Haakon Esplo Sheet Music for Concert Band

The Norwegian folk song 'Jeg lagde meg sa silde' is from a small place called Vaga. The story is heartwrenchingly sad and the melody so beautiful and dreaming. The story is about a young man who gets...

Tanta to Beate' (Beate's Aunty) is written by Norwegian singer/songwriter Lillebjoern Nilsen and achieved great success when it was released in 1982. The song about an old lady feeding the pigeons and...

Arvid Hanssen was a popular Norwegian poet who got several of his poems set to music by Tove Karoline Knutsen. The song 'Kom sommarvijnn' (Come summerwind) became very popular when it was released on...

Orient is a new applicable original work by Haakon Esplo. This time, he is inspired by oriental music and dance. 1001 Nights ... Arabian Nights, or Stories from the Morning Land. This enormous collec...

This song 'Sa seile vi pa Mjosa' is beloved and well known for all Norwegians. The text by Alf Proysen reflects his belonging to his county, Hedmark, and the lake Mjosa. Ulf Peder Olrog may not be as...

The popular Norwegian singer/songwriter Jonas Fjeld released the single 'Angels in the Snow' in 1989. It was one of the tracks on the record album 'Svært nok for meg' (Â'Big enough for me') which was...

Chanson D'Amour' ('Song of love') is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. It became a Top Ten hit in 1958 performed by Art and Dotty Todd. The married couple were the resident act at the Chapman...

Occurrence was written as a commissioned work for Randesund School Band in 2014. The symphonic work gives challenges for all instruments and is well suited to work with rhythm, intonation, sound and m...

By the Fjord' is written by the Norwegian composer Kjetil Bjørnstad and is the most famous song from the musical work 'Leve Patagonia' which was published in 1978. The work is written as a modern suit...

An epilogue is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work. With it's continues drums, lyric middlepart and majestic ending, Epilogue might also wo...

Astrid Smeplass, better known under the artist name Astrid S wrote "Når snoeen smelter"( "When the snow melts") in 2021 as the title track for the remake of the famous movie" Three Hazelnuts for Cinde...

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrated 30 years in 2019 and the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family affairs commissioned Children's March for the celebration on Novem...

Norwegian Christmas Favourites The norwegian poet Alf Prøysen has written lyrichs to several beautiful and amusing Christmas melodies. They are always a welcome feature in the Christmas concerts. Love...

Have you ever met one without knowing it .... or perhaps you are one yourself? A slight breeze and unexplained incidents. Maybe they exist - or maybe not. Anyway, this music is inspired by some good,...