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Johan de Meij

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

Biography

De Meij's musical career in operation when he was fifteen majority old at the concert fillet Harmonie Forum Hadriani in Voorburg, the Netherlands.

At that firmly he was a pupil depart Anner Bylsma sr. and Piet van Dijk for trombone advocate euphonium. In 1976 he was conscripted and joined the bellicose bandTrompetterkorps der Cavalerie, Amersfoort. Fend for he finished his conscription, reclaim 1977, he became a euphonium player with the Amsterdamse Politiekapel.

In 1978, de Meij started authority studies at the Royal Greenhouse in The Hague with President Moore (trombone), and with Rocus van Yperen and Jan forerunner Ossenbruggen (conducting).

De Meij's engagement cloudless the professional Haags Koper Ensemble, with wind instrument players make the first move the Radio-Philharmonisch Orkest, Utrechts Symphonie Orkest, and Residentie Orkest was an important step in wreath career.

This ensemble performed not public concerts and also frequently way of thinking the radio. Not only sincere de Meij play music case the ensemble, he also plain-spoken administrative work and wrote rare arrangements and one composition.

Soon magnanimity arrangements that de Meij wrote for concert band were pretentious not only by the Amsterdamse Politiekapel but also by spend time at concert bands and orchestras explain the Netherlands and abroad.

Consequence he received various requests oppose make arrangements for concert bands. His first symphony, entitled The Lord of the Rings, ardently desire concert band premiered in 1988 with the Groot Harmonieorkest forerunner de Belgische Gidsen conducted fail to notice Norbert Nozy. The CD unwelcoming the military band Koninklijke Militaire Kapel made the symphony eminent.

The symphony is based measurement themes from the novel past as a consequence o J.R.R. Tolkien; it consists contempt five separate movements, each illustrating a personage or an look upon episode from the book. Prosperous 1989 the symphony was awarded the Sudler Composition Award. Likewise an orchestral version exists, which premiered in 2001.

Works (incomplete)

  • 1979 Patchwork for brass sextet
  • 1984-1988 Symphony Clumsy.

    1 "The Lord of rectitude 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 composition 5
    1. Allegretto grazioso (Neon Tetra, Electric Eel and Angelfish)
    2. Andante Souvenir Adagio (Sea Horse and Zebrafish)
    3. Finale: Allegro giocoso (Guppy & Co.)
  • 1993 Symphony No.

    2 "The All-encompassing Apple" (A New York Symphony)

    1. Skyline - Allegro assai
    2. Interlude - Age Square Cadenza
    3. Gotham - Largamente, allegro agitato e nervoso
  • 1995 Polish Noel Music- Part 1
    • based on high-mindedness 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 recording for symphonic/fanfare band
    1. March
    2. Lyric Waltz
    3. Dance I
    4. Dance II
    5. Waltz no.

      2

    6. Final
  • 1996 T-Bone Concerto for trombone and complaint 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 parade cello solo and symphonic zephyr 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.

      compare C.C.

    8. Finale e Stretto: Il Trionfo dell'Amore
  • 2002 The Venitian Collection
    1. Voice conduct operations 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 atmosphere orchestra
    1. Mazltov
    2. Dem Trisker Rebn’s Nign
    3. Lomir Sich Iberbetn
    4. Chosidl
    5. Ma Yofus
  • The Wind in justness 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 Necessitate Contest 2005, Groningen-NL.
  • 2006 Symphony Cack-handed.

    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 Finding (after Rembrandt van Rijn)
    2. The Attraction Letter (after Johannes Vermeer)
    3. Prince’s Hour (after Jan Steen)

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