Guy Brain

In the year 1368 a rapacious character takes up residence in the castle of Rijnesteyn at Cothen. He is Johan, bastard son of the Bishop of Utrecht. Round this now so peaceful castle eventful matters a...

Les Marteaux de La Marine was composed in 1999 as a commission by the Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The composition contains three static elements which interchange. Static in this case...

In this four-movement suite, every moment sings of a different type of French wine. All these wines have their origins in the little French village of Savigny-les-Beaune in Burgundy and are made by wi...

Excelsior was composed by Rob Goorhuis in the year 2000 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary in 2001 of the Amsterdam-based concert-band Jong Excelsior. Excelsior is a one-movement fantasia, consis...

Die Town Hall Overture ist ein spritziges Stück, das auf der Grundlage eines niederländischen Volksliedes mit einem Nonsenstext über einen Maikäfer komponiert wurde. In Rob GoorhuisÔÇ Werk präsentiert...

Goorhuis' atmospheric Preludio - a small piece he wrote as a commission from his publishing house which also distributes his music- was chosen as a serene interlude for the CD Les Marteaux de la Marin...

This march is a cheerful tribute to the board and in particular the chairman of each band. At a time when it is difficult to find suitable board members, a musical helping to the current generation of...

Written as a commission by the Stichting de Inrichting foundation of Wijk bij Duurstede (the Netherlands), Rob Goorhuis' Requiem voor de mens (Requiem for Man) on lyrics by André van Zwieten was compo...

The title and scope is not new but the message and the desire of the composer is clear. It is mainly that music can solve problems and can plead for peace in the whole world. Musically, Peace for the...

Rob Goorhuis wrote his Variations on a Pentatonic Theme (1987) for the Royal Wind band of Thorn, conductor Jan Cober. The work consists of five character variations on a pentatonic (five-tone) theme....

Don Quichote de la Mancha erzählt den berühmten Roman von Miguel de Cervantes in vier Sätzen auf lebendige musikalisch nach: Der erste Satz stellt den klugen Edelmann Don Quichote vor. Im zweiten Satz...

Don Quichote de la Mancha erzählt den berühmten Roman von Miguel de Cervantes in vier Sätzen auf lebendige musikalisch nach: Der erste Satz stellt den klugen Edelmann Don Quichote vor. Im zweiten Satz...

In the composition 'La terre' several aspects of Earth have been translated into sounds in an associative manner. The first part depicts Nature, Mother Earth, stability, the soil which is the source o...

The composition 'The Fever Tree'in 2008 was commissioned by the Music Association of Central and Eastern Netherlands St. Willibrord as a gift to all its members on the occasion of the formation of a n...

The Innocent Condemned (Der unschuldig Verurteilte) erzählt von den so genannten 'Bokkerijders' (Bockreitern), die Mitte des 18. Jahrhundert die Gegend um Limburg unsicher machten. Ruhige Passagen im...

Die Komposition Guggisberg Fantasie ist auf ein bekanntes und geliebtes schweizerisches Volkslied basiert. Das Lied aus dem 17. Jahrhundert erzählt die traurige Geschichte von zwei Geliebten, die eina...

Full of fun and humor, this lively duet would be a great selection for a multiple piano festival. Minor seconds keep appearing in the piece suggesting the challenges of two porcupines dancing the polk...

This early intermediate duet is a study in both sound and choreography. In both parts, the left hand crosses over the right hand at different places in the piece. In the middle of the duet, the second...

This early intermediate duet is a study in both sound and choreography. In both parts, the left hand crosses over the right hand at different places in the piece. In the middle of the duet, the second...