Haakon Esplo

Tanta to Beate' (Beate's Aunty) is written by Norwegian singer/songwriter Lillebjoern Nilsen and achieved great success when it was released in 1982. The song about an old lady feeding the pigeons and...

Arvid Hanssen was a popular Norwegian poet who got several of his poems set to music by Tove Karoline Knutsen. The song 'Kom sommarvijnn' (Come summerwind) became very popular when it was released on...

Orient is a new applicable original work by Haakon Esplo. This time, he is inspired by oriental music and dance. 1001 Nights ... Arabian Nights, or Stories from the Morning Land. This enormous collec...

This song 'Sa seile vi pa Mjosa' is beloved and well known for all Norwegians. The text by Alf Proysen reflects his belonging to his county, Hedmark, and the lake Mjosa. Ulf Peder Olrog may not be as...

The popular Norwegian singer/songwriter Jonas Fjeld released the single 'Angels in the Snow' in 1989. It was one of the tracks on the record album 'Svært nok for meg' (Â'Big enough for me') which was...

Chanson D'Amour' ('Song of love') is a popular song written by Wayne Shanklin. It became a Top Ten hit in 1958 performed by Art and Dotty Todd. The married couple were the resident act at the Chapman...

Occurrence was written as a commissioned work for Randesund School Band in 2014. The symphonic work gives challenges for all instruments and is well suited to work with rhythm, intonation, sound and m...

By the Fjord' is written by the Norwegian composer Kjetil Bjørnstad and is the most famous song from the musical work 'Leve Patagonia' which was published in 1978. The work is written as a modern suit...

An epilogue is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work. With it's continues drums, lyric middlepart and majestic ending, Epilogue might also wo...

The composer and musician Trygve Hoff was born and raised at Rognan in Nordland and gained a lot of inspiration for his texts from the North Norwegian culture. He is a composer and copywriter of many...

The beautiful and popular duet "Christmas is Here", written by Billy Butt and Sölve Rydell is now available in a beautiful, symphonic arrangement for brass band. Many people know the song from a reco...

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...

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...

The composer and musician Trygve Hoff was born and raised at Rognan in Nordland and gained a lot of inspiration for his texts from the North Norwegian culture. He is a composer and copywriter of many...

The beautiful and popular duet "Christmas is Here", written by Billy Butt and Sölve Rydell is now available in a beautiful, symphonic arrangement for band. Many people know the song from a recording...

Astrid Smeplass, better known under the artist name Astrid S wrote "Når snoeen smelter"( "When the snow melts") in 2021 as the title track for the remake of the famous movie" Three Hazelnuts for Cinde...

Let your young musicians have fun with samba rythms in this very simple yet catchy piece of music! Repeated rhythmic figures make it easy for even the youngest to play Easy Samba at the next concert....

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrated 30 years in 2019 and the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family affairs commissioned Children's March for the celebration on Novem...

'De naere ting' ('The nearest thing)') is one of the most famous songs for 'sing-along' with lyrics by Arne Paasche Aasen and music by Kurt Foss and Reidar Boe. They also recorded the song in the 1950...

Many prominent persons have got marches dedicated to them. Generals and colonels, kings and crownprinsesses, professors and captains. Now, finally the common man (you and me) can proudly say we have o...

Some TV vignettes you remember better than others. Often they are short, catchy and rhythmic, and no matter what, we all have a relation to them. In this arrangement there are three well known pieces...

Planes' is the sequel of the 'Cars'-movies which have been great successes all over the world. This time, it's all about planes, and the success is about to be repeated … The planes are the heroes of...

The populare band Vamp has once again produced a hit that tops the music charts. 'Little Bird' (Liten Fuggel) is the title track of the ninth studio album which has received wonderful reviews. With th...

'How I love the name of Jesus' is a psalm of David Welander. He wrote it on the train home to Lorenskog in January 1923, and completed it out overnight. It was printed in the magazine 'Krigsropet' sho...