Arr. Peter Kleine Schaars. The sisters Ruth, Anita and June Pointer from West Oakland in California learned how to sing in the sixties in church where their father was a minister. At the beginning of the 1970s they entered the music business, where they proved to have a mastery of many styles - including rhythm & blues, jazz, and country. However, the Pointer Sisters acquired international fame at the beginning of the eighties with their soul-like pop music. A great hit was the up-tempo number I’m So Excited, which is still a success on every dance floor. This sparkling arrangement by Peter Kleine Schaars certainly provides the excitement that is suggested in the title. / Niveau : 3 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Brass Band

Par DE HAAN JAN. The work Prevision has been composed in a free fantasy form. The composer has musically depicted the growing up of his first grandson. Sunk in thought, he sketches his prevision: the development of a small boy growing up to be an adult man. After a brilliant introduction, a slow march follows, which symbolises the first steps toward adulthood. Aspects such as love and a sense of security, that are indispensable for a positive development, are presented in a calm middle section, after which an energetic closing part refers to the rebelliousness of an adolescent. The grand finale of Prevision expresses the grandfather’s and composer’s positive picture of the future. / Niveau : 3 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Brass Band

Arr. Henk Hogestein. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Salzburg, birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, inspired Dutch composer Henk Hogestein to write this musical tribute. Mozart was born in this charming Austrian town in January 1756. He was a musical prodigy - at the age of four he began receiving lessons from his father Leopold and at the age of six he was composing smart minuets and other short pieces. The composition Charming Salzburg is based on a theme from Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte, which he completed in 1791. The greatest composer of his day - the greatest of all time according to some - the brilliant Mozart wrote some of the world's best operas with Die Zauberflöte was his last. / Niveau : 2 / Musique pour célébration / Répertoire / Brass Band

Dear Lord and Father of Mankind. Par DE HAAN JAN. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Seigneur et Père de l’Humanité) est un hymne composé par l'organiste anglais Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927), d’après un poème de John Greenleaf Whittier. Jan de Haan nous offre une adaptation calme et cependant intense de cet air méditatif. L’euphonium joue un rôle important dans la première partie de la pièce, conduisant à l’une des plus belles mélodies de tous les hymnes anglais. / Niveau : 3 / Musique pour célébration / Répertoire / Brass Band

O Take My Hand, Dear Father. Par SILCHER FRIEDRICH. Der Komponist Jacob de Haan hat sich mit dieser Bearbeitung für Blasorchester eines bekannten und beliebten Kirchenliedes angenommen. Der Inhalt des Liedes - blindes Gottvertrauen, das ewige Leben und ein Leben zu zweit - lassen eine Verwendung bei vielen kirchlichen Anlässen zu. Bezaubern Sie Ihre Zuhörer mit der stimmungsvollen Bearbeitung dieser schlichten, aber ergreifenden Melodie! / Niveau : 2 / Musique pour célébration / Répertoire / Brass Band

Arr. Georges Moreau. Par PUCCINI GIACOMO. / Œuvre solo et Orchestre / Répertoire / Brass Band