Obras inaugurales para orquesta de viento

Eric Swiggers (Deurne, 1968) is currently conductor of the symphonic band 'Harmonie St Caecilia' of Lieshout and the fanfare band 'De Notenkrakers' (The Nutcrackers) of Vorstenbosch. He has composed q...

'Accretio' was commissioned by the Dutch town of Laarbeek on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. It is a joyful overture and both the title and the musical contents refer to a work of art set up in...

The overture to George Gershwin's musical 'Strike up the Band' has been masterly arranged by our grand old master Desiré Dondeyne. 'Strike Up the Band' is a milestone in the history of the Broadway mu...

Eine besonders eindrucksvolle Overtüre. Gewidmet der Königlichen Harmonie von Gronsveld und den Dirigenten Martijn Pepels. Das Werk wurde im Auftrag von dem 'Fonds Podiumkunsten' komponiert.

Egmont op. 84 was composed by in 1810 and is a set of incidental music pieces for the play of the same name by Goethe. It is certainly one of Beethoven's greatest overtures. Beethoven was a great admi...

Arranger Dirk Keijzer has been working with famous Dutch pianist Cor Bakker since the 1980's. During their long collaboration, Cor would have guests appear on his television programme Cor & Co, and es...

The heroic and powerful Fanfarria, Op.50 was commissioned and premiered by the Alicante Municipal Concert Band in 2012 to commemorate their first centennial. The main epic theme is introduced by the t...

The European Overture is an enthusiastic and amazing opening dedicated to and premiered by Jan Cober and the European Union Youth Wind Orchestra in Luxembourg, 2013. As a clarinetist member of the EUY...

Festival Signation is an opening piece, suitable for the beginning of a concert, or start of a second half. It begins with a majestic fanfare with powerful chords in the brass, and light motives in th...

This is a work in opening fanfare style. The piece is characterized by a vision of the hawk flying. During the work we can feel the wind to rip its wings, the frenzy of the hunt, the speed of the nose...

The Overture Terra di Montagne (Land of the Mountains) pays homage to the beautiful mountains of Tyrol. The piece begins with a powerful opening fanfare, followed by an Allegro con brio. The peaceful...

Our Blue Planet, has been arranged in the form of a classic overture and is a musical portrait of our beautiful, but fragile planet. A slow solemn hymn (Andante religioso) sings about the beauty of th...

Mountain Moments is a piece which is a part of and is based on the book of landscape and nature photography, with the same name, by Miguel Serra and narrated by João Gabriel Leitão. This work upholds...

FLASH, suite for wind band, was written in 2015.The work that names the first monographic CD of the wind music of Carlos Pellicer 'Flash”, is written and dedicated to the 'Agrupació Musical Sta. Cecíl...

Heroes Overture A dramatic motif played on the roto-toms announces the overture, followed by a bright main theme in trumpets accompanied by trombones. The second part, Stampede, is an exciting variati...

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...

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...

Wondrous Intrada. An exciting opener for any Christmas concert, based upon the carol Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (A Great and Mighty Wonder). The work is carefully scored to work for a reduced band if...

The Overture to The Land of Smiles by Franz Léhar (1870-1948) In the overture to the operetta 'The Land of Smiles', the outstanding orchestrator, Léhar, has artfully forged some of the now world famou...

The Besana International Band Festival is a festival place every two years in Besana in Brianza, in Italy. Organized by the local band with the aim of bringing together musical groups united by the sp...

Cleopatra (69-30 BC) was involved in a battle for power with her brother Ptolemy III. She did not want to share power over Egypt with him. Tradition dictated, however, that the man was always the most...

This is a typical openingsoverture. The piece is characterized by the image of a flying hawk. We feel the wind tugging at its wings, the fury of the hunt, the dizzying nosedive, and all the splendor a...

 The Great Valor ' is a piece full of energy. Ideal for a modern concert opening, it will dazzle the public with the bright brass and the omnipresent woodwind rockets. The title of this piece is a ref...

Amni Imosite, an Overture whose melodies and sound effects seek to pay homage to the composer's hometown, Amposta. This composition earned him the award of the AMPOSTA AWARD 2021 for his career, comme...

Otra brillante fanfarria de apertura tras Fanfare Festive y Call of Heroes. Impresionantes metales, intercalados con una sección central bellamente llevada.