The Music Of Johan de Meij

La primera sinfonía de Johan de Meij "El Señor de los Anillos", basada en la famosa trilogía de Tolkien, se ha establecido como una pieza 'clásica' en el repertorio de piezas para banda de concierto....

El estreno mundial del musical Elisabeth tuvo lugar en Viena el 3 de septiembre de 1992. La gran aclamación con que fue recibido el musical puso de manifiesto que la vida de la Emperatriz de Austria s...

Johan de Meij's first symphony The Lord of the Rings is based on the trilogy of that name by J. R. R. Tolkien. This book has fascinated many millions of readers since its publication in 1955. The sym...

Extreme Make-Over was inspired by a theme from the second movement of Tchaikovsky?s String Quartet No. 1 (Andante Cantabile). It consists of a number of musical metamorphoses on the theme and includes...

Madurodam is a small scale miniature town at Scheveningen (near The Hague) and is since many years one of the most important tourist attractions of the conurbation of Western Holland (called 'Randstad...

Der fulminante Bühnenerfolg des Musicals Elisabeth beweist, wie sehr das Leben der Kaiserin von Ísterreich die Fantasie der Menschen auch heute noch zu beflügeln vermag - und spricht natürlich auch fü...

Tintin forms the centre of this wonderful suite. The music has originally been composed for a musical based on Tintin - The Prisoners of the Sun and reflects not only the adventurous 'Indiana Jones' a...

Who could forget our childhood favourites Tintin and Snowy? Tintin - Prisoners of the Sun is a refreshing piece reuniting audiences with the intrepid reporter and his sidekick. Arranged in agreement w...

For this exciting work Johan de Meij took his inspiration from Rembrandt's The Night Watch, Vermeer's Love Letter and Steen's Prinsjesdag. In the first movement the solo trombone keeps watch at night,...

The Continental Overture was commissioned by the California Band Directors Association [CBDA] and was premiered on February 23rd 1997 at the 40th annual CBDA Conference in Bakersfield [CA] by the Cali...

Chicago, America's third largest city, is characterised by its modernskyline with dazzling architecture, fabulous restaurants and swingingjazz clubs. It is also, however, famous for its bitterly cold...

Tintin forms the centre of this wonderful suite. The music has originally been composed for a musical based on Tintin - The Prisoners of the Sun and reflects not only the adventurous 'Indiana Jones' a...

The famous trilogy The Lord of the Rings by English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, published in 1955, has brought enjoyment to several generations of readers. Johan de Meij himself took the inspiration for...

Johan de Meij's first symphony The Lord of the Rings is based on the trilogy of that name by J. R. R. Tolkien. This book has fascinated many millions of readers since its publication in 1955. The sym...

Together with his good friend Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst had a strong liking for the abundant folk music of the British Isles. This influence is heard in many of his works and is perhaps str...

Johan de Meij's first symphony The Lord of the Rings, based on the famous trilogy by Tolkien, has established itself as a 'classic' piece in the concert band piece repertoire. In this edition, Paul La...

The symphonic poem 'Loch Ness' consists of five through-composed impressions of this mysterious Scottish Lake. I) The Lake At Dawn - calm, static, sonorous blocks depict the troubled opaque water surf...

This melodic hymn was commissioned by the town of Margraten in Limburg, The Netherlands for the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Margraten Municipality. The work was premiered at a large gal...

Madurodam is a small scale miniature town at Scheveningen (near The Hague) and is since many years one of the most important tourist attractions of the conurbation of Western Holland (called 'Randstad...

This is the 1st Movement of The Venetian Collection and was inspired by a painting of the surrealistic Belgian painter René Magritte [1898 - 1967]. Voice of Space was commissioned by l'Orchestre d'Har...

The 2nd movement of The Venetian Collection refers to a painting by the Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico, and was commissioned by the Banda Civica di Soncino [Italy]. One of the main towers of the an...

Inspired by a painting by German artist Paul Klee [1879 - 1940], this work forms the third movement of The Venetian Collection. Completely different than the other parts of the cycle, this movement il...

Empire of Light is also based on a work by René Magritte. He was a versatile and productive artist producing over 1100 paintings and 700 gouaches. Johan de Meij used the painting Empire of Light as hi...