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Candles in Advent is a beautiful melody with great lyrics. It was originally written for an Norwegian Advent TV-series in 1985. In this arrangement, the oboe has some solo passages (cue notes in flut...

Saele Jolekveld was arranged for Kongelige Norske Marines Musikkorps (The Royal Norwegian Navy Band) for their CD-recording "Julestemning"(2009) featuring Solveig Kringlebotn as soprano soloist and th...

Secret Garden and Rolf Loevland have for many years given us unforgettable music. This is the title track from their first Christmas released in 2020. It's a warm and beautiful piece with a typical fo...

The piece is divided into three verses, where the first and last are identical. Verse two is a variation with call and response elements. The verses contrast dynamically. Another option is to play onl...

Cradle Hymn, a Christmas lullaby with imagery of Mary and her infant, was written for the Nidaros Cathedral Girl's Choir and conductor Anita Brevik in 2010, and later arranged for SATB and TTBB chorus...

Heaven in My Arms ist eine schöne Melodie von Carola Häggkvist mit einem Text von Erik Hillestad. Diese Version ist ohne Gesangssolist, so dass die Melodie in viele Teile des Arrangements verteilt ist...

The song 'Home for Christmas' is written and performed by the popular norwegian singer / songwriter Maria Mena. The song featured as the soundtrack for director Bent Hamers movie 'Hjem til jul' from 2...

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The famous German carol 'Es ist ein röesz endsprungen' was originally made by Frater Conradus between 1582 and 1588. Michael Prätorius partly revised and printed it in 1609. The melody is from Alte Ca...

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.

This Norwegian song tells that every Christmas-eve people all over the world make a spiritual pilgrimage to Betlehem.

This piece is allways played on norwegian christmas concerts, often as the closing item. This is a grand scale arrangement, the audience might also sing along. The 1st trumpet part can be played on pi...

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...

Jingle Bells is one of the best known and commonly sung and played winter songs in the world. Despite being closely connected to Christmas, it is not specifically a Christmas song. This arrangement is...

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...

This song is one of the most used and loved Christmas songs in Sweden during the 20th century. The lyrics describe Christmas as white and snowy, and describe the blessings of Christmas as well as the...

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.

Dag Wirén (1905-1986) got his breakthrough as a composer in 1937 with Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 11 - his most played and popular piece. He mainly wrote instrumental music including five symph...

Arild Sandvold (1895 - 1984) began his studies at the Music Conservatory in Kristiania (Oslo) in 1906, in piano and organ as well as music theory. After his debut as organist and pianist, he had his d...

John Philip Hanneviks Weihnachtsfanfare über Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdys Melodie zum Weihnachtslied 'Hark, the Herald Angels Sing' eignet sich mit seinem gesanglich-majestätischen Stil hervorragend z...

This Is Halloween' is a song by composer Danny Elfman from the 1993 film, 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. In the movie it's performed by the residents of the fictional 'Halloween Town', which is the...

Snowfall is a 24-episodes advent TV-production for children, made by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). It premiered on the 1st of December 2016. The main character in the series is the orp...

This song was originally written for the 1965 TV special 'A Charlie Brown Christmas', Charlie Brown is known from the comic strip, 'Peanuts'. 'Christmas Time is Here' has been performed by a multitude...

Astrid Smeplass, better known under the artist name Astrid S wrote "Når snoeen smelter"( "When the snow melts") in 2021 as the title track for the remake of the famous movie" Three Hazelnuts for Cinde...