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When the Mountain King holds a party, it really swings. Every troll, gnome and nymph gathers in the Hall of the Mountain King, and dances all night, making the whole mountain shake. Featuring the Moun...

I was made aware of this beautiful wedding march in connection with a wedding in Lofoten, up north in Norway as I made an arrangement for quintet and altosax soloist. Later, I wrote an arrangement for...

The Festival Polka was first time performed by the Royal Swedish Army Band 1987. Jerker Johansson served as percussionist during his military service and was asked to be soloist with the band for the...

We associate a title like this with Norwegian national romantic music like the music of Edvard Grieg. In this piece, the melody used 'Sag du nokke til kjerringa mi', a traditional melody Grieg used in...

Sverre Bergh was a musical Joy spreader - both as a performer and as a composer. He was involved in radio, movie and theatre music of the highest quality, as a composer of two operettas and a televisi...

Seaside Rendezvous is a song with a lot a humour to put the musicians, and audience as well, in the right mood! The song is featured on the 1975-album success A Night At The Opera by British band Quee...

This piece was commissioned by Borge Brass Band with support from Borge Sparebank in 1997. They suggested some folk tunes from Lofoten for the composer, from which he chose two of them. The two folk s...

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...

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...

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...

The Bee Gees were a musical group founded in 1958. The group's line-up consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but...

'At The Playground' is written over a musical sequence that is sung by children around the world (Europe, USA, Australia and Asia). This is spontaneous or formulaic song which children use to communic...

Funky Kidz is a cool tune that fits perfectly to showcase the beginners as soloists with the band. The solo part is easy to learn 'by ear', while a stylish bass ostinato makes it fun for the band to a...

Some TV vignettes you remember better than others. Often they are short, catchy and rhythmic, and no matter what, we all have a relation to them. In this arrangement there are three well known pieces...

Ain't That a Kick in the Head is from the movie 'Ocean 11' from 1960 and was the the definitive Rat Pack film, with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. in the main roles. Dean Martin sang t...

This Hymn is a very well known Swedish Advent hymn. The Melody is a Swedish variant of a german folk tune from the 17th century. Although the lyrics is about the coming of Jesu to Jerusalem during eas...

Row row to Siraland is a folk tune from the Norwegian county of Sogndal. A catchy version which a great concert opener with opportunity for the band to enter on to the stage one by one. This arrangeme...

Be Thou My Vision' is the eldest religious song from Irland used in Norway. The lyrics was originally written in Old Irish and translated to English in 1905 and versified in 1912. The text from 1912 i...

Hymn of Lofoten is composed by Dag Kajander from Kabelvag in Lofoten, a part of Northern Norway. Kajander is composer, singer and author of books for children. Hymn from Lofoten was written in 1979. T...

'How I love the name of Jesus' is a psalm of David Welander. He wrote it on the train home to Lorenskog in January 1923, and completed it out overnight. It was printed in the magazine 'Krigsropet' sho...