Svein Henrik Giske: Partituras medio

Der amerikanische Komponist William Bolcom schrieb eines seiner bekanntesten Stücke - das wunderschöne und melancholische 'Graceful Ghost' - in Erinnerung an seinen Vater. Auch wenn Ragtimes kaum in M...

La muerte del ángel fue compuesta por Astor Piazzolla como música incidental para la obra Tango del ángel, de Alberto Rodríguez Muñoz, de 1962. En la obra, un ángel cura los espíritus de los resident...

The Green Hornet Theme by Billy May can be described as a jazzy version of 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee' (Rimsky-Korsakov). It was written for the American TV series 'The Green Hornet' in 1966, and s...

Odd Nordstoga is an award winning Norwegian artist who has been active since the 1990's, working in the popular-/folk music genre. I have listened to a lot of Odd Nordstogas music, in particular the...

Bridge over Troubled Water was written by Paul Simon for the duo Simon & Garfunkel in 1969 and released as single in January 1970. The song became the last big hit by S&G, as they broke up short time...

This march was commissioned by The office of cultural affairs in Fana and Ytrebygda (a part of Bergen Municipality) for the opening of The Bergen Light Rail. The premiere was given by The Norwegian Na...

This march was commissioned by The office of cultural affairs in Fana and Ytrebygda (a part of Bergen Municipality) for the opening of The Bergen Light Rail. The premiere was given by The Norwegian Na...

This march composed in 1916 is arguably one of the finest and most famous marches from the Scandinavian countries. It's composer, and "Swedish March King" Viktor Widqvist's (1881-1952) most famous co...

This march was written in 1919 by Norways own "March King" Oscar Borg (1851-1930). He was born in the town of Halden in the southeast of Norway and received his education at the Royal Academy in Stoc...

Amongst Henry Haagenrud's numerous compositions for accordion, Green Pastel is perhaps the most famous. This waltz, characterized by Haagenrud's style of playing, has a rather continental feel to it a...

Most of her life, Gjendine spent in Jotunheimen area, basically at Gjendebu, Skogadalsboen and Spiterstulen. She met the famous Edvard Grieg , first time in the mountains in 1891, and influated his ar...

Koppangen' is written by Pererik Moreaus, known as violinist in the Swedish folk music group Orsa Spelmän. The song is inspired of- and has got it's name after the nature Reserve Koppangen located nea...

Dig a little Deeper' is one of the featured songs in the Disney animated movie 'The Pricess and the Frog' from 2009. The movie is a so-called 'American animated musical romantic fantasy comedy-drama'....

In 1959 Ella Fitzgerald recorded a four disc set featuring the music of George and Ira Gershwin. With 59 songs recorded and over 3 hours playing time it was a vast project but it paid off for Ella. Ir...

Letter from home is the title track from the album recorded by Pat Metheny Group in 1989. The tune is quite simple, yet strikingly beautiful in its simplicity. The mood of the music is sometimes melan...

Erling Kjoek (1913-1999) was a Norwegian fiddler and a strong representative of the folk music from Nord-Gudbrandsdal. My arrangement was originally written for Concert band as a commission from The...

Chanson de Matin ("Canción de la mañana") (Op. 15, nº 2) fue escrita probablemente por Edward Elgar hacia 1889, originalmente para violín y piano. Más tarde creó una versión orquestal. El estreno de e...

Dag Wirén (1905-1986) saltó a la fama como compositor en 1937 con Serenata para orquesta de cuerda, Op. 11, que sigue siendo su obra más interpretada hasta la fecha. Su lista de obras es principalment...

Odd Nordstoga is an award winning Norwegian artist who has been active since the 1990's, working in the popular-/folk music genre. I have listened to a lot of Odd Nordstogas music, in particular the...

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...

Champagne Tango was recorded for the first time in 1914 by the pianist Roberto Firpo. After the first release, is's recorded a numerous times both in Argentina and abroad. It was written by Manuel Aró...