Svein Henrik Giske

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...

Root Beer Rag' was written for the 1974 album release 'Streetlife Serenade' by American pianist/vocalist/composer Billy Joel. After the success his own recording, several other pianists have performed...

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...

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...

Fields of Gold is one of the biggest hits by British singer and composer Sting. It was released for the first time in 1993 on his album record Ten Summoner's Tales, the first of several recordings bot...

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...

La muerte del ángel è stata composta da Astor Piazzolla come musica di scena per l'opera teatrale Tango del ángel di Alberto Rodriguez Muñoz del 1962. Nella commedia un angelo guarisce gli spiriti de...

Il Green Hornet Theme di Billy May può essere descritto come una versione jazzistica de "Il volo del calabrone" (Rimsky-Korsakov). È stato scritto per la serie televisiva americana "The Green Hornet"...

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...

Black Bottom Stomp is a composition by Jelly Roll Morton (his real name was Ferdinand Joseph Lemott), born in New Orleans in 1885. He claimed, perhaps not too modestly, to have invented jazz i 1902. N...

This beautiful aria from Rinaldo by Handel is a masterfully arranged character piece for concert band! Lascia ch'io pianga is an aria from the opera Rinaldo by Georg Friedrich Händel. It was the first...

La Chanson de Matin ("Canzone del mattino") (Op. 15, n. 2) fu probabilmente scritta da Edward Elgar intorno al 1889, originariamente per violino e pianoforte. In seguito ne realizzò una versione orche...

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...

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...

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 n...

The versatile Norwegian guitarist and composer Knut Reiersrud has worked with many different musicians and artists throught the years. What particularly caught my ear was his collaboration with organ...

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 arrangement was commissioned by B3 (The Bergen Woodwind Ensemble). B3 is a large woodwind ensemble located in Bergen with a mix of professional and amateur players. My Heart Remains in Wonder i...

Our song was commissioned by Knarvik Skolekorps for their junior band in 2020. They wanted an original piece that could challenge their young players. This became a suite in three movements with theme...