Norsk Christmas / Church Music

Mark Lowry schrieb den Text für "Mary, did you know" 1984, aber die Melodie entstand 1991, als Marks Kollege und Freund Buddy Greene das Lied komponierte, das sich zu einem modernen Weihnachtsklassike...

Dies ist ein Weihnachtspsalm, der auf dem Gedicht "in the Bleak Midwinter" der englischen Dichterin Christina Rossetti basiert und vor 1872 für die Zeitschrift Scribner's Monthly geschrieben wurde. Er...

Dies ist eine Bearbeitung des bekannten Liedes mit einem Text von Charles Wesley und einer Melodie von Mendelsohn.

The piece was written for the Manger schoolband and is based on the English Christmas carol 'O Little Town Of Bethlehem'. A modern dance-rhythm surrounds the melody in an arrangement which is playable...

Det star eit lys' is a beautiful Christmas Hymn with melodic challenges in most of the wind band sections.

The Light in the time of Darkness' by Trygve Hoff (1938-1987), tell us about how to see ahead in dark hours. The time of year without sun in the Northern parts of Norway have through generations broug...

The Brightest Star wurde erstmals 1987 auf dem Weihnachtsalbum von Sissel Kyrkjeboe veröffentlicht. Das Album wurde ein riesiger Erfolg und ist immer noch eines der meistverkauften Alben aller Zeiten...

Eines der beliebtesten "modernen" Weihnachtslieder. Dieses meisterhafte Arrangement ist ein weiteres großartiges Werk aus der Feder von Idar Torskangerpoll. Die Musik für Little Drummer Boy wurde 1941...

North Norwegian Christmas Psalm is one of the most beautiful- and popular of christrmas songs from our age. This arrangement is a real masterpiece suitable for both school- and amateurbands. The Norwe...

Jingle bells in a new wrapping! Masterfully arranged and suitable for almost all kinds of Christmas concerts. This piece is based on Jingle Bells but it has also some references to other christmas car...

'Angels We Have Heard' on High is one of the most famous Christmas carols all over the world. Of French origin, it's also entitled 'Les Anges dans nos campagnes'. The Irish bishop James Chadwick has w...

This song written by Yngvar Numme and Benny Borg was made popular by Norwegian group Dizzie Tunes on one of their Christmas-albums. This arrangement is based on the Dizzie Tunes version and features t...

This music was written by Richard Nordraak in 1860. The present arrangement can be performed with or without choir/soprano soloist. Minor phrasings are preferable, but be aware of the balance througho...

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...

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.

This Hymn is a very well known Swedish Advent hymn. The Melody is a Swedish variant of a german folk tune from the 17th century. Although the lyrics is about the coming of Jesu to Jerusalem during eas...

Edvard Grieg's small, charming melody certainly deserves to be used more often. Edvard Grieg's tune to an old Christmas song was published in his opus 61 in 1895.

O Holy Night is a very well-known Christmas carol. The origin of the carol is French beginning with the words: 'Minuit! Chrétiens, c'est l'heure solennelle'. It is about the birth of Jesus and was wri...