Svein Henrik Giske: Mittelschwere Noten

Amongst Henry Haagenrud's numerous compositions for accordion, Green Pastel is perhaps the most famous. This waltz, characterized by Haagenrud's style of playing, has a rather continental feel to it a...

Koppangen' wurde von Pererik Moreaus geschrieben, der als Geiger der schwedischen Volksmusikgruppe Orsa Spelmän bekannt ist. Das Lied ist inspiriert von und benannt nach dem Naturreservat Koppangen in...

Dig a little Deeper' is one of the featured songs in the Disney animated movie 'The Pricess and the Frog' from 2009. The movie is a so-called 'American animated musical romantic fantasy comedy-drama'....

Der amerikanische Komponist William Bolcom schrieb eines seiner bekanntesten Stücke - das wunderschöne und melancholische 'Graceful Ghost' - in Erinnerung an seinen Vater. Auch wenn Ragtimes kaum in M...

Odd Nordstoga is an award winning Norwegian artist who has been active since the 1990's, working in the popular-/folk music genre. I have listened to a lot of Odd Nordstogas music, in particular the...

La muerte del ángel wurde 1962 von Astor Piazzolla als Begleitmusik für das Theaterstück Tango del ángel von Alberto Rodriguez Muñoz komponiert. In dem Stück heilt ein Engel die Seelen der Bewohner e...

Das Green Hornet Theme von Billy May kann als jazzige Version von "Der Hummelflug" (Rimsky-Korsakov) beschrieben werden. Es wurde 1966 für die amerikanische Fernsehserie "The Green Hornet" geschrieben...

Der amerikanische Komponist William Bolcom schrieb eines seiner bekanntesten Stücke - das wunderschöne und melancholische'Graceful Ghost' - in Erinnerung an seinen Vater. Auch wenn Ragtimes kaum in Mo...

Champagne Tango was recorded for the first time in 1914 by the pianist Roberto Firpo. After the first release, is's recorded a numerous times both in Argentina and abroad. It was written by Manuel Aró...

Odd Nordstoga is an award winning Norwegian artist who has been active since the 1990's, working in the popular-/folk music genre. I have listened to a lot of Odd Nordstogas music, in particular the...

Bridge over Troubled Water was written by Paul Simon for the duo Simon & Garfunkel in 1969 and released as single in January 1970. The song became the last big hit by S&G, as they broke up short time...

Der Marsch zu Ehren der norwegischen Königin Sonja wurde 2010 für die Inbetriebnahme der Stadtbahn in Bergen komponiert und von der Norwegian Navy Band Bergen sowie der Smoerås skolemusikk während der...

Der Marsch zu Ehren der norwegischen Königin Sonja wurde 2010 für die Inbetriebnahme der Stadtbahn in Bergen komponiert und von der Norwegian Navy Band Bergen sowie der Smoerås skolemusikk während der...

This march composed in 1916 is arguably one of the finest and most famous marches from the Scandinavian countries. It's composer, and "Swedish March King" Viktor Widqvist's (1881-1952) most famous co...

This march was written in 1919 by Norways own "March King" Oscar Borg (1851-1930). He was born in the town of Halden in the southeast of Norway and received his education at the Royal Academy in Stoc...

Most of her life, Gjendine spent in Jotunheimen area, basically at Gjendebu, Skogadalsboen and Spiterstulen. She met the famous Edvard Grieg , first time in the mountains in 1891, and influated his ar...

In 1959 Ella Fitzgerald recorded a four disc set featuring the music of George and Ira Gershwin. With 59 songs recorded and over 3 hours playing time it was a vast project but it paid off for Ella. Ir...

Letter from home is the title track from the album recorded by Pat Metheny Group in 1989. The tune is quite simple, yet strikingly beautiful in its simplicity. The mood of the music is sometimes melan...

Erling Kjoek (1913-1999) was a Norwegian fiddler and a strong representative of the folk music from Nord-Gudbrandsdal. My arrangement was originally written for Concert band as a commission from The...

Fields of Gold is one of the biggest hits by British singer and composer Sting. It was released for the first time in 1993 on his album record Ten Summoner's Tales, the first of several recordings bot...

This beautiful aria from Rinaldo by Handel is a masterfully arranged character piece for concert band! Lascia ch'io pianga is an aria from the opera Rinaldo by Georg Friedrich Händel. It was the first...