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This suite of music from the Age of Conan video game is challenging, orchestral music masterfully transcribed for concert band. Age of Conan Suite is music written by the Norwegian composer Knut Avens...

Great music from the videogame Age of Conan. Masterfully arranged by Lars Erik Gudim. All Heroes Unite is the last movement of the six-movement suite Age of Conan arranged by Lars Erik Gudim. This is...

The Cock was originally written as an arrangement for brassband for Norwegian band Eikanger-Bjorsvik Musikklag and their CD-release 'Light' in 1989. I chose the Norwegian tune 'Hanen stend pa stabburs...

Just in Case' is an original piece written in 2003. It' is build on the chord structure, and partly also the style, of an Concert Band arrangement Gudim wrote on the song 'My Favorite Things' (Rogers/...

The song 'Vesle Hoa som var en Hottentott' vas written by by the Norwegian author and cartoonist Thorbjorn Egner. Since the first recording of the song in 1954, it has been one of the most famous chil...

The opening theme, symbolising a sunrise, is repeated throughout the work, giving the promise of hope for a new day. The musical and conceptual idea for this work is taken from Revelation 22, 5: 'And...

This character piece was composed for a competition held in 1962 by the Norwegian Band Federation. Three prices were awarded and Geirr Tveitt won all of them. The Old Mill on the Brook is the most per...

This song 'Sa seile vi pa Mjosa' is beloved and well known for all Norwegians. The text by Alf Proysen reflects his belonging to his county, Hedmark, and the lake Mjosa. Ulf Peder Olrog may not be as...

Night is a calm, slow piece of music. Almost like an ancient chant.

The popular Norwegian singer/songwriter Jonas Fjeld released the single 'Angels in the Snow' in 1989. It was one of the tracks on the record album 'Svært nok for meg' (Â'Big enough for me') which was...

Night is a calm, slow piece of music. Almost like an ancient chant.

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...

The word svimeslått, which is the title of this piece in Norwegian, has two meanings. One meaning is 'knocked out', whilst the other, 'slått', means a folk melody/dance. Svimeslått is one of several f...

Chanson D'Amour' ('Song of love') is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. It became a Top Ten hit in 1958 performed by Art and Dotty Todd. The married couple were the resident act at the Chapman...

Cerebral Vortex was composed for Musikkforeningen Nidarholm for their participation in the 2009 World Music Contest in Kerkrade, The Netherlands. Tthe first performance was given at this contest condu...

Erik Bye (1926-2004) was a versatile Norwegian journalist, artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality. He was one of the 20th century's most well-known and popular ra...

The suite is constructed around a Norwegian folk tune. The melody is called 'Dark Forebodings', and the words of the song revolve around thoughts and reflections on a future that can take unexpected,...

Occurrence was written as a commissioned work for Randesund School Band in 2014. The symphonic work gives challenges for all instruments and is well suited to work with rhythm, intonation, sound and m...

By the Fjord' is written by the Norwegian composer Kjetil Bjørnstad and is the most famous song from the musical work 'Leve Patagonia' which was published in 1978. The work is written as a modern suit...

This piece was written as a commission for Vassenden Youth Band in 2009. The piece consists of parts with different moods. It opens with a fanfare which process in to a faster section that has an ever...

Dag Wirén (1905-1986) studied organ and composition at the College of Music in Stockholm 1926-1931, and lived in Paris 1931-1934, where he continued his studies in composition and instrumentation. His...

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...

Han Mass og han Lass is a folk tune from Jolster in Norway. The arranger imagine to men sitting telling stories to each other. As the time goes, both exaggeretate more and more...... This arrangement...