Johan S. Halvorsen

Rhapsodie Norvegienne Nr.2

This arrangement was written for Dragefjellets Musikkorps Bergen for their performance at the Norwegian Wind Band Championships in 2019.

The original orchestral work is one of our country's greatest national works for symphony orchestra.
It combines Norwegian folk music with the symphonic tradition, but on a slightly different way than Edvard Grieg.

Compared to the original score, I have made parts of the work more chamber-music like by making the instrumentation a bit thinner. By doing this, I hope the span in dynamics will benefit the tutti sections as well. Unlike the symphony orchestra, concert bands do not have the large string section to enrich the soundscape.

- Svein H. Giske -