Instrumental Pieces for Concert Band

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...

Conti began to compose film scores late sixties and became famous in 1976 with the movie Rocky. In 194 he won an Oscar for the movie 'The Right Stuff'.

This very original composition was inspired by the polyrhythmic dances from Slovakia and the style of Bela Bartok. Though there are no real technical difficulties, the work demands a lot of concentrat...

Duration 3'40'

In the troubled world we live in these days it is really hard to stay positive. The alarming state of the climate, worldwide politics gone mad. It seems like the hate just keeps spreading in the world...

Premiered by the University of Kansas Symphonic Band with Robert E. Foster conducting, this work was presented the 1982 Neil A. Kjos Memorial Award for the most significant contribution to wind band m...