A quick piano improvisation developed with some strings and a bit of thunder for some atmosphere.

The Smell of Rain

A short ambient track based on a guitar improvisation.

Dusk

A Somerset Rhapsody was very successful when premiered on April 6, 1910 by the New Symphony Orchestra conducted by Edward Mason. In this work Holst used folk melodies from Somerset, a county in the southwest of England.

Arranged for Wind Band and Fanfare Band by Jo Vliex.
Listen to mp3 (mechanical sound / NotePerformer) at  Soundcloud.com

Sheet Music Obtainable: 
Bronsheim Music, Boedapestlaan 217, 3404 VC IJsselstein (NL) Tel.++ 31 (0)30 2657309. 
info@bronsheimmusic.nl

A SOMERSET RHAPSODY - Gustav Holst / arr. Jo Vliex.

My 1st composition of 2025 (and in nearly 3 years). I'm definitely not interested in perfection, so in that spirit I am sharing it! My hopes is that this piece may act as a benchmark for improvement through the next year(s). 

Moments. - For Violin, Cello & Bass (2025)

Shostakovich wrote his ballet "The Bolt” in the years 1930-1931. The place of action is a factory in the Soviet Union. Drunk workers are fired and in revenge one of the workers tries to sabotage a lathe. He persuades a colleague to drop a bolt into the machine. However, this colleague repents at the last minute and the saboteur is arrested. In 1931, the composer created a suite of 8 movements from the ballet, of which Jean Cosemans very skillfully arranged six parts for concert band. Part 1 (Overture) the trumpets solemn announce the overture, supported  by the full orchestra. The opening then transitions into a high-contrast allegro. Part 2 (The bureaucrat) begins with a duet for flute and bassoon and alternates with trombone glissandos. Part 3 (The Dance of the Drayman) features the typical trombone glissando and a proud dance by the entire orchestra. Part 4 (Dance of the colonial slave woman) starts at a quiet tempo and then changes into a presto dance tempo with a leading role for flutes and clarinets. Part 5 (The appeaser) is a long shimmering xylophone solo, apparently representing a joke character. Part 6 (General dance and apotheosis) is the sparkling finale of the ballet.

Arranged for Wind Band by Jean Cosemans.
Listen at Soundcloud.com  (live recording 1998 Johan Willem Friso Kapel, conductor Alex Schillings).

Sheet Music Obtainable:
Bronsheim Music, Boedapestlaan 217, 3404 VC IJsselstein(NL),
Tel.++ 31 (0)30 2657309. 
info@bronsheimmusic.nl

The Legend Of Aquarius

5e Balletsuite ’The Bolt’: Part 1 Ouverture - Dmitri Shostakovich / arr. Jean Cosemans.

The ending of a story. 


(I wont lie, I've listened to this so much when I was writing it that I don't think I can appreciate it. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy).

Dénouement

The ’gathering of the armies’ is the third scene from act three of Richard Wagner's ’Lohengrin’. Due to the turbulent political situation, the German King Heinrich had come to Antwerp to recruit Brabant forces. These Brabant troops are then gathered  along the river. After a signal-like opening, this part of the opera builds up to a true climax.

Arranged for Fanfare Band by Sandor Hendriks.
Listen at Soundcloud.com  (Frysk Fanfare Orkest, conductor Jouke Hoekstra.)

Sheet Music Obtainable: 
Bronsheim Music, Boedapestlaan 217, 3404 VC IJsselstein (NL),
Tel.++ 31 (0)30 2657309. info@bronsheimmusic.nl


Gathering of the Armies-Richard Wagner / arr. Sandor Hendriks

Written for the Bangor University String Orchestra in 2020, unfortunately the premier was cancelled. It has since been performed by the Fitzwarren Chamber Orchestra.

Audio made with NotePerformer3

PDF Sheet Music for this piece can be purchased on GumRoad here:https://tslarc.gumroad.com/l/sjawx

Ocean Void

L'Histoire d 'Ell is a musical representation of 75 years of village history from the Dutch village Ell. This period is divided into three parts to divide: 1) rural village; 2) war; 3) rebuild. The first part gives an impression of Ell before the war, the peace and beauty of the countryside. It is also the story of the shoemaker who all week for his case stood chatting and weekends as amok went to work on time gain. The only industry in the village, a "fuus" (dairy) and a brewery musical put down in this section. The second part describes the events during the war with the searchlights of the German Wehrmacht, the downing of British bombers by German fighters and penetrating report on fire stabbing and ultimately collapse of the mill (a long solo of the complete percussion). The third part tells of the new ways that a war be broken. People work hard to rebuild, farmhouses are restored and agriculture intensifyd. The dynamic community life, typical of the years 1979 - 1990, is reflected in this final section that ends with a closing celebration.

Composed for Fanfareband by Leon Vliex.
Listen at Soundcloud.com (Frysk Fanfare Orkest, conductor Jouke Hoekstra.)

Sheet Music Obtainable: 
Bronsheim Music, Boedapestlaan 217, 3404 VC IJsselstein (NL), Tel.++ 31 (0)30 2657309. info@bronsheimmusic.nl

Silence And I

L’HISTOIRE D’ELL - Leon Vliex

Russian Christmas Music is a work for symphonic band, written in 1944 by Alfred Reed. It is one of the most popular and often works carried out in the harmony literature. Reed was commissioned to write a piece of ’Russian Music’ for a concert in Denver, Colorado. The aim of this concert was to improve the Soviet-American relations. The concert would include premieres of new Soviet and American works. Prokofiev's March, Op. 99 was the Russian work, but when it was discovered that this work had already been performed in the United States. Reed was commissioned sixteen days before the concert to write a new piece. This work, Russian Christmas Music, was first performed on December 12, 1944, and broadcast on NBC radio.

Arranged for Fanfareband by Stefan de Hoogt.
Listen at Soundcloud.com (Fanfare Eensgezindheid Maasbracht-Beek, conductor Jean-Pierre Cnoops.)

Sheet Music Obtainable: 
Bronsheim Music, Boedapestlaan 217, 3404 VC IJsselstein (NL), Tel.++ 31 (0)30 2657309. info@bronsheimmusic.nl

Exmoor Impressions

RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS MUSIC - Alfred Reed / arr. Stefan de Hoogt

Conductor, Trumpet and Horn player. Graduate in Composition from Bangor University.

Ocean Void

Tom Larcombe

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