Svein Henrik Giske

Our song was commissioned by Knarvik Skolekorps for their junior band in 2020. They wanted an original piece that could challenge their young players. This became a suite in three movements with theme...

Dag Wirén (1905-1986) came to fame as a composer in 1937 with Serenade for string orchestra, Op. 11, which remains his most played work to date. His opus list is mainly instrumental music; five sympho...

Champagne Tango was recorded for the first time in 1914 by the pianist Roberto Firpo. After the first release, is's recorded a numerous times both in Argentina and abroad. It was written by Manuel Aró...

Erling Kjoek (1913-1999) was a Norwegian fiddler and a strong representative of the folk music from Nord-Gudbrandsdal. My arrangement was originally written for Concert band as a commission from The...

This march composed in 1916 is arguably one of the finest and most famous marches from the Scandinavian countries. It's composer, and "Swedish March King" Viktor Widqvist's (1881-1952) most famous co...

This march was written in 1919 by Norways own "March King" Oscar Borg (1851-1930). He was born in the town of Halden in the southeast of Norway and received his education at the Royal Academy in Stoc...

Odd Nordstoga is an award winning Norwegian artist who has been active since the 1990's, working in the popular-/folk music genre. I have listened to a lot of Odd Nordstogas music, in particular the...

Amongst Henry Haagenrud's numerous compositions for accordion, Green Pastel is perhaps the most famous. This waltz, characterized by Haagenrud's style of playing, has a rather continental feel to it a...

This challenging arrangement for Concert Band was originally recorded for piano/flugelhorn duet. The jazz pianist Mikhail Misha Alperin of Ukraina is today Professor at The Norwegian Academy of Music...

Rukan Krukan has its origins from the collaboration between The Norwegian Armed Forces Band -Western Norway, legendary Hardanger fiddle player Knut Buen and myself which in 1999 resulted in the album...

Koppangen' is written by Pererik Moreaus, known as violinist in the Swedish folk music group Orsa Spelmän. The song is inspired of- and has got it's name after the nature Reserve Koppangen located nea...

Most of her life, Gjendine spent in Jotunheimen area, basically at Gjendebu, Skogadalsboen and Spiterstulen. She met the famous Edvard Grieg , first time in the mountains in 1891, and influated his ar...

The versatile Norwegian guitarist and composer Knut Reiersrud has worked with many different musicians and artists throught the years. What particularly caught my ear was his collaboration with organ...

Seaside Rendezvous is a song with a lot a humour to put the musicians, and audience as well, in the right mood! The song is featured on the 1975-album success A Night At The Opera by British band Quee...

The composition consists mainly of little bits put together in different ways, creating melodies, scales and harmonies. The bits are, if you like, small fragments in musical motion or context, -hence...