Partituras medio para Orquesta

Ton van Grevenbroek wrote an excellent arrangement of the music written by James Horner for the success film by Steven Spielberg 'The Mask of Zorro' (1998) featuring Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopki...

The Belgian arranger Peter Laine uses his rich experience in the world of the international entertainment music to provide the actual symphonic band repertoire with excellent pieces, even very fine ja...

This arrangment is part of the Alan Parsons Project. The Turn tells the story of the entrance a gambler makes into a casino, full of expressionless faces and the endless spinning of the roulette wheel...

I Prelude (start)II Landscape (measure 17)III Crowded and Urbanization (measure 68)In case of lack of time or potential technical problems, it is possible to skip the third part. One can make a straig...

Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus, the Ethiopian king of Joppa (now known as Jaffa, in Israel), and the mother of Andromeda. The queen was both beautiful and vain, and the story of how her vanity cau...

The Dutch conductor Feike van Tuinen, who wrote 'Hever castle' for flexible instrumentation, has now written this fine composition for fanfare band 'Chorus'.It consists of a series of fine variations...

We sail the ocean with stubborn, hardworking but weak hearted Flemish fishermen to the Northern parts of the Atlantic. A sailor is leaving his wife or girlfriend not knowing if he is going to come bac...

Back to the southern part of Flanders where we tell a sad story about a mother and her children. Serious contemplative talk by the euphonium soloist in Tjanne. Eventually coloured by a harp.

At the commemoration ceremonies of the '60th anniversary of the Liberation' several stories about the concentration camps were brought up once more. Most poignant was the improvised act by an ex priso...

The 'Annen Polka' is e real gem of the typical Viennese music. It could hardly fail at any Strauß concert and is a regular feature at the annual New Year's Concert in Vienna.

Bethena is the result of a fictive collaboration between Scott Joplin and Willy Hautvast. The piece was originally written for the piano, so the melody is to be found in the right hand part whereas th...

Natum 1834 is a very colourful piece with great melodies and surprising contrasts. The title is referring to the birth of the Banda Amizade in Aveiro Portugal.

Casta Diva is possibly the most famous aria by Bellini. This is Norma's prayer to the moon goddess, and shows Bellini's high craftsmanship with melodies. The most famous version of this aria, was sung...

This is a splendid choral in which the Dutch historical song 'Merck toch hoe sterk' is skillfully arranged

The work describes a short dance by a one-legged sailor. In the 6/8 beat the sailor always makes the wrong steps and gets furious about it. So he stamps his wooden leg (sounded by beats on two large w...

This often sung double choir composition by Heinrich Schütz has been skilfully arranged for band. The space effect can be obtained by putting an ensemble playing the echo in the gallery.