Aleksandr Sheremetev

This traditional melody is known worldwide as a song of farewell. Jan Van der Roost treated it as an anthem in this splendid arrangement. The melody is brought to us in whole or in part by various ins...

Jan van der Roost's new work Jubilus will make an ideal opening piece for any event. It is in a classical ABA form, beginning with a rising brass fanfare which is quickly replaced by a contrasting exp...

Bei der Komposition von Serenata stand für Jan Van der Roost nicht so sehr Virtuosität, Akrobatik oder Spektakel im Mittelpunkt. Stattdessen wollte er das Soloinstrument als melodische und ausdrucksst...

Toccata Festiva' was commissioned in 1994 by the Dutch Brass Band Championships. The wind band version was made a year later by the composer himself. Historically speaking, the toccata is considered t...

In this colourful composition, Jan van der Roost recreates the energetic and multi-racial city life in Manhattan, using four contrasting movements. The opening movement is rather short and rhytmical....

Spirit of Independence' was commissioned by the Koninklijke Fanfare 'Onafhankelijkheid' ('Independence') from Wiekevorst (Belgium) on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. The piece depicts an enthusi...

A spectacular dive via an extended chromatic scale immediately submerges us in a charged and somewhat archaic-feeling atmosphere. Trumpets, horns and trombones resound in rhythmic patterns, buttressed...

This concert overture, which has the air of a symphonic poem, takes its inspiration from an ancient Roman bridge. A massive introduction, a threatening allegro and alternating virtuoso and chorale the...

valon is a one-part composition. The surprising opening measures describe the sudden entrance into another world. After these initial measures, we hear a choral-like melody, which is repeated three ti...

Die Beschaulichkeit der Gegend rund um die mittelalterliche Stadt Oudenburg wird im ruhigen ersten Teil treffend in einem leicht wiegenden 12/8-Takt ausgedrückt. Nach einem beeindruckenden Orchesterhö...

Nach dem 1992 erschienenen Originalwerk Stonehenge hat der Komponist Jan Van der Roost diesem ganz besonderen Monument erneut ein Werk gewidmet - als Reaktion auf die jüngsten Forschungen, die ergeben...

This major concert work cosists o five movements. 1st movement: La Laguna del ShimbeSituated high up in the Andes mountains in Northern Peru are the Huaringas, a group of lagoons in isolated and myste...

Artemis ist die griechische Göttin der Jagd und der Wälder. Jan Van der Roost ließ sich zum wiederholten Male von der griechischen Mythologie inspirieren und komponierte diesen Marsch mit gemäßigtem T...