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The latin title 'Sollicitus' means upset or uneasy is important in terms of the character and form of the work. This work contains several different pcarts, all of them based around a fanfare-like the...

The new theatre- and concert hall Kilden was inaugurated in 2012 in the Norwegian city of Kristiansand. A part of the inauguration was one week of Music Festival who also included amateurs in bands, c...

Trumpetino opens with a one-note 'fanfare', which is being used as a main theme. Different time signatures and rhythmic patterns are supporting this theme. The balance between the soloist and band are...

New versjon made to the opning concert at the Borealis Festival in 2023 with Sjøforsvarets musikkorps, conducted by Halldis Rønning Instrumentation: military band. The Sound Factory Made to the series...

Commissioned by Radøy Brass for their 20 years anniversary. This version was first performed by Manger Skulemusikklag in 2005. The Work is devided into Five Scenes: 1. Sverdet (The Sword) 3:45 2. Adva...

Composed October 2014 by Ray Farr, based on a religious folk-song, or psalm, from Valdres in Norway. The words to the hymn, which was written by Olof Kolmodin in 1742, warn us to 'tread warily, my so...

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...

This is a day in the life of a tiny little bug. It is under attack and on the run. Will it survive? Playing time: appx. 5 min To the conductor: There are great challenges in the use of accelerando, ri...

In Charge was commissioned by the Home Guard Band of Eksjö to honour Thomas Samuelsson, whose efforts with the orchestra have been of great significance. He was a driving person within Swedish militar...

Jerker Johansson has lived in Gothenburg, on the Swedish West Coast, since 1984, and is deeply interested in the history of the country. Gothia is the most southern part of Sweden, and Gothenburg, whi...

The Boatmen's Ballad describes the families of the coast guards, who are left at home hoping their beloved husband or father will survive yet another storm. To be a boatman was a very dangerous work a...

Robin Hood suite 1 is four movements collected from a play written for a summer course arranged by The Norwegian Band Federation. The Composer is inspired by the story of Robin Hood; He who steals fro...

This piece was written after a vacation to Dubai in 2011. A Joyous Day is a positive melody which express expectations, hope and joy. The melodic theme alternates between the instrumental sections to...

'Ascension' was commissioned in 2014 for the Norwegian school band, Hellen Skoles Musikkorps for their 60th anniversary. The piece is based on two themes, processed through rhythms, chords and solos i...

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...

When Jerker Johansson in the 80's started to compose he was for a while obsessed with writing music in odd time signatures, more specifically 7/8. He was asked during the fall of 2020 by Leif Karlsson...

This piece was originally commissioned by MISK (Music in Sandefjord Cathedral) to be performed with the Royal Norwegian Navy Band in June 2009. Originally written for big band, choir, organ and jazz q...

This song was featured in a Norwegian advent calender TV-series in 1992. The TV-series was produced and broadcasted by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). The song is atmospheric and this ar...

Fansa da Matasa was written for Norwegian Brass Band Felleskorpset Askøy, today named Ravnanger Brass. The piece is divided into six main parts where the last one includes the hymn "Colne"; Part 1 sta...

Besame Mucho ('Kiss Me a Lot') is a song written in 1940 by female Mexican singer/composer Consuela Velasquez. Recently, it has been named the most popular Mexican song of all times. Velasquez starter...

Wave was written by Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos Jobim in 1967. This arrangement was written for Norwegian Concert Band Kampen Janitsjarorkester. "Wave" is simply a bossa nova tune w...

Øivind Westby has written a number of excellent but demanding instrumental arrangements for Concert Band. In the present one, he has transcribed five of the most famous by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Brazil...