Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

Composed during the summer of 1988. Commissioned by The Norwegian Brass Band Club First performed in the Grieg Hall at the 10th Anniversary Concert for the Norwegian Championship, Bergen, February 198...

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...

Commissioned by the Norwegian Band Federation and Tom Brevik. Composed in 1991. The composer: 'Elegy and March was one of my first original compositions (no quotations, no folk-tunes) and it was one...

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...

This beautiful melody is written by Frode Aln?ªs, guitarist and vocalist in the Norwegian band Dance With a Stranger. I addition to Aln?ªs himself, several wellknown Norwegian artists have recorded an...

This exciting concert 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...

Bb Cornet 1, Bb Cornet 2, Bb Cornet 3, Bb Flugelhorn, Eb Horn, Bb Trombone, Bass Trombone, Bb Euphonium, Eb Bass and Percussion

New Waves is a special composition. Although contemporary but still attractive to musicians and listeners. Norwegian composer Aagaard-Nilsen has failed in a special way to add new elements to the cont...

New Waves is a special composition. Although contemporary but still attractive to musicians and listeners. Norwegian composer Aagaard-Nilsen has failed in a special way to add new elements to the cont...

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...

Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen's (1964) way of composing can be described as: uncompromising, wilful and contemporary. It is not surprising, therefore, that this occasionally causes a stir. In the middle of...

Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen's (1964) way of composing can be described as: uncompromising, wilful and contemporary. It is not surprising, therefore, that this occasionally causes a stir. In the middle of...