For the project The Music of Kurt Weill, Peter Kleine Schaars rewrote a number of works by the German composer Kurt Weill (1900?1950) for the ?Dreigroschen-Orchester? (an occasional ensemble with the line-up that Weill had prescribed for his Kleine Dreigroschenmusik). Kleine Schaars became inspired by the three periods that characterize the life of Weill: he successively lived in Berlin, Paris and New York. Three Aspects of Kurt Weill (with the subtitle Drei Kurzweilige Impressionen) has one theme that comes forward in three totally different atmospheres, corresponding with the three mentioned periods. Movement one is a ?Berlin-tinted? protest march and parodies the fascist use of music. Movement two is a French musette (valse de Paris). Finally, the theme is featured in big band style in movement three: here, your ensemble transforms into a swinging Broadway band.

The TV Detectives brings together five of Nigel Hess’s best-known television themes (Dangerfield Campion Wycliffe Maigret and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates) all originally written for small-screen sleuths in whodunits that have been enjoyed by TV audiences worldwide. Dangerfield is a BBC series about a Warwickshire police surgeon and originally starred Nigel le Vaillant before Nigel Havers took over the lead role. Campion also from the BBC was based on Margery Allingham’s stories of a mild-mannered 1920s gentleman detective played by Peter Davison. Wycliffe was a long-running HTV series set in Cornwall and starred Jack Shepherd as a somewhat dour andlow-key DCI - but of course he always solved the case! Michael Gambon starred in Granada TV’s latest incarnation of the famous French detective Maigret while Patricia Routledge played the OAP sleuth to perfection in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates another popular BBC series. For the first time these popular tunes which conjure up their programmes perfectly have been arranged for wind band in a continuous suite.

Arrangeur: Karl L. King. Par PETERIK JIM / SULLIVAN III FRANKIE. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Orchestre à Vent

Arrangeur: Peter King. Par POLEDOURIS BASIL. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Orchestre à Vent

The sound of the ringside bell announces yet another showing of one of the great Rocky films. Here is the theme music from Rocky III , originally recorded by the group Survivor and recognized worldwide. Here is an arrangement for your youngest ensemble that will not create problems with technic, allowing for pure enjoyment of music made famous in the movies! (1:32) Very Easy

Par PART ARVO. Flûte Traversière, Ob, Clarinette, Basson, cor - / Contemporain / Répertoire / Ensemble à Vent