The door opens with a creak, lightning briefly illuminates the scene, a child’s cry is heard, and the howl of wolves fearsomely pierces the brief silence between the rumble of thunder. We are directly in the story about Dracula. Composed by Kelly Bennette. This programmatic piece offers a musical setting […]
When the howling of wolves heralds spooky times. Weiterlesen »
Emile Stoffels has more than 30 years of experience in writing high-quality arrangements for HaFa orchestras, but also for small wind ensembles and (pop) choirs. Over the years he has built up an enormous wealth of special arrangements, which will gradually be added to the webshop’s product range in the
Made in Holland: Popular music with big names. Weiterlesen »
For many years, MID-West in Chicago was a must-attend December gathering for musicians. We often attended too, until Corona threw a spanner in the works. When we visited, there was a must-attend date: The visit to the “Family of Knowledge” at the meeting place of the publishers GIA Publications, Inc.
The Family of Knowledge: Meredith and GIA Weiterlesen »
With this title we mean the musical centre of Hollywood. For hardly any publisher can offer more recordings and editions of film scores for wind orchestra than the publisher Marc Reift from Crans-Montana, Switzerland. 72 CDs with film scores from all over the world are currently on offer with almost
Hollywood is in Switzerland Weiterlesen »
Bran Mac Febail receives a visit to his castle from a mystical woman from the Otherworld, who makes wonderful music sound with a silver branch. She tells him that this branch comes from the apple tree in the land of Emain Ablach, the paradise island in the ocean. After her
A wonderful sea voyage to a strange island. Weiterlesen »
There’s Mr Bailey. He is somewhat vain, if not snobbish. In his fine loden he moves in the circles of aristocratic society. And here is Mr. Dunningham. He has his butterfly net under his arm, stares more at the sky than at the ground, just a dreamer. Mr. Peabody is
When Four English Gentlemen Meet…. Weiterlesen »
Sure, Portugal is in the west of Europe. But is there lawlessness there? No, of course not. Rather, this report refers to the new CD of the “Banda de Música da Força Aérea”, the wind orchestra of the Portuguese Air Force. “Wild West” is the name of this CD, which
Wild West in Portugal? Weiterlesen »
The world of the extensive possibilities of the richness of sound of a wind orchestra is presented by the Luftwaffenmusikkorps Münster under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Christian Weiper on their CD FANTASTICA. In one hour, five minutes and 44 seconds, the orchestra presents traditional brass music, contemporary original music
FANTASTICA – The world of extensive possibilities Weiterlesen »
Ach, wenn wir nur auch Clarinetti hätten!
On the Clarinet in the Works of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart –
Works, facts, sources, opinions.
Oh, if only we had Clarinetti too! Weiterlesen »
I’m getting tired of hearing that word: Corona. Nevertheless, every now and then we are asked whether there is a work concerning the corona pandemic. In fact, there are several works that have “corona” in the title, because the word is another term for “fermata” in music. Therefore these works
Who hasn’t had enough Corona yet? Weiterlesen »
