Idar Torskangerpoll

Erik Bye (1926-2004) was a versatile Norwegian journalist, artist, author, film actor, folk singer and radio and television personality. He was one of the 20th century's most well-known and popular ra...

This piece was written as a commission for Vassenden Youth Band in 2009. The piece consists of parts with different moods. It opens with a fanfare which process in to a faster section that has an ever...

Who can depart from their loved ones without leaving a teardrop? This universal feeling is brought to you in a Nordic melancholy style and is playable by quite small ensembles.

The Norwegian group 'Gaate' have actualized this old traditional melody with their ferocious interpretation, which this arrangement is based on.

This march was originally entitled 'Obligasjonsmarsjen' when composed during the second world war. The music is composed by Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson, also well known for his orchestral music...

'This Is Halloween' is a song by composer Danny Elfman from the 1993 film, 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. In the movie it's performed by the residents of the fictional 'Halloween Town', which is th...

This is a piece of music is the title track from the Norwegian Broadcaster NRK's advent calendar TV-series 'Christmas at Svingen'. This is the main title from Norwegian advent calender TV-series for c...

Secret Garden and Rolf Loevland have for many years given us unforgettable music. This is the title track from their first Christmas released in 2020. It's a warm and beautiful piece with a typical fo...

Il s'agit d'un psaume de Noël basé sur le poème "in the Bleak Midwinter" de la poétesse anglaise Christina Rossetti, écrit avant 1872 pour le magazine Scribner's Monthly. Il a été publié dans l'anthol...

L'un des chants de Noël "modernes" les plus populaires. Cet arrangement magistral est une autre grande oeuvre de la plume d'Idar Torskangerpoll. La musique de Little Drummer Boy a été écrite par la pi...

Solan, Ludvig and Reodor Felgen is back! 'Jul i Flaklypa' ('Christmas at Flaklypa') is the sequel to 'Flaklypa Grand Prix' from 1975, the most successful Norwegian movie of all times. This time, the m...

Secret Garden and Rolf Loevland have for many years given us unforgettable music. This is the title track from their first Christmas released in 2020. It's a warm and beautiful piece with a typical fo...

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 taken from the television advent calender 'Jul i Blåfjell' ('Christmas in the Blue Mountains') produced by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) in 1999. It was a huge success which la...

Take the 'A' Train is a jazz standard written by Billy Strayhorn for Duke Ellington and his Duke Ellington Orchestra. Today, it is known as the signature tune of the Ellington orchestra and arguably t...

The Bee Gees were a musical group founded in 1958. The group's line-up consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but...

This song was released as single record by Swedish pop group ABBA in 1976. The lyrics is about two older veteran talking about the Mexican-American war. In this arrangement, the verse occurs in two di...

Daddy cool is an old hit (1976) from the group Boney M. In 2006 the melody raised new interest when Frank Farian put up the musical 'Daddy Cool' in London (and later in Berlin) based on many of the so...

One of Norway's most popular artists has made this song that has both a personal and a religious content. Today this melody is used both in funerals and is weddings, as well as on the dance floor.