HAFABRA Louis Martinus

Commissioned by the wind band of Gaurain (B), this piece has been conceived to open a concert in a non-conventional way. The orchestra starts after a drum set solo (ad lib) but without conductor and i...

Les flamandes - Madeleine - La valse a mille temps - Bruxelles

U mundu drentu a ti is a symphonic poem in seven movements for soprano voice and wind band written in 1997. The text is by Carla Correddu and is written in the Carlofortinian dialect, one of Sardinia'...

This is also a youth piece which the composer wrote during holidays at the seaside. The song, which is very quiet and limpid, is performed by a trumpet solo but all the orchestra participate in this p...

Pekin, 1898. A young occidental tries to follow an unknown young girl whom he has seen in a crowd. His quest brings him to the doors of the mysterious Forbidden City. Will the doors open for him? It i...

Adagio was written in 1999 as a large piece in one movement. Friendship and collaboration between the two artists, lead to the music of 'Adagio' and a poem by the same name, written by Sara Smerdon, w...

There is not a lot to tell about this piece because everything is said in the title. The strong and vigorous rock character of the music is highly recommended to conclude a concert on a high note. The...

Not surprisingly, the success of Latin music touches the entire world and 'Chiquita Banana Song' is surely one of the most famous Latin spoofs of all. The tune was published in 1946 and was used for m...

Don't think that Pascal Devroye has lost his rhythm during the composition of this piece - remember, he is a percussionist. He just wanted to have fun with the four notes of the well-know tune by Gers...

This original composition for wind band by Roland Smeets was composed for the 25th Play-In which is organised every year in Belgium and conducted by the well known Belgian clarinet player Walter Boeyk...

If this title does not mean anything to you it certainly does to the composer, because for him the title is quite logical. His wife`s name is Pola and she comes from Hungary ! Like many other composer...

Leaden Sunlight was composed in homage to the 26 million men, women and children of all nations who died from hunger, cold, illnesses, torture, or murder in the Nazis concentration and extermination c...

Strange, lugubrious, sinister, astonishing, fascinating; these are the impressions that the moonlit landscape made on me before the first rays of sunrise. The more the day dawned, the more magical bec...

A Shaker Melody from 'The Lord of the Dance' Michael Flatley has used his vision, ambition, and peerless talent to bring an unprecedented glamour and popularity to traditional Irish step-dancing. The...

These dances represent surely some of the most beautiful moments from Russian opera repertoire. They are taken from the opera 'Prince Igor', left unfinished at Borodins death but completed three years...

This piece was written after Hardy Mertens asked me if I would write a competition finale piece for the Sardinian Band in which his girlfriend, Carla Correddu, was a flautist. He wanted a piece that w...

In June 1944, at 21.30 hrs, C-47 Dakota and Albermale aircraft, pulling about 200 gliders, took off from their bases. The first wave had on board 'Pathfinders' - scouts specially trained to mark out t...