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This evocative ballad is written by Geir Hvidsten (music) and Ingebjørg Bratland (lyrics). We recommend listening to the original recording by Ingebjørg Bratland in addition to the recording of this a...

The ballad "The Castle" was originally written for the EBU Big Band's concert in Bergen in 2000. The band, consisting of a musician from each of the EBU countries, performed specially commissioned mus...

La ballade est un type de chanson folklorique norvégienne qui signifie à l'origine "chanson de danse", du mot latin ballare ("danser").

La sœur du compositeur, Kari Bremnes, a connu un grand succès avec cette chanson à travers son album "Det vi har" de 2017. Par la suite, Elisabeth Andreassen l'a également interprétée dans l'émission...

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...

This song have been one the most popular ballads in Norway since it was recorded by the group 'Vamp' in 1993. The poem, written by Kolbein Falkeid, is the story about a dream. It is a man who tells th...

Emperor Suite containes three movements inspired by empires, cossacks and ancient mystique. In the first movement, Ancient Song one can hear a simple, almost hypnotic old tune. Slowly it floats away.

This blues was written for the American Jazz-clarinetist Eddy Daniels.

Balkan Blues is music from the musical Bergets Hjärta (the Heart of the Mountain), which was a cooperative production between Norrbotten Big Band and Norrbottens Teatern, 1997 in Luleå in the north of...

Knock On Wood' has a genuine blues pedigree. This hit song from 1966 was written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper of 'Blues Brothers' fame. Knock on Wood has become a rock and roll classic, and has be...

Blackbird Special' is a song by American band Dirty Dozen Brass Band. The song is an entertainment piece, a good concert opener or encore. When used as a concert opener one may let the different secti...

L'ouverture du concert "Infinity Forest" s'inspire d'une forêt ancienne qui se dresse majestueusement, enveloppée de mystère et de secrets. En s'aventurant dans cette forêt, on ne sait jamais ce qui n...

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...

Storbystev has a catchy tune, and incorporates a mix of funk-, samba- and rock rythms. The alto saxophone and trumpet are featured as soloists, but the piece also show-cases the tuba- and percussion s...

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 original piece is intended to performed by the youngest musicians. The structure of the overture is traditional A-B-A with a slow section in the middle flanked by two Modearo sections. As the tit...

'Introduction' is a short concert opener. I quote a couple of Norwegian Folk Tunes to make a musical picture of the Vikings running from the seashore to face a battle. They used to drink something mad...

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...

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...

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) was asked by his sister to compose music for a play for her children in 1890. He first started to compose Hänsel und Gretel, based on the fairy tale by the Brothers G...

L'ouverture du concert "Infinity Forest" s'inspire d'une forêt ancienne qui se dresse majestueusement, enveloppée de mystère et de secrets. En s'aventurant dans cette forêt, on ne sait jamais ce qui n...