Ton Verhiel, musician
saxophonist, composer, historian, teacher

Compositions premiered by me or written for me:


Several composers wrote new pieces for saxophone on request by me:

The following works were composed for, transcribed for or premiered by Ton Verhiel

Andrée Bonhomme (1905-1982) - Pièce en forme de Sonate for tenor saxophone and piano

(originally for violoncello and piano)


Margriet Ehlen - Against the stream for alto saxophone solo (originally for flute solo)

Margriet Ehlen - Guave for alto saxophone solo (originally for flute solo)

Margriet Ehlen - De ijzeren Maagd van Maastricht, for countertenor and C melody saxophone

Margriet Ehlen - Antifoon for soprano saxophone solo and declamation

first performed August 2012

Margriet Ehlen - Melody for Antonio de Sassofoni

for C Melody Saxophone solo (first performance on November 3, 2018)


Paul Gilson - Concerto nr. 2, version for alto saxophone and band (arranged by Ton Verhiel)


Pjotr Grella-Mozejka - Largo (Omagio a Johann Sebastian) for soprano saxophone and organ


Willem Kersters (1929-1998) - Meditatie over een Middeleeuws lied for soprano saxophone and piano (originally for oboe and piano)

Willem Kersters (1929-1998) - Ballade, for alto saxophone and strings (first performance in the Netherlands)


Piet Kingma (1928-1994) - Elegie II for alto saxophone and organ or piano


Gerard Kockelmans (1925-1965) - Laus Laetitia, Sonata

for soprano saxophone and piano (originally for oboe and piano)


Henri Konsten - Sonata for alto saxophone solo

Henri Konsten - Prelude et Fugue for alto saxophone solo

Henri Konsten - Quatre Monodies pour saxophone solo

Henri Konsten - Trio for flute, vlarinet and baritone saxophone

(first performed november 16th 2019)

Lawson Lunde - Celtic Paen, version for alto saxophone and harp

Hans Meeuws - Blackberrie for saxophone quartet (with Suzanne Welters-ssax, Nico Wouters-asax and Mattie Rademakers-bsax)

Hans Meeuws - 3 Colloquia for tenor saxophone solo (2017)

(first performed on November 3, 2018)

Carlo Plaum - Le petit Papillon, valse musette for soprano saxophone and accordion

Rob Peters - Prelude for tenor saxophone solo

first performed in August 2015 in Heerlen, Church of St Pancras

Rob Peters - Cantabile op. 185/2 for tenor- or baritone saxophone solo

(first performed on November 3, 2018)


Gerard Sars - Concertino for alto saxophone and strings

Gerard Sars - Solo 1 for tenor saxophone solo

Gerard Sars - Croma for alto saxophone and organ

Geard Sars - Annäherungen for 2 alto saxophones

Gerard Sars - Fanfare for soprano saxophone solo (originally for trumpet solo)

Gerard Sars - Conditor alme siderum for baritone saxophone and organ

Ton Verhiel performing the work by Gerard Sars in the cathedral of Roermond - 2005


Jan Seevens (1930-2000) - Petit prélude et fugue pour saxophone solo

Jan Seevens - Litanie et Arabesque for alto saxophone and organ

Jan Seevens - Salve regina for alto saxophone and organ

Jan Seevens - Via Crucis for alto saxophone and organ

Jan Seevens - L'Autel mystérieux pour alto saxophone and organ

Jan Seevens - Choral for alto saxophone and organ


John Slangen - Esme 1 for alto saxophone solo (2012)

John Slangen - Dream for baritone saxophone, bass clarinet and Toms

From left to right: Ton Verhiel, baritone saxophone, Arno Dieteren, Toms and Paulien Dieteren, bass clarinet premiering Dreaam by John Slangen (2018)


Philip Spark - Carnival, for alto saxophone and band (first performance in Germany)


André Stolwijk - Onomade IV for tenor saxophone solo

(first performed on November 3, 2018)

André Stolwijk - Slow Tango

for flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone, electric guitar and electric piano

André Stolwijk - Petite Pièce

for soprano saxophone, bass clarinet and piano (first performed on November 3, 2018)


Hans Suyckerbuyck - Duma for alto saxophone and organ

Hans Suyckerbuyck - Allegro Deciso for alto saxophone and organ

I also did first Dutch performances of works for saxophone and organ

by (among others)

Jean Bouvard, Vauculin le Trouveur, Hans Ludwig Schilling and Timothy Broege

and for saxophone and guitar

by

Carl Nosse and Yvonne Desportes