Partituras dificil de Molenaar Edition

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...

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 title refers to the big radio telescope at Jodrell Bank in England. This composition is not exactly a symphonic poem, although it tries to give a musical portrait of eternity and infinity. 'Jodrel...

A harmonic orchestra, a living source of inspiration with eloquent possibilities, has always inspired the composer. The 'Concerto for a full Harmonie Orchestra' (Concerto pour grand orchestre d'harmon...

An American in Paris was inspired by a trip to Europe in 1928. Gershwin called it a 'rhapsodic ballet'in the impressionistic style. The composer did not want to describe but rather to suggest and appe...

The title 'Aratoro' was chosen in remembrance of the composer's trip to New Zealand in 1991. In the Maori language 'Ara' means path, 'Toro', to explore or to dicover. The work is comprised of six part...

In 1885 Verdi wrote I Vespri Siciliani, an opera which would provide him with an international reputation. The overture is based on motifs and themes from the opera, used in a rhapsodic way. A mysteri...

The great Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was largely self-taught. He composed some operas but then in less than two years' time he lost his wife and two children (1838-1840) and dec...

This Symphony in two parts is an early work from the celebrated composer Ida Gotkovsky. Attracted by composition from her earliest years, Ida Gotkovsky entered the Conservatoire Nationale Superieur de...

A harmonic orchestra, a living source of inspiration with eloquent possibilities, has always inspired the composer. The 'Concerto for a full Harmonie Orchestra' (Concerto pour grand orchestre d'harmon...

In this suite for symphonic band the arranger did not use the existing orchestral suites, but composed another suite of his own with those parts of the ballet music that suited well for a transcriptio...