Obras instrumentales para orquesta de viento

'Woodwind and percussion players usually are unfamiliar with the antiphonal brass choir tradition. I made this modern, more easily readable version of Bonelli's classic 1600 Toccata for flexible wind...

Los intérpretes de viento madera y percusión no suelen estar familiarizados con la tradición antifonal del coro de metales. Hice esta versión moderna y más fácil de leer de la clásica Toccata 1600 de...

A century ago, James Causley Windram, then band director of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (and later the Coldstream Guards) asked Gustav Holst if he would transcribe some of the composer's Hymns fr...

A century ago, James Causley Windram, then band director of the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers (and later the Coldstream Guards) asked Gustav Holst if he would transcribe some of the composer's Hymns fr...

Originally composed to introduce the various instruments of the orchestra, Britten's 'Young Person's Guide' follows a set of variations based on a melody by Henry Purcell. In this setting for wind ban...

This tune comes to us from England during the 'Bloodless Revolution' of 1688 that saw King James deposed and Wiliam and Mary placed on the throne. Lilliburlero was a satirical political song that help...

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Henry Purcell (1659-1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, whose works are still often performed and recorded today. His work is among the most important Baroque repertoire. His rondo is part...

En 1866, Strauss recibe el encargo de escribir una obra para la Wiener Männergesangverein. Escribió el vals "An der schönen blauen Donau", pero en su estreno, el 13 de febrero de 1867, este vals tuvo...

Anton Bruckner compuso sus "Kleine Orchesterstücke" en 1862 como un primer intento en ese campo que más tarde haría suyo: la música orquestal. Estas cuatro piezas son pequeños y melodiosos "momentos m...

The Toy Symphony, (Kinder-Sinfonie) was also published as Sinfonia Berchtolsgadensis because it was written for instruments that were manufactured in the toy industry of Berchtensgaden that flourished...

Ecce sacerdos magnus (He aquí un gran sacerdote), WAB 13, es un motete sacro de 1885 del compositor austriaco Anton Bruckner. Es una adaptación musical de la antífona del mismo título. La obra es un r...

As a composer, Johann Strauss Sr. is probably less well known than his son Johann Strauss Jr., but his 'Radeztky March' is still one of the most popular pieces in classical music. Besides this march h...

In 1869 Johann Strauss composed the polka francaise 'Im Krapfenwald'l' ('In Krapfen's Woods'). It was originally titled 'Im Pawlowsk Walde' when first performed in Pavlovsk (Russia). Reportedly, sever...

La obra más conocida de Kurt Weill (1900-1950) es "Die Dreigroschenoper" ("La ópera de los tres centavos") (1928), una adaptación de "La ópera del mendigo" de John Gay, escrita en colaboración con Ber...

Saint-Saëns también contribuyó enormemente a la literatura concertante francesa. Escribió cinco conciertos para piano, tres para violín, dos para violonchelo y una veintena de pequeñas obras concertan...

Nowadays, Carmen is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment because of the misunderstanding of the very realistic plot. C...

Die Moldau (Vltava) es el segundo movimiento del ciclo de poemas sinfónicos "Ma Vlast", del compositor checo Bedrich Smetana. En esta pieza, Smetana utiliza la pintura tonal para evocar los sonidos de...

Johann Strauss jr. composed in 1864 the 'Persischer Marsch' (Persian March), Op. 289. It was dedicated this to his Majesty Nasir-ad-Din imperial Shah of Persia (1831-1896). The melody of the trio is t...

Los Planetas del compositor Gustav Holst es una suite orquestal de siete movimientos en la que cada movimiento lleva el nombre de un planeta del Sistema Solar y su correspondiente carácter astrológico...