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Vi presentiamo "Terrible Symphony", il brano perfetto per le bande di principianti o junior! Questa divertente composizione offre ai giovani musicisti l'opportunità di divertirsi e di far impazzire i...

Questo brano per band di principianti è stato scritto su commissione del Norsk Musikkforlag per la serie "Musica per principianti". Vortex Vibrations è un brano up-tempo che entra nella musica e si mu...

Music for Halloween 2 è costituito da tre semplici brani che descrivono personaggi inquietanti e spaventosi che tutti noi conosciamo da Halloween. Nel primo movimento si incontrano alcuni fantasmi. I...

The Outlaws è un brano musicale in tre parti che descrive tre personaggi criminali. La prima parte descrive un ladro in un cartone animato che viene inseguito dalla polizia. La seconda parte descrive...

Kanskje kommer Kongen ("Forse il Re sta arrivando") è un altro esempio della creatività e dell'immaginazione di Knutsen e Ludvigsen. L'arrangiamento inizia con una breve fanfara nell'introduzione. Dal...

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 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 is a four-part suite written for beginning bands at grade level 1. The four movements are different in character and style, and can be performed as a suite or as single movements. Every part is c...

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...

Klabb was written in 2010 for the brass band at Manger Folkehøgskule and conductor Bjørn Sagstad. The piece consists of a series of short related episodes based on the whole-tone scale, but intermitte...

Fairytale-Suite is an original work for beginning band. The name of the movements are taken from well-known themes from Norwegian fairytales. The music may not tell a story itselv, but it may be a goo...

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...

Composed October 2014 by Ray Farr, based on a religious folk-song, or psalm, from Valdres in Norway. The words to the hymn, which was written by Olof Kolmodin in 1742, warn us to 'tread warily, my so...

Cobalt' was commisioned by Modum Janitsjar as own choice piece for the Norwegian Wind Band Championships, third section in 2009. The Royal Cobalt Works of Modum were established in 1773 to extract cob...

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...

This beautiful little piece of music will be perfect to play at any concert. Elegy means lamentation and the melodic themes reflect this. You may use the piece to work with sound, dynamics and phrasi...

'Festive Fireworks' is written in three movements: I. Festivitas, II. Fantasia & III. Fireworks. The piece is based on two different tunes, both presented in the first movement, 'Festivitas'. II. Fa...

This is an original piece of music composed by Oystein Olsen Vadsten, inspired by old Norwegian folk dances. 'Jumpety Jump' actually started out as a 'reinlender' (Norwegian Folk Dance) which origins...

'Viking Saga' was inspired by my conducting engagements in Norway in the 1980s. Among them was a visit to the Flekkefjord Pike Korps who asked me to write a piece for them. I had just written 'Adventu...

Candy for Beginners is a suite of three songs used by the composer with the youngest beginners throughout several years. The method is to sing the melodies before learning it on the instruments. Lyri...

This piece explores the life span of a tornado and which instrument is better suited for that than just the tuba? The piece has three movements: I - Impatient Storm Cell II - Cumulus Clouds III - Mult...

'Be Happy!' is a three-movement suite which vary in character and level of difficulty. The piece is an original written piece for beginners and intended to be played during the students 1st and 2nd ye...

Prelude Festivo is intended to be performed both in concerts and in competitions and includes solo passages for most instrument groups. Duration 7,5 minutes. Form: Fast - slow - fast. The piece is bu...

This piece was commissioned by Movig og Sjostrand skolemusikk to their 50th anniversary in 2017. Premiere performance took place at Kilden in Kristiansand, 17. november 2017, conducted by Sofie E. Rin...

This arrangement (or edition) for brass band will give the possibility for more performances of this fine work by Hovland. The composer, before his death, examined my work and made no suggestions for...