Norsk Concert Band Originals

War and Peace was commissioned 2021 by The Royal Swedish Navy Band and conductor Alexander Hanson to mark the celebration of The Svea Life Guards' 500th anniversary. I. "Fanfares and Battle" opens in...

INTRADA is based on the Chorale 'Ein' Feste Burg' (A Safe Stronghold) by Martin Luther, from Psalm 46 (written in 1524). The song became the battle song of the Reformation and this setting contrasts t...

Grim was commissioned by Sandviken Ungdomskorps in 1998. Grim is a folkloristic pastiche, but also with a jazz-flavoured inspiration. The piece ends with the folk-music played on top of a theme from a...

Lamento was composed in memory of Bjarne Haug Thesen (1957-2023). Bjarne came from Nord-Odal and had his musical base in Mo Skolemusikk and Nord-Odal Hornmusikk. In 1987, he was elected vice-president...

Agathe Backer Grøndahl’s ‘Ballade’ can best be described as a Romantic character piece. Such one-movement piano pieces with titles that loosely indicate a mood/idea made out a central genre in the 19t...

2005-Overture - 100 years of independence. This overture was commisioned to celebrate Norway's 100 year as an independed nation in 2005. It had its premier perfomance at Akershus Castle in Oslo May 20...

This piece was commisioned by The Norwegian Band Federation - Northwestern Region for an summer festival in Eid. Intrada Orientale recieved it's first performance there in 2012. It is a concert-opene...

This piece was composed in 1937 in the composer's later part of life. Here, Widqvist shows his broad competence as a composer by using both classic marching and late-romantic thematic elements with ex...

This piece was commissioned by Torskangerpoll Musikklag as a massed-band item for their “Storm Festival” in 2016. The “Storm Festival” is a festival for from bands all over Norway with concerts, parad...

Intrada on a Norwegian religious folk tune can be performed as an concert opener, as well as an sparkling intermesso for most concerts occations.

In Norwegian Rustic Dance Helge Hurum combines the tradition of Norwegian folkmusic with the rhythm and chord progessions of jazz. An excellent choice for any concert- and competiton! Norwegian Rustic...

Helge Hurum is often inspired by elements from Norwegian folk music, like in this new work, Ferdaminne. His skills to combine themes from Norwegian folklore with his own character (style, timbres and...

The four elements; Earth, water, fire and air, were the four substances which ancient philosophers believed to be the building blocks of the physical universe. The elements were bound together by thei...

I was made aware of this beautiful wedding march in connection with a wedding in Lofoten, up north in Norway as I made an arrangement for quintet and altosax soloist. Later, I wrote an arrangement for...

This is a traditional tune from Sorfold, a small village close to Bodo in the northern part of Norway. The song is lyrical, with a possibility for the soloist to add his or her own flavour regarding...

This traditional wedding march comes from the Norwegian village of Viklem, Ørlandet at Fosenhalvøya which is a part of the county Trøndelag. The melody was picked up by local fiddler Jochum Olsen Håpr...

This wedding march originates from the Valdres region in Norway. The municipality of 'Southern Aurdal' is known for its two beautiful 'Stave' churches, probably built around 1160-1190. The wedding ma...

Grand March by Ole Bull only existed as a piano arrangement of the three first parts. In 2010, when Ole Bulls two hundred years anniversary was celebrated in Norway, I made a reconstruction of the who...

Be Thou My Vision' is the eldest religious song from Irland used in Norway. The lyrics was originally written in Old Irish and translated to English in 1905 and versified in 1912. The text from 1912 i...

Hymn of Lofoten is composed by Dag Kajander from Kabelvag in Lofoten, a part of Northern Norway. Kajander is composer, singer and author of books for children. Hymn from Lofoten was written in 1979. T...

'How I love the name of Jesus' is a psalm of David Welander. He wrote it on the train home to Lorenskog in January 1923, and completed it out overnight. It was printed in the magazine 'Krigsropet' sho...