Inspiration Series

This short opening music was composed on commission of the symphonic band of Jan Van der Roost's village (= Kontich near Antwerp / Belgium). In 1991, this community band celebrated its 100th anniversa...

Suite for Brass verbindet drei ausdrucksstarke Kirchenlieder in einem Arrangement für Brass Band. Den Anfang macht O Worship the Lord, das sich in eine vorwärts drängende Kadenz ergießt und abrupt end...

Throughout The New Covenant the composer seeks to portray through programmatic music the sensitivity, love and understanding of a compassionate Christ and the strength and wisdom of the Son of God who...

Throughout The New Covenant the composer seeks to portray through programmatic music the sensitivity, love and understanding of a compassionate Christ and the strength and wisdom of the Son of God who...

Variazioni in Blue besteht aus einer Reihe von Variationen, die auf melodischen Blueselementen wie die 'blue notes' beruhen. Einer ornamentalen Variation im klassischen Stil schließt sich eine Blues-V...

Variazioni in Blue besteht aus einer Reihe von Variationen, die auf melodischen Blueselementen wie die 'blue notes' beruhen. Einer ornamentalen Variation im klassischen Stil schließt sich eine Blues-V...

Utopia is the name of a book written by the English author Thomas More and was published in 1516. The title is a word thought up by More himself, after the Greek language, meaning 'Nowhereland' and le...

Westfort Ouverture was called after the Dutch village Westervoort that is situated near Arnhem. It is an opening work of many contrasts and completely built on one main motive: G-C-D-E-F#-D-E.

This stately concert opener was originally written by Jan Van der Roost for a special event in which six respected wind orchestras (two Belgian and four Dutch) of different composition (two symphonic...

John Blanken wrote Intrada & Wilhelmus in 2002 for the brass band Euphonia from Wolvega, the Netherlands. The title speaks for itself. It's an introduction to the national anthem of The Netherlands; W...

Concerto d'Amore vereinigt drei unterschiedliche Stile: Barock, Pop und Jazz. Die Maestoso bezeichnete Einleitung der Komposition klingt wie eine barocke Ouvertüre. Es folgt ein energiereicher Abschni...