John Brakstad

4th July in 1054 AD one of the most spectacular events was witnessed in the Cosmos. A massive star blew out; a supernova explosion. From the Earth it appeared as a new, bright star; the most brilliant...

Fragments and Sketches- Variations for Band No 2 consist of a chorale and 4 variations. The variations are of brilliant, dramatic and humorous character, and the piece also contains several solo parts...

Interlude for Band is an arrangement based on the theme from "Affinity and Fellowship". "Affinity and Fellowship" was commissioned by Nord-Odal Concert Band, and published by Warner/Chappell Music Nor...

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...

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...

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...

Conclusions' is inspired by three of the worlds greatest astronomers; their lifes, work and pioneering conclusions. 1: COPERNICUS. Nicolaus Copernicus lived in the 15th century. He introduced the id...

4th July in 1054 AD one of the most spectacular events was witnessed in the Cosmos. A massive star blew out; a supernova explosion. From the Earth it appeared as a new, bright star; the most brilliant...

Variations for Brass Band' consists of a chorale and 5 variations of brilliant, lyric and humorous character. The piece also contains several soloparts and elements of ensemble. Each variation has it'...

Interlude for Band is an arrangement based on the theme from "Affinity and Fellowship". "Affinity and Fellowship" was commissioned by Nord-Odal Concert Band, and published by Warner/Chappell Music Nor...

This march is written for the 70-year anniversary of the conclusion of the World War II in 1945.

This march is written for the 70-year anniversary of the conclusion of the World War II in 1945.

'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...

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...

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.

Jeg er en papegoeye fra Amerika' ('I'm a Parrott from America') is an arrangement of a very popular, Norwegian song for children. This edition should be played in a bright swing-style. This medium adv...

Als mein Enkel Jonathan und seine geliebte Maria Othilie heiraten wollten, fragten sie mich, ob ich ein Trompetensolo für das Präludium / den Einzug der Braut in die Kirche komponieren könnte. Aber si...

Dies ist eine Bearbeitung des bekannten Liedes mit einem Text von Charles Wesley und einer Melodie von 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.