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This is a piece of music from the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation' advent TV-series 'Christmas at Svingen'. The music won the Norwegian Grammy awards for best childrens music album in 2006. This s...

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Mot Lys is the main tune from "Snøfall - Noah og skyggene" , the advent calendar series on Norwegian Broadcasting Corporatin in 2023. It has beautiful melodies and is playable by most bands and ensemb...

Take the 'A' Train is a jazz standard written by Billy Strayhorn for Duke Ellington and his Duke Ellington Orchestra. Today, it is known as the signature tune of the Ellington orchestra and arguably t...

The Bee Gees were a musical group founded in 1958. The group's line-up consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but...

This song was released as single record by Swedish pop group ABBA in 1976. The lyrics is about two older veteran talking about the Mexican-American war. In this arrangement, the verse occurs in two di...

You Give Love a Bad Name was the first No. 1 hit by American band Bon Jovi in 1986.The song is a typical example of hard rock from that time, featuring catchy melodies with many repetitions and of cou...

This is a song by the well-known pop group Chicago. The title refers to a time of day, 3:35 AM or 3:36 AM. Lamm himself says that 'the song is about writing a song. It's not mystical.' Many has specul...

Living Doll by Lionel Bart is made famous because of two recordingss by British singer Cliff Richard. The first one from 1959 backed by 'The Shadows' (at that time still named 'The Drifters'), and aga...

A beautiful love song from Northern Norway. Close your eyes and you can both see and feel the midnight sun.

Daddy cool is an old hit (1976) from the group Boney M. In 2006 the melody raised new interest when Frank Farian put up the musical 'Daddy Cool' in London (and later in Berlin) based on many of the so...

This is a proper happy-tune for young musicians in a school band. It's easy to play and easy to listen to. Repetitive rhythms and patterns make it easy to follow. The instrumentation is adapted to th...

This song first became a hit by Brazilian singer Morris Albert. 'Feelings' must be one of the most known love-songs of all time thanks to numerous recordings from artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley...

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...

'Jyn Erso Theme' portraits one of the new characters of the 'Rogue One - A Star Wars Story' movie. Great symphonic music from the pen of Michael Giacchino.

This is a medley from the advent series 'Snowfall' produced by NRK, the Norwqegian Broadcasting Corporation. The series tells the story about the orphan Selma who dreams of having her own family. She...

This song from the band Hekla Stålstrenga is about Joe the boatbuilder. Joe builds the most fabulous boats, but has a deal with the devil that every seventh boat is going to him. Norwegian band Hekla...

This wedding march from Lødingen (small village in North-Norway) is widely used in wedding ceremonies. Norwegian artist Halvdan Sivertsen performs it often on his concerts with lyrics, but the melody...

One of Norway's most popular artists has made this song that has both a personal and a religious content. Today this melody is used both in funerals and is weddings, as well as on the dance floor.

Lord, Let Me See is an arrangement on a relegius folk tune from Jolser in the county of Sogn og Fjordane in Norway. The solo in the start and end should preferably be in flute, but may also be played...

This Hymn is a very well known Swedish Advent hymn. The Melody is a Swedish variant of a german folk tune from the 17th century. Although the lyrics is about the coming of Jesu to Jerusalem during eas...