The 31 kilometer (19 miles) long beautiful Thien Duong Cave ? or Paradise Cave ? lies in one of Vietnam?s national parks and was not discovered until 2005. Composer Jan de Haan visited this unearthly looking place. The grandness and astounding splendour of this natural wonder made such an impression that it inspired him to write this composition. He experienced Paradise Cave as art, albeit formed by nature across millions of years. Back home, he rendered the imposing experience in music. This resulted in a colourful and spectacular concert work for fanfare band. Paradise Cave is dedicated to the World Music Contest (WMC).

Renowned Belgian composer Kevin Houben composed ?Ride? for the ?Fanfare ?Bereden Wapens??. This orchestra originated after drastic reorganisations and cutbacks within Defense in 2011 and 2012, including in the military music armed forces. The thought behind the composition ?Ride? is the signal ?forward?. The signal ?Forward? is part of a military memorial ceremony, as the sign to close off a sad or dark period, and to go on with renewed force. ?Ride? is also a command for horses to go forward. Appropriate, as the ?Fanfare ?Bereden Wapens??, part of the regiment Huzaren van Boreel, is part of the Cavalry. When the Fanfarekorps Koninklijke Landmacht ?Bereden Wapens? was abrogated, this was an extremely sad and radical moment for the orchestra members. The ?Fanfare ?Bereden Wapens?? announces the dawn of a new period and picks up again with an effervescent and splashing composition: ?Ride?.

This composition was commissioned by the Musique Municipale dâ??Ingwiller for the occasion of their 150th anniversary. The source of inspiration for this work was the municipality of Ingwiller in the French region Alsace. The title of the work refers to the many buildings there that are made of red sandstone and to the â??Schlembeâ?? a train connecting Ingwiller with Bouxwiller for sixty years. It consists of 4 movements all related to the city of Ingwiller and its history. This bright and positive work offers beautiful melodic themes slow passages perfect for working on intonation and phrasing as well as pleasant parts for percussion.This composition was commissioned by the Musique Municipale dâ??Ingwiller for the occasion of their 150th anniversary. The source of inspiration for this work was the municipality of Ingwiller in the French region Alsace. The title of the work refers to the many buildings there that are made of red sandstone and to the â??Schlembeâ?? a train connecting Ingwiller with Bouxwiller for sixty years. It consists of 4 movements all related to the city of Ingwiller and its history. This bright and positive work offers beautiful melodic themes slow passages perfect for working on intonation and phrasing as well as pleasant parts for percussion.

The piece that helped launch Eric Whitacre's career in wind band composing! In this highly programmatic work Eric transforms a story from American folklore of a supernatural locomotive that roars throughout the Western U.S. Richin special effects and unique compositional techniques this dynamic piece creates vivid aural images as the train leaves the station and passes through a varied landscape.

The title Ex Tribus Fontis (Latin for ?from three sources?) refers to the three sources of inspiration that were used for this composition. The legend of Saint Donatus, patron saint of the commissioning band describes how he and his soldiers prayed to God during a losing battle, the result of which being a thunderstorm which annihilated the Teutonic opponents. This three movement piece is extremely impressive and very much suitable for both concerts and contests.

The Yiddish word â??Klezmerâ?? has been derived from the Old Hebrew words â??Kleyâ?? (tool instrument) and â??Zemerâ?? (song singing making music).Klezmer is the traditional music of Jews from Eastern Europe.Yiddish musicians (Klezmorim) were regularly invited to come and play at Yiddish weddings as well as several other Jewish celebrations and festive occasions. Despite its close connection with traditional Eastern European folk music Klezmer music has succeeded in preserving its distinctive Jewish character. â??Klezmer Discoveryâ?? is a voyage of discovery through the richly varied music of the Jewish people from Eastern Europe.The introduction consists of anumber of motives from different traditional melodies (a Mitzve Tenzel and Lâ??cha Dodi) followed by a melody in 3/8th time (Kandelâ??s Hora). This dance melody originally came from Bessarabia (present-day Moldavia) and was taken along to America by Jewish musicians round 1900. Subsequently â??Der Terk in Amerikaâ?? a composition by famous clarinet player Naftule Brandwein can be heard. A number of fast cheerful dance melodies (bulgars) form the finale of â??Klezmer Discoveryâ?? (Lebedyk un Freylekh Lomir sich iberbetn and Sherele).