Partituras para orquesta de viento metal de Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

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...

Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen's (1964) way of composing can be described as: uncompromising, wilful and contemporary. It is not surprising, therefore, that this occasionally causes a stir. In the middle of...

Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen's (1964) way of composing can be described as: uncompromising, wilful and contemporary. It is not surprising, therefore, that this occasionally causes a stir. In the middle of...

Wonderfull piece. Cornet section has tacet in this composition.

New Waves is a special composition. Although contemporary but still attractive to musicians and listeners. Norwegian composer Aagaard-Nilsen has failed in a special way to add new elements to the cont...

New Waves is a special composition. Although contemporary but still attractive to musicians and listeners. Norwegian composer Aagaard-Nilsen has failed in a special way to add new elements to the cont...

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...

A euphonium solo based on a Norwegian tune, Stille stund.

Ligt a Small Candle se publicó en CD en 2006 y ha acumulado más de un millón de reproducciones digitales en los últimos años. La canción ha sido acogida especialmente por escuelas primarias y guarderí...

Be Thou My Vision' is the eldest religious song from Irland used in Norway. The lyrics was originally written in Old Irish and translated to English in 1905 and versified in 1912. The text from 1912 i...

Hymn of Lofoten is composed by Dag Kajander from Kabelvag in Lofoten, a part of Northern Norway. Kajander is composer, singer and author of books for children. Hymn from Lofoten was written in 1979. T...

Lead, Kindly Light is composed by the English composer Charles Henry Purday (1799-1885). This arrangement was originally written for Brass Band to Norwegian band Hj(o/rungavåg Brass. Purday was appoin...

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...

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...

Commissioned by the Norwegian Band Federation and Tom Brevik. Composed in 1991. The composer: 'Elegy and March was one of my first original compositions (no quotations, no folk-tunes) and it was one...

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...

'Who can Sail without the Wind' is an old folk tune from Aland in Finland. I believe the song was one of the first one I learnt to sing and play on the guitar. The melancholic character of the song i...

Commissioned by the Norwegian Band Federation and Tom Brevik. Composed in 1991. The composer: 'Elegy and March was one of my first original compositions (no quotations, no folk-tunes) and it was one...