Novello Choral Pops

Brooklet' is one of the movements from Grieg's Lyric Pieces for Solo Piano opus 62. Information for the conductor: «Brooklet' is an technically advanced work for solo piano. In this arrangement, techn...

Jerker Johansson has lived in Gothenburg, on the Swedish West Coast, since 1984, and is deeply interested in the history of the country. Gothia is the most southern part of Sweden, and Gothenburg, whi...

The Opera “The Cossacs” by Catharinus Elling is based on the Nikolai Gogol novel about Taras Bulba. “The Cossacs” was premiered in 1897 at Eldorado in Kristiania (the old name on Norway’s capitol Oslo...

This arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's famous piece "Flight of the Bumblebee" was originally written for tuba soloist (!) And concert band, commissioned by Lilleaker skoles musikkorps. The target grou...

Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis This piece for concert band was commisioned by Lilleaker Skoles Musikkorps, and conductor Tomas Austestad. A big thank you to Austestad for invaluable encourage...

This arrangement was written for Norwegian School Band Madlamark Skolekorps to their participation at the Norwegian Championships 2023. The arrangement will work excellent also for a wind ensemble (on...

The incidental music for William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale was composed for a radio theatre production 1938. Larsson later chose 4 of the 22 musical contributions to be included in a suite title...

Diese Bearbeitung von Johann Sebastian Bachs Andante aus der Orgelsonate Nr. 4 entstand in der Covid-Zeit. Unter den langen Tagen der Isolation, fand ich die Aufnahme des isländischen Virtuosen Viking...

War and Peace was commissioned 2021 by The Royal Swedish Navy Band and conductor Alexander Hanson to mark the celebration of The Svea Life Guards' 500th anniversary. I. "Fanfares and Battle" opens in...

Grim was commissioned by Sandviken Ungdomskorps in 1998. Grim is a folkloristic pastiche, but also with a jazz-flavoured inspiration. The piece ends with the folk-music played on top of a theme from a...

Axel Jørgensen was the solo viola in The Royal Danish Orchestra, and as a composer he had a large output, especially for brass. His Romance for trombone and orchestra is one of his most performed piec...

Some kind of Déjà Vu ist eine Fortsetzung des Stücks "Time for Celebration", das 2015 für die Junior Band des Søreide & Sandsli Skolekorps (SSS) geschrieben wurde. Das Thema und Motiv basiert auf den...

A beautiful character piece, very suitable for church concerts and other occasions. Many solo options! This short character piece is a perfect choice for a church or classical concert. The church of N...

Uptown Girl is a song written and performed by the American pianist and vocalist Billy Joel. It was released in 1983 as a part of his record album 'An Innocent Man'. The lyrics describe a working-clas...

Sketches of Pain was composed for Kristiansand Blaseensemble in 2005, and consists of a series of short movements exploring the same material in different ways. The title refers to the format of the p...

'Tornado' is based on sketches from the Royal Norwegian Naval Forces' Band (SFMK) Composer Workshop with composition students from The Grieg Aacademy in 2012. The working title of the piece, 'Worksho...

The title is 'Continental Divide' and it has nothing to do with tectonic plates, but is another word for 'Watershed'. It is the place where the the water flows in opposite directions. For example, whe...

Many Norwegian bands have grown up around factories; but Norwegian factories are often located in the countrysides - by a fjord or lake, by a river or waterfall that provided power for the factory. Th...

This piece was commissioned by Movig og Sjostrand skolemusikk to their 50th anniversary in 2017. Premiere performance took place at Kilden in Kristiansand, 17. november 2017, conducted by Sofie E. Rin...

This concert march was comissioned by The Royal Norwegian Navy Band for the farewell concert of their manger, Commander Truls Sandaker in March 2017. Sandaker left the Military to become manager of th...

The horn is often associated with hunting. Hunters in earlier times used horns to signal their hounds during the hunt. In this piece the roles have been switched, and the horn is the one being hunted....

Fraxinus Excelsior is the latin name for the ash tree. The piece is written for a school band seated in Asker, a community with its name derived from the word 'ash'. The tree is also known in Norse my...

The railway between Oslo and Bergen, 'Bergensbanen', was built in the years 1895 - 1909. This piece is dedicated to the railway labourers, the navvies, who did the hard work across the mountains. Most...