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This evocative ballad is written by Geir Hvidsten (music) and Ingebjørg Bratland (lyrics). We recommend listening to the original recording by Ingebjørg Bratland in addition to the recording of this a...

The ballad "The Castle" was originally written for the EBU Big Band's concert in Bergen in 2000. The band, consisting of a musician from each of the EBU countries, performed specially commissioned mus...

Ballade ist eine Art norwegisches Volkslied, das ursprünglich "Tanzlied" bedeutet, vom lateinischen Wort ballare ("tanzen"). Dieses Arrangement ist stark von der Version der norwegischen Folk-Rock-Ban...

Agathe Backer Grøndahl’s ‘Ballade’ can best be described as a Romantic character piece. Such one-movement piano pieces with titles that loosely indicate a mood/idea made out a central genre in the 19t...

This song have been one the most popular ballads in Norway since it was recorded by the group 'Vamp' in 1993. The poem, written by Kolbein Falkeid, is the story about a dream. It is a man who tells th...

Emperor Suite containes three movements inspired by empires, cossacks and ancient mystique. In the first movement, Ancient Song one can hear a simple, almost hypnotic old tune. Slowly it floats away.

This blues was written for the American Jazz-clarinetist Eddy Daniels.

Balkan Blues is music from the musical Bergets Hjärta (the Heart of the Mountain), which was a cooperative production between Norrbotten Big Band and Norrbottens Teatern, 1997 in Luleå in the north of...

Die Konzertouvertüre "Infinity Forest" ist von einem uralten Wald inspiriert, der majestätisch dasteht und von Mysterien und Geheimnissen umhüllt ist. Wenn man sich in diesen Wald begibt, weiß man nie...

2005-Overture - 100 years of independence. This overture was commisioned to celebrate Norway's 100 year as an independed nation in 2005. It had its premier perfomance at Akershus Castle in Oslo May 20...

'Storbystev' ('Urban Song') ist ein eingängiger Titel mit Funk-, Samba- und Rock-Rhythmen und ideal für die etwas andere Konzerteröffnung geeignet: Der Triangelspieler betritt die Bühne und beginnt zu...

This piece was commisioned by The Norwegian Band Federation - Northwestern Region for an summer festival in Eid. Intrada Orientale recieved it's first performance there in 2012. It is a concert-opene...

This original piece is intended to performed by the youngest musicians. The structure of the overture is traditional A-B-A with a slow section in the middle flanked by two Modearo sections. As the tit...

'Introduction' is a short concert opener. I quote a couple of Norwegian Folk Tunes to make a musical picture of the Vikings running from the seashore to face a battle. They used to drink something mad...

This piece was composed in 1937 in the composer's later part of life. Here, Widqvist shows his broad competence as a composer by using both classic marching and late-romantic thematic elements with ex...

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) was asked by his sister to compose music for a play for her children in 1890. He first started to compose Hänsel und Gretel, based on the fairy tale by the Brothers G...

Die Konzertouvertüre "Infinity Forest" ist von einem uralten Wald inspiriert, der majestätisch dasteht und von Mysterien und Geheimnissen umhüllt ist. Wenn man sich in diesen Wald begibt, weiß man nie...

A short concert opener. I quote a couple of Norwegian Folk Tunes to make a musical picture of the Vikings running from the seashore to face a battle. They used to drink something made of mushrooms to...

This piece was commisioned by The Norwegian Band Federation - Northwestern Region for an summer festival in Eid. Intrada Orientale recieved it's first performance there in 2012. It is a concert-opene...

This original piece is intended to performed by the youngest musicians. The structure of the overture is traditional A-B-A with a slow section in the middle flanked by two Modearo sections. As the tit...

This piece was commissioned by Torskangerpoll Musikklag as a massed-band item for their “Storm Festival” in 2016. The “Storm Festival” is a festival for from bands all over Norway with concerts, parad...

The main theme from the movie with the same title, produced in 1962, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remmick in the leading roles. The composer is one of the great names in...

Music for the movie 'Orions Belt' was written by Geir Boehren and Bent Åserud. They traveled to the archipelago of Svalbard to find inspiration for the music, the music is therefore based on the drama...