Obras instrumentales para orquesta de viento

Pjotr Iljitch Tchaikovsky is not only famous for his poignant symphonies and virtuoso concertos, but is also popular thanks to his romantic ballet music. The Nutcracker Ballet was inspired by the fair...

Alex Zwijgers wrote this fine arrangement of the Lacrimosa, an extract from Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem. This moving melody is extremely well suited for a performance in a church, though it can also prov...

Henk Ummels escribió este arreglo fácil y a la vez hábil para bandas de las divisiones de clase media de esta composición clásica extremadamente popular de Maurice Ravel. Este arreglo es muy adecuado...

André Rieu sorprendió al mundo de la música en 1995 con este popurrí de música de Johann Strauss, Franz Lehár y Emmerich Kalman. Con él, su nombre quedó grabado en el mapa (musical). Rieu sigue recorr...

L'Almanach aux Images was composed in 1911, originally consisting of eight piano miniatureseach preceded by a poem. It is perhaps the best-known work of French pianist, composer and conductor, Gabriel...

Manuel de Falla is considered one of the biggest Spanish composers. He was very interested in native Spanish folk music, whose influence is rather noticeable in this piece. The Three Cornered Hat, whi...

The Voyevoda from Tchaikovsky is based on the play A Dream on the Volga which was premiered on February 11, 1869. In the 1870s Tchaikovsky destroyed the manuscript full score of the opera, while recyc...

Camille Saint-Saëns, wrote his Third Symphony, while at the peak of his artistic abilities. During the same period he also wrote his Third Violin Concerto, the Danse Macabre and his world famous Carni...

Funeral March of a Marionette was composed in 1872 as part of Charles Gonoud's Suite Burlesque for piano. This suite was intended as a parody of the music critic, Henry Chorley. When he had finished c...

Debussy's Preludes for Piano is a masterpiece of impressionist music. The arranger wanted to translate this colourful universe into the symphonic concert band scope. He explores the wide palette of re...

Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a Russian composer, music educator and conductor who taught lessons at the Conservatory of Saint Petersburg, to Stravinsky and Prokofiev among others. The talented orch...

The composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) is regarded as Norway's the most important composer and for a large part can be regarded as a miniaturist. He has written famous works such as the Piano Concerto...

Benvenuto Cellini was the first opera from the French composer Hector Berlioz. After reading the memoires of the 16th century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini, Berlioz had a strong feeling of connection and...

In 1888 a poor music teacher got engaged to a writer, eight years older than him. Caroline Alice Roberts dedicated her poem The Wind At Dawn to her beloved Edward Elgar. And he composed his Liebesgruß...

This Galop, one of the most famous works by the Austrian musician Johann Strauss senior, was composed in 1837. The source of inspiration for this was the Cachucha, a Spanish dance which was very popul...