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Accordion

Circus Renz / Gustav Peter / arr. Joop de Winter (with Accordion)
La Cumparsita / Matos G.H. Rodríguez (with Accordion)
La Paloma / Sebastian Yradier / arr. Willy Hautvast (with Accordion)
Reine de Musette / Jean Peyronnin / arr. Paul Dzon (with Accordion)

Brass Quartet

Canzone / Girolamo Frescobaldi / arr. Cees Brugman (with Brass Quartet)


Clarinet

Adagio from 1st Concerto for Clarinet / Carl Maria von Weber / arr. Willy Hautvast (Clarinet and Concert Band)
Adagio from Concerto for Clarinet / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / arr. Willy Hautvast (Clarinet and Concert Band)
Concertino Opus 26 / Carl Maria von Weber / arr. Dirk van der Niet (Clarinet and Concert Band)
Sarkantyús verbunk / Márk Rózsavölgyi / arr. Dirk van der Niet (Clarinet and Concert Band)
Swiss Clarinet Polka 'Klarinetten Muckl' / arr. Willy Hautvast (4 solo Clarinets and Concert Band)


Euphonium

Ave Maria / A. Dvorak / arr. Matteo Firmi (Euphonium and Concert Band)
Serenade / Franz Schubert / arr. Cees Brugman (with Euphonium)


Flute/Piccolo

Le Merle Blanc / Eugène Damaré / arr. Geert Flik (Polka Fantasy for Piccolo and Concert Band)
L'Oiseau Tapageur 'Rondo Polka für Piccoloflöte und Blasorchester' / Louis Balleron / arr. Geert Flik (Piccolo and Concert Band)
Rigoletto Fantaisie opus 38 / Franz & Karl Doppler / arr. Geert Flik (two Flutes and Concert Band)


Oboe

The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba / Georg Friedrich Händel / arr. Cees Brugman (two Oboes and Concert Band)
Two Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and Band / Carl Nielsen / arr. Dirk van der Niet (Oboe and Concert Band)


Organ

Albinoni's Adagio / arr. Joop van Eck (Organ and Concert Band)
Concerto for Organ and Band Op. 4, no. 2 Bb Groot / Georg Friedrich Händel / arr. C. Brugman (Organ and Concert Band)


Saxophone

Ritual and Celebration / Jared Spears / arr. Gerard den Dekker (Baritone Saxophone and Concert Band)
Song for Strayhorn / Gerry Mulligan / arr. Gerard den Dekker (Baritone Saxophone and Concert Band)


Trombone

Morceau symphonique op. 88 / Alexandre Guilmant / arr. Cees Brugman (Trombone and Concert Band)


Trumpet

Concerto for Trumpet Opus 18 / Oskar Böhme / arr. Dirk van der Niet (Trumpet and Concert Band)
Trumpet Blues / H. James / arr. Piet Engels (four Trumpets and Concert Band)


Xylophone

Circus Renz / Gustav Peter / arr. Joop de Winter (Xylophone and Concert Band)


Other

Adagio Concertante / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / arr. Willy Hautvast (Wind Quartet and Concert Band)

Sarkantyús verbunk is originally a short work for clarinet and piano. Influences of Eastern European folk music are clearly audible. Márk Rózsavölgyi (1787-1848, birth name Mark Rosenthal) was a Hungarian composer and violinist. He is called 'the father of the Czardas'. Rózsavölgyi was the son of a poor merchant of Eastern European Jewish descent. In 1812 he was appointed conductor of the orchestra of the German Theater in Pest. In the 1840s he formed his own orchestra and in May 1846 he performed with this orchestra for Franz Liszt. He used some of Rózsavölgyi's melodies in his own Hungarian Rhapsodies (Nos. 8 and 12). Rózsavölgyi died in relative poverty in Pest and was buried there in the Jewish cemetery.

Grade Band B

Dvorak composed this work with the traditional liturgical text in 1877, for low voice with organ accompaniment, while staying at his friend Alois Gobl in Sychrov Castle. He dedicated the composition to his wife Anna, who performed it on July 26 in the chapel of the Castle, accompanied by Dvorak on the organ. This arrangement of Matteo Firmi is ideal for smaller bands.

Grade A/B

Jared Spears was was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He attended the Northern Illinois University and earned his Bachelor of Science in education, business technology (BSE). He also studied percussion and composition at the Cosmopolitan School of Music in Chicago, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in music. He then studied at the Northwestern University in Chicago and received his Ph.D. in composition. He now is a professor emeritus of the Arkansas State University (ASU) in Jonesboro, Arkansas. As a composer he wrote more than 300 works for concert band, choir, orchestra and ensembles. As a conductor he was a popular guest in the United States, Canada and Europe at festivals, youth camps and clinics. He received numerous awards and honors such as the Faricy Award for creative music from Northwestern University School of Music, the "Award of Merit" from the board of the Arkansas department of the National Federation of Music Clubs and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

Grade D
Solo D/E

Oskar Böhme was born in Potschappel, a small town near Dresden, Germany. He studied trumpet and composition in the Leipzig Conservatory of Music until graduating in 1885. From 1894-1896 he played in the Budapest Opera Orchestra and then moved to St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1897. Böhme played cornet for 24 years in the Mariinsky Theatre, turned to teaching at a music school on Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg for nine further years, from 1921-1930, and then returned to opera with the Leningrad Drama Theatre until 1934. In 1934, however, the Great Terror began under Joseph Stalin and in 1936 a committee was established to oversee the arts in Soviet Russia. According to its anti-foreign policies, Böhme was exiled to Orenburg on account of his German heritage. It is said that he died there in 1938, though he was also said to be seen working on the Turkmenistan Canal in 1941. Böhme composed 46 known works, of which his Trompetensextett in E-flat minor for brass sextet and Trumpet Concerto (Op. 18) are the best known. He wrote in the Romantic style, primarily works for trumpet and brass instruments in general. While, as a consequence of his exile, his works were neglected during the Stalinist era, Böhme is increasingly being rediscovered.

Grade D
Solo E

The Concertino for clarinet and orchestra in E flat major was written in 1811. The Clarinet at that time was still a very new instrument. Von Weber composed the concertino for Heinrich Bärmann, one of the most accomplished clarinetists of the day, and used the clarinets wide tonal and dynamic range to the full extent. Like most concertos it consists of three movements: Adagio ma non troppo, Andante, and Allegro. The king of Bavaria, who was present at the premiere, was very enthousiast. He commissioned from Weber two full-scale clarinet concerti. These works, together with the Concertino, still are among the most beloved works for clarinet and orchestra.

Grade D
Solo E

Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671 – 1751) was a Venetian Baroque composer. His parents were well-to-do and unlike many of his contemporaries could devote himself entirely to music. Remarkably enough, his name largely survived because of the Adagio in g minor for organ and strings, while later it was established that this work that was published in 1958 by Remo Giazotto, was written by Giazotto himself. The Adagio can performed as well with organ as without organ. The parts include 'little notes' thatmust be played when it is performed without organ. When played with with organ the ' little notes ' can at will be left out or be played. In the organ part also 'little notes' are provided: the pizzicato notes of the double bass. In the absence of a double bass the organ can provide these notes.

Grade C/D

Reine de Musette is a very popular work bij the french composer Jean Peyronnin. On youtube you can find numerous recordings. Strange enough it turns out to be very difficult to find further information about the composition or the composer, who died in 1948. On a forum on the internet there is a message from François Ravez : Hi, I just would like to remind that 'Reine de Musette' was in fact composed by Gusti Malha. It was sold for 40 francs to Jean Peyronnin who needed a few tunes to be recorded as a composer in the french society of authors and compositors of music (SACEM: Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs de Musique). You can't perceive royalties if you are not a member of this society............

Grade C/D

Grade C 

Louis Balleron (1869 - 1916) was flutist at the 'Opera Comique' in Paris. The work describes a noisy bird and is a challenge for the advanced piccolo player.

Grade C/D
Solo E

Grade C

Le Merle Blanc was composed in 1890 by Eugène Damaré for piccolo and piano. Where the blackbird is spreading its beautiful sounds effortlessly, it takes some hours of study for the piccolo solist to get the same result! Charming salon music from the French Romantic era.

Grade C/D
Solo E  

Grade C  

Grade C/D 

Grade C

Grade C
Solo D

Grade B/C

Grade C

Grade C
Solo E  

Grade C/D
Solo D 

Grade D 

Originally for oboe and piano. Two contrasting movements, Romanze and Humoresque.
(samples: CD Prelude (MS-04) / St. Caecilia Blerick conducted by Andreas van Zoelen)

Grade D
Solo D

Grade C/D
Solo D/E

Grade D
Solo D/E  

One of the most famous tangos of all times.
Waterlands Blazers Ensemble conducted by Luc Mager and Theo Jansen (This recording without accordeon)

Grade C
Solo C/D  

Show-music with a trumpet-quartet as ear-catcher.
Waterlands Blazers Ensemble conducted by Luc Mager and Theo Jansen

Grade C/D
Solo D