Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

Commissioned by The Norwegian Band Federation for The European Brass Band Championship 2003, in Bergen, Norway (Third edition) I remember as a kid the very early morning wake-up ceremonies caused by S...

The work is important for me because it was my first piece to be performed outside Norway. Black Dyke Band/David King performed it and did a recording of it in 1991. In the original score I quote a Sw...

Rendezvous' was commissioned by Krohnengen Brass Band for their 50th Anniversary in 2019. 'Rendezvous' is devided into three sections. Each section are referring to Edvard Grieg's own titles. but twi...

This piece was written for Manger Skulemusikklag (Norway). The title is given 'NOCTURNE' (night song) for sereval reasons. It gave me the opportunity to compose a calm and introvert piece of music. Th...

Pang ist eine Onimatopoesie, die die brutalen Kräfte beschreibt, die vom ersten Takt an entfesselt werden. Der Energiestrom setzt sich im gesamten Stück fort. Das Stück wurde 1998 vom Bispehaugen Ungd...

Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen wrote this medley to the 1992-93 Concert season for trumpeter Helge Haukas of The Norwegian Defence Band region West located in Bergen (today Norwegian Navy Band Bergen). Hauka...

Poco Loco wurde von der Krohnengen Brass Band für KBB Ung in Auftrag gegeben. Die Idee war, dass erfahrene Musiker mit jüngeren zusammen spielen können. Das Stück ist um ein eingängiges, aber einfache...

Draug is a sea-monster! The piece is not too difficult...Commissioned by the Torghatt-festival.

Ligt a Small Candle wurde 2006 auf CD veröffentlicht und wurde in den letzten Jahren über 1 Million Mal digital abgespielt. Das Lied wurde besonders von Grundschulen und Kindergärten angenommen. Beim...

The piece was written for the Manger schoolband and is based on the English Christmas carol 'O Little Town Of Bethlehem'. A modern dance-rhythm surrounds the melody in an arrangement which is playable...

Det star eit lys' is a beautiful Christmas Hymn with melodic challenges in most of the wind band sections.

Ligt a Small Candle wurde 2006 auf CD veröffentlicht und wurde in den letzten Jahren über 1 Million Mal digital abgespielt. Das Lied wurde besonders von Grundschulen und Kindergärten angenommen. Beim...

Bergen is the second biggest city in Norway and is famous for the seven mountains that sourround the city centre. In this piece I salute the band that commissioned the piece by picturing the mountains...

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...

Commissioned by Sérgio Carolino in 2016. It was first performed during the low brass festival Gravissimo in Alcobaça, Portugal in 2017 by Sérgio Carolino and Gene Pokorny on Tuba and Telmo Marques on...

Cantilena II - Mountain Song is scored for Euphonium (solo) and small wind ensemble: Flute, Alto Flute, Oboe, Eb Clarinet, 3 Bb Clarinets, Bb Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Bassoon, F Horn and Vi...

'The piece is written in a classical three movement concerto form. I knew the soloist I was writing for very well, and could make the solopart based on his strengths as a cornet player. 1. FANFARE A s...

This work was commissioned by Midtun Skoles Musikkorps (Bergen) and their conductor Christian Breistein. This is one of the best school bands in Norway, consisting of members up to 19 years of age. Aa...

This arrangement written by Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen for Trumpet Solo with Brassband is a meditation on a folk tune from Hallingdal in Norway. The text was originally in German from before 1600.

'Who can Sail without the Wind' is an old folk tune from Aland in Finland. I believe the song was one of the first one I learnt to sing and play on the guitar. The melancholic character of the song i...

This exciting brass band work is written in the form of a rhapsody based on folk tunes originating from the region where this young Norwegian composer was born. In addition to traditional harmonies th...

A euphonium solo based on a Norwegian tune, Stille stund.

Arctic Funk might just as well have been a flashing sequel to a scene from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Popular music but with a difference, as indicated by the title. The work's quiet section...