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Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) composed six sonatas for organ. This collection of sonatas have been very important for the development of the repertoire for solo organ from the year they were...

Homeward was written for piano in 1895 by Edvard Grieg Op. 62, in the famous series 'Lyric Pieces'. In 'Homeward' you meet him fresh and rhythmically challenging. He also uses chord combinations that...

From the famouse 'Lyric Pieces' op. 71 1901 (piano), Brakstad has made this wonderful arrangement. It is for a concert band, but important lines are qued in other instruments, so it can be played also...

When the Mountain King holds a party, it really swings. Every troll, gnome and nymph gathers in the Hall of the Mountain King, and dances all night, making the whole mountain shake. Featuring the Moun...

Land of Hope and Glory is the trio from Pomp and Circumstances March No. 1, composed in 1901. It became popular at once and still it is a tradition on the last night of the Proms in Royal Albert Hall....

Grieg is the most important Norwegian composer in the national-romantic period. He's dramatic talents were put to a new test when Henrik Ibsen asked him to compose the incidental music to 'Peer Gynt'...

In the troubled world we live in these days it is really hard to stay positive. The alarming state of the climate, worldwide politics gone mad. It seems like the hate just keeps spreading in the world...

This work was commissioned in 1996 by the Arosa Cultural committee and first performed in Arosa in that year. The majestic introduction opens with trombones and euphonium, heralding a legato theme, ch...

Kleopatra ( 69-30 v. Chr.) war mit ihrem Bruder Ptolemäus III. in einen Machtkampf verwickelt. Sie wollte die Macht über Ägypten nicht mit ihm teilen. Die Tradition schrieb jedoch vor, dass der Mann i...

This macabre work for concert band musically illustrates the time of night when dark forces gather to celebrate and do their mischief. Four connected quarters of the piece are all announced by 'Big Be...