Norsk Musikforlag’s Orchestra catalogue systematized according to theme
Norsk Musikforlag orchestral catalogue:
https://musikkforlagene.no/leiemateriell/#1472813927907-47a01fb2-58e5
Orchestra = Full orchestra, chamber orchestra, Beethoven-orch., string orchestra
Music for smaller instrumentation/chamber is specified.
• Contemporary music (living composers) marked in black with hyperlinks to web-site/ score
• Elder music marked with green with hyperlinks to score if possible
A
Aborgines
Wim Henderickx: Ballad: The Witch doctor and the two giants Africa
Gregor Hübner: African Portrait Op. 13
Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa
Wim Henderickx: Confrontation, Bolomakote Air
Ludvig Irgens-Jensen: Air for chamber orchestra
Wim Henderickx: Air America
Henning Sommerro: America (Ujamaa, 3rd movem.)
Ancient Time
B Tommy Andersson: Satyricon, Apollo, Pan
Sally Beamish: Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone ( * Nordic Countries)
The Day Dawn
Johan Kvandal: Antagonia
Knut Nystedt: Ode to the people (T: old-Greek)
Marcus Paus 3 Fragments from Sappho
Fartein Valen: Epithalamion, Op. 19, Pastorale, Op. 11
Afterthought
Smaller instr./ chamber
Sally Beamish: Epilogue
Anglo Saxon inspiration
Sally Beamish: The Seafarer , The Sins (Middle-English), Henning Sommerro: Shetland Suite, Scottish Suite
Smaller instr./chamber:
Sally Beamish: The Seafarer Trio
Smaller instr/ Chamber: Animals
Sally Beamish: The Song Gatherer, The Singing, The Seafarer, Dance Variations, A cage of Doves, Smaller inst./chamber:
Sally Beamish: Aquarium, Sule Skerrie, Four Songs from Hafez, Rhapsody on themes from Hafez , Divan, The Lion and the Deer (with choir)
Edvard Grieg: Killingdans, Op.67, No.6 (Kids dance)
Peder Barratt Due: Ildfluer (Fireflies)
Trygve Madsen: Serenade for pungulven op.42 (serenade for the Thylacine)
Jon Øivind Ness: The Dangerous Kitten
Knut Nystedt: Løven gjesper (The lion Yawns) (T: André Bjerke)
Johan Svendsen: Original Works for String Orchestra (Including; I fjor gjætte e Gjeitinn – Last year I did herd the goats)
Animals connected to myths/Fairytales/poetry
Smaller instr / Chamber
Sally Beamish: Sule Skerrie, Four Songs from Hafez
Animals as symbols
Sally Beamish: Four Songs from Hafez , Rhapsody on themes from Hafez, Divan, Smaller Instr/ Chamber: Albatross
Arabic. insp. Smaller instrumentation/chamber
Wim Henderickx: Alla Turca Architecture
Sally Beamish: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra, (City Stanzas)
Sven Nyhus: Stavkirke (Stave-church) Australia
Wim Henderickx: Ballad: The witch doctor and the two giants Ave Maria
Fartein Valen: Ave Maria for voice and orch.
Wim Henderickx: Ave Maria B Bach-inspiration
B Tommy Andersson: Passacaglia
Sally Beamish: Kirchen (Cantata Nach dir, verlanget mich), Chamber Concerto (Brandenburg 4 & 6).
Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa, Ouverture, The Iceberg
Smaller instr./ chamber:
Sally Beamish: Takes Two (French Suite in D), Slow Movement (Brandenburger Concerto), Egil Hovland: Tombeau de Bach Baroque – inspiration/Baroque elements / Baroque Music
Sally Beamish: The Song Gatherer (Fugue/ Toccata), Chamber Concerto, Spinal Chords
Smaller instr./ chamber:
Sally Beamish: Slow Movement , Slow Movement (Brandenburger Concerto -2 versions), Concerto Grosso
Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa, The Iceberg, Chrysillis Baudelaire, Charles
Knut Vaage: Continue for orchestra
Beethoven’s inspiration
Sally Beamish: Opus California, Trumpet Concerto (City Stanzas)
Wim Henderickx: Harp Concertino (Beethoven’s 5th and 6th Symph )
Bible
Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Jesus i Getsemane
Wim Henderickx: Harp concertino (after a soft Silence, an enormous Thunder...)
Kjell Mørk Karlsen: Dominus Pascit Me, Op 4, No. 4,
Trond Kverno: Completorium in Noctibus, Og det er dommens dag, salme for kor, orkester og orgel, St.Matthews Passion
Knut Nystedt: Apocalypsis Joannis, Brennofferet ( The Burnt Sacrifice: Biblical scenes), De syv segl (The seven seals), Ichthys (fishes) Op.76, Kristnikvede Op.144, Libertas Vincit Op. 145, Lucis Creator Optime Op. 145, Nådevegen Op.14, Psalmus 138 Op.167, Reach out for Peace (choir and orch),
Sparre Olsen: De Profundis Sursum Corda Op.34, Elsk din neste (Love your Neighbour), Ver Sacrum (Heilage vår) Op.30
Leif Solberg: Ver Sacrum
Birdsong/Birds
Sally Beamish: The Singing, Divan, The Song Gatherer, The Seafarer, A Cage of Doves, For smaller instr./ chamber:
Marcus Paus: 13 Ways (Thirteen Ways of looking at a Blackbird) by Wallace Stevens
Smaller instr./ chamber:
Sally Beamish: Albatross
Trygve Madsen: Wald-Taube Musik
Halfdan Kjerulf: Lokkende toner (Alluring tones)
Harald Sæverud: Småfuglvals Op.18 No.2 (Little Birds Waltz)
Fartein Valen: La Islas de las Calmas (insp.: doves/ Spain/Mallorca)
Bjørnson, Bjørnstjerne (texts by)
Thomas Beck: Arnljot Gelline (from Snorre´s saga, Times of the vikings)
Catharinus Elling: Kong Inge and Gregorius Dagsøn
Edvard Grieg: Det første møtes sødme (The first meeting´s blossom)
Halfdan Kjerulf: Aftenstemning (prinsessen)
Rikard Nordraak: Det ligger et land ( there is a country), Kaare´s Song, Taylor´s Song, Tonen (the tone)
Sparre Olsen: Hymne (Ære det evige foraar i livet)
Black Death
Marcus Paus: Decameron Boccaccio , Giovanni
Marcus Paus: Decameron Bohems,insp.
B Tommy Andersson: Bohemiana Bosch, Hieronymus
Wim Henderickx: Le Visioni di Paura (visions of fear)
B Tommy Andersson: Garden of Delights Brahms, Johannes/ arr. or insp.
Sally Beamish: Kirschen
Jacques Cohen: arr. of Clarinet Sonata No.1 for for B clar and strings Bridges
Henning Sommerro: (bridges over borders): Borders
Sally Beamish: Bridging the Day
For chamber/ensembles: Opus California (for string or sax. quartet)
Wim Henderickx: Antifoon Britten insp.
B Tommy Andersson: Reflections
Sally Beamish: Variation on a Theme of Benjamin Britten Smaller instr./ chamber: Sally Beamish: Reed Stanzas Buddhism Smaller inst./chamber
Wim Henderickx: Sacred Places II (The Valley of the Gods) (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug), Mudra, Tejas (What does the sound of the universe look like?)
C Carnival
Johan Svendsen: Norsk kunstnerkarneval Op.14, Carnival in Paris Op.9, Smaller instr./ Chamber: Sally Beamish: Carnival Samba Carmina Gadelica
Sally Beamish: Under the Wing of the Rock Celtic insp:
Sally Beamish: Seavaigers, Hill Stanzas- Piano Concerto No. 1 (NMO for Nordic Countries only)
Henning Sommerro: Shetland Suite, Scottish Suite, Chrysillis
Smaller instr./ Chamber: Sally Beamish: Reed Stanzas, Changes
Sally Beamish: Spinal Chords
Smaller instr./ chamber: Chakras
Wim Henderickx: The seven Chakras Charm
Jon Øivind Ness: Charm
Erik Sammut: Sugaria Choral (insp.)
Wim Henderickx: An Evening Prayer (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
Only Darkness and shadow
Childhood/memories from childhood
Sally Beamish: A Cage of Doves , Cauldron of the Speckled (pn concerto) (NMO for Nordic Countries only)
Smaller instr./ chamber: Sally Beamish: Trygve Madsen: …og icke de smaa at foragte
Children, music for:
Ragnar Bjerkreim: Kamilla og tyven (Kamilla and the thief)
Wim Henderickx: Olek Shota a Bear, Circus Suite
Smaller instr./ Chamber: Chinese inspiration
Marcus Paus: A Portrait of Zhou
Fartein Valen: Zwei Chinesische Gedichte Chorale
Marcus Paus: Concerto for Timpani and orchestra, Christmas
Bjørn Morten Christphersen: Jeg synger Julekvad (In dulci Jubilo), Kling no Klokka (Folk tune from Oppdal/Norway)
Egil Hovland: Nöel Variations for Orchestra Op 84
Kjell Mørk Karlsen: Juleoriatoriet (Christmas Oratorio), Op.57
Circus:
Wim Henderickx: Circus suite City Life/Urban Landscape
Sally Beamish: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (City Stanzas) Co-incidences
Sally Beamish: The Seafarer, Spinal Chords
Smaller instr./ chamber: Collaboration, crossing borders:
Henning Sommerro: Borders, Ujamaa, Follow the Moonstone: Scandinavian suite, Scottish Suite, Shetland Suite, Chrysillis Comedy
Sally Beamish: Commedia Comfort
Sally Beamish:, The Day Dawn, Under the Wing of the Rock ( also version for sax and strings) Henning Sommerro: The Day Dawn
Smaller instr./ chamber: Sally Beamish: Sule Skerrie, Gala Water Concerto Grosso
Sally Beamish: Concerto Grosso Conflict vs. Resolution
Sally Beamish: The Seafarer, Cage of Doves, The Seavaigers Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa, Borders ,The Iceberg Confrontation
Smaller inst./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: Bolomakote, Confrontation Contemplation
Smaller instr./chamber: Sally Beamish: Epilogue
Wim Henderickx: In Deep Silence Contrasts
Wim Henderickx: Pulses of the Earth, Symphony no. 1 (At the Edge of the World), Only Darkness and shadows Consciousness
Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Tanken (The Thought) Cosmos/Universe:
Wim Henderickx: Tejas (What does the sound of the universe look like?) Smaller instr./chamber
Wim Henderickx: OM, IO Conversation/Dialogues
Sally Beamish: Diodati
Knut Vaage: Dialogues Creation (in a wide interpr.)
B Tommy Andersson: Garden of Delights Cuba
Gregor Hübner: Conga Concerto, Conga Concerto for conga and orch. Cubism
Smaller instr./chamber
Marcus Paus: 13 Ways (Thirteen Ways of looking at a Blackbird) by Wallace Stevens
Dali, Salvador
Trygve Madsen: Salvador Dali, op.77 Dance
Sally Beamish: Dance Varitions
Jacques Cohen: Three Nottingham Dances
Catharinus Elling: Cossacs (Taras Bulba- Dances), Cossacs ( Taras Bulba- Ouverture) Gunnar Jr. Germeten: Dansen gjennom skuggeheimen (The Dance Through the land of shadow)
Gisle Kverndokk: Symphonic Dances
Halfdan Kjerulf: Polonaise
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Barbarian Dance, Tomorrow shall be my dancing day, Dance of the Gods
Harald Sæverud: Småfuglvals Op. 18 No. 2 (Little Bird´s Waltz, solo pn)
Dante Darkness
Sally Beamish: Diodati
Smaller. instrumentation/Chamber: Wim Henderickx: Disappearing in Light, Evocation, Only Darkness and shadow
Jon Øivind Ness: Beware of Darkness
Fartein Valen: La Noche Oscura Del Alme, Op. 33 (Die dunkle Nacht die Seele)
Davies, Sir Peter Maxwell
Sally Beamish: Max´s Pibroch, A Cage of Doves Death (See also Requiem)
Sally Beamish: Flodden Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Die Nacht der Toten
Sigurd Islandsmoen: Requiem Kjell Mørk Karlsen: Sinfonia da Requiem
Fartein Valen: Kirkegården ved havet, Le cimetiere marin, opus 20 (The Cementery by the Sea)
Smaller Inst./ chamber
Sally Beamish: Gala Water Debussy, “inspiration”
Sally Beamish: Suite pour Violoncelle et Orchestre
Smaller Instr./ Chamber: Decameron, The Marcus Paus: Decameron Delvaux, Paul (painter)
Smaller instr. /chamber: Wim Henderickx: Droombeelden (Dreamscapes) Desire
B Tommy Andersson: Satyricon
Smaller instr./ chamber:
B Tommy Andersson: Games for Giton, The Secret of Eros
Sally Beamish: Four Songs from Hafez Dialogue vs. confrontation
Wim Henderickx: Groove!, Confrontation
Knut Vaage: Tjat (Chatter), Orkesterdialogar (Orchestra Dialogues) Divine Love
Smaller instr./Chamber: Sally Beamish: Showings Dowland, insp.
B Tommy Andersson: Passacaglia Dreams
Wim Henderickx: Symphony No. 2 (Aquarius Dream), Makyo, 2 Nocturnes
Jacques Cohen: Quiet Music
Wim Henderickx: Droombeelden (Dreamscapes)
Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen: Reverie
Sparre Olsen: Draumkvedet (The Dream Lay) (Old Norwegian and English text) (choir, sol, orch.)
Smaller instr./ chamber: Klaus Egge: Draumar i stjernesnø
E
Early Poetry
Sally Beamish: The Seafarer, Divan, Dance Variations, The Sins (original), The Sins (amended vesion)
Smaller instr./ chamber: Sally Beamish: Four Songs from Hafez East meeting West
Wim Henderickx: Tejas (What does the sound of the universe look like)
Eastern Philosophy
Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: Disappearing in Light, The Seven Chakras, Raga I, Raga II, Raga III Elements
Wim Henderickx: Tejas (what does the sound of the universe look like?)
Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: The Seven Chakras, Atlantic Wall (Voix de L´ombre) Elusive
Wim Henderickx: Pulses of the Earth, Symphony No. 2 (Aquarius Dream)
Smaller instr./ chamber:
Wim Henderickx: Elusive Time Energy
Wim Henderickx: Antifoon (Festival Edition) (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug), Tejas (what does the sound of the universe look like?) (creative energy), Groove! Smaller instr./ Chamber
Wim Henderickx: The Seven Chakras Enigma
Wim Henderickx: Enigma VII (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug) Eternity
Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: OM Elgar insp.
Wim Henderickx: Enigma VII (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
Energy
B Tommy Andersson: Apollo, Pan Enigma
Wim Henderickx: Enigma VII (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug) Encore (possible encore-pieces)
Knut Vaage: Tjat (Chatter)(approx. 5.min)
Ethnic insp.
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Groove!, Lamento, Nostalgia Ethnic instruments (with ethn.instr.): Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Nostalgia for Middle East Instruments
Evening
Thomas Beck: Lørdagskvell (Saturday Night)
Agathe Backer-Grøndahl: Mot Kveld (At sunset)
Edvard Grieg: Jeg reiste en deilig sommerkveld (I did travel a lovely summer-evening) ,op.26 No.2
Eivind Groven: Mot kvelden/menuett (In the evening/minuet)
Wim Henderickx: An Evening Prayer (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
Tejas (what does the universe look like)
Halfdan Kjerulf: Aftenstemning (Prinsessen) (T: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson)
Johan Svendsen: Viola (The Viola) and Aftenrøster (Evening Voices)
Smaller instr./ chamber: Sally Beamish: Epilogue
Exultate/Ouvertures/“Fest-stück”/ Fanfares
Wim Henderickx: Fanfare for variable ensemble
Knut Nystedt: Exultate Op.74 b, Festival Ouverture Op.25, Entrata Festiva Op.60 (for concert band)
Henning Sommerro: Ouverture
Knut Vaage: Tjat (Chatter)
Øystein Sommerfeldt: Little Ouverture (Miniature ouverture)
Ragnar Söderlind: Festfanfare for brass and perc.
Christian Teilman: Festmarsj (Festmarch)
F Fairytale/ “stories”
Jacques Cohen: Three Nottingham Dances
Harald Sæverud: Knight Bluebeard´s Nightmare (By Charles Perraults) Famine
Sally Beamish: The Singing Fantome/Ghosts
Smaller instr./ chamber:
Sally Beamish: Hill Stanzas (Pn. Con. No. 1) (NMO for Nordic Countries only)
Rolf Wallin: Topologie d úne Cite Fantome Fear: B Tommy Andersson: Pan
Sally Beamish: Diodati, Seavaigers, The Seafarer, Spinal Chords, Hagar in the Wilderness (opera),
Wim Hendericx: An Evening Prayer (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
, Le visioni di Paura (visions of Fear), Skriet Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa, The Iceberg Fellini, insp: B Tommy Andersson: Satyricon Film, music for film: Marcus Paus: A portrait of Zhou ( 20…), Torden/ Mortal ( 2020) (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
Johan Halvorsen: Reisen til julestjernen (Journey to the Christmas Star) Fire
Wim Henderickx: Tejas (What does the sound of the universe look like?), The Four elements Fish
Knut Nystedt: Ichthys (from the bible)
Smaller instr./chamber:
Sally Beamish: Four Songs from Hafez ( high voice and exists also in other versions), Aquarium
Flowers
Sally Beamish: Botanical Drawings
Arvid Kleven: Lotusland, symphonic poem (Au Pays De Lotus)
Johan Svendsen: Violen (The Viola) og Aftenrøster (and Evening Voices) Folk-dance (or inspired by)
Marcus Paus: A portrait of Zhou, Music for Orchestra, Gisle Kverndokk: Symphonic Dances
Johan Svendsen: Norsk springdans (Norwegian folk dance), Critical Edition
Harald Sæverud: Galdreslåtten Op.20, Symphonic dance and passacaglia, Kjempeviseslåtten Op. 22a, No. 5 (The Ballad of Revolt), Kvernslått (Mill-Tune), Siljuslåtten Op. 17a (Symphonic Dance)
Folk Music, Folk-tunes (arr./or insp. from)
Sally Beamish: Under the Wing of the Rock (sax version), Under the Wing of the Rock (viola vrs.)
Edvard Bræin: Religious folk Tunes from Nord-Møre ( Norway)
Jacques Cohen: Carsington Water
Edvard Grieg: 19 Norwegian folk-tunes
David Monrad Johansen: I Vaagelidann, op.6 No 7
Kjell Mørk Karlsen: Norsk suite (Norwegian suite) (springleik, Seterlokk, Halling Bånsull)
Trond Kverno: Hymn - From Fjord and tide, (a fantasy over folk-tunes from Ørsta)
Sven Nyhus: Grimen, (The Water-sprite) for hardangerfiddle and string orch., Stavkirke (The Stave church) for hardingfiddle, string orchestra ad.lib.
Henning Sommerro: Chrysillis, Shetland Suite, Scottish Suite
Sparre Olsen: Two Old Norwegian Hymns from Gudbrandsdalen, Variation on an old Norwegian Folk-song, Seven Krokann-songs Op.28, Seks gamle bygdevisur frå Lom (Six old Country Songs from Lom)
Øystein Sommerfeldt: 11 Norwegian religious Folktunes
Johan Svendsen: Original Works for string orchestra (I fjol gjætte e Gjeitinn, Two Islandic melodies)
Magnar Åm: Study on a Norwegian Hymn from Luster
Frankenstein:
Sally Beamish: Diodati, Whitescape (NMO for Nordic Countries only) Friendship
B Tommy Andersson: Games for Giton
Sally Beamish: Diodati Funeral
Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Sørgemarch til minde om Johan Selmer (Funeral March in the memory of Johan Selmer)
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx Lamento, Raga II
Johan Svendsen: Andante funébre, critical edition, Funeral march by J.P.E. Hartman, critical Edition
Ragnar Söderlind: Trauermusik
Fartein Valen: Nenia for orchestra
Gaelic inspiration
Sally Beamish: The Singing, Under the Wing Garbage
Jon Øivind Ness: Dandy Garbage Garborg, Arne (Norw. author)
Edvard Grieg: Det syng (It Sings!), Elsk (Love), Killingdans Op.67., No 6 (Kids dance), Vond dag (sad day), V Op.67, No., Veslemøy Op.67 No.2, Gathering
Sally Beamish: The Song Gatherer
Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa Geography (geographical places)
Terje Bjørklund: Sarek (Samic aria, Sweden)
Gisle Kverndokk: Around the world in 80 days, Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa (with reference to the continents)
Ketil Vea: Helgeland-Suite (Helgeland, Norway)
Magnar Åm: Study on a Norwegian Hymn from Luster (Study on a Norwegian hymn from Luster)
George Gershwin
Jon Øivind Ness: George gets a makeover Gesualdo
Sally Beamish: Concerto Grosso Giraud, Albert
Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: Evocation Goethe, Johan Wolfgang Olav Berg: Historien (History)
Fartein Valen: Mignon – Zwei Gedichte von Goethe, Op. 7, Greek Mythology
B Tommy Andersson: Satyricon, Apollo Smaller inst./chamber Olav Berg: Poseidon
Wim Henderickx: Lamento di Medea (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug) Ketil Hvoslef: Antigone
H Hafez
Sally Beamish: Four Songs from Hafez, Rhapsody on Themes from Hafez
For smaller instr./ chamber: Sally Beamish: Divan
Halling
Marcus Paus: Music for Orchestra
Hate
Marcus Paus: Hate Songs Hell:
B Tommy Andersson: Garden of Delights
Wim Henderickx: Le Visioni di Paura Haydn insp.
Jacques Cohen: Elegy on a Floating Chord
Wim Henderickx: In Deep Silence III (Impression on a theme from Haydn- Kaiser Quartet)
Smaller instr./chamber: Healing
Sally Beamish: Spinal Chords, Botanical Drawings Hinduisme
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Disappearing in Light, OM, Tejas Historic events
Sally Beamish: Flodden
Trygve Madsen: 1905 Ouverture op. 129 Home/Homeland
Sally Beamish: Bridging the Day, Seavaigers Henning Sommerro: The Iceberg Holiness
Smaller instr./ chamber Wim Henderickx: OM Holst, Gustav Jacques Cohen: A Moorside suite (arr) Homages
B Tommy Andersson: The Secret of Eros Hope/new openings
Sally Beamish: The Day Dawn, Seavaigers, Spinal Chords, Hagar in the Wilderness Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa, The Iceberg, Aperire, Borders, Solstice, Vårsøg (Longing for spring)
Wim Henderickx: Symphony no. 2 (Aquarius Dream), An Evening Prayer
Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: Lagrimas
Fartein Valen: An die Hoffnung, Op.18 No.2 Human´s relation to nature
Sally Beamish: Under the Wing of the Rock, Seavaigers, The Seafarer, Botanical Drawings, The Song Gatherer, Reed Stanzas
Wim Henderickx: Songs of nature Humanity
Sally Beamish: Under the Wing of the Rock, The Song Gatherer , The Singing
Henning Sommerro: The Iceberg, Ujamaa
Knut Nystedt: Ode to the people (antic Greek) Humoristic (“with a sense of humor”)
Sally Beamish: Kirschen
Wim Henderickx: Circus Suite
Knut Vaage: Tjat (Chatter)
Hunting
Smaller inst./chamber: Trygve Madsen: Eine Kleine Jagdmusik Hymns/ insp.
Sally Beamish: A Cage of Doves, Edvard Grieg: 4 salmer ( 4 Hymns)
Henning Sommerro: Chrysillis, Brimi, Follow the Moonstone: Scandinavian suite, Shetland Suite, Scottish Suite (?), JOPPE
Smaller instr./chamber: Magnar Åm: Studie over ein salmetone frå Luster (Study on a Norwegian hymn from Luster)
I
Ibsen, Henrik
Hjalmar Borgstrøm: John Gabriel Borkman
Johan Kvandal: Ibsen-cantata
Finn Mortensen: Hedda Op.42 (Cavalcade for orchestra)
Harald Sæverud: Peer-Gynt Op.28 (Theatre edition), Peer-Gynt Suite No.1 ( Containing: 1.The Devil´s Five hop, 2.Dovretroll Jog, 3. Hymn against the Boyg, 4. Mixed Company, 5.Solveig Sings, 6. Anitra, Peer-Gynt Suite No. 2 (containing: 1. Peer-Laudium, 2. Bridal Dance, 3. The Threatener, 4. Grave Hymn, 5. Twinnan, 6. Here was my Empire!, 7. Sleep my precious ,darling boy Imagination/fantasy/ Narratives/fiction:
Sally Beamish: The Imagined Sound of Sun on Stone
Wim Henderickx: Circus suite, Ballad The witch doctor and the two giants, Smaller instr./ Chamber: Wim Henderickx: Olek schoot een beer
Dave Maric: Broken fiction
Improvisation (including improvisation):
Sally Beamish: The Seavaigers
Wim Henderickx: Antifoon (Festival Edition) (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Bolomakote
Impulses
Smaller instr./ chamber: Dave Maric: On Impulse
Indian insp.
Wim Henderickx Raga II, Cello Concerto (Sangita), Tejas, Clarinet Concerto (Sutra), Makyo Smaller instr.:
Wim Henderickx: Adana(Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug) , Raga III, Raga I Indians:
Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa
Ketil Vea: Concerto (T: Indian Chief Sealth, Text in Norwegian and English) Imagination / Fantasy
Sally Beamish: Diodati, Smaller instr./chamber: Dave Maric: Falling to the sky
Insects
Peder Barratt- Due: Ildfluer (Fireflies) Italian Inspiration
Marcus Paus: Decameron Smaller instr./ chamber: Sally Beamish: Commedia, Italo Calvino
Sally Beamish: Concerto for Trumpet and orchestra Irish inspiration
J Japan
Ludvig Irgens-Jensen: Japanischer Frühling Jazz Inspiration
Sally Beamish: Concerto for Trumpet and orchestra (insp. Clifford Brown), Kirschen Smaller instr./chamber: Sally Beamish: Opus California (also for sax quartet) Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: Groove!
Jewish inspiration/insp. from Jewish folktunes:
Sally Beamish: The Song Gatherer
Ståle Kleiberg: Lamento to Cissi Klein
Jacques Cohen: Yigdal
Smaller instr./chamber: Henning Sommerro: People of the Book (contact Skjalg@musikkforlagene.no)
Johannes Åpenbaring (John´s revelation)
Wim Henderickx: Harp Concertino (…after…) Journeys
Sally Beamish: The Song Gatherer, The Seafarer
Ragnar Bjerkreim: The Kon-Tiki Man ( Music from the BBC Tel. Series of Thor Heyerdahl)
Marcus Paus: Voyage
Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa, The Iceberg, Chrysillis
Knut Vaage: Continues for orchestra
Journeys, dangerous
Sally Beamish: Seavaigers
Ragnar Bjerkreim: The Kon-Tiki Man
Journey, Life/Life´s
Sally Beamish: The Seafarer (like a sea voyage ending in heaven´s haven), Viola Concerto no 2, Botanical Drawings, Seavaigers
Dave Maric: Lifetime Journey, search for adventure
Sally Beamish: Seavaigers , The Seafarer , The Song Gatherer
Ragnar Bjerkreim: The Kon-Tiki Man
Jug Band insp.
Smaller instr./chamber
Knut Vaage: Jug Band Rag
K
Kapoor, Sir Anish
Wim Henderickx: Symphony No. 1 (At the Edge of the World)
King Fu
Marcus Paus: A portrait of Zhou
L Laments
Sally Beamish: Seavaigers, The Song Gatherer, Trumpet Concerto (City Stanzas), Flodden
Jacques Cohen: Elegy on a Floating Chord
Marcus Paus: Decameron
Henning Sommerro: Borders
Wim Hendericx: An Evening Prayer (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
Smaller instr./chamber:
Sally Beamish: Aquarium
Wim Henderickx: Lamento, Lamento de Medea (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug), Lamento
Egil Hovland: Lamenti per Orchestra Op. 43
David Monrad Johansen: Lamento Op.34
Fartein Valen: Nenia for orchestra
Latin
Igmar Alderete Acosta: Concierto No.1, Concierto No. 2
Ulf Skjæran: Gavotte and Sarabande
Langland, William
Sally Beamish: Dance Variations
Smaller inst./ chamber: Sally Beamish: The Sins Law
Glenn Erik Haugland: Law vs. order Lind, Michael (tubaist)
Smaller instr./chamber: Trygve Madsen: Trombones, Michael and I L´histoire du soldat (Stravinski)
Smaller instr/chamber: Wim Henderickx: Olek schoot een beer (Olek shot a bear) Life vs. Death
Sally Beamish: Botanical Drawings Light/ Sun
B Tommy Andersson: Apollo
Sally Beamish: Bridging the Day, , A Cage of Doves, The Day Dawn, Wim Henderickx: Tejas (What does the sound of the world look like?)
Henning Sommerro: Solhverv (Solstice)
Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen: 5 Lieder nach Gedichten von Stein Mehren
Smaller Instr./chamber:
Ståle Kleiberg: Lyssmeden (The Light Smith)
Wim Henderickx: Disappearing in Light
Knut Nystedt: Solsong (Sun-song, Awakening of Spring) Op.33 (T: Anders Hovden)
Øystein Sommerfeldt: Mot en verden av lys op. 34b (Towards a world of light) (T: Two poems by Stein Mehren)
Litterature (original Litterature) or insp.from
Jacques Cohen: Love Journeys (James Joyce)
Peder Barratt-Due: Ildfluer (Fireflies) (Marcel Proust)
Kjell Mørk Karlsen: Symphony No.3 (The Ice Castle (Tarjei Vesaas)
Hjalmar Borgstrøm: John Gabriel Borkman (work by Ibsen), Johan Kvandal: Skipper Worse Suite (novel by Alexander Kielland)
Jon Øivind Ness: Donkey Shot
Marcus Paus: Decameron Loneliness
Ole Bull: I ensomme stunde, Solitude on the Mountain
Edvard Fliflet Bræin: Einsleg (Solitary)
Wim Henderickx: Skriet, An Evening Prayer
Fartein Valen: Ode til ensomheten (Ode to solitude)
Longings
Henning Sommerro: The Iceberg, Vårsøg (Longing for spring)
Smaller instr./ chamber: Sally Beamish: Four Songs from Hafez Love
B Tommy Andersson: The Secret of Eros
Sally Beamish: : Four Songs from Hafez Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Romanze
Jacques Cohen: Love Journeys (James Joyce)
Klaus Egge: Elskhugskvede Op.19
Wim Henderickx: Raga II
Ketil Hvoslef: Antigone
Johan Kvandal: Song to Stella op. 6
Marcus Paus: Love´s Last Rites, Decameron
Julia Spencer and Gernot Blume: Light of Love, Concerto for Trombone and Symphony orchestra.
Henning Sommerro: Chrysillis, The Iceberg
Ragnar Søderlind: Amor et labor, Op. 27
Harald Sæverud: Romanza Op.23, Rondo Amoroso Op.14a No.7, Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: Raga III Love-sorrow
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Lamento de Medea (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
Lost Manuscripts
Sally Beamish: Suite pour Violoncelle et orch.(Debussy), Slow Movement (Bach´s 3rd Brandenburger Concerto) Lovys, Pierre (poet)
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Chansons secretes (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug) Lullabye/insp.from
Lullabyes
Sally Beamish: Under the Wing of the Rock, The Song Gatherer
Edvard Bræin: Cradle Song for strings
Smaller instr./chamber: Trygve Madsen: Berceuse over navnet Brahms
Kjell Mørk Karlsen: Norwegian suite (4th movement Bånsull (Lullabye))
M Madonna
Fartein Valen: Ave Maria for voice and orch.
Smaller instr./ chamber:
Wim Henderickx: Lagrimas, Evocation Madrigals, inspiration from
Sally Beamish: Concerto Grosso Mahler, Alma
B Tommy Andersson: The Secret of Eros Mahler, Gustav
B Tommy Andersson: The Secret of Eros Adagietto (from symph. No. 5 for small wind band), Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen for solo voice (mezzo or baritone) and wind band. (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
Gerhard Müller-Hornbach: Fünf Lieder nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert for voice and chamber ensemble, Kindertotenlieder for voice and chamber ensemble, Magic
Sally Beamish: Hill Stanzas- Piano Concerto No. 1 (NMO for Nordic Countries only)
Wim Hendeickx: Tejas (What does the sound of the world look like?), Groove!, Makyo Dave Maric: Spellbound Magnificat
Terje Bjørklund: Magnificat
Henning Sommerro: Magnificat Mallorca:
Fartein Valen: La Islas de las Calmas (Mallorca) March
Harald Sæverud: Siljuslåtten Martin, Agnes
Wim Henderickx: Oboe Concerto (Empty mind I) Masquerade
Johan Halvorsen: Maskerade suite Medtiation
Smaller instr./ Chamber: Wim Henderickx: Disappearing in Light, An Evening Prayer, Clarinet Concerto (Sutra), Mehren, Stein
Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen: 5 Lieder nach Gedichten von Stein Mehren Smaller instr./chamber
Henning Sommerro: Jostedalsrjupa Melancoly
Wim Henderickx: Nostalgia Mercy
Sally Beamish: Under the Wing of the Rock, Seavaigers, Hagar in the Wilderness Michelangelo
Fartein Valen: Sonetto di Michelangelo, Op. 17, Middle-Age
Sally Beamish: A Cage of Doves, Dance Variations
For chamber/ ensembles:
Sally Beamish: The Sins
Marcus Paus: Decameron Mood
Wim Henderickx: Only Darkness and shadow, Cello concerto (Sangita), In Deep Silence III Moon-Light
Smaller instr./chamber: Ståle Kleiberg: Trio Luna Morning
Wim Henderickx: Raga II
Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: Raga III
Movements
B Tommy Andersson: Garden of Delights, Smaller instr. /chamber: Cecilie Ore: Helices (“spiral-movements”)
Mozart, arr. or inspiration
Marcus Paus: Ave Mozart
Smaller instr./chamber
Trygve Madsen: Einladung zu einer Reise mit Mozart und vier Hornisten
Wim Henderickx: Alla Turca
Anders Högstedt: Voi, che sapete (fra Figaros bryllup for soprano and wind ensemble, Die Zauberflöte, Ouverture for wind ensemble, Henning Sommerro: Ouverture
Harald Sæverud: Mozart-Motto Sinfonietta Mourning
Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Sørgemarch til minde om Johan Selmer (Funeral March in the memory of Johan Selmer – a Norw.composer)
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Lamento
Musical Mosaique
Sally Beamish: Max´s Pibroch
Knut Vaage: Mylder (Including fragments of various classical pieces as original comp ) Mussorgsky, insp./transcrib.
Jacques Cohen: Pictures from an exhibition (transcrib. for strings)
Trygve Madsen: Music to an Exhibition (Serenade)
Mysticism
Wim Henderickx: Makyo
Smaller Instr./chamber: Revelation Mythes/Balllads
B Tommy Andersson: Games for Giton, Satyricon, Apollo, Pan
Sally Beamish: Under the Wing of the Rock
Olav Berg: Poseidon
Wim Henderickx: Ballad (The witch doctor and the two giants)
Marcus Paus: A Portrait of Zhou
Henning Sommerro: Aljonushka
Smaller instr./chamber: Sally Beamish: Sule Skerrie Munch, Edvard
Wim Henderickx: Skriet (The Scream)
Trygve Madsen: Edvard Munch - A Symphonic Portrait Fridtjof Nansen
Henning Sommerro: The Iceberg
N National Hymns
Rikard Nordraak: Ja, vi elsker dette landet (Norwegian nat.hymn)
Alekandre Khatiskatsi: Georgian National Hymn (for solo vl), National Anthem of Norway Nature
Terje Bjørklund: Sarek Eivind Groven: Hjalarljod, overture,op 38.
Wim Henderickx: Songs of Nature
Smaller ensembles/chamber: Wim Henderickx: The Four Elements
Ståle Kleiberg: Trur du på lyng (Do you believe in heather?)
Knut Nystedt: Mirage (Luftspeiling) Op. 71, Sinfonia del Mare Op.97, Solsong (choir and orch.) (Sunsong)
Nature/«Colors of Nature»
Smaller instr./ chamber: Sally Beamish: Aquarium Nature Disasters :
Sally Beamish: Diodati (volcano)
Smaller instr./ chamber: Cecilie Ore: Water works Nature/Fog/Mist
Smaller instr./ chamber: Cecilie Ore: Morning Mist Vente Nautre forces: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen: Boreas Blows, Boreas Sings
Smaller instr./ chamber: Cecilie Ore: Porphyre (volcano)
Wim Henderickx: Pulses of the Earth Nature, forest
Halfdan Kjerulf: Hvile i skoven (T: Welhaven)
Nature, ice
Kjell Mørk Karlsen: Symphony No. 3, The Ice Castle, Tarjei Vesaas)
Cecilie Ore: Glacier Song (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
Henning Sommerro: The Iceberg
Smaller instr./ Chamber: Nature, moore
Jacques Cohen: A Moorside Suite (arr. Gustav Holst)
Smaller instr./ chamber: Ståle Kleiberg: Trur du på lyng?
Nature,mountains
Edvard Grieg: Ved Rondane, Op.33, No 9
Halfdan Kjerulf: På fjellet (on the mountain)
Johan Svendsen: Sæterjentens søndag by Ole Bull (The Herd Girl´s Sunday by Ole Bull), Critical Edition
Nature/Mythes/symbols
B Tommy Andersson: Pan
Smaller instr./chamber: Trygve Madsen: Threesomes
Wim Henderickx: Disappearing in Light Nature, ocean
Sally Beamish: The Seafarer, Seavaigers
Edvard Fliflet Bræin: Havljom (Echo from the Sea), Ut mot havet (Towards the Sea for voice and orch., or orchestra)
Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa
Gisle Kverndokk: Ocean Waves Nature/ River:
Henning Sommerro: Aljonushka
Cecilie Ore: Water works
Julia Spencer: Marimba concerto, Waterfalls Nature/ Tempest
Sally Beamish: Ariel Nature/Trees
Øistein Sommerfeldt: Eika -symfonisk forspill (The Oak- Symphonic Prelude, Sinfonia La betulla (Symphony to the birch)
Nature, water
Jacques Cohen: Carsington Water
Cecilie Ore: Water Works
Gisle Kverndokk: Ocean Waves
Julia Spencer: marimba concerto - Waterfalls
Smaller instr./ chamber:
Marcus Paus: The Waters of Vinje
Nature, wind
Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen: Boreas Blows (north-wind), Boreas Sings (north-wind)
Pascal Schumacher: Windfall Concerto Nepal
Smaller instrumentation/ chamber:
Wim Henderickx: Sacred Places II (The valley of the Gods) (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug), The Seven Chakras, Nada Brahma, Mudra, Maya’s Dream, Night
Fartein Valen: La Noche Obscura Del Alme, Op. 32 (Die dunkle Nacht die Seele)
For smaller ensembles/chamber:
Knut Nystedt: A Song as in the Night (includes choir) Nightmare
Jacques Cohen: Quiet Music Nocturne
Wim Henderickx: 2 Nocturnes, Marcus Paus: Music for Orchestra (part V), Concerto for Timpani and orchestra Nordraak, Richard
Johan Halvorsen: Nordraakiana - Suite, Northsea/Friendship crossing borders/Scandinavian/Scottish friendship:
Sally Beamish: The Seafarer, A Cage of Doves, Seavaigers
Henning Sommerro: Follow the Moonstone, Chrysillis
Northern Light
Sally Beamish: A Cage of Doves Norse history/insp.:
Sally Beamish: The Day Dawn
Henning Sommerro: Follow the Moonstone, The Day Dawn
David Monrad Johansen: Sigvat Skald (From Snorre), Voluspaa (from elder Edda)
Sparre Olsen: Tvo Edda-Kvad (Two songs from Edda)
Leif Solberg: Norrøna March (Norse march)
Johan Svendsen: Sigurd Slembe, Op. 8
Nostalgy
Wim Henderickx: Nostalgia Norway (Hymns to etc.)
Klaus Egge: Noregs-songen Op.16 (T: Arne Garborg)
Edvard Grieg: Landkjenning
Johannes Hanssen: Valdres-marsj, Valdres-marsj for salongorkester
Sverre Jordan: Norge Op.32
Olav Kielland: Concerto Grosso Norvegese, Marcia Nostrale
Johan Kvandal: Norwegian Ouverture Op.7
Knut Nystedt: Norge mitt land (Norway – my home country), includes choir (T: Rolf Pande)
Sparre Olsen: Norwegian Song Op.18 (T: Nils Collett Vogt)
Ocean
Sally Beamish: The Seafarer, Seavaigers,
Edvard Fliflet Bræin: Havljom (Echo from the Sea), Ut mot havet (Towards the Sea for voice and orch., or orchestra)
Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa
Gisle Kverndokk: Ocean Waves
Fartein Valen: Kirkegården ved havet (Le cementiere marin, op. 20, The cemetery by the sea op. 20)
Opening/Openness vs. closedness
Wim Henderickx: Recorder Concerto (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
, Soprano Sax Concert (Empty Mind I) (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug), Henning Sommerro: Borders, Aperire
Nils Henrik Asheim: Opening: An Overture
Opening-pieces:
Knut Vaage: Tjat (Chatter)
Harald Sæverud: Fanfare and Hymn, Entrata Regale Op.41
Order:
Glenn Erik Haugland: Law vs. order
Orkney Island
Sally Beamish: A Cage of Doves
Ouvertures/ “Fest-stück”/Fanfares/Exultate
Knut Nystedt: Exultate Op.74 b, Festival Ouverture Op.25, Entrata Festiva Op.60 (for concert band)
Henning Sommerro: Ouverture
Knut Vaage: Tjat (Chatter)
Øystein Sommerfeldt: Little Ouverture (Miniature ouverture)
Christian Teilman: Festmarsj (Festmarch)
P Paintings
B Tommy Andersson: Garden of Delights (Hieronymus Bosch), Pan
Jacques Cohen: Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr Mussorgsky)
Trygve Madsen: Salvador Dali
Wim Henderickx: Symphony No. 1 (At the Edge of the World, (Hieronymus Bosch)
Smaller instr./ chamber:
Marcus Paus: Til et bilde av Lars Jorde (solo pn), Wounded Angel (Hugo Simberg)
Trygve Madsen: Musikk til en utstilling (Music for an Exhibition)
Johan Kvandal: Michelangelo-Poem Op.49
Fartein Valen: Sonetto di Michelangelo Op. 17
Pandemic
Smaller Instr /chamber: Marcus Paus: Cabin Fever, Notturno (Lockdown Lullaby for solo euphon.) Parker, Dorothy
Marcus Paus: Hate Songs Passion
Sally Beamish: Botanical Drawings
B Tommy Andersson: Apollo, The Secret of Eros Harald Sæverud: Overture Appassionata Op.2 Passacaglia
B Tommy Andersson: Passacaglia Pastorale
Fartein Valen: Pastorale op. 11
Leif Solberg: Pastorale
Anne-Marie Ørbeck: Pastorale e allegro Patience
Sally Beamish: Spinal Chords Peace
Knut Nystedt: Reach out for Peace (choir, sol, orch.)
Trygve Madsen: A Piece for Peace
Smaller instr./ chamber: Fartein Valen: Pastorale, Op. 11 Perraults,Charles
Harald Sæverud: Knight Bluebeards Nightmare Petronius, Gaius
B Tommy Andersson: Satyricon Pibrochs
Sally Beamish: The Singing, For chamber/ ensemble: Planets
Smaller instr./chamber
Wim Henderickx: IO (Jupiter),Tejas (What does the sound of the universe look like?), Magnar Åm: Min klode, mi sjel (My Globe, my soul) Poulenc, Francis
Smaller instr./chamber: Trygve Madsen: Hommage a Francis Poulenc Problems
Smaller instr. /chamber: Dave Maric: Predicaments Proust, Marcel
Smaller instr./ chamber: Peder Barratt-Due: Ildfluer (Fireflies)
R Raga
Wim Henderickx: Raga II, Raga III, Raga I
For smaller instrumentations:
Wim Henderickx: Adana (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug) Rites
Marcus Paus: Love´s Last Rites
Henning Sommerro: The Iceberg Redemption
Sally Beamish: Botanical Drawings, The Day Dawn
Henning Sommerro: The Day Dawn Reflections
B Tommy Andersson: Reflections
Religion/Religious approach
Sally Beamish: Hagar in the Wilderness
Wim Henderickx: An Evening Prayer, Harp Concertino
Sigurd Islandsmoen: Requiem
David Monrad Johansen: Ved Alstahaug Prestegård (By the Alstahaug Personage: Peter Dass)
Øystein Sommerfeldt: 11 Norwegian religious Folktunes
Fartein Valen: Ave Maria for voice and orchestra. Cantico di Ringraziamento, Darest Thou Now O Soul, Op. 9, Der 121. Psalm for choir and orch. (Psalm 121)
Henrik Ødegaard: Ad vesperas in natalico Sancto Olavi ( Soli,choir, orchestra)
Requiem
Wim Henderickx: Requiem
Sigurd Islandsmoen: Requiem
Kjell Mørk Karlsen: Sinfonia da requiem
Ståle Kleiberg: Requiem for Victims of Nazi persecution
Rilke, Rainer Marie
Smaller instrumnet./chamber:
Wim Henderickx: Colored Silence, Piano Trio Rome, Old
Harald Sæverud: Lucretia Suite
Russian inspiration
Catharinus Elling: Cossacs (Taras Bulba - Dances), Cossacs (Taras Bulba - Ouverture)
Wim Henderickx: Olek Shoot een beer (Olek shot a bear)
Henning Sommerro: Aljonushka, The Iceberg
Smaller instr/chamber:
S
Sadness
Jacques Cohen: Love Journeys (James Joyce), Elegy on a floating Chord | Musikkforlagene
Wim Henderickx: Raga III
Smaller instr./chamber: Sally Beamish: Wim Henderickx: Lamento de Medea (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug), Raga II (Tombeau) Samic inspiration
Folke Strømholm: Samiædnan (Land of the Lapps)
Ketil Vea: Jiedna for voice and orchestra Sanskrit
Wim Henderickx: Tejas (what does the sound of the universe lok like), Cello Concerto (Sangita)
Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx OM, Adana (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug) Sappho/Sapfo
Marcus Paus 3 Fragments from Sappho Schönberg insp.
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Evocation (Pierrot Lunaire) Scottish history
Sally Beamish: The Singing
Henning Sommerro: Follow the Moonstone (Scottish suite)
Sculptures
Wim Henderickx: Symphony no 1 (At the Edge of the World)
Seafaring
Sally Beamish: Seavaigers, The Seafarer
Ragnar Bjerkreim: The Kon-Tiki Man
Henning Sommerro: Follow the Moonstone, Chrysillis, The Iceberg (3rd movem.)
Erik Sammut: Sailing for Phil
Emmanuel Sejourne: Magellan Concerto
Seasons
Spring: Ludvig Irgens-Jensen: Japanischer Frühling
Minoru Miki: Spring for strings
Knut Nystedt: Solsong (Awakening of spring) (choir, sol,orch)
Henning Sommerro: Vårsøg (Longing for spring), Aperire Summer:
Edvard Grieg: Jeg reiste en deilig sommerkveld, op.26 No.2 (I did travel a lovely summerevening)
Agathe Backer-Grøndahl: Sommervise (summersong)
Wim Henderickx: Lamento di Medea
Autumn: Winter:
Sally Beamish: The Day Dawn
Henning Sommerro: Solhverv (Solstice), The Day Dawn (From Shetland suite) Smaller instr./ chamber Shadow
Wim Henderickx: Only Darkness and Shadows
Jon Øivind Ness: Schatten
Shakespear: Sally Beamish: Ariel
Hjalmar Borgstrøm: Hamlet
Shepherd´s life /Country life:
Fartein Valen: Pastorale op. 11
Anne-Marie Ørbeck: Pastorale e allegro Silence
Jacques Cohen: Quiet Music
Wim Henderickx: In Deep Silence II
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Colored Silence (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug) , In deep Silence III
Fartein Valen: La Islas de las Calmas (The silent island) Sins
Sally Beamish: The Sins, Dance Variations Spain:
Fartein Valen: La Islas de las Calmas Spirituality
Wim Henderickx: Harp Concertino ( ….after….), Raga III, An Evening Prayer Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: Sacred Places II (The Valley of the Gods) (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug) St.Magnus Erlendsson
Sally Beamish: A Cage of Doves St. Olav
Henrik Ødegaard: Ad vesperas in natalico Sancto Olavi (choir, solo, orch.)
The supernatural/mysticism
Wim Henderickx: Pulses of the Earth, Symphony No. 2 (Aquarius dream) «Symphonies of today” (interpretation of a symphony of today)
Wim Henderickx: Symphony no. 1 (At the Edge of the World), Symphony No 2 (Aquarius dream)
Submission
Sally Beamish: Ariel
Suffering
Sally Beamish: The Singing, Under the Wing of the Rock, Spinal Chords Henning Sommerro: The Iceberg
Sufi
Sally Beamish: Four Songs from Hafez, Divan, Reed Stanzas (Rumi) Sun
Sally Beamish: The Day Dawn, Henning Sommerro: Follow the Moonstone, Shetland suite: The Day Dawn, Solhverv (Solstice), The Iceberg (1st Movem.; The Sun)
Smaller inst. /chamber: Cecilie Ore: Morning Mist (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug) Knut Nystedt: Solsong (Sun-Song) (choir and orch./sol)
T Tears
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Lagrimas (Tears of hope) Tale
Smaller intr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: Olek Schoot een beer (Olek shot a bear), The Queen without a country, Ballad, The Witch Doctor and the two giants Tallis, Thomas: Sally Beamish: Epilogue Tango/ “towards tango”
Sverre Indris Joner: Con Cierto Toque de Tango Bjørn Morten Christophersen: Tango for to (T: Alf Prøysen) (arr) For chamber/ensembles: Sally Beamish: Takes Two (for accordion and cello) Henning Sommerro: REB (2nd Movem.)
Tantra
Smaller instr./ Chamber: Wim Henderickx: Disappearing in Light, The Seven Chakras Tears
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Lagrimas (Tears of hope)
Te Deum
Ludvig Nilsen: Te Deum (Dig Gud lover vi)
Knut Nystedt: A Norwegian Te deum Henning Sommerro: Te Deum (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
The Tempest (Shakespear)
Sally Beamish: Ariel
Temptation:
Sally Beamish: Seavaigers, Dance Variations Time
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: In deep Silence III
Peder Barratt-Due: Ildfluer (fireflies)
Dave Maric: Lifetime, Borrowed time Timeless
Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: In Deep Silence II
Dave Maric: Falling to the sky Time
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: In Deep Silence II
Peder Barratt-Due: Ildfluer (fireflies)
Bjørn Kruse: Chronotope Timeless
Smaller instr./ chamber: Wim Henderickx: In Deep Silence II Toccata
Toccata, Aria, Chaconne
Anders Koppel: Toccata Traditional (or insp. by trad.music)
Henning Sommerro: Follow the Moonstone, Brimi, Solhverv (Solstice), 5 Nordic Portraits Chrysillis
Smaller instr./ chamber: Trygve Madsen: Per Spellmann Tragic/Difficult Love
Sally Beamish: Concerto Grosso
Marcus Paus: Love´s Last Rites
Henning Sommerro: The Iceberg Transformation
B Tommy Andersson: Pan
Sally Beamish: Sule Skerrie, , Aquarium, Spinal Chords
Henning Sommerro: Chrysillis, The Iceberg, Ujamaa
Smaller instr./chamber:
Trygve Madsen: Metamorphosen
András Virágh Gábor: Metamorphosis for 14 players Turkish inspiration
Smaller instrumentation/chamber:
Wim Henderickx: Alla Turca
U
United world/ “One world”
Wim Henderickx: Tejas (What does the sound of the Universe look like?), Groove!, Gisle Kverndokk: Symphonic Dances
Henning Sommerro: Ujamaa
Matthias Schmidt: One World
V
Variations
Wim Henderickx: Enigma VII (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug), Le Visioni di Paura (Hieronymos Bosch), Skriet, Oboe Concerto (Empty Mind I) (Agnes Matin), In Deep Silence III, Variations for orchestra (or Variations for concert band), Recorder Quartet Concerto (Empty Mind I), Soprano Sax Quartet Concerto (Empty Mind I)
Smaller instr./chamber: Wim Henderickx: Adana (Contact NMO Skjalg Reithaug)
Voyage
Marcus Paus: Voyage
Visual Art
B Tommy Andersson: Garden of Delights (Hieronymus Bosch), Pan
Jacques Cohen: Pictures at an Exhibition (Arr Mussorgsky)
Trygve Madsen: Salvador Dali
Wim Henderickx: Symphony No. 1 (At the Edge of the World, (Hieronymus Bosch)
Smaller instr./ chamber: Marcus Paus: Til et bilde av Lars Jorde (solo pn), Wounded Angel (solo vl.)
Trygve Madsen: Musikk til en utstilling (Music for an Exhibition)
Johan Kvandal: Michelangelo-Poem Op.49
Fartein Valen: Sonetto di Michelangelo Op. 17
W Wallace, Steven
Marcus Paus: 13 Ways (Thirteen Ways of looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens)
War/Post War
Sally Beamish: Under the Wing of the Rock
B Tommy Andersson: Warriors for orchestra
Wedding
Johan Halvorsen: Bryllupsmarsj (Wedding March)
Wim Henderickx: Le Visioni di Paura
Smaller instr./chamber:
Trygve Madsen: Wedding march
Fartein Valen: Epithalamion, Op. 19 Western vs. Non-Western
Smaller instr/ chamber: Wim Henderickx: Bolomakote , Confrontation
Winter Solstice
Sally Beamish: The Day Dawn, Henning Sommerro: Solhverv (Solstice), The Day Dawn
Y
Yearning
Øystein Sommerfeldt: Towards a yearning - pn concerto
Centuries: 19th century narratives/sceneries: Sally Beamish: Diodati
Z Zhou
Marcus Paus: A portrait of Zhou
Pieces and concertos not connected to specific themes:
Wim Henderickx: Four Pieces
Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen: Double Concerto for Solo Trumpet, Solo Trombone, percussion and Strings
B Tommy Andersson: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
Ole Bull: Adagio from the Concerto in E minor, , Cantabile Doloroso e Rondo giocoso, Largo Olav Berg: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
Johan Daniel Berlin: Sinfonia D-dur
Bjarne Brustad: Violinconcerto Nr. 4., Symphony No. 2., Symphony No. 4
Edvard Fliflet Bræin: Adagio for strings, Cappricio for Piano and orchestra, Concertino for flute and orchestra, Largo op. 12, Liten Ouverture Op.14., Overture Op.2, Serenade Op.5, Symfoni Nr. 1., Symfoni Nr.3 Op 16.,
Edvard Bræin: Serenade for viola and orchestra, Suite for String orchestra, Bjørn Morten Chrisophersen: Concerto for violin and strings
Halfdan Cleve: 3 Stücke für Orchester
Klaus Egge: Symphony No. 1.op 17., Symphony No. 2., op.22, Symphony No.3, op 28., Symphony No. 4, op. 30.,Symphony No. 5, op 31, Concerto for pn and orch., No 2, op 21,
Concerto for pn and orch. No 3, Op 32, Concerto for vl and orch., op 26., Concerto for cello and orchestra, op. 29
Catharinus Elling: Concerto for vl and orch.
Eivind Groven: Concerto for piano and orch, No 1, op.39, Symfoniske slåtter No.1., Symphonic Dances Nr. 1, Mot ballade, Op.20
Odd Grüner Hegge: Elegisk melodi for string orch.
Johan Halvosen: Violin concerto op. 28, Serenade for Orchestra, Symph. Nr 1 C-minor, Symphony Nr. 2 D-minor, Symphony no 3, C- major Henrik Hellstenius: Tre bevegelser for strykeorkester (Three Motions for String orchestra)
Egil Hovland: Concertino for 3 Trumpets and strings Op.23, Concerto for oboe and orchestra op. 150, Concerto for piccoloflute and strings Op. 117, Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra Op. 76., Concerto for va. and orchestra Op 153., Concerto for vl and orch. Op 81, Fanfare og Koral Op.54 B ( Fanfare and Choral), Festival Ouverture, Nr.2 Op. 39A, Concert Ouverture, NO 2 Op. 39 B, Passacaglia and Fugue for string orch., , Concertino Op. 23 Ketil Hvoslef: Concertino for Orchestra, Concerto per Violine et Orchestra, No. 1, Concerto for contrabasso, Concerto for choir and chamber orch., Concerto per Pianoforte ed Orchestra No. 1. Concerto per Violoncello ed Orchestra No.1, Double Concerto, Ill Compleanno, Mi-Fi-Li: Symphonic Poem, Serenata per Archi for string orch., Variations for Chamber Orchestra
Ludvig Irgens-Jensen: Partita Sinfonica, Passacaglia, Tema con Variaioni
David Monrad Johansen: Symphonic Variations and Fugue Kjell Mørk Karlsen: Chamber Concerto Op.60., Concerto Op.83, , Concerto for Viola and Strings Op. 159, Serenata per fagotto e archi Op.113, Sinfonia Piccola Op.69, Ståle Kleiberg: Violin Concerto No. 1, Violin Concerto No.2, Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Double Bass Concerto
Anna Ignatowicz-Glinska: Concerto for Marimba, Trumpet and Strings, Double Concerto for two marimbas and strings
Anders Koppel Concerto No. 1 for marimba and orchestra, Concerto No 1 for Saxophone and orchestra, Johan Kvandal: Concerto for Violin Op.52, Concerto for chamber orchestra Op.55, Concerto for flute and strings Op.22, Concerto for oboe Op.46, Concerto for organ Op.62, Divertimento Op.3, Sinfonia Concertante op.29, Sonata for strings Op.79, Symfonisk epos Op 21, Symphony No 1, Triptychon Op.53, Variations and fugue op.14
Gisle Kverndokk: Initation for violin and orchestra
Olavi Louhivuori: Concerto for two Percussionists
Trygve Madsen: Concerto for flute and orchestra, Concertino for Trumpet and Wind Band, Concerto for viola and orchestra, Concerto for cello and orchestra, Sinfonia Concertante, Concerto Grosso, Concerto per Violonosolo e Orchestra op. 141, Divertimento op. 47, Suite no.1 for janitsjarorkester, Concertino, Symfoni Nr. 3, Symphony No.2, Festouverture Op. 53, Concerto for Tuba and orchestra op.35, Konsertouverture Op.11, Concerto for oboe, Tuba Concerto opus 35, Trombone Concerto op. 108, Horn Concerto op. 45., Clarinet concerto op.40., Piano concerto op. 27, Fancy for hardingfiddle and string orchestra, Concerto No.2 for piano and orchestra op 135, Symphony no 1, Op. 54, Duo concertino for alto sax, trumpet and strings,
Minoru Miki: Concerto for Marimba and orchestra, Mai for Symphonic orchestra, “Z” Concerto,
Finn Mortensen: Evolution for orchestra Op.23, Per Orchestra Op.30, Symphony No.1 Op 5 (critical edition)
Alexander Müllenbach: Concerto for Marimba and string orchestra
Ludvig Nilsen: Concerto for Organ and String Orchestra Op. 25, Concerto for organ and orchestra No. 2
Knut Nystedt: Concertino for clarinet,corno Inglese and strings Op.29, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Concerto grosso, Festival Ouverture, Symphony for strings Op.19, Spenningens land (Symphonic fantasy) Op. 19, Symphony Op. 5
Sparre Olsen: Symphonic Fantasy No.op.2, Symphonic Fantasy No. Op.56., Op 3 Op. 56
Marcus Paus: Tuba Mirum (tuba concerto), Concerto for Timpani & Orchestra, Fantasia for Guitar & Piano, Emmanul Sejourne: Concerto for marimba and strings, Concerto for marimba and windorchestra,
Ulf Skjæran: Concert Piece in Sonata form
Leif Solberg: Symphony
Øystein Sommerfeldt: Suite for chamber orchestra No.1, Suite for orchestra No. 1 Julia Spencer and Gernot Blume: Concerto for percussion and Orchestra (Zalan Zalan), Johan Svendsen: Arrangements for String Orchestra, Critical Edition, Cello Concerto in D major, Op. 7, Critical Edition, Violin Concerto in A major. Op.6, Original Works for String Orchestra, Critical Edtion, Symphony No.1 in D-major
Harald Sæverud: Allegria, Sinfonia Concertante Op.39, Canto Ostinato Op.9, Cinquanta Variazioni Piccoli Op.8, Divertimento Op.13, Entrata Regale Op.41, Fagotto Concerto Op.44, Symphony No.5 Op.16, Symphony No.6 Op.19., Symphony No. 7 Op.27, Symphony No.8 Op.40, Symphony No.9 Op.45, Violin Concerto Op.37 for violin and orchestra, Piano Concerto Op. 31,
Hans Söderberg: Arietta for vibraphone and strings, Concertino for marimba and chamber orchestra,Concertino for solomarimba and string orchestra, Geirr Tveitt: Concerto No.5, Op. 156
Fartein Valen: Violin concerto, Op. 21, Piano Concerto, Op. 44, Symphony No. 1, Op. 30, Symphony no 2, Op. 2, Symphony no. 3, Op. 41, Symphony no 4, Op. 43
Ketil Vea: Concerto for violin and orchestra
András Virágh Gábor: Sinfonietta for Orchestra
Rob Waring: Concerto for vibraphone and Chamber Ensemble
Charles Wesley: Organ Concerto in G minor
Konrad Mikal Øhrn: Concerto for two flutes and strings
Johan Øian: Melodi Beguine
Anne-Marie Ørbeck: Pastorale e Allegro
Smaller instr./chamber: (this segment is not fulfilled, so please browse our web-site for more pieces)
Egil Hovland: Music for 10 instruments Op. 28.,
Ketil Hvoslef: Sextet for Flute and Percussion
Anna Ignatowicz-Glinska: Toccata (solo marimba)
Ståle Kleiberg: Piano trio no. 2, String Quartet No.3
Trygve Madsen: Trio op. 152, Scherzomania, Brass cocktail, Trio op. 150, Suite op. 146, Quintet op. 145, Quartet no.5 op.113, Seminar, Quintet op.120, Sonata for trombone and piano op. 139, Trio op.57 for vl, vlc and Pn, Partita, Sonata for vl.og pn. Op.124, Sonata for Euphonium and Piano Op. 97, Serenade Op. 52, Sonate for viola and pn, Sonata for horn and piano op.24, Trio op. 74, Sextour pour le commencement de la Musique op. 105, Sextett op.32, Quintet op.104, Sonata for Tuba and piano op. 34, Concertino op. 118, Sonata for Trumpet and piano op. 90, Divertimento op.43, sonata for alto saxophone and piano op.95, Sonata for tenor sax. and piano op.117, Sonata for baryton sax. and piano op.109, Sonata for sopr.sax and piano op. 107, Saxophone quartet - Marmelade op. 96., Sonata for Bassoon and Piano op.25, Trio op.111, Clarinet marmalade op.79., Sonata for clarinet and piano op. 23, Sonata for oboe and piano op.22, Suite – sonata for flute and piano op. 2, String quintet op. 67, String quartet no.2 op. 80., String quartet no 2. Op 70., Sonata for double bass and piano op.86., Sonata for violoncello and piano op.49., Scherzo op.4 for violin and piano, Diveritimento for fl.,cl.pn op 56., Grotesques and arabesques for 2 pianos and 4 pianists, Ulf Skjæran: Sinfonietta
Johan Svendsen: String Quartet in A-major, op.3, Strykeoktett I A-dur, Op. 3, Strykekvintett i C-dur, Op 5
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