Christmas Songs for Brass Band

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...

The composer and musician Trygve Hoff was born and raised at Rognan in Nordland and gained a lot of inspiration for his texts from the North Norwegian culture. He is a composer and copywriter of many...

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...

Halvdan Sivertsen (born 1950) is one of the most popular singer/ songwriters in Norway. He is well know as a first-class storyteller, and he has a strong melodic line in all his music. This Christma...

The text for this carol was written by the Episcopal priest Phillips Brooks in 1865, and it was inspired by his visit to Bethlehem three years earlier. He asked his organist in the Church of the Holy...

This well know Christmas Carol has a French tune from the 16th century dance book Orchésographie, written by Jehan Tabourot. The original title is 'Le branle de l'Official'. The lyrics were written b...

'Hjem til jul' ('Home for Christmas') is composed by the Norwegian singer/songwriter Terje Nilsen and recorded by him twice. First on the album record 'Sånn' and later as an acoustic live version as a...

'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...

Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontyovich composed this famous Christmas Carol in 1914. The carol is based on a folk chant called 'Shchedryk'. The composer was a supporter of the independence movement in...

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 Star and a Rose is a big-scale Christmas piece for band, featuring four seasonal chorales. The first is a Gregorian-like chant "Hodie Christus natus est".In this section of the piece, a soloist ca...

The original Welsh song "Nos galan" dating back to the sixteenth century, has become an international Christmas carol with the English lyric "Deck the hall with boughs of holly". The song does not off...

The singer- songwriter Trygve Hoff (1938-1987) was born in the small village Rognan in the region Nordland in the north of Norway. Many of his lyrics point towards this part of the country, and he bec...

The beautiful and popular duet "Christmas is Here", written by Billy Butt and Sölve Rydell is now available in a beautiful, symphonic arrangement for brass band. Many people know the song from a reco...

Candles in Advent is a beautiful melody with great lyrics. It was originally written for an Norwegian Advent TV-series in 1985. In this arrangement, the flugelhorn has some solo lines. I Have tried t...

Saele Jolekveld was arranged for Concert Band to Kongelige Norske Marines Musikkorps (The Royal Norwegian Navy Band) and their CD-recording "Julestemning"(2009) featuring Solveig Kringlebotn as sopran...

Secret Garden and Rolf Loevland have for many years given us unforgettable music. This is the title track from their first Christmas released in 2020. It's a warm and beautiful piece with a typical fo...

This music was written by Richard Nordraak in 1860. The present arrangement can be performed with or without choir/soprano soloist. Minor phrasings are preferable, but be aware of the balance througho...

Heaven on Earth was composed in 1995, and has since then become one of Norway’s favorite Christmas Carols. The lyrics are a homage to the charismatic preacher Aage Samuelsen. The arrangement needs to...

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...

One of the world's most famous Christmas songs was composed by the Dane Hans Adolph Brorson, who was primarily a theologian and bishop, but is also recognized as one of Scandinavia's greatest composer...

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. To...