Norsk Concert Band Originals

The title of this piece refers to the musicologist and musician Åke Edenstrand (1939-2013), in whose memory Jerker Johansson has composed and dedicated this calm and meditative piece played at the fun...

Rukan Krukan has its origins from the collaboration between The Norwegian Armed Forces Band -Western Norway, legendary Hardanger fiddle player Knut Buen and myself which in 1999 resulted in the album...

Russian, orchestral music at it's best arranged for Concert Band. The arrangement challenge the whole band, espescially the brass section. The ballet 'The Bolt' was composed in 1930 -1931. The title o...

The opening theme, symbolising a sunrise, is repeated throughout the work, giving the promise of hope for a new day. The musical and conceptual idea for this work is taken from Revelation 22, 5: 'And...

Das Charakterstück 'The Old Mill on the Brook' (''Die alte Mühle am Bach') wurde 1962 für einen Wettbewerb der Norwegian Band Federation komponiert, wo es den zweiten Platz belegte. Seit diesem Wettbe...

The concept of Walkabout comes originally from the Australian aborigines. A Walkabout is a journey where the goal is of less importance (even though you always end up where you started). It is the jou...

'Night' ist ein ruhiges und langsames Konzertstück, geradezu wie ein altertümlicher Gesang.

Fanfares and Fantasies' was commissioned by Strindheim Janitsjar for their 40th Anniversary in 2019. The commission was supported by The Composers' Remuneration Fund. With the title 'Fanfares and Fant...

Maasai Masala is a virtuoso band piece based on "Ol Doinyo Lengai", a duet for vibraphone and marimba. The music draws inspiration from the rhythms and tonalities from both African and Indian music an...

COBALT was commisioned by Modum Janitsjar as own choice piece for the Norwegian championship (third section) 2009. The Royal Cobalt Works of Modum were established in 1773 to extract cobalt ore from t...

Variations on a folktune from Valdres was commisioned by The Norwegian Military Music for the 100th anniversary of the dissolution of the union with Sweden in 2005. The work includes a prologue, eight...

This piece was commissioned by Borge Brass Band with support from Borge Sparebank in 1997. They suggested some folk tunes from Lofoten for the composer, from which he chose two of them. The two folk s...

Life Celebration is a musical tribute to life itself and is inspired by the cycle of life - from birth, through growth, into fall, resurrection and Finale. The piece was commissioned by 'Byåsen Musikk...

TOCATTA e CORALE was commissioned by Dragefjellets Musikkorps, from Bergen, Norway, for their 100th anniversary.

Lamento wurde in Erinnerung an Bjarne Haug Thesen (1957-2023) komponiert. Bjarne stammte aus Nord-Odal und hatte seine musikalische Basis in der Mo Skolemusikk und der Nord-Odal Hornmusikk. 1987 wurde...

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...

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...

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 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...

The Norwegian Festival Overture was written for the grand opening of the National Theatre on September 1st, 1899. In the opening bars, one can virtually imagine the stage curtain being drawn aside, an...

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...

Intrada on a Norwegian religious folk tune can be performed as an concert opener, as well as an sparkling intermesso for most concerts occations.

In Norwegian Rustic Dance Helge Hurum combines the tradition of Norwegian folkmusic with the rhythm and chord progessions of jazz. An excellent choice for any concert- and competiton! Norwegian Rustic...

Helge Hurum is often inspired by elements from Norwegian folk music, like in this new work, Ferdaminne. His skills to combine themes from Norwegian folklore with his own character (style, timbres and...