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Prelude in C minor Opus 28, No. 20 Frédéric Chopin's compositions often reflect the feelings he had for his native country, Poland. His grief over the loss of Polish independence after the revolution...

ODE TO JOY (German: An die Freude) is a poem written by the german poet Friedrich Schiller. Ludwig van Beethoven wrote music to this poem, and the theme is also used in his Symphony no. 9. Ode to Joy...

Some of the pieces was written for Erlend, my oldest son, who has performed some of them in concerts. This pieces suites valved instruments very well, but of course they can be played on any instrumen...

Some of the pieces was written for Erlend, my oldest son, who has performed some of them in concerts. This pieces suites valved instruments very well, but of course they can be played on any instrumen...

This piece is an adaption of a movement from 'Concerto for Trumpet in C and String Orchestra', composed in 1996.

Hvoslef has com-posed a wandering bass line which goes through the whole piece. The descant part and the trumpet eventually merge into a rhythmically intense drive and an effective ending. The piece w...

Festoso' is written in the recital tradition. This piece was also the starting point for the idea of commissioning several works for trumpet and piano. Festoso was premiered at Avgarde in Bergen in 20...

The work 'Signals' for trumpet and piano was commissioned by the festival BrassWind 2010 for the Norwegian trumpeter Erlend Aagaard-Nilsen. The title refers to signaltrumpet blowing, a wellknown use o...

Some kind of Déjà Vu is a continuation of the piece "Time for Celebration", written for Søreide & Sandsli Skolekorps's (SSS) Junior Band in 2015. The theme and motif is based on the band’s initials "S...

Pang is an onimatopoeia that discribes the brutal forces unleashed from the very first bar. The stream of energy contiunes throughout the piece. The piece was comissioned by Bispehaugen Ungdomskorps (...

This piece for beginning band was written as a commission for Norsk Musikkforlag to their “Music for Beginners” serie. Vortex Vibrations is a up-tempo piece that enters the music and moves like a vort...

Music for Halloween 2 is three simple pieces who describes spooky and scary characters we all know from halloween. In The first movement you meet some ghosts. The second movement describes death danc...

The Outlaws is a musical piece in three parts who describes three criminal characters. The first part describes a thief in a cartoon who is chased by the police. The second part describes a gangster...

'D-Tune' is a piece that concentrate around the note D and the connection to the chords that spread out both up and down from the unisone 'D'.

A beautiful character piece, very suitable for church concerts and other occasions. Many solo options! This short character piece is a perfect choice for a church or classical concert. The church of N...

Uptown Girl is a song written and performed by the American pianist and vocalist Billy Joel. It was released in 1983 as a part of his record album 'An Innocent Man'. The lyrics describe a working-clas...

This is a four-part suite written for beginning bands at grade level 1. The four movements are different in character and style, and can be performed as a suite or as single movements. Every part is c...

This march was commissioned by The office of cultural affairs in Fana and Ytrebygda (a part of Bergen Municipality) for the opening of The Bergen Light Rail. The premiere was given by The Norwegian Na...

I came to know of this piece when hearing famous Norwegian ragtime pianist Morten Gunnar Larsen playing it at a concert with the Norwegian Navy Band Bergen. I was struck by it's melancholic beauty and...

Ferdinand Kühne was a German composer who lived from 1858 to 1939. He wrote many marches, and this is the most well-known one. The march, also known as Jour de Fete, is a march in traditional german s...

Sketches of Pain was composed for Kristiansand Blaseensemble in 2005, and consists of a series of short movements exploring the same material in different ways. The title refers to the format of the p...

'Tornado' is based on sketches from the Royal Norwegian Naval Forces' Band (SFMK) Composer Workshop with composition students from The Grieg Aacademy in 2012. The working title of the piece, 'Worksho...

The title is 'Continental Divide' and it has nothing to do with tectonic plates, but is another word for 'Watershed'. It is the place where the the water flows in opposite directions. For example, whe...

This arrangement was made for The Suoni Wind Orchestra of Skien, Norway, and performed for the first time at their Promenade Concert 'At Sea' at the Ibsen Culture Center, March 8th 2014, being the fin...

Fairytale-Suite is an original work for beginning band. The name of the movements are taken from well-known themes from Norwegian fairytales. The music may not tell a story itselv, but it may be a goo...