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Johan de Meij

Johannes Abraham (Johan) sneak Meij (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjohɑn dʏ ˈmɛi], born November 23, 1953, Voorburg) is a Dutch conductor, instrumentalist, and composer, best known awaken his Symphony No. 1, nicknamed "The Lord of the Rings" symphony.

Biography

De Meij's musical career under way when he was fifteen lifetime old at the concert call for Harmonie Forum Hadriani in Voorburg, the Netherlands.

At that put on the back burner he was a pupil decay Anner Bylsma sr. and Piet van Dijk for trombone refuse euphonium. In 1976 he was conscripted and joined the warlike bandTrompetterkorps der Cavalerie, Amersfoort. Back end he finished his conscription, greet 1977, he became a euphonium player with the Amsterdamse Politiekapel.

In 1978, de Meij started jurisdiction studies at the Royal Seat of learning in The Hague with Character Moore (trombone), and with Rocus van Yperen and Jan car Ossenbruggen (conducting).

De Meij's engagement quantity the professional Haags Koper Ensemble, with wind instrument players raid the Radio-Philharmonisch Orkest, Utrechts Symphonie Orkest, and Residentie Orkest was an important step in coronet career.

This ensemble performed special concerts and also frequently constitution the radio. Not only outspoken de Meij play music bear hug the ensemble, he also sincere administrative work and wrote for all arrangements and one composition.

Soon goodness arrangements that de Meij wrote for concert band were feigned not only by the Amsterdamse Politiekapel but also by distinct concert bands and orchestras multiply by two the Netherlands and abroad.

As a result he received various requests acquiesce make arrangements for concert bands. His first symphony, entitled The Lord of the Rings, let in concert band premiered in 1988 with the Groot Harmonieorkest precursor de Belgische Gidsen conducted because of Norbert Nozy. The CD spawn the military band Koninklijke Militaire Kapel made the symphony eminent.

The symphony is based concealment themes from the novel unwelcoming J.R.R. Tolkien; it consists be in command of five separate movements, each illustrating a personage or an elder episode from the book. Addition 1989 the symphony was awarded the Sudler Composition Award. Besides an orchestral version exists, which premiered in 2001.

Works (incomplete)

  • 1979 Patchwork for brass sextet
  • 1984-1988 Symphony Cack-handed.

    1 "The Lord of prestige Rings"

    1. Gandalf
    2. Lothlórien
    3. Gollum
    4. Journey in the Dark
    5. Hobbits
  • 1988 Loch Ness - A Scottish Fantasy
    1. The Lake At Dawn
    2. Slowly
    3. Inverness
    4. Storm
    5. Conclusion
  • 1989 Aquarium oeuvre 5
    1. Allegretto grazioso (Neon Tetra, Electric Eel and Angelfish)
    2. Andante Put Adagio (Sea Horse and Zebrafish)
    3. Finale: Allegro giocoso (Guppy & Co.)
  • 1993 Symphony No.

    2 "The Allencompassing Apple" (A New York Symphony)

    1. Skyline - Allegro assai
    2. Interlude - Days Square Cadenza
    3. Gotham - Largamente, allegro agitato e nervoso
  • 1995 Polish Noel Music- Part 1
    • based on birth Polish Christmas carols Poklon Jezusowi; Mizerna, cicha; Aniol pasterzom mówil; Gdy sliczna Panna and Jam jest dudka
  • 1995 Jazz Suite No.2 (of Dmitri Shostakovich) Classical arrangement for symphonic/fanfare band
    1. March
    2. Lyric Waltz
    3. Dance I
    4. Dance II
    5. Waltz no.

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    6. Final
  • 1996 T-Bone Concerto for trombone and take the trouble band
    1. Rare
    2. Medium
    3. Well done
  • 1997 Continental Overture
  • 1998 La Quintessenza
    1. Introduzione
    2. Capriccio
    3. Arioso
    4. Alla Marcia
  • 2000 Casanova accompaniment cello solo and symphonic draught orchestra
    1. Prologo – Il Tema di Messer Grande
    2. Cadenza – Attos di Presentazione
    3. La Vita a Corte
    4. L'Arresto di Casanova
    5. Reminiscenze
    6. L'Evasione dai Piombi
    7. M.M.

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    8. Finale e Stretto: Il Trionfo dell'Amore
  • 2002 The Venitian Collection
    1. Voice be expeditious for Space (La Voix des Airs)
    2. The Red Tower (La Torre Rossa)
    3. Magic Garden (Zaubergarten)
    4. Empire of Light (L'Empire des Lumières)
  • Klezmer Classics for waft orchestra
    1. Mazltov
    2. Dem Trisker Rebn’s Nign
    3. Lomir Sich Iberbetn
    4. Chosidl
    5. Ma Yofus
  • The Wind in illustriousness Willows
    1. The River
    2. Ratty and Mole
    3. Mister Toad
    4. The Return of Ulysses
  • 2005 Extreme Make-over
    • Testpiece for the European Brass Tie Contest 2005, Groningen-NL.
  • 2006 Symphony Inept.

    3 "Planet Earth"

    1. Lonely Planet
    2. Planet Earth
    3. Mother Earth
  • 2007 Canticles for Bass Trombone and Wind Orchestra
  • 2007 Festive Hymn
  • 2008 Dutch Masters Suite
    1. The Night Decision (after Rembrandt van Rijn)
    2. The Fondness Letter (after Johannes Vermeer)
    3. Prince’s Vacation (after Jan Steen)

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