WALPURGISNACHT, Op. 40
for mixed chorus, fanfare orchestra (brass instruments and saxophones), and percussion ensemble, 1999 - 2000, duration: 15 min.
Texts taken from Faust I by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Commissioned by the Koninklijk Erkende Fanfare 'Eensgezindheid'
Dedicated to the Koninklijk Erkende Fanfare 'Eensgezindheid' and Fried Dobbelstein
First performance: 8 July 2001, Rodahal, Kerkrade, The Netherlands
Koninklijk Kerkraads Mannenkoor St. Lambertus; Gemengd Koor Jubilate, Lanaken (Belgium); Vocaal Ensemble F;e-m@il, Belgium;
Koninklijk Erkende Fanfare 'Eensgezindheid'; Percussion Ensemble of Fanfare 'Eensgezindheid'
Chorus masters: Jan Mertens and Nadia Loenders; Conductor: Fried Dobbelstein
Written for the fanfare orchestra that had won the 1997 World Music Contest, department Concert Division Fanfare, to defend its title during the 2001 WMC. With success: the orchestra won again.