John Brakstad

The Star of Christmas is an old Danish / Norwegian Christmas carol. The song tells of the star that appeared to the three wise men, and led them to Bethlehem.

In some scandinavian countries the tune Lobe den Herren is connected to a carol: Christmas Chimes. To the conductor: Have attention to the change of style in cantabile and deciso.

A warm, romantic 'pastorale', very suitable as calm interlude in your program. John Brastad, band master of the Bergen Salvation Army Band ( (Norway) made the arrangement for brass band.

Jeg er en papegoeye fra Amerika' ('I'm a Parrott from America') is an arrangement of a very popular, Norwegian song for children. This edition should be played in a bright swing-style. This medium adv...

Russian, orchestral music at it's best arranged for Concert Band. The arrangement challenge the whole band, espescially the brass section. The ballet 'The Bolt' was composed in 1930 -1931. The title o...

Night is a calm, slow piece of music. Almost like an ancient chant.

The suite is constructed around a Norwegian folk tune. The melody is called 'Dark Forebodings', and the words of the song revolve around thoughts and reflections on a future that can take unexpected,...

Suite in 3 movements. This suite was originally written for the Tonika Champion competition in 1976. This is a new, and revised edition.

COBALT was commisioned by Modum Janitsjar as own choice piece for the Norwegian championship (third section) 2009. The Royal Cobalt Works of Modum were established in 1773 to extract cobalt ore from t...

'At The Playground' is written over a musical sequence that is sung by children around the world (Europe, USA, Australia and Asia). This is spontaneous or formulaic song which children use to communic...

Eröffnungsstück der olympischen Spiele 1994 in Lillehammer

The 6th symphony is probably Tchaikovsky`s most important work. It was played for first time just a few days before the composer's death in 1893. This Andante-theme is taken from the first movement of...

Brooklet' is one of the movements from Grieg's Lyric Pieces for Solo Piano opus 62. Information for the conductor: «Brooklet' is an technically advanced work for solo piano. In this arrangement, techn...

Homeward was written for piano in 1895 by Edvard Grieg Op. 62, in the famous series 'Lyric Pieces'. In 'Homeward' you meet him fresh and rhythmically challenging. He also uses chord combinations that...

From the famouse 'Lyric Pieces' op. 71 1901 (piano), Brakstad has made this wonderful arrangement. It is for a concert band, but important lines are qued in other instruments, so it can be played also...

Edvard Grieg's small, charming melody certainly deserves to be used more often. Edvard Grieg's tune to an old Christmas song was published in his opus 61 in 1895.

Many Norwegian bands have grown up around factories; but Norwegian factories are often located in the countrysides - by a fjord or lake, by a river or waterfall that provided power for the factory. Th...

Fragments and Sketches- Variations for Band No 2 consist of a chorale and 4 variations. The variations are of brilliant, dramatic and humorous character, and the piece also contains several solo parts...

Cuando mi nieto Jonathan y su amada Maria Othilie iban a casarse, me pidieron si podía componer un solo de trompeta para el preludio / entrada nupcial en la iglesia. Pero no querían una marcha o proce...

Cobalt' was commisioned by Modum Janitsjar as own choice piece for the Norwegian Wind Band Championships, third section in 2009. The Royal Cobalt Works of Modum were established in 1773 to extract cob...

Prelude Festivo is intended to be performed both in concerts and in competitions and includes solo passages for most instrument groups. Duration 7,5 minutes. Form: Fast - slow - fast. The piece is bu...

4th July in 1054 AD one of the most spectacular events was witnessed in the Cosmos. A massive star blew out; a supernova explosion. From the Earth it appeared as a new, bright star; the most brilliant...