Willy Hautvast: Partituras medio

This slow movement extracted from the String Quartet op.11 has been arranged for several kinds of ensembles, even by the composer himself. This wind band arrangement continues the series.

We can assume that Bach wrote this work, full of lively rythms and moving melodies, in a lighthearted and jubilant mood. Though originally composed for the organ, this composition has been arranged fo...

The Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg is still popular because of his theatre music for Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' and his Piano Concerto opus 16. The suite 'Fra Holbergs Tid' (Holberg Suite) opus 40 was origi...

Ernsesto Nazareth (1863-1934) komponierte zahlreiche Choros, eine Fusion von populären Musikformen aus Europa und Afrika. Diese 'Garoto' ist ein ansteckendes und rühriges Stück mit einem sehr typische...

Rudolf Friml studied composition with Antonin Dvoràk at the conservatory of music of his native town. He settled in the United States of America in 1906 after having spent already five years in the St...

The Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg is still popular because of his theatre music for Ibsen's 'Peer Gynt' and his Piano Concerto opus 16. The suite 'Fra Holbergs Tid' (Holberg Suite) opus 40 was origi...

A lot of composers, such as Brahms, Rachmaninov, Lutoslavski and many others used the Caprice nr.24 for violin solo by Paganini, to write a series of variations. This time that favourite theme has bee...

The French composer Adam is famous for his operas such as, 'Le Roi d'Yvetot', 'La Poupée de Nuremberg' and 'Si j'étais Roi'. The overtures of most of these operas are still often performed by wind ban...

1492 Conquest of Paradise' is a historical movie picture made by Ridley Scott in 1992, exactly 500 years after the discovery of the American continent. This film music composed by Vangelis became worl...

Giulio Caccini's 'Ave Maria' has been one the most often played tunes at funerals. In 2001 it was used for the soundtrack of the movie picture 'Donnie Darko'. Here is a most pleasant and skilful arran...

Aria from Cantata no.208 In a fine arrangement by Willy Hautvast

(also available for piano and 3 horns 060925060)

Das Stück 'Con Amore' (mit Liebe) ist eine klassische Rhapsodie mit einigen modernen Klängen. Die Einleitung beginnt feierlich. Abgelöst von einem Allegro, welches in der Komposition mehrmals auftauch...

Fritz Kreisler was a violinist and composer and lived from 1875 to 1962. After a tour through the U.S. he studied medicine from 1889 to 1899, after which he resumed his violin career. Kreisler was one...

Adolf Scherzer was military bandmaster with the 7th Bavarian Infantry Regiment at Ingolstadt from 1849 to 1864. His Bayerischer Defilier Marsch (Bavarian Parade March), dating from the second half of...