Harmony Festival is Jan de Haan’s expression of his great respect for the composer of composers Johann Sebastian Bach. He has used the four note names which form the name of this composer as the basis of this piece. This four note motif provides us with the most beautiful and unexpected chord combinations creating a ‘festival of harmonies’!

A rip roaring dance in two four time that will blow away the cobwebs from the furthest corners of your practice hall. This Galop described by Johan Strauss as a Chinese Galop that should be played as fast as possible will make an ideal humourous closing piece or encore item for any concert.

En octobre 1997 Jacob de Haan se rend à Saint-Moritz en Suisse. La nature a quitté ses habits d?été pour revêtir une extraordinaire palette de couleurs. Les montagnes radieuses retiennent leur souffle dans l?attente des premières neiges et le paysage tout entier diffuse un sentiment de paix et de sérénité. Le modèle est idéal et inspire à Jacob de Haan cette pièce aux couleurs tonales variées. Tel un peintre il créé une œuvre aux traits fluides et souples où les arrondis donnent naissance à des teintes chaleureuses.

This medley has been inspired by Peter Kleine Schaars’ previous experience that every concert should end with a selection of unbeatable melodies. With this in mind Peter Kleine Schaars has chosen some of his favourite pop songs and combined them to form this lively medley. A fantastic way to bring any concert to a close.

Missa Brevis is a major work for choir and brass band for performance in church or in the concert hall. For this mass there are many performance possibilities depending on the musicians available. In addition to the standard orchestration of choir and band a brass quartet can also play the choral parts. For this it is desirable for the brass quartet to be positioned separately from the rest of the band (on a gallery for example) so that the idea of two choirs is heard. It is also possible to perform the work with brass band and organ. A truly flexible religious masterpiece.

as performed by Culture Club. Par O'DOWD / JOHN MOSS / MICHAEL CRAIG / ROY HAY / PHI. David Bowie fit entrer l’androgynie et la mode dans le rock. Encouragé par ce modèle flamboyant, George Alan O'Dowd s’invente un personnage troublant au style singulier : Boy George. Dans la foulée, il fonde le groupe, Culture Club, qui balayera les hit-parades mondiaux avec des tubes comme Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?, Church of The Poison Mind, It’s a Miracle et l’incontournable Karma Chameleon, qui fera de Boy George, une superstar. / Niveau : 3 / Pop and rock / Recueil / Brass Band

Ce paso-doble enflammé de Johan Nijs nous emporte dans le tourbillon frénétique de La Coruña une charmante ville côtière du nord-ouest de l?Espagne.

This concert work the latest of Jacob de Haan works based on American states is a suite in three movements based on a well-known folk tune from Arkansas. In the course of this varied work the folk song appears in its complete form and in fragments in major and in minor as a ballad in a lyrical orchestration as a blues accompanied by a jazzy rhythm and at the end again in its pure form. In the process all instrumental groups of the brass band get their chance to shine!

Michael Jackson the King of Pop died in Los Angeles on June 25th 2009. He can without any shadow of a doubt be compared with artists such as Elvis Presley Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon - all of them musicians who will never die in the hearts of their fans. Why not keep the legend of Michael Jackson alive in your next concert with this hit from Michael Jackson’s repertoire arranged for Brass Band.

In memory of Alex Veld-Quand la mort survient le chagrin envahit l?âme les gens ont besoin de réconfort on évoque des souvenirs du défunt. Jacob de Haan a réuni ces trois éléments dans cet « in memoriam ». L?œuvre débute par l?exposition d?une mélodie en mineur qui exprime la tristesse et le réconfort. Le passage central écrit dans une tonalité majeure tisse une trame plus dynamique ; la musique ravive les souvenirs heureux du défunt. Pour finir le thème d?ouverture est repris.

Score and Parts-Samuel Scheidt's Canzone Bergamasca for Brass Quintet. Score and parts.Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654) was one of the influential trio of S's (with Heinrich Schutz and Johann Hermann Schein)who played an important part in both the development of German music of the early Baroque and in the survival of a high level of musical life during the devastation of the Thirty Years War.The son of a musical family of Halle in central Germany Scheidt spent most of his life in the city which saw both his birth and his death. From 1605 to 1608 however he went ot Amsterdam to study with the famous Ducth composer and organist Jan PietersSweelinck.Renowned in his day for his Vocal works - especially for his 'Concerti Sacri' - Scheidt achieved lasting fame for his revolutionary contributions to Organ literature. He introduced elements of tonal harmonyin his music and his masterwork 'Tabulatura Nova' marked the end of the German tablature system of notation for Organ.The Canzone Bergamasca marked by lively rhythms and contrapuntal inventiveness comesfrom an early collection of canzonas and dances published in Hamburg in 1621. The work is a 'chain' canzona (similar in form to the canzonas of Gabrieli) in which the material for one section develops out of the material of theprevious section uniquely linking all of the sections together. For additional contrast there is a tripla section in the middle and the work ends with a recapitulation of the first theme.The 'Bergamasca' of the title atthis period refers to the use of melodic material based on a harmonic ground derived from an Italian folk dance of the Bergamo region.

The attacks in Brussels on 22 March 2016 created a shockwave throughout Belgium and the rest of the world. Equally the attacks in Paris and Nice led to great public indignation fear and disbelief.What has happened to the western world? Have our cultures grown apart to such an extent that we do not understand each other anymore? Bert Appermont’s intention was to voice certain emotions that these acts of terror have caused: particularly fear grief anger and helplessness. He uses the French children’s song Au Claire de la Lune as a connecting thread throughout the work.This piece is also about hope and faith in another world andis meant to pay homage to all victims resulting in a dignified remembrance. The musical development is presented in four through-composed parts titled Innocence  In Cold Blood  In Memoriam – We Shall Rise Again and A New Day.This work was commissioned by the Brassband Oberösterreich (Brass Band Upper Austria) to be played at the European Brass Band Championships 2017.

Le flash-back est un phénomène psychologique. Des événements du passé imprimés dans la mémoire à long terme resurgissent comme une réponse inconsciente et soudaine à un stimulus lié à une expérience antérieure.Cette œuvre a été composée à l?occasion du cinquantième anniversaire de l?Orchestre de Fanfare National des Jeunes des Pays-Bas une formation talentueuse dont Jan de Haan fut lui-même membre au cours des années 1960. Jeune musicien il éprouvait un profond respect pour le chef d?alors Piebe Bakker (1929-2002) un homme passionné avec un style de direction très stimulant. En revenant sur cette période quarante ans après Jan de Haan a revécu lesnombreuses interprétations de la pièce Deep Harmony. La mélodie scintillante - extraite d?un cantique anglais - lui est alors apparue comme un flash-back et c?est comme un éclair mental qu?il a choisi de lui redonner vie dans le passage final de cette œuvre.

Rhapsody for Brass Band-The work Prevision has been composed in a free fantasy form. Deep in thought the composer sketches his prevision - the development of his small grandson growing up to be an adult. After a brilliant introduction a slow march follows which symbolises the first steps toward adulthood. Aspects such as love and a sense of security that are indispensable for a positive development are presented in a calm middle section after which an energetic closing part refers to the rebelliousness of an adolescent. The grand finale of Prevision expresses the grandfather’s and composer’s positive picture of the future.

for Brass Quartet-Medley des spirituals Go Tell It on a Mountain Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Swing Low Sweet Chariot Down by the Riverside. Instrumentation : 2 Trompettes Sib 1 Trombone (Cor en Fa) 1 Tuba (Trombone) et Percussion opt.