Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

Festoso' is written in the recital tradition. This piece was also the starting point for the idea of commissioning several works for trumpet and piano. Festoso was premiered at Avgarde in Bergen in 20...

Grim was commissioned by Sandviken Ungdomskorps in 1998. Grim is a folkloristic pastiche, but also with a jazz-flavoured inspiration. The piece ends with the folk-music played on top of a theme from a...

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...

Pang es una onimatopeya que describe las brutales fuerzas desatadas desde el primer compás. El torrente de energía continúa a lo largo de toda la pieza. La pieza fue encargada por Bispehaugen Ungdomsk...

Fraxinus Excelsior is the latin name for the ash tree. The piece is written for a school band seated in Asker, a community with its name derived from the word 'ash'. The tree is also known in Norse my...

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...

The piece was commissioned by Manger Musikklag in 1990. It is structured as a series of long crescendi towards the dynamic climax in the last bars. Awakening also pointed out a new direction for me wh...

Rendezvous was commissioned by Krohnengen Brass Band for their 50th Anniversary in 2019. This version for Concert Band was scored autumn 2020. "Rendezvous" is devided into three sections. Each section...

The word "old" and the title of each movement refers to music of the past. The word "licks" comes from blues, rock and jazz. Licks can be arpeggio-figures, scales and riffs that is regularly used in i...

La pieza fue encargada por la Federación Noruega de Bandas Hordaland y el director Arvid Anthun para el 40 aniversario de la Banda Juvenil Hordaland en 2021. La pieza está dedicada a Arvid Anthun. Var...

Cuando era estudiante de música en Bergen, a finales de los 80, el director, arreglista y educador Tom Brevik me encargó dos suites de melodías folclóricas para todas las bandas jóvenes. La idea detrá...

Las melodías folclóricas se recopilaron como parte de la construcción de Noruega como país independiente. Los violinistas y cantantes aprendían unos de otros. A principios del siglo XIX se utilizaron...

Brout fue un encargo de Jane Westervik y la Krohnengen Brass Band para KBB Ung. En esta divertida pieza se utiliza una famosa melodía popular noruega. Trata de un macho cabrío que fue robado y sacrif...

Composed during the summer of 1988. Commissioned by The Norwegian Brass Band Club First performed in the Grieg Hall at the 10th Anniversary Concert for the Norwegian Championship, Bergen, February 198...

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...

Wonderfull piece. Cornet section has tacet in this composition.

Commissioned by Manger School Band and their conductor (at that time) Bjoern Sagstad in 1990. He wanted a calm, slow piece of music. Nocturne means 'night music'. It does not reflect a particular drea...

This piece was commissioned by Nordhordland Brass Seminar in 1990 and written for a youth band. The title referes to a story from norse mythology. 'The Binding of the Wolf' is not a programmatic piec...

Verket ble bestilt av Norges Musikkorpsforbund som pliktnummer til NM for Brass Band 2. divisjon (nå 1. divisjon) 1990. Satstitlene er abstraksjoner der synsopplevelser er tenkt gjenskapt som musikk,...

Commissioned by The Norwegian Band Federation for The European Brass Band Championship 2003, in Bergen, Norway (Third edition) I remember as a kid the very early morning wake-up ceremonies caused by S...

The work is important for me because it was my first piece to be performed outside Norway. Black Dyke Band/David King performed it and did a recording of it in 1991. In the original score I quote a Sw...

Rendezvous' was commissioned by Krohnengen Brass Band for their 50th Anniversary in 2019. 'Rendezvous' is devided into three sections. Each section are referring to Edvard Grieg's own titles. but twi...

This piece was written for Manger Skulemusikklag (Norway). The title is given 'NOCTURNE' (night song) for sereval reasons. It gave me the opportunity to compose a calm and introvert piece of music. Th...

Pang is an onimatopoeia that discribes the brutal forces unleashed from the very first bar. The stream of energy contiunes throughout the piece. The piece was comissioned by Bispehaugen Ungdomskorps (...