Mowgli of the Wolf Pack
for brass quintet and narrator
Brassery in its ‘Mowgli of the Wolf Pack’ narrates how a child, a ‘man-cub’, is raised by wolves in a mainly hostile environment to become a young man. It is close to ‘Peter and the Wolf’, but the animals are fiercer, wilder and less predictable. The tale excites with flashes of comedy; it touches upon formation of character, learning how to behave in strange situations and how to handle fear. It is a tale of respect, coming of age and separation; it includes nasty boys and a wise panther.
This universal tale resounds in words and music. Brassery attempts to express what words can’t say, how a word may be translated into a thousand sounds. ‘Mowgli of the Wolf Pack’ is a story in which words and music merge rather than support each other.
Story / original text : Rudyard Kipling
original added Dutch text : Jos Dom
Translation : Jackie Clare
Music : Marc Goris
Narrator : Richard Wells
Illustration : Amber Van Dongen
Sound & Technique : Stoffel de Laat, Studio C
sheet music available for brass band
and now also for concertband !!
Mowgli of the Wolf Pack
a musical tale
for brass band and narrator or concertband and narrator
duration : 60 min.
sheet music available at
teaser :
Narrator : Richard Wells
Richard Wells is a former BBC World Service newsreader, announcer.
He has voiced more than 8,000 documentaries, corporate videos, radio, cinema & TV commercials, e-learning programmes and websites.
His versatile, voice with an astounding range of accents and character voices is heard throughout the world, from Singapore to San Francisco, Bangkok to Bucharest.