Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen Sheet Music for Concert Band

The titles of this three-movement work are abstractions where visual experiences are thought to be recreated as music, i.e. an abstract presentation of a motif, similar to an abstract image where one...

When I was a music student in Bergen in the late 1980s, conductor, arranger, and educator Tom Brevik commissioned me to arrange two folk tune suites for all young bands. The idea behind the suites was...

When I was a music student in Bergen in the late 1980s, conductor, arranger, and educator Tom Brevik commissioned me to arrange two folk tune suites for all young bands. The idea behind the suites was...

Folk tunes were collected as a part of building Norway as a independent country. Fiddlers and folk singers learned from each other. In the early 19 hundredth recordings were used to collect tunes and...

Brout was commissioned by Jane Westervik and Krohnengen Brass Band for KBB Ung. A famous Norwegian folk tune is used in this fun piece. It's about a he-goat that was stolen and slaughtered. The fanfa...

Poco Loco was commissioned by Krohnengen Brass Band for KBB Ung. The idea was that experienced musicians could play together with younger ones.The piece is built around a catchy yet simple riff, with...

Draug is a sea-monster! The piece is not too difficult...Commissioned by the Torghatt-festival.

The piece was written for the Manger schoolband and is based on the English Christmas carol 'O Little Town Of Bethlehem'. A modern dance-rhythm surrounds the melody in an arrangement which is playable...

Det star eit lys' is a beautiful Christmas Hymn with melodic challenges in most of the wind band sections.

Ligt a Small Candle was released on CD in 2006 and has accumulated over 1 million digital plays in recent years. The song has been especially embraced by primary schools and kindergartens. At Bergen's...

Bergen is the second biggest city in Norway and is famous for the seven mountains that sourround the city centre. In this piece I salute the band that commissioned the piece by picturing the mountains...

We associate a title like this with Norwegian national romantic music like the music of Edvard Grieg. In this piece, the melody used 'sag du nokke til kjerringa mi', a traditional melody Grieg used in...

Cantilena II - Mountain Song is scored for Euphonium (solo) and small wind ensemble: Flute, Alto Flute, Oboe, Eb Clarinet, 3 Bb Clarinets, Bb Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Bassoon, F Horn and Vi...

'The piece is written in a classical three movement concerto form. I knew the soloist I was writing for very well, and could make the solopart based on his strengths as a cornet player. 1. FANFARE A s...

This work was commissioned by Midtun Skoles Musikkorps (Bergen) and their conductor Christian Breistein. This is one of the best school bands in Norway, consisting of members up to 19 years of age. Aa...

This piece was composed to Hordaboe Skulemusikklag which needed an entertainment piece. The piece should also activate the percussion section in particular. E' Spenstig is a piece in swing style witho...

An old norse folktune is used in this piece: The song about Sigurd, the Dragonslayer. The myth is one of the eldest norse myths. Scenes from the myth are carved as decorations in old Norwegian stave c...

A short, soft, mellow piece of music, expresses the feeling you sometime have when thoughtfulness and calmness are more important. After working on a piece for choire using a poem called 'Nights have...

A piece well suited for lower section school bands. Two of the percussion parts are quite challenging. The other parts should not be too difficult for the our youngest to play. Please notice the chara...

This is part I from the suite: Viking Spirit Tunes from Ryfylke (Rogaland, West-coast) Tunes collected by Arne Bjorndalen The fast tune 'Voggesull' The slow tune is 'O du min Imanuel'

Arctic Funk might just as well have been a flashing sequel to a scene from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Popular music but with a difference, as indicated by the title. The work's quiet section...

Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen's (1964) way of composing can be described as: uncompromising, wilful and contemporary. It is not surprising, therefore, that this occasionally causes a stir. In the middle of...

Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen's (1964) way of composing can be described as: uncompromising, wilful and contemporary. It is not surprising, therefore, that this occasionally causes a stir. In the middle of...

The composer: A short concert-opener where I use Norwegian folk-tunes. I wanted to create a short musical picture of the Vikings running from the seashore towards some people they wanted to fight down...

The Cock was originally written as an arrangement for brassband for Norwegian band Eikanger-Bjorsvik Musikklag and their CD-release 'Light' in 1989. I chose the Norwegian tune 'Hanen stend pa stabburs...