Suite 1500 (Flexible Ensemble - Score and Parts) - Schmid, Bernhard - De Haan, Jan

Duration: 6:00

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Suite 1600 (Flexible Ensemble - Score and Parts) - Pezel, Johann Christoph - De Haan, Jan

Duration: 8:00

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Suite 1800 (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Schumann, Robert - De Haan, Jan

Duration: 5:45

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Suite Antique (Flute Solo with Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Rutter, John - Noble, Paul

Suite Antique is a 1979 concertante work by John Rutter that is written for harpsichord, flute and string orchestra. Rutter composed the piece, in six movements, for a concert at which Bach's fifth Brandenburg concerto was to be performed, and so decided to write the piece for the same ensemble. This arrangement for Concert/Wind Band and Solo Flute adheres to the original presentation, but is expanded for a full band accompaniment to the solo flute. The harpsichord is optional, being cued elsewhere, but may be performed as in the original score by either harpsichord or an electronic keyboard with a similar setting. A jazz drumset is optionally included in the fourth (jazz waltz) movement, and other percussion discretely added in other movements. It is exciting to hear earlier musical forms brought into today's music appreciation, and this setting of a flute solo with band is especially refreshing for both soloist and band.

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Suite Dreams (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Bryant, Steven

For the second year in a row, composer Steven Bryant took home top prize in the prestigious NBA/Revelli Composition Contest. The winner for 2008, Suite Dreams, draws primarily from the inverted chaconne melody in Holst's First Suite in E-Flat, recasting it in a dreamlike atmosphere, almost as if (sometimes warped) memories of the original are drifting across the stage. Duration: 8:45

Suite for Brass (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Segers, Jan

Duration: 10.30

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Suite for Symphonic Band (Concert Band - Score and Parts)

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Suite for the Endangered (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Jennings & Jennings

This intriguing suite by Paul Jennings is a perfect way to introduce contemporary musical content and relevant programmatic material to young bands. Each of the three short movements explores a different endangered species: Mountain Gorilla, Trumpeter Swan, and Humpback Whale. Here is an expressive, thought-provoking work that can have a powerful effect on your group musically and on many other levels.

Suite for Winds and Percussion (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Vinson, Johnnie

Commissioned by Prattville (Alabama) High School, this work in three movements pays tribute to that city's founder, Daniel Pratt, who was one of the leading industrialists of the early 1800s. Including movements entitled "Fanfare for a New Era," "Ode: The Southern Landscape," and "Perpetual Motion: Machines," composer Johnnie Vinson uses creative scoring and intriguing sounds to recreate this period of American history in an impressive work for band.Duration: 7:30

Suite Francaise (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Milhaud, Darius

It is rare that a composition is conceived first for winds then later transcribed for orchestra, but such is the case with Suite Francaise. Premiered by the famed Goldman Band in 1945, this magnificent work in five movements is one of the enduring classics of the symphonic band repertoire, and continues to be a popular choice for contests and festivals.Duration: 17:00