John Philip Hannevik

Mark Lowry wrote the lyrics for 'Mary, did you know' in 1984, but the melody was created in 1991, when Mark's colleague and friend Buddy Greene composed what turned out to be a modern Christmas Classi...

This christmas fanfare is based on the tune by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / William H. Cummings. The lyrics Hark, the Herald Angels Sing are credited to Charles Wesley, and are written a century befo...

This song is written by the incredibly successful duo Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. It became a huge hit in Sweden when recorded by Benny Anderssons Orkester and vocalist Helen Sjöholm in 2012....

Halvdan Sivertsen (born 1950) is one of the most popular singer/ songwriters in Norway. He is well know as a first-class storyteller, and he has a strong melodic line in all his music. This Christma...

The text for this carol was written by the Episcopal priest Phillips Brooks in 1865, and it was inspired by his visit to Bethlehem three years earlier. He asked his organist in the Church of the Holy...

This well know Christmas Carol has a French tune from the 16th century dance book Orchésographie, written by Jehan Tabourot. The original title is 'Le branle de l'Official'. The lyrics were written b...

Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontyovich composed this famous Christmas Carol in 1914. The carol is based on a folk chant called 'Shchedryk'. The composer was a supporter of the independence movement in...

This song was composed by the Norwegian singer-songwriter Lars Martin Myhre. The lyrics describe a person seeing the Holiday season approaching, with the feeling of being a bit on the side of society...

The singer- songwriter Trygve Hoff (1938-1987) was born in the small village Rognan in the region Nordland in the north of Norway. Many of his lyrics point towards this part of the country, and he bec...

Heaven on Earth was composed in 1995, and has since then become one of Norway’s favorite Christmas Carols. The lyrics are a homage to the charismatic preacher Aage Samuelsen. The arrangement needs to...

This song is written by the incredibly successful duo Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. It became a huge hit in Sweden when recorded by Benny Anderssons Orkester and vocalist Helen Sjöholm in 2012....

Halvdan Sivertsen (born 1950) is one of the most popular singer/ songwriters in Norway. He is well know as a first-class storyteller, and he has a strong melodic line in all his music. This Christmas...

This song was composed by the Norwegian singer-songwriter Lars Martin Myhre. The lyrics describe a person seeing the Holiday season approaching, with the feeling of being a bit on the side of society...

The Star and a Rose is a big-scale Christmas piece for band, featuring four seasonal chorales. The first is a Gregorian-like chant "Hodie Christus natus est".In this section of the piece, a soloist ca...

The song 'Home for Christmas' is written and performed by the popular norwegian singer / songwriter Maria Mena. The song featured as the soundtrack for director Bent Hamers movie 'Hjem til jul' from 2...

The Norwegian rock-artist Joachim 'Jokke' Nielsen (1964-2000) was the lead figure in the band Jokke og Valentinerne. The song Winter is coming (1991) describes the non-typical Norwegian, who dislikes...

Mark Lowry wrote the lyrics for 'Mary, did you know' in 1984, but the melody was created in 1991, when Mark's colleague and friend Buddy Greene composed what turned out to be a modern Christmas Classi...

Edward Elgar composed his 'Variations on an Original Theme', Op. 36, popularly known as the Enigma Variations, between October 1898 and February 1899. It is an orchestral work comprising fourteen vari...

This wedding march originates from the Valdres region in Norway. The municipality of 'Southern Aurdal' is known for its two beautiful 'Stave' churches, probably built around 1160-1190. The wedding ma...

The original Welsh song "Nos galan" dating back to the sixteenth century, has become an international Christmas carol with the English lyric "Deck the hall with boughs of holly". The song does not off...

The original Welsh song "Nos galan" dating back to the sixteenth century, has become an international Christmas carol with the English lyric "Deck the hall with boughs of holly". The song does not off...

Heaven on Earth was composed in 1995, and has since then become one of Norway’s favorite Christmas Carols. The lyrics are a homage to the charismatic preacher Aage Samuelsen. The arrangement needs to...

Storbystev has a catchy tune, and incorporates a mix of funk-, samba- and rock rhythms. Various soloists are featured, but the piece also show-cases the tuba- and percussion sections. The piece works...