John Brakstad

JUBILEE SALUTE wurde vom Bispehaugen Ungdomskorps für die 100-Jahr-Feier der Band im Jahr 2023 in Auftrag gegeben. Die Komposition hat zwei Hauptthemen: Thema A (Allegro) ab Takt 13 und Thema B (Andan...

Der Komponist schrieb die "Serenade" als Präludium für die Hochzeit seines Enkels.

Une Apres-Midi (An afternoon) was originally written for the record Encore with Julian Lloyd Webber as soloist on cello, and Vangelis on synthesizers. The present arrangement is made from that record...

Solo for Cornet/Trumpet Herbert Lincoln Clarke (1867 - 1945) is maybe the most famous American cornet players of all time. He was member of 'The John Philip Sousa Band' , and was their cornet soloist...

Russian, orchestral music at it's best arranged for Concert Band. The arrangement challenge the whole band, espescially the brass section. The ballet 'The Bolt' was composed in 1930 -1931. The title o...

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...

The concept of Walkabout comes originally from the Australian aborigines. A Walkabout is a journey where the goal is of less importance (even though you always end up where you started). It is the jou...

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,...

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.

Intrada on a Norwegian religious folk tune can be performed as an concert opener, as well as an sparkling intermesso for most concerts occations.

The four elements; Earth, water, fire and air, were the four substances which ancient philosophers believed to be the building blocks of the physical universe. The elements were bound together by thei...

A warm, romantic 'pastorale', very suitable as calm interlude in your program. John Brastad, band master of the Bergen Salvation Army Band ( (Norway) made the arrangement for brass band.

The Nutcracker is proably Tchaikovsky`s most popular ballet, often played around Christmas-time. The ballet is a story of a little girl who gets a nutcracker for Christmas with a head on it. The nutcr...

The 6th symphony is probably Tchaikovsky`s most important work. It was played for first time just a few days before the composer's death in 1893. This Andante-theme is taken from the first movement of...

Brooklet' is one of the movements from Grieg's Lyric Pieces for Solo Piano opus 62. Information for the conductor: «Brooklet' is an technically advanced work for solo piano. In this arrangement, techn...

Polonaise i A (opus 40, no 1) Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849), Polish composer by birth, expresses national patriotism in this well known piano piece, here arranged for windband. To the conductor The p...

Brooklet' is one of the movements from Grieg's Lyric Pieces for Solo Piano opus 62. Information for the conductor: «Brooklet' is an technically advanced work for solo piano. In this arrangement, techn...

Many Norwegian bands have grown up around factories; but Norwegian factories are often located in the countrysides - by a fjord or lake, by a river or waterfall that provided power for the factory. Th...

Prelude Festivo is intended to be performed in concerts and in competitions as well. The work includes solo passages for most instrument groups. Duration 7 ½ minutes. Form: Fast - slow - fast. The pi...

The railway between Oslo and Bergen, 'Bergensbanen', was built in the years 1895 - 1909. This piece is dedicated to the railway labourers, the navvies, who did the hard work across the mountains. Most...