Psalmus 150 - H. Strategier

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Psaltrada - Jan de Haan

The title of this piece gives a clue as to how it came about: Jan de Haan took the setting of psalm 149 from the Geneva Psalter of 1562 and created from this simple, beautiful melody a glorious, lively opening work for concert band. So it was that from a psalm and an intrada (prelude) a Psaltrada was born - for you to begin your next concert in splendid fashion.

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Psaume 150 - César Franck

Psych et ros - César Franck

Csar Franck, composer, pianist, organist and music teacher, completed Cupid and Psych, his sixth and last symphonic poem in 1887. It was first performed in Paris in 1888 and was a complete success, but the piece later fell completely into oblivion, and it was only thanks to some meticulous research that it has returned to concert halls. The intricate love affair between Psyche and Cupid is an original story of the Metamorphoseswritten in the 2nd century AD by Apuleius. The tale is about overcoming obstacles in love and their final union. The symphonic poem is divided into three parts and calls for a choir. The movement that is the subject of this arrangement, Psych et rosis positioned at the end of the second part.Franco Cesarini's version for wind orchestra carefully illustrates the nuances of the instrumental colours, and represents a real test aimed at demonstrating the musicality and interpretative skills of orchestras and their conductors.

Psychose - Jérôme Naulais

Psychosis - Jérôme Naulais

Publician Swing - Jan Ijmker

Puccini Highlights - Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini was one of the all time great opera composers andis especially famed for his wonderful, warm-blooded melodies, hiscolourful instrumentations, his compelling dramatics, his musicalfantasy and his power to reflect exotic ambiences in sounds. ForPuccini Highlights, Wil van der Beek has made use of musical materialfrom the tenor aria 'E lucevan le stelle' (Tosca), the choral aria 'Girala cote' (Turandot) and the soprano aria 'Un bel di vedremo' (MadamButterfly). An operatic masterpiece that will go down a storm at anyconcert.

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Puccini in Concert - Willy Hautvast

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Puccissimo - Giacomo Puccini

The intensive purity of the melodies of Puccini motivated Steven Verhaert, himself an orchestra musician, to make thisarrangement. He has chosen the most beautiful arias and made a splendid classical medley of them, which was recorded by "The Danish Concert Band" on the "Absalon" CD.

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