Haakon Esplo : Partitions moyen

Feeling Good was written in 1965 for the Broadway musical 'The Roar of the Grease Paint - The Smell of the Crowd'. Since then it has been interpreted and recorded by many famous artists. Nina Simone,...

Composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez have once again written music for Disneys sequel film Frozen II after great success in 2013 with Frozen. Many will probably remember Let it Go which...

Trolldans ('Dance of the Trolls') is a traditional Icelandic folk tune. It is used by many folk music groups and many is familiar with the choir Grex Vocalis' version recorded on the album Norwegian M...

Sweet Piano is an easy swing piece that is guaranteed to get the audience to feel the beat. The first part is a sweet little waltz - last part is uptempo and show.

Franz Schubert wrote three 'Marches Militaires', opus 51, D. 733. This publication is the first of the three (No. 1 in D major) and one of Schubert's most famous pieces. There is some uncertainty abou...

Franz Schubert was born in Lichtental, Austria in 1797 and was 28 when he composed the Ave Maria about year 1825. The original text that was set to the song is taken from the poem 'The Lady of the Lak...

Habanera is a dance and a musical form that originated in Havana, Cuba. Habanera is one of the roots of tango. It is a slow solo dance adapted from a French inspired Haitian dance in the first half of...

This piece is about the anxiety of going to the doctor, the effect of taking too many pills, and the frustration of not getting the proper medication! This piece present challenges regarding accidenta...

Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) moved from Italy to Paris and started as a kitchen boy. Alongside he also composed music and was a dancer and actor. He soon became leader of the court orchestra, and w...

My heart is yours - Norways contribution to Eurovision Song Contest 2010. A beautiful and mighty song about love - in an arrangement made by Haakon Esplo.

Most Scandinavian people know Benny Borg. As a guitarist, composer, lyric writer and a show actor, he has been producing great music for many decades. His most famous songs are probably 'Balladen om M...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote music in many genres. The most famous of his works are written in opera, piano concertos and sonatas, symphonies and string quartets and string quintets. Mozart wrote in...

'Vi lever' (En Chantant) was recorded and released on a single by the French artist Michel Sardou in 1978. Four years later, in 1982 Wenche Myhre recorded a Norwegian version with text by Jan Eggum de...

The American comedy 'Police Academy' became a huge worldwide blockbuster at the movies in 1984. With, among others, Steve Gutenberg and Kim Cattrall in the roles the movie followed a group of police r...

Solo for Flute in C - Vocal - Oboe in C - Altosax Eb - Tenorsax Bb - Flugelhorn/Trumpet - Horn in F - Horn in Eb - Trombone BC - Trombone TC - Euphonium BC - Euphonium TC - Euphonium Bb BC - Trombone...

The opening theme in this song is based on a Dutch folksong 'Wilgeboompjes' from 1735. However, the theme reminds us more about traditional irish folk music. The Norwegian band 'Plumbo' made popular m...

Amund Enger has since his recording debut in 1981 established himself as a music artist, actor and above all a songwriter for other artists. His probably most well-known songs are 'Domine Deus' and 'H...

'Walking in the Air' is written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film 'The Snowman', based on the book by Raymond Briggs. In the film the song was performed by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter...

Norway's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin in 1971. This happy, swingin' song is arranged here for 7-part flexible instrumentation. Happiness was Norway's entry to the Eurovision Song Con...

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' ('Big enough for me') which was r...