Wil van der Beek
Biography
Wil van der Beek (b. 1949, Sittard, the Netherlands) is a Dutch arranger and conductor.
Van der Beek studied clarinet, conducting and pedagogy. After completing school, he worked as a teacher in his native Sittard.
Van der Beek was a conductor from the age of 18, leading various wind band, harmony bands and fanfare bands. He has also guided young conductors in their first steps in the profession.
As a composer, he is mainly active in the field of transcriptions and arrangements for wind (symphonic) orchestras. Numerous arrangements and transcriptions by him have been performed all over the world.
Van der Beek has received several awards from the German Music Association and the European CISM.
Works for Winds
Adaptable Music:
- Tea for Two (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (/2021)
- Zuhälterballade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (/2021)
All Wind Works
- Addio Napoli (as arranger) (2017)
- An der schönen blauen Donau (as arranger) (1866/2010)
- Andante (as arranger) (1860-1868/2001)
- Aufzug der Meistersinger (as arranger) (2000)
- Ave Maria (as arranger) (2000)
- Ballabili (as arranger) (1847/1865/1997)
- Banditenstreiche (as arranger) (2008)
- The Beggar Student March (as arranger) (2008)
- Berliner Luft (as arranger) (1899/2017)
- Cachucha-Galopp (as arranger) (1837/2020)
- Concerto for Wind Orchestre (as arranger)
- Cortège de Bacchus (as arranger) (1990)
- Cosi fan tutte (as arranger) (2005)
- Czardas (as arranger) (1998)
- Danza y Marcha (as arranger) (1997)
- Das Land des Lächelns (as arranger) (/2019)
- Das Pensionat (as arranger) (2002)
- Donna Diana (as arranger) (2002)
- The Enemy God and the Dance of the Spirits (as arranger) (1916/1996)
- España (as arranger) (2010)
- Fanfare pour précéder La Péri (as arranger) (2005)
- Farewell Song (as arranger) (2004)
- Friedensmarsch (as arranger) (2006)
- Gayaneh (as arranger) (1996)
- Gesu Bambino (as arranger) (1993)
- Gopak (as arranger) (1874-1880/1995)
- The Great Gershwin (as arranger) (2018)
- Grieg Highlights (as arranger) (2018)
- Grigri (as arranger)
- He Shall Feed His Flock (as arranger) (1999)
- Intermezzo "Il sogno" (as arranger) (1995)
- L'italiana in Algeri (as transcriber) (1813/2008)
- La Traviata Highlights (as arranger) (2005)
- Le Calife de Bagdad (as arranger) (2006)
- Leichte Kavallerie (as arranger) (2006)
- Les Chasseresses (as arranger) (1992)
- Little Threepenny Music (as arranger)
- March of the Toys (as arranger) (2017)
- Marche au Supplice (as arranger) (1999)
- Melody (as arranger) (1992)
- The Miller's Dance (as arranger) (/2017)
- Nocturne (as arranger) (1998)
- Our Heroes (as arranger)
- Prelude, 49th Parallel (as arranger) (1960/2018)
- Puccini Highlights (as arranger) (2007)
- Romance (as arranger) (1992)
- Romanza Siciliana (as arranger) (1996)
- Šárka (as arranger) (1993)
- Slava (as arranger)
- Song of India (as arranger) (1896/2008)
- Souvenir (as arranger) (2006)
- Symphonic March (as arranger) (1859/1993)
- Tango (as arranger) (1999)
- Tchaikovsky Highlights (as arranger) (2019)
- Tea for Two (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (/2021)
- Three Miniatures (as arranger) (1997)
- Three Onegin Dances (as arranger)
- Transeamus usque Bethlehem (as arranger) (2006)
- Verdi's Triumphs (as arranger) (2009)
- Wedding March (as arranger) (1842/1997)
- Weibermarsch (as arranger) (2010)
- Zampa Overture (as arranger) (1831/1994)
- Zuhälterballade (Flex instrumentation) (as arranger) (/2021)
Resources
- "Composition & Premiere: Victory" Musikverein Haaren eV. Web. Accessed 10 October 2020
- "Wil van der Beek" HeBu Musikverlag GmbH. Web. Accessed 10 October 2020