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One of the most famous Bach pieces written for baroque orchestra. This edition for flexible 7-part instrumentation is an excellent introduction both to the music of Bach but also to baroque music in g...

This pearl from the classical literature is something most horn players want to do. With a delicate accompaniment in the Flex 7 series a group of any size can play it. There is also a solo part in Eb.

I came to know of this piece when hearing famous Norwegian ragtime pianist Morten Gunnar Larsen playing it at a concert with the Norwegian Navy Band Bergen. I was struck by it's melancholic beauty and...

'Tornado' is based on sketches from the Royal Norwegian Naval Forces' Band (SFMK) Composer Workshop with composition students from The Grieg Aacademy in 2012. The working title of the piece, 'Worksho...

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...

Candy for Beginners is a suite of three songs used by the composer with the youngest beginners throughout several years. The method is to sing the melodies before learning it on the instruments. Lyri...

Commissioned by the Royal Norwegian Navy Band. In 1911, the Australian pianist and composer (and friend of Edvard Grieg), Percy Grainger (1882-1961) went on a tour in Norway. He performed more than fo...

'The Pirates are comming!' is a four movement suite of music originally composed for a summer course arranged by The Norwegian Band Federation. The four movments describes the pirates tale. In the f...

The piece was composed in 1988. The version for Concert Band was made in 2020. The title refers to a description of the wind of the north made by Olaus Magnus who lived in the 16th century. He drew ma...

Let your youngest musicians present their instruments and be soloists in this simple piece! Let's meet the band has a tutti part as starts and finish and a flexible part in the middle (A and B) where...

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...

I wrote a piece called Fancies for the wood wind ensemble B3 from Bergen (Norway). This ensemble has no brass or percussion included. In 2022 I reworked three of the movements for wind ensemble with b...

“At the Zoo” is a light and playful piece for the beginning musicians. Different animals and their characteristics are the theme of each movement, and the melody alternates between the different secti...

The inspiration to this piece comes from the composer's impression of the beautiful Bohuslän coast, more precise the island of Hälsö in the Gothenburg archipelago. Here the Nordic light appears in a p...

The author of Kosterflickornas visa 'Song of the Koster Girls' is Evert Taube (1890-1976). It is one of the 200 popular and beloved songs he wrote and which have made him one of Sweden's 'national poe...

'Expectation' is composed in a traditional ABA-form. The A-part exploits different rhythmical elements, mixed meters and dissonances while the B-part is calm and melodic with harmonies that challenge...

Elegi was composed by the Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin in 1979 for the trumpet and organ in memory of his sister who died very young. The piece was performed at the funeral in the old Lom Stavkirke,...