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'Hjem til jul' ('Home for Christmas') is composed by the Norwegian singer/songwriter Terje Nilsen and recorded by him twice. First on the album record 'Sånn' and later as an acoustic live version as a...

This music was written by Richard Nordraak in 1860. The present arrangement can be performed with or without choir/soprano soloist. Minor phrasings are preferable, but be aware of the balance througho...

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 beautiful and popular duet "Christmas is Here", written by Billy Butt and Sölve Rydell is now available in a beautiful, symphonic arrangement for band. Many people know the song from a recording...

Candles in Advent is a beautiful melody with great lyrics. It was originally written for an Norwegian Advent TV-series in 1985. In this arrangement, the oboe has some solo passages (cue notes in flut...

Saele Jolekveld was arranged for Kongelige Norske Marines Musikkorps (The Royal Norwegian Navy Band) for their CD-recording "Julestemning"(2009) featuring Solveig Kringlebotn as soprano soloist and th...

Secret Garden and Rolf Loevland have for many years given us unforgettable music. This is the title track from their first Christmas released in 2020. It's a warm and beautiful piece with a typical fo...

O Sanctissima is a Sicilian folkhymn with words related to Christmas. The difficulty is graded to 2.5 - 3, due to some short modulations. There are doublings and cue-notes in many parts, so even small...

This piece is allways played on norwegian christmas concerts, often as the closing item. This is a grand scale arrangement, the audience might also sing along. The 1st trumpet part can be played on pi...

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...

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.

Dag Wirén (1905-1986) got his breakthrough as a composer in 1937 with Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 11 - his most played and popular piece. He mainly wrote instrumental music including five symph...

The Lights of a Peaceful Village is a genuine Norwegian Christmas classic. Jakob Sande wrote the poem in 1931, and it was first published in the Christmas magazine 'Christmas in Sunnfjord' under the t...

SCORE MAN IN THE MOON

Misty' was written by pianist-composer Errol Garner in 1954. Since then it has become one of the great standards of jazz. Also featured in the movie 'Play Misty for me' by Clint Eastwood in 1971.

This is really a powerhouse of a piece! Hard-driving rock'n roll at a high tempo with the Jazz Police at the heels ... Please note the dynamics. Tempo and good articulation is a very big part of the e...