The Village School
Music for Wind Band,

The Village School

InstrumentationWind Band
Grade4ยฝ
Duration8 minutes
PublisherJanssen Music
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โ€œThe Village Schoolโ€ a frivolous and colourful overture for wind band. The work, originally for orchestra (titled as โ€œRegalo Festivo Ouvertureโ€) was commissioned by the University Orchestra Maastricht and serves as a prelude to its concerts. 

This version for wind band is also freely inspired by Jan Steen’s painting “the village school”, in which the everyday chaos within a classroom can be felt. 

It is also a reference to the connection with the university, where students experience their hopefully best time of their lives that eventually leads to a successful career. 

In the work, the various musical themes develop into a grand apotheosis.

Agnes Overture
Music for Wind Band,

Agnes Overture

InstrumentationWind Band
Grade4,5
Duration7 minutes
PublisherJanssen Music
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Score and parts are available from May 2026

commissioned by Windband St. Agnes Bunde on the occasion of the festive opening of the โ€œAgnespoortโ€ in Bunde (NL)

A short festive overture on the occasion of the festive opening of the “Agnespoort” in Bunde (NL). The work is based on two motifs that relate to the village of Bunde and its wind orchestra St. Agnes Bunde.

The work opens with a motif based on the song “Gans Bung” (which means โ€œwhole Bundeโ€) with a driving and powerful accompaniment.

The second motif is based on an “Andante Religioso”composed by one of the former conductors of Harmonie St. Agnes Bunde, Mr. August Hautvast.

After this short but sparkling opening, a more subdued section follows in which the musical link to the Patron Saint “St. Agnes” is made.

The overture ends with a resume of all motifs, resulting in a spectacular ending.

Echo from the past
Music for Orchestra,

Echo from the past

InstrumentationOrchestra
Grade4
Duration10 minutes
PublisherJanssen Music
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Echo from the past – (Full Midi)

Composed on behalf of the Roermond Orchestra “De Symphonie”, in memory of all victims of war(s), on the occasion of 80 years of annual national commemoration in the Netherlands of the victims of the Second World War on May 4.

The work makes a musical link with the present, in which geopolitical tensions are increasing and history threatens to repeat itself.

The work will have its premiere on May 4, 2025 by the Roermond Orchestra “De Symphonie” conducted by the composer.

Score and parts;

Divertimento
Music for Instrumental Soloist, Music for Wind Band,

Divertimento

InstrumentationWind Band
Bb solo clarinet
Grade5ยฝ – (soloist): 6
Duration16 minutes
PublisherJanssen Music
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Divertimento – Full Midi Demo

Divertimento is a concerto for clarinet and wind orchestra freely inspired by portraits of Frans Hals.

Frans Hals (๏นก1582/83 – โœ๏ธŽ 1666) is one of the most important painters from the Dutch Golden Age. He is especially appreciated for his loose touch and lively portraits of contemporaries, genre scenes and colorful militia pieces.

As early as the 17th century, people were struck by the liveliness of Hals’ portraits. Hals’ works contain such power and life that it seems as if the painter “seems to challenge nature with his brush”.

In this Divertimento, the solo clarinet takes us into an imaginary story behind the painting, in which the person in question plays the leading role. After a short introduction, a colorful parade of people and their stories is created based on these portraits;

  1. The Rommel Pot player (1618-22)
  2. The singing girl (1626-30) 
  3. The laughing cavalier (1624) 
  4. The lute player (1623-24) 
  5. The young violin player (1625-30) 
  6. The merry drinker (1630) 
  7. โ€œMalle Babbeโ€ (1633-1635)
  8. A young woman with a glass and flagon (the inn-keeper) (1635) 

Score and Set:

(Re)Connected
Music for Wind Band, Transcriptions for Wind Band,

(Re)Connected

InstrumentationWind Band
Grade5
Duration16 minutes
PublisherJanssen Music
Demo Scoreon demand

โ€ฆ is a musical adventure for concert band, commissioned by the โ€œRoyal Military Band Johan Willem Frisoโ€ (NL) and their chief-conductor Major Tijmen Botma.

Due to the Covid pandemic, there have been hardly live performances by orchestras around the world for (sometimes more than) a year. With this work an attempt is made to make renewed contact with the numerous concert audience.

(Re)Connected is therefore a work in which famous melodies of grandmasters from the past are connected in a special way and in which a (renewed) interaction between musicians and the audience takes place.

The work opens with Toccata by Claudio Monteverdi from “Orfeo”. Subsequently, the 1st cello sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach takes a prominent place, with a quartet of musicians interacting with the material.

On the basis of the exhibited themes, a fugal structure develops in which new material is used from the Overture “Entfรผhrung aus dem Serail” and the final movement from “Die Kleine Nachtmusik” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

After this virtuoso intermezzo peace returns with the famous theme of the adagio from the 9th symphony (“from the new world”) by Anton Dvorak. From this develops a dramatic part based on main theme of Dvorak 9th.

After a brief recollection of Bach and the โ€œ(Re)Connectedโ€ motif, which is clearly discernible throughout the work, the finale begins based on the impressive theme “Ode to joy” from Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th symphony.

An interactive musical adventure in which musicians and audience are “reunited” with the so beloved grandmasters from music history.

Score and parts are available only on demand. Please contact us via the โ†’ Contact form.

Regalo Festivo Ouverture
Music for Orchestra,

Regalo Festivo Ouverture

InstrumentationOrchestra
Grade4
Duration8 minutes
PublisherJanssen Music
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‘Regalo Festivo Ouverture’ is a frivolous and colourful overture for orchestra. The work was commissioned by the University Orchestra Maastricht and serves as a prelude to its concerts.

The work is freely inspired by Jan Steen’s painting “the village class”, in which the everyday chaos within a classroom can be felt.

It is also a reference to the connection with the university, where students experience their hopefully best time of their lives that eventually leads to a successful career.

In the work, the various musical themes develop into a grand apotheosis.

Nocturne
Music for Ensemble,

Nocturne

Instrumentation8 Flugelhorns
Grade4 / 5
Duration6 minutes
PublisherJanssen Music
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Nocturne is an atmospheric dialogue between the 8 flugelhorn soloists.

After a quiet start, some commotion arises, but soon calm returns.

This composition was commissioned by โ€œOrkest Koninklijke Marechausseeโ€ (NL)

For E-flat Flugelhorn, 6 Flugelhorns & Bass Flugelhorn (or Bb Baritone as alternative)