Svein Henrik Giske

Dig a little Deeper' is one of the featured songs in the Disney animated movie 'The Pricess and the Frog' from 2009. The movie is a so-called 'American animated musical romantic fantasy comedy-drama'....

Amongst Henry Haagenrud's numerous compositions for accordion, Green Pastel is perhaps the most famous. This waltz, characterized by Haagenrud's style of playing, has a rather continental feel to it a...

Koppangen' wurde von Pererik Moreaus geschrieben, der als Geiger der schwedischen Volksmusikgruppe Orsa Spelmän bekannt ist. Das Lied ist inspiriert von und benannt nach dem Naturreservat Koppangen in...

Der amerikanische Komponist William Bolcom schrieb eines seiner bekanntesten Stücke - das wunderschöne und melancholische 'Graceful Ghost' - in Erinnerung an seinen Vater. Auch wenn Ragtimes kaum in M...

Root Beer Rag' was written for the 1974 album release 'Streetlife Serenade' by American pianist/vocalist/composer Billy Joel. After the success his own recording, several other pianists have performed...

Letter from home is the title track from the album recorded by Pat Metheny Group in 1989. The tune is quite simple, yet strikingly beautiful in its simplicity. The mood of the music is sometimes melan...

Black Bottom Stomp is a composition by Jelly Roll Morton (his real name was Ferdinand Joseph Lemott), born in New Orleans in 1885. He claimed, perhaps not too modestly, to have invented jazz i 1902. N...

In 1959 Ella Fitzgerald recorded a four disc set featuring the music of George and Ira Gershwin. With 59 songs recorded and over 3 hours playing time it was a vast project but it paid off for Ella. Ir...

Bridge over Troubled Water was written by Paul Simon for the duo Simon & Garfunkel in 1969 and released as single in January 1970. The song became the last big hit by S&G, as they broke up short time...

Fields of Gold is one of the biggest hits by British singer and composer Sting. It was released for the first time in 1993 on his album record Ten Summoner's Tales, the first of several recordings bot...

Odd Nordstoga is an award winning Norwegian artist who has been active since the 1990's, working in the popular-/folk music genre. I have listened to a lot of Odd Nordstogas music, in particular the...

La muerte del ángel wurde 1962 von Astor Piazzolla als Begleitmusik für das Theaterstück Tango del ángel von Alberto Rodriguez Muñoz komponiert. In dem Stück heilt ein Engel die Seelen der Bewohner e...

Das Green Hornet Theme von Billy May kann als jazzige Version von "Der Hummelflug" (Rimsky-Korsakov) beschrieben werden. Es wurde 1966 für die amerikanische Fernsehserie "The Green Hornet" geschrieben...

This beautiful aria from Rinaldo by Handel is a masterfully arranged character piece for concert band! Lascia ch'io pianga is an aria from the opera Rinaldo by Georg Friedrich Händel. It was the first...

Chanson de Matin ("Morning Song") (Op. 15, Nr. 2) wurde wahrscheinlich von Edward Elgar um 1889 geschrieben, ursprünglich für Violine und Klavier. Später schuf er eine Orchesterfassung. Die Uraufführu...

Der Marsch zu Ehren der norwegischen Königin Sonja wurde 2010 für die Inbetriebnahme der Stadtbahn in Bergen komponiert und von der Norwegian Navy Band Bergen sowie der Smoerås skolemusikk während der...

Der amerikanische Komponist William Bolcom schrieb eines seiner bekanntesten Stücke - das wunderschöne und melancholische'Graceful Ghost' - in Erinnerung an seinen Vater. Auch wenn Ragtimes kaum in Mo...

This arrangement was written for Dragefjellets Musikkorps Bergen for their performance at the Norwegian Wind Band Championships in 2019. The original orchestral work is one of our country's greatest n...

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...

Der Marsch zu Ehren der norwegischen Königin Sonja wurde 2010 für die Inbetriebnahme der Stadtbahn in Bergen komponiert und von der Norwegian Navy Band Bergen sowie der Smoerås skolemusikk während der...

This arrangement was commissioned by B3 (The Bergen Woodwind Ensemble). B3 is a large woodwind ensemble located in Bergen with a mix of professional and amateur players. My Heart Remains in Wonder i...