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Ole Bull was a great Norwegian violinist and well-known virtuoso, compared with Paganini, and he gave concerts all over the world. He was also composer, and 'Saeterjentens sondag (The Shepherd-girls S...

Ubuhle bendoda is a wedding song. Directly translated, it means 'The man's beauty is in the number of cattle he has in his homestead'. A man's beauty is indicated by his cattle; how many cows he has a...

Suggested form: A A B A - melody line in lower brass A - melody line in lower brass B C A A B

COBALT was commisioned by Modum Janitsjar as own choice piece for the Norwegian championship (third section) 2009. The Royal Cobalt Works of Modum were established in 1773 to extract cobalt ore from t...

The Norwegian group 'Gaate' have actualized this old traditional melody with their ferocious interpretation, which this arrangement is based on.

Variations on a folktune from Valdres was commisioned by The Norwegian Military Music for the 100th anniversary of the dissolution of the union with Sweden in 2005. The work includes a prologue, eight...

This piece was commissioned by Borge Brass Band with support from Borge Sparebank in 1997. They suggested some folk tunes from Lofoten for the composer, from which he chose two of them. The two folk s...

Life Celebration is a musical tribute to life itself and is inspired by the cycle of life - from birth, through growth, into fall, resurrection and Finale. The piece was commissioned by 'Byåsen Musikk...

TOCATTA e CORALE was commissioned by Dragefjellets Musikkorps, from Bergen, Norway, for their 100th anniversary.

Swedish Folk songs and Dances is Swedish national romantic music masterfully arranged by Stig Gustafson. August Söderman was one of the greatest Swedish composers ever. August Söderman (1832-1876) was...

The Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) wrote 16 pieces for piano solo divieded into three books named 'Frösöblomster'. The first of these books was published in 1914 and included the...

This beautiful character piece is not only masterful in it's instrumentation but also a good choice to please the audience. The song Star of Betlehem is probably most well-known in it's native Sweden...

The title of this piece refers to the musicologist and musician Åke Edenstrand (1939-2013), in whose memory Jerker Johansson has composed and dedicated this calm and meditative piece played at the fun...

The German engine manufacturer MTU Friedrichshafen, which long has had its own Concert Band, in 2006 became part of Tognum AG, which commissioned Tognum Power in 2009. That both companies produce powe...

Der Komponist Yo Goto hat aus den Melodien des berühmten Balletts 'Der Nussknacker' von Peter I. Tschaikowski eine mitreißende Fantasie für Blasorchester kreiert. Liebliche Solo-Passagen und klangvoll...

Written in two contrasting tempos, the slow opening section of this overture weaves a texture of striking harmonies and graceful melodies. The fast second section offers a hint of Appalachian folk mus...

Written in two contrasting tempos, the slow opening section of this overture weaves a texture of striking harmonies and graceful melodies. The fast second section offers a hint of Appalachian folk mus...

This work was inspired by the legendary American patriot and hero of the Revolutionary War. James Curnow's popular three-movement suite is adapted here into a very effective format for incomplete ense...

This work was inspired by the legendary American patriot and hero of the Revolutionary War. James Curnow's popular three-movement suite is adapted here into a very effective format for incomplete ense...

Scored with flexible instrumentation options, here is a beautifully adpated medley of the primary themes from Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Youll hear dramatic new material along with well-known melodies...