Ben van Dijk-basstrombone plays Canticles-Johan de Meij

During the Slide Factory 2007 trombone festival in Rotterdam I had the honor to play Johan de Meij's composition for bass trombone and Wind Band, "Canticles".
Johan wrote the piece in memory of my father and for me. This was the premiere of the piece and for me it was a very emotional experrience. I played it with the Royal Marine Band of the Netherlands, the orchestra my father played in at the beginning of his career.
I hope you will enjoy these three short parts of the composition.

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[adamlovestrombone]

Holy S***.

That sound at 2:47

[DavidGerber0394]

You are probably one of the best bass trombonist in the world along with Charlie Vernon. Your sound is amazing!  All of your music is awesome!

[LTBfilms]

He is my insparation, everytime I walk into an audition, with my bass trombone, I think Im performing for him

[iselldummysmacks]

Oh my God this piece is absolutely gorgeous!!! Is there a way you can have this placed on iTunes for purchase?

[nef18]

perfect example of a beautiful cut off at the end! Check out the resonance!

[jardielvargas]

exellent

[obiwan88]

A very beautiful and inspiring performance...^(^

Thank you Ben for sharing your music. Yes, I remembered Johann mentioned he was working on this piece years ago, think it was around the time of his trip to Singapore.

[LLJtbone]

Really excellent sounding. This part sounds like Holst, 2:11.

[tubone11]

Beautiful is all that can be said about the first 2:37...then it can be catagorized as EPIC.

[alejoanaya]

Like always.....very nice performance....