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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...

This original overture tries to catch the atmosphere and mystery of the Christmas time./The composer remembers well how it was to wake up in the middle of the night, with a very special excitement to...

This Christmas psalm is famous all over the world and especially in Europe. It is likely that the melody is more than 600 years old. Many famous composers have written their own harmonics and versions...

'Amalies Christmas' is a Norwegian TV series for children, produced by NRK in 1995, and broadcasted again in 19976, and in 2000. The program consisted of 24 episodes, and follows Amalie Wang (Anne Mar...

This song written by Yngvar Numme and Benny Borg was made popular by Norwegian group Dizzie Tunes on one of their Christmas-albums. This arrangement is based on the Dizzie Tunes version and features t...

Tenn Lys is a song for Advent written by Eyvind Skeie and Sigvald Tveit for the TV-series 'Portveien 2'. The song follows the Norwegian tradition of lighting a candle for each of the four Sundays in A...

This is the theme song from the Advent-series 'Julekongen' ('The Chiristmas King'), premiered at the Norwegian Broadcasting Coprporation (NRK) in 2012. The present arrangement tries to recreate a bit...

Julekveldsvisa ('The Christmas Eve Song') is one of the best loved Christmas tunes in Norway. Although the melody was composed by Arnljot Høyland (himself a professor of mathematical statistics), it i...

This is a piece of music is the title track from the Norwegian Broadcaster NRK's advent calendar TV-series 'Christmas at Svingen'. This is the main title from Norwegian advent calender TV-series for c...

This has become a Christmas song that has its roots in a love duet between the young Fleksnes and classmate Victoria. The class will be competing with a duet in a song competition. The text gives hope...

'This Christmas Night' is taken from the Norwegian movie 'Julenatt i Blåfjell' who premiered in 2009. The movie is a follow-up to the very popular TV-series 'Jul i Blåfjell' og 'Jul på Månetoppen' 'Th...

Midwinter is a Christmas song about how the holiday can be a highlight even in the darkest winters. The piece was originally written for brass quartet and choir, for Oslofjord Brass and Vivo Vokal's C...

This song was composed by the Norwegian singer-songwriter Lars Martin Myhre. The lyrics describe a person seeing the Holiday season approaching, with the feeling of being a bit on the side of society...

The piece is divided into three verses, where the first and last are identical. Verse two is a variation with call and response elements. The verses contrast dynamically. Another option is to play onl...

Cradle Hymn, a Christmas lullaby with imagery of Mary and her infant, was written for the Nidaros Cathedral Girl's Choir and conductor Anita Brevik in 2010, and later arranged for SATB and TTBB chorus...

Heaven in My Arms is a beautiful melody by Carola Häggkvist with lyrics by Erik Hillestad. This version is without vocal soloist so the melody is spread into many parts throughout the arrangement. (Th...

The song 'Home for Christmas' is written and performed by the popular norwegian singer / songwriter Maria Mena. The song featured as the soundtrack for director Bent Hamers movie 'Hjem til jul' from 2...

Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming

The Star of Christmas is an old Danish / Norwegian Christmas carol. The song tells of the star that appeared to the three wise men, and led them to Bethlehem.

This Norwegian song tells that every Christmas-eve people all over the world make a spiritual pilgrimage to Betlehem.

Edvard Grieg's tune to an old Christmas song was published in his opus 61 in 1895. To the conductor: Have attention to the slentando and tenuto. Watch the suggested tempo, not too slow, and let the mu...

Jingle Bells is one of the best known and commonly sung and played winter songs in the world. Despite being closely connected to Christmas, it is not specifically a Christmas song. This arrangement is...

This song is one of the most used and loved Christmas songs in Sweden during the 20th century. The lyrics describe Christmas as white and snowy, and describe the blessings of Christmas as well as the...

O Holy Night is a very well-known Christmas carol. The origin of the carol is French beginning with the words: 'Minuit! Chrétiens, c'est l'heure solennelle'. It is about the birth of Jesus and was wri...