Concertpiece for Cornet is a valuable and tremendous addition to the solo repertoire of the instrument. Full of fireworks and technicalities the soloist is also put to the test with an expressive slower melody along with a varied and interesting accompaniment as you would expect from James Curnow. Showcase your cornet soloist with this tremendous ‘concert piece’. Concertpiece for Cornet is a valuable and tremendous addition to the solo repertoire of the instrument. Full of fireworks and technicalities the soloist is also put to the test with an expressive slower melody along with a varied and interesting accompaniment as you would expect from James Curnow . Showcase your Cornet soloist with this incredible ‘concert piece’.

Michael Jackson the King of Pop died in Los Angeles on June 25th 2009. He can without any shadow of a doubt be compared with artists such as Elvis Presley Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon - all of them musicians who will never die in the hearts of their fans. Why not keep the legend of Michael Jackson alive in your next concert with this hit from Michael Jackson’s repertoire.

ABBA always wins over any audience. The countless hits of the legendary pop band are as popular today as they were when they first came out. New fans are turning up every day and who can blame them? Party along with Ron Sebregts’ medley!

Collection for Upper Voices-Women's choirs will sparkle with seasonal cheer with these delightful Christmas settings in a value priced collection! Includes: Gaudete The Holly and the Ivy Ding Dong! Merrily on High The Wexford Carol I Saw Three Ships. Women's choirs will sparkle with seasonal cheer with these delightful Christmas settings in a value priced collection! Includes: Gaudete The Holly and the Ivy Ding Dong! Merrily on High The Wexford Carol I Saw Three Ships.

This unusual concert work commissioned by the concert band ?Harmonie Concorde? from Sanem in Luxembourg is built on two basic ideas: the evolution of the economic and social context of this Luxembourg city with its strong mining industry and the European concept which is clearly present in this very small but prosperous country with its many European institutes. This is musically expressed in a few quotes from the European hymn Ode to Joy the closing of Beethoven?s Ninth Symphony and from the Te Deum by Charpentier ? widely known as the signature tune for Eurovision broadcasts. A work of true unity.

from 'Pictures at an Exhibition'-The Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) was self-educated to a large extent but went on to become one of the ?Mighty Five? which also included Balakirev Cui Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov. Today he is considered the innovator of Russian music par excellence. He composed Pictures at an Exhibition in 1874 inspired by ten pictures produced by his then recently deceased friend the Russian architect and artist Victor Hartmann. The French composer Maurice Ravel made an orchestration of Mussorgsky?s composition in 1922 which is now more well-known and more performed than the original piano suite. For his transcription of Pictures at an Exhibition Tohru Takahashimade use of the original piano composition by Mussorgsky. The Great Gate of Kiev issued here separately is probably the best known melody from this classical masterpiece.

Henryk Wieniawski (né en 1835 à Lublin en Pologne et mort à Moscou en 1880) fut un jeune prodige du violon. À l’âge de huit ans il est admis au conservatoire de Paris. Quatre ans plus tard il y conclut brillamment son parcours musical. Sa carrière d’illustre virtuose du violon lui fait parcourir le monde sa vie durant. Henryk Wieniawski a également révélé un indéniable talent de compositeur mais son œuvre essentiellement consacrée au violon reste néanmoins limitée. En 1859 il compose la Légende en Sol mineur pour Violon et Orchestre Op. 17 . Dans cette version pour Orchestre d’Harmonie Wil van der Beek confie la partie soliste à la clarinette. L’instrumentiste peutpleinement mettre en valeur ses aptitudes techniques et sa musicalité.

What Child Fantasy uses two traditional Christmas melodies: the English folk song What Child is This? (Greensleeves) and the Russian Bell Song. Both are tunes written in the minor key which is somewhat unusual for such a joyous holiday as Christmas. A delightful new edition that will make an ideal addition to the Christmas repertoire for brass ensemble.

St. Michael-The French composer Louis Bourgeois lived from c.1510 to 1560. Bourgeois was cantor in Geneva and commissioned by John Calvin he composed melodies for metrical (rhyming) versions of the psalms. After completing about a hundred one-part psalms he made some four-part arrangements which were denounced and even resulted in his imprisonment for a day. Later Bourgeois published a number of psalm collections and judging from his book Le droict chemin de musique he was also an excellent educator. The melodies Bourgeois composed are (contrary to Gregorian chants) particularly suitable for community singing. This applies to his hymn tune Saint Michael which is why this melody hasbeen used for various texts written for many occasions. John Blanken made this arrangement for a wedding ceremony: an occasion in which faith and trust play a large - if not the largest - role. Hence the title Hymn of Faith. The arrangement contains four verses of the hymn. After a majestic opening the hymn follows twice the second verse being embellished in the tenor register. After a short interlude verse three follows played by a quartet. The majestic opening is then repeated as a modulation into the fourth verse which concludes the work in a brilliant tutti.

Three pieces from 'Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain'-Le Fabuleux Destin de Amélie Poulain was one of the most successful French films of the beginning of the decade due to its original scenario excellent acting and an almost fairytale-like atmosphere. Yann Tiersen’s score ties in perfectly with the film. The melodies are playful and cantabile in character - wonderful to daydream to but also a pleasure to play. The movements chosen for this arrangement are ideally suited to an accordion orchestra. The joyful yet melancholic sound of the accordion is just right to reflect the typically French atmosphere that the composer created for the film.

Wedding March (Marche nuptiale) est une œuvre de circonstance que le compositeur belge Jan Van der Roost a écrite en 2007 pour la cérémonie de mariage de son ami le compositeur néerlandais Johan De Meij. La création de l’œuvre a eu lieu par une belle journée fin août 2007. Jan Van der Roost en a assuré la direction.Si la musique dénote une influence de Mendelssohn et d’Elgar cette marche renferme néanmoins les traits caractéristiques de Jan Van der Roost : des thèmes variés et une grande expressivité de la mélodie cantabile du trio. La partie d’orgue (passage de fin) est ad libitum mais il va de soi que les sonorités de l’orgue enveloppent la musiqued’une splendeur extraordinaire.

A Hero's Quest in the Heavens-Perseus is the famous Greek hero who saved Princess Andromeda as she was about to be sacrificed to the sea monster Kraken. SatoshiYagisawa was inspired by the story of Perseus which was madefamous in the 1980’s movie Clash of the Titans. The music is full ofdrama and it is easy to imagine the dark underworld as monstersbattle to survive. The members of your band can sing the choirparts adding to the fun of this epic tale!

Herr deine Güte reicht so weit-August Eduard Grell (1800-1886) was a prolific composer and an equally brilliant organist. His compositions included an unaccompanied mass an oratorio psalms motets cantatas and many songs and duets. Robert van Beringen has created an especially beautiful arrangement of the motet Herr deine Güte reicht so weit (Lord your goodness reaches afar). A beautifully lyrical work that will provide a fantastic addition to any concert programme.

Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini is undoubtedly best known forhis opera The Barber of Séville. This opera features the sopranoaria ‘Una voce poco fa’ which has been performed by many divasincluding Maria Callas Teresa Berganza and Kathleen Battle. Thistranscription by Gerard Posch has been written for alto saxophoneand concert band however the saxophone solo can also be sungby a soprano - as in the original aria

for bassoon and concert band-Nicolaï Rimski-Korsakov disait du basson qu’il était « sénile et fourbe en Majeur souffrant et triste en mineur ». Dans le grave et en staccato il est indéniablement comique grotesque et bouffon. Cette diversité de caractère avait déjà inspiré la Commedia dell’arte qui confia à Signor Fagotto l’un des rôles comiques essentiels. Au XVIIIe siècle selon l’usage de l’opéra-comique italien ( opera buffa ) la voix était doublée par un instrument à vent. De Signor Fagotto au basson l’instrument qui allait le seconder il n’y avait qu’un pas. C’est aussi à cette époque que le basson devient un instrument soliste à part entière. Vivaldi lui consacrera près de40 concertos. Sans doute a-t-il été conquis par sa personnalité généreuse comme bien d’autres compositeurs dont Maxime Aulio. Il Signore Fagotto débute avec une introduction orchestrale brillante. Le soliste expose ensuite le thème premier de l’œuvre. L’utilisation presque constante d’un chiffrage de mesure irrégulier (7/8) permet au basson d’accentuer son caractère espiègle et charmant tout en laissant à l’auditeur un espace de liberté suffisant pour imaginer les facéties du personnage. Il Signore Fagotto est une œuvre captivante pour l’accompagnement orchestral et qui offre au basson une superbe partie soliste. Il Signore Fagotto a été donné en création mondiale le 24 avril 2002 par Laurent Le Chenadec (basson) accompagné de l’Orchestre d’Harmonie du Conservatoire National de Région de Toulouse.

The Golden Age is a programmatic composition in four movements. I Overture For the Netherlands the seventeenth century was a period of great flourishing in the fields of economy culture and politics; thus it is called the Golden Age. Overseas trade boomed and the Dutch East India Company (known as the VOC by the Dutch) was founded and expanded to become a powerful -and at the time - modern enterprise. II ¡Adiós españoles! (Farewell Spaniards!) In 1567 the Spanish army invaded led by the Duke of Alva. There was a fierce resistance against the Spanish tyranny; toward the end of the sixteenth century the Dutch proclaimed theRepublic. However the Spanish continued the war. Only with the Treaty of Münster in 1648 did the Dutch get their much sought-after independence. This was also the end of the Eighty Years’ War. III Rembrandt’s Night Watch The field of culture particularly literature painting sculpture architecture the art of printing and cartography developed fast. It was in the Golden Age that the celebrated painter Rembrandt van Rijn created his famous Night Watch. IV The Admiral Overseas trade entailed the colonization of large areas in Asia from where precious products that yielded lots of money were brought in. Surrounding countries were also involved in such practices. Colonizers poached on each other’s territories in the literal and figurative sense - in this context the Anglo-Dutch Sea Wars are legendary. The fourth movement starts with the English patriotic song Rule Britannia after which the Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter makes the English change their tune; one can even hear the roaring of cannons. When the smoke of battle has cleared a small fragment of a Dutch song about Michiel de Ruyter appears followed by a fitting closing.

Giacomo Puccini was one of the all time great opera composers andis especially famed for his wonderful warm-blooded melodies hiscolourful instrumentations his compelling dramatics his musicalfantasy and his power to reflect exotic ambiences in sounds. ForPuccini Highlights Wil van der Beek has made use of musical materialfrom the tenor aria ‘E lucevan le stelle’ (Tosca) the choral aria ‘Girala cote’ (Turandot) and the soprano aria ‘Un bel di vedremo’ (MadamButterfly). An operatic masterpiece that will go down a storm at anyconcert.

for Tuba and Piano- Love Song is a warm and beautiful piece for high tuba and piano from the pen of the Japanese composer Satoshi Yagisawa.

The powerful dynamic number Gospel John by the versatile Americancomposer producer and music educator Jeff Steinberg is known inparticular through performances by Maynard Ferguson. In his versionit seemed as if a typical Afro-American preacher ascended the pulpitand impassioned an enthusiastic congregation with his fiery plea.This exciting arrangement by Lorenzo Bocci has the same compellingtemperament and adds an energetic touch to any concert.

Two Gipsy Dances for Clarinet Ensemble- Hungarian Impressions (“Impressions hongroises”) est un excellent arrangement pour Choeur de Clarinettes des premier et deuxième mouvements de la suite Puszta une suite de quatre danses originales tziganes du compositeur belge Jan Van der Roost. Hungarian Impressions vient compléter l’arrangement des troisième et quatrième mouvements de Puszta (Réf. : DHP 0960783-070) publié et arrangé précédemment par Maarten Jense.