Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen: Partituras dificil

In November 2014, the conductor Peter Szilvay, on behalf of Christiania Wind Ensemble (Oslo), commissioned a piece from me. He was looking for a quite short piece of music, effective, intense and danc...

The word "old" and the title of each movement refers to music of the past. The word "licks" comes from blues, rock and jazz. Licks can be arpeggio-figures, scales and riffs that is regularly used in i...

Commissioned by The Norwegian Band Federation for The European Brass Band Championship 2003, in Bergen, Norway (Third edition) I remember as a kid the very early morning wake-up ceremonies caused by S...

Commissioned by Sérgio Carolino in 2016. It was first performed during the low brass festival Gravissimo in Alcobaça, Portugal in 2017 by Sérgio Carolino and Gene Pokorny on Tuba and Telmo Marques on...

Commissioned by the Military Band of Bergen for their 200-years Anniversary Concert in 1992 This edition represent an extended instrumentation of the original version for wind ensemble. Added parts ar...

'Introduction' is a short concert opener. I quote a couple of Norwegian Folk Tunes to make a musical picture of the Vikings running from the seashore to face a battle. They used to drink something mad...

A short concert opener. I quote a couple of Norwegian Folk Tunes to make a musical picture of the Vikings running from the seashore to face a battle. They used to drink something made of mushrooms to...

Festoso' is written in the recital tradition. This piece was also the starting point for the idea of commissioning several works for trumpet and piano. Festoso was premiered at Avgarde in Bergen in 20...

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...

Pang es una onimatopeya que describe las brutales fuerzas desatadas desde el primer compás. El torrente de energía continúa a lo largo de toda la pieza. La pieza fue encargada por Bispehaugen Ungdomsk...

The piece was commissioned by Manger Musikklag in 1990. It is structured as a series of long crescendi towards the dynamic climax in the last bars. Awakening also pointed out a new direction for me wh...

Rendezvous was commissioned by Krohnengen Brass Band for their 50th Anniversary in 2019. This version for Concert Band was scored autumn 2020. "Rendezvous" is devided into three sections. Each section...

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...

Verket ble bestilt av Norges Musikkorpsforbund som pliktnummer til NM for Brass Band 2. divisjon (nå 1. divisjon) 1990. Satstitlene er abstraksjoner der synsopplevelser er tenkt gjenskapt som musikk,...

The work is important for me because it was my first piece to be performed outside Norway. Black Dyke Band/David King performed it and did a recording of it in 1991. In the original score I quote a Sw...

Rendezvous' was commissioned by Krohnengen Brass Band for their 50th Anniversary in 2019. 'Rendezvous' is devided into three sections. Each section are referring to Edvard Grieg's own titles. but twi...

Pang is an onimatopoeia that discribes the brutal forces unleashed from the very first bar. The stream of energy contiunes throughout the piece. The piece was comissioned by Bispehaugen Ungdomskorps (...

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...

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...

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...

The old Norwegian name Ljodgata means the main road. This road (or path) has existed since the iron age. In 12 century christians walked from Oslo to Nidaros (Trondheim) to visit the Cathedral contain...

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...