SKU: HL.4008984

UPC: 196288283782.

Bleak Forest is a piece for smaller concert bands and offers the musicians above all space to improve their sound and their effect playing. The technical requirements are therefore deliberately kept low. With this piece, the composer won the VLAMO International Composition Contest 2022. Thematically, the work is influenced by the composer's childhood memories. In his hometown there was a dark and mysterious forest, that seemed to the children in the small village to be magical. Without a reasonable explanation, every trip into the woods was exciting and somewhat terrifying. There were tales of dangerous animals, which can be heard at the beginning of the piece, as well as magical beasts. The magic of the forest is depicted musically from bar 70 in the andante section. The snapping of the fingers represents single raindrops. From bar 99 onwards, we hear the trek home, with the occasional moments of trepidation as the children spook each other with their fanciful tales. In the end, though, we arrive safely at home because after all, magical beasts only exist in fairy tales don’t they? Andreas Ziegelbäck studied music education at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, and history at the Paris Lodron Universität, Salzburg. In addition to his studies, he trained in ensemble conducting for wind orchestra with conductor and composer Thomas Doss. It was Doss who sparked Ziegelbäck's interest in composing. In 2021, Andreas Ziegelbäck completed his composition studies with Johannes Maria Staud. In 2020, he took part in a brass band composition masterclass in Bern with Oliver Waespi, followed by a premiere by the Swiss Army Brass Band.

SKU: HL.44012456

UPC: 888680084646. English-German-French-Dutch.

Based on the orchestral part of the play Es War einmal... (Once Upon a Time...) for narrator, actors, children's choir and wind band, there's now an 'enchanted' suite for band only -- Grimm's Fairytale Forest, based on four famous tales ofthe Brothers Grimm. Some of the most colourful and varied themes and melodies from Once Upon a Time... reappear in this lovely instrumental suite by Jan Van der Roost. Welcome to the enchanted forest!

Na het wereldwijde succes van het zangspel Es war einmal... (Er was eens...), is er nu het sprookjesachtige Grimm's Fairytale Forest, dat is gebaseerd op vier beroemde sprookjes van de gebroeders Grimm. Het orkestgedeelte van hetoorspronkelijke Singspiel is kleurrijk en divers, en biedt meer dan genoeg muzikaal materiaal voor deze instrumentale suite, waarin de mooiste melodieen en thema's weerklinken. Welkom in het sprookjesbos!

Nachdem Es war einmal... fur Erzahler, Schauspieler, Kinderchor und Blasorchester weltweit Einzug in die Musikwelt gehalten hat, liegt mit Grimm's Fairytale Forest nun eine marchenhafte Suite aus dem Singspiel vor. Der farbenreicheOrchesterteil bot mehr als genugend musikalisches Material fur diese Instrumentalsuite, in der die schonsten Melodien und Themen aus vier beruhmten Grimms-Marchen erklingen. Willkommen im Marchenwald!

Jan Van der Roost a cree Grimm's Fairytale Forest en reprenant la partie orchestrale de l'oeuvre Es war einmal... (Il etait une fois...). Coloree et variee, les melodies et themes les plus memorables de l'oeuvre source y occupent unelarge place. Bienvenue dans l'univers magique des freres Grimm, un monde plein de fantaisie qui reflete pourtant la realite de la vie - comme c'est souvent le cas dans les contes de fees.

Jan Van der Roost ha composto Grimm's Fairytale Forest riprendendo la parte orchestrale del brano Es war einmal (C'era una volta). Colorite e variegate, le melodie piu memorabili dell'opera occupano una parte importante in questa nuovacreazione del compositore belga. Benvenuti nell'universo magico dei fratelli Grimm, un mondo fantastico che rispecchia pero la realta della vita.

SKU: HL.4007962

Stories, sagas and legends - who among us don't know them? Always delivered with a tinge of brutality, these cautionary tales are a legacy of moral education from times past: inquisitive children alone in the forest are generally eaten by a witch; the 'Soup-Kasper' of Hoffman's Struwwelpeter dies from starvation eather than eating his soup; anyone letting in strangers usually gets devoured; anyone who plays with matches gets burned; and thumb-suckers get their thumbs cut off. The list of unfortunate demises is almost endless. In the tale of The Pied Piper of Hamelin, parents lose their children through greed, ridicule, scom and a failure to appreciate art. There is still a street in the town of Hamelin in which neither drumming nor playing has not been allowed since 130 children disappeared into a mountain, never to be seen again. This composition by Otto M. Schwarz opens with exactly this scene, taking us back to the year 1284. As in many towns at the time, Hamelin in Germany suffered with hygiene problems - rats and mice began to multiply rapidly, and the town was overrun with the plague. There appeared a man dressed in coorful clothes who promised the locals to free them from this burden. They agreed and settled on a fee. Then the man pulled out a pipe and began to play. When the rate and mice heard this, they followed him. He led the animals into the Weser River, where they all drowned. Back in town, the people refused to pay him. They didn't recognize this man's skills and knowledge and were only prepared to pay for simple labor. A pact with the devil was made, which led to the Pied Piper leaving the town in a furious rage. One Sunday, when many people were at church, he returned, took out his flute and began to play. The town'schildren were so enchanted by his playing that they followed him. He led them out of the town and disappeaed with them forever into a mountain. Of all the children, only two survived - however one was mute, and one was blind. In the street from which the children left Hamelin, music may no longer be played in memory of this event.

SKU: GI.G-9928

UPC: 785147992806. English. Text Source: Eng. tr. Constance Bache, 1846-1903, adapt. and additional text Doreen Rao; Translation: Constance Bache. Text by Adelheid Wette.

Taken from a collection of medieval folktales, the Hansel and Gretel libretto was based on an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. The story features two quick-witted and capable children—a brother and sister who face many difficult times, including hunger and abandonment. Looking for food to eat, the children get lost in the forest and wake up only to meet more danger in disguise. In the happy ending, Hansel and Gretel are found in the forest by their parents. All together, they sing thanks and praise, expressing joy and gratitude for their good fortune. The ancient story of Hansel and Gretel is a fairy tale with true relevance in the world today. About the Series: Doreen Rao, 2019 Robert Shaw Award recipient, launches her culturally inclusive choral series, Global Encounters for Young Voices, featuring accessible treble- and mixed-voice works for developing choirs.

ISBN 9781559613118. UPC: 052296345020.

Planet Soup is about the way music grows on earth. It's about the complex intermingling and recreation of musical cultures as they travel around the world, carried by soldiers and slaves; tourists and bootleggers; airwaves and concerts, and by the millions of musical conversations going on everyday around the world as musicians, always hungry for new sounds, interact and re-invent their art. It's an organic, beautiful growth of staggering proportion. It's Planet Soup. Slow cooked to perfection. Three hours of compelling global music created by over 200 musicians in over 35 countries.