Spartiti John Brakstad per banda

Suite in 3 movements. This suite was originally written for the Tonika Champion competition in 1976. This is a new, and revised edition.

COBALT was commisioned by Modum Janitsjar as own choice piece for the Norwegian championship (third section) 2009. The Royal Cobalt Works of Modum were established in 1773 to extract cobalt ore from t...

TOCATTA e CORALE was commissioned by Dragefjellets Musikkorps, from Bergen, Norway, for their 100th anniversary.

Quando mio nipote Jonathan e la sua amata Maria Othilie dovevano sposarsi, mi chiesero se potevo comporre un assolo di tromba per il preludio/ingresso della sposa in chiesa. Ma non volevano una marcia...

Si tratta di un arrangiamento del noto brano con testo di Charles Wesley e melodia di Mendelsohn.

Jingle bells in a new wrapping! Masterfully arranged and suitable for almost all kinds of Christmas concerts. This piece is based on Jingle Bells but it has also some references to other christmas car...

O Sanctissima is a Sicilian folkhymn with words related to Christmas. The difficulty is graded to 2.5 - 3, due to some short modulations. There are doublings and cue-notes in many parts, so even small...

The Star of Christmas is an old Danish / Norwegian Christmas carol. The song tells of the star that appeared to the three wise men, and led them to Bethlehem.

Edvard Grieg's tune to an old Christmas song was published in his opus 61 in 1895. To the conductor: Have attention to the slentando and tenuto. Watch the suggested tempo, not too slow, and let the mu...

In some scandinavian countries the tune Lobe den Herren is connected to a carol: Christmas Chimes. To the conductor: Have attention to the change of style in cantabile and deciso.

Eröffnungsstück der olympischen Spiele 1994 in Lillehammer

Homeward was written for piano in 1895 by Edvard Grieg Op. 62, in the famous series 'Lyric Pieces'. In 'Homeward' you meet him fresh and rhythmically challenging. He also uses chord combinations that...

From the famouse 'Lyric Pieces' op. 71 1901 (piano), Brakstad has made this wonderful arrangement. It is for a concert band, but important lines are qued in other instruments, so it can be played also...