Brilliant Marches

This work takes both its name and inspiration from a lighthouse 'Sword Cape' that keeps watch near Japan's naval base. The piece describes how, come rain or shine, the lighthouse bids a safe journey t...

Klaas van der Woude has based his arrangement An Old Swedish Hymn on an old pastoral hymn from Dalarna. This beautiful melody even attracted ABBA as they used it as the opening music for some of their...

Like previous marches by Jan Van der Roost (Mercury, Arsenal, Helios, Minerva, Artemis, Montana...) the overall character of Apollo is rather stately and noble. Broad themes and a lyrical trio melody...

Albastum is a proud, stately concert march written in classic A-B-A form. It opens with a festive fanfare in the brass section, followed by a lively, bright theme, symbolising the joy of playing music...

Satoshi Yagisawa is well known for his dramatic symphonic band compositions. Even though he has written relatively few marches, they are also very popular: March Willing and Able is based on a chorale...

This concert march is written in the tradition of Mercury, Arsenal, Helios, Jupiter, Apollo, Minerva and others: the rather moderate tempo lends this march by Jan Van der Roost a rather dignified and...

This work was composed as ceremonial music, as part of a march medley for the participants' entry for the 71st National Sports Festival and the 16th National Disabled Personnel Sports Festival, held i...

Mercury is a concert march composed in a typically British idiom. In 1990, Jan Van der Roost wrote this piece on the occasion of the 15-year anniversary of his own band: Brass Band Midden Brabant. Lik...

Arsenal was composed for the 50th anniversary of the 'Harmonie van het Spoorwegarsenaal'[railroad arsenal], based in Mechelen (Belgium). Rather a stately concert march, it has beautiful themes and a b...

Arsenal was composed for the 50th anniversary of the 'Harmonie van het Spoorwegarsenaal'[railroad arsenal], based in Mechelen (Belgium). Rather a stately concert march, it has beautiful themes and a b...

Minerva by Jan Van der Roost was composed on the commission of the German 'Musikverein Braunshausen' on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the orchestra. The composition, first performed on Septe...

Liberty ist ein kontrastreicher Konzertmarsch in traditioneller Form. Der erste Teil enthält neben einem lebhaften Thema ein anspruchsvolles Bassolo. Das ausgedehnte lyrische Trio enthält fast komplet...

Liberty ist ein kontrastreicher Konzertmarsch in traditioneller Form. Der erste Teil enthält neben einem lebhaften Thema ein anspruchsvolles Bassolo. Das ausgedehnte lyrische Trio enthält fast komplet...

Klaas van der Woude has based his arrangement An Old Swedish Hymn on an old pastoral hymn from Dalarna. This beautiful melody even attracted ABBA as they used it as the opening music for some of their...

Klaas van der Woude has based his arrangement An Old Swedish Hymn on an old pastoral hymn from Dalarna. This beautiful melody even attracted ABBA as they used it as the opening music for some of their...

Albastum is a proud, stately concert march written in classic A-B-A form. It opens with a festive fanfare in the brass section, followed by a lively, bright theme, symbolising the joy of playing music...

Albastum is a proud, stately concert march written in classic A-B-A form. It opens with a festive fanfare in the brass section, followed by a lively, bright theme, symbolising the joy of playing music...

Following in the footsteps of Ceremonial March, Mercury, Arsenal and Minerva, Helios is a concert march in the tradition of grand English marches. In the first passage several connected themes are dev...