Moeran based Lonely Waters on the fragment of a song from the Broads of East Norfolk. This flowing atmospheric work is dedicated to Ralph Vaughn Williams and recalls Moeran’s Norfolk boyhood and the folksongs he collected from East Anglia.E J Moeran was a 20th century British composer of Anglo-Irish background who spent his early years in Norfolk. Influences of folksong and programmatic elem…

Folksongs For Band Suite No. 1

In ‘Famous Folksongs’ we are taken on a musical trip around the world from France to the USA and from South America to the Middle East. Dagmar Kildevann arranged eight word famous folk songs in very different ways. From traditional (Lolo mi boto) to modern (Le coq est mort) and from swing (Sur le pont) to rock (Michael row the boat). Bon voyage have a pleasant journey! Oh and by the way…

Three Celtic Folksongs

Folksongs For Band Suite 3

Folksongs For Band Suite 2

Hear the beat of horse hooves and feel the blistering heat of the prairie. In this medley of five well-known songs arranger Dagmar Kildevann has truly captured the atmosphere of the Wild West. An attractive feature of this piece is the various comic effects that Kildevann has included in the arrangement of the folksongs Home on the Range Deep in the heart of Texas Clementine Skip to my Lou an…

Hear the beat of horse hooves and feel the blistering heat of the prairie. In this medley of five well-known songs arranger Dagmar Kildevann has truly captured the atmosphere of the Wild West. An attractive feature of this piece is the various comic effects that Kildevann has included in the arrangement of the folksongs Home on the Range Deep in the heart of Texas Clementine Skip to my Lou an…

Fantasía Sinfónica-Vents Catalans (Catalan Winds) is a symphonic fantasy which while it does no directly reference any melody or song from Catalonian folk music still manages to convey all the life beauty and energy of this charming region in southern Spain. After a triumphant and majestic introduction reminiscent of folksongs and lively dances the mood calms down with an elegant yet playf…