates an amazon bird. Part 2 Pomba Triste (Sad Dove)...

Gloria Estefan is a most successful latin singer of Cuban origin. She scored an impressive series of hits with the group 'Miami Sound Machine' in the eighties and nineties. Songs such as 'Dr.Beat' and...

Since 1990 Hans Elzinga performs and teaches South-American traditional music. In this piece 'Paseo de Otoño' (Autumn walk) he tries to make us familiar with the colourful and rhythmical music of the...

The legend of Santo Cristo de Maracaibo is full of adventures. A composition full of energy and intensity that perfectly captures the exciting battles that followed for nearly 310 years in the Ria de...

The infernal and extremely rhythmical 'Samba di Janeiro' was a hit made popular by the group Bellini years ago. A driving and exotic sounding percussion introduction is followed by a most compelling t...

This single from Ritchie Valens from 1958 is originally a Spanish song from Mexican folklore. Years later it was picked by Rolling Stone magazine as the only non-English song in their 500 Greatest Son...

Sofia is a single by Spanish singer-songwriter Álvaro Soler. The song was released as a separate single after El mismo sol and Agosto. The song was a big hit, first in Italy climbing in three weeks af...

'El Mismo Sol' is the debut single by Spanish singer and songwriter Álvaro Soler. The song was written for Soler's debut studio album Eterno Agosto (2015) and it became one of the summer hits of 2015,...

Cuban music is widely recognized as one the most richest and influential in the world. The fusion of Spanish and West African musical traditions can be heard in all it's genres that range from slow an...

Cuban music is widely recognized as one the most richest and influential in the world. The fusion of Spanish and West African musical traditions can be heard in all it's genres that range from slow an...

En esta chispeante obra, el director es interrumpido en medio de una aventura musical por una llamada telefónica espontánea de un miembro de la orquesta. Este momento inesperado añade una capa extra d...

The Girl in 14G was written by Jeanine Tesori for the American actress and singer, Kristen Chenoweth, and featured on her 2001 debut CD, Let Yourself Go. The song is based on her personal experience:...

With the theme of Space Exploration brought to focus, here's a piece in 3 contrasting movements that will give the players and audience plenty to engage with. From the exciting launch to the space wal...

À la Mémoire (En mémoire de ma femme). In Memory (In memory of my wife). With this composition I wanted to express my feelings over the enormous loss of my wife, who died in 2018 after 60 years of mar...

Fanfare for Westenholte (2015) was written for Fanfare Orchestra Excelsior from Westenholte (NLD) currently under the direction of Marten van der Wal. The composition opens with a typical horn call co...

This expressive piece of work by Benjamin Yeo paints a musical picture of a young child sleeping soundly beside the window, listening to the whispering voice of the moon. Benjamin's careful and creati...

This wonderful piece delivers all of the musical impact expected of a Steven Reineke composition in a work that is accessible to mid-level bands. Impressive colors, exciting rhythms and masterful scor...

The Winkler Prins School, in Veendam, commissioned Overture to a Jubilee on the occasion of their 150th anniversary. Andreas Ludwig Schulte has based the work on the schools logo: three owls. These re...

Roll on the Ground is a Concert March/Overture written in 2012, as a departure gift to Roland Schiltz, conductor of the Harmonie Municipale of Rollingergrund (Luxembourg) for 20 years. Talent, enthusi...

Festival Flourish was written to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Musikkapelle Kappl from Tirol. Massive brass playing is interchanged with lyrical and rhythmic elements. This music is very su...

The concert march Sempre Unita, which means Always United is a musical tribute to a united Europe. The composition is in a traditional form and is characterized by a grandiose tuba solo, a euphonium/o...

The Cotton Phoenix is the first part of the two-part work 'Metropolis of the East' and describes the influence of the textile industry on the development of Enschede. The composition begins introducin...

In the second part of the two-piece work Metropolis of the East is the Old Market, the centre point of the city of Enschede in the Netherlands. Elements such as the Great Church, the monument to the c...

The composition Ritual of Light describes the different variations of light. The sun in the clear blue sky, backlit swirling snowflakes, countless reflections in waterfalls, beside the darkness of cav...