New CD! Clare Farr, Bass Trombone. First recording of "The Daughters of Erda" (Urd, Skuld and Verdande). LAWO Classics.
--------- 2023:
* January 20th:
Lavvu Chant for Solo Bass Tombone (wp) University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Commissioned and performed by Jonathan Warburton.
* February 2nd:
Parken kulturhus, Ålesund. Celebration of Kjell Flem's 80th Birthday:
Singing Landscape II
Yuri Hashimoto, Alto Flute
Rays from a Red Sun
Yuri Hashimoto, Flute, Marita Holme, Clarinet
* March 19th
Ars vivendi Collegium Musicum Choir and Strings, Bergen. Leader: Dag Anders Eriksen
Varde (Cairn) - tonedikt for brass band, Manger Musikklag (wp)
* March 25th
Old Licks Bluesed Up, version for Concert Band, Olavshallen, Trondheim
Arctic Landscape, Olavshallen, Trondheim Recording: (Rolf Gupta conducting FMKØ, 19)
* April 29th
Arv - folkloristic pieces for Brass Quintet. Commissioned by NyNorsk Messingkvintett (wp)
Øyeblikksbilder 3, Rune Alver piano (wp). Bergen. Avgarde.
* April 30th
Circius, version for Concert Band.
Sinfonisches Blasorchester Germering, München. Rick Peperkamp, conductor
* Mai
Solosongen for Brass Band, Choir and Organ
* July
- Syv søstre, Klang av Oldtid
- Utsikt
- Fjellfest
(world premiere)
* September
Cantilena V for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble. Commissioned by DOR Luftforsvarets Musikkorps, Trondheim (wp)
Avtrykk (Imprint) for double Brass Band. Commissioned by Eikanger-Bjørsvik ML (wp)
To be premiered by EBML and a Youth Brass Band (HUBB).
* October
New piece for Valen trio (wp)
* November 17th
New piece for Tromsø Orkesterforenings Janitsjarorkester
To be announced:
* Ljom for Bass Trombone and Piano. Robert Sylta, Bass Tbn and Oskar V. Halvorsen, Piano (wp)
* Northern Scenery for Clarinet and Piano. Joze Kotar and Luca Ferrini (wp)
--------- 2024:
* 23-25 February:
World premiere: Gespenster, based on Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. Libretto by Malin Kjelsrud Conductor Philippe Bach. Director: Ansgar Haag.
Further performances:
1st and 23rd of March
7th and 27th of April
15th of May
13th of June
20th of March: Boreas Blows for Orchestra (German premiere).
Meininger Hofkapelle, Conductor Philippe Bach
Opera premiere in Meiningen Theater, Germany
About the music (in Norwegian)
-----------2022
* October 1st:
WindDoodles - the Quest for Sonority.Mistral Wind Quintet. BrassWind, Åsane kulturhus, Bergen.
Stråler fra en rød sol (Rays from a red sun) version for Bb Clarinet and Eb Saxophone, BrassWind, Åsane kulturhus, Bergen.
Roger Andreas Holme og Marita Elise Holme
Novelle (Short Story). Brasskompaniet, BrassWind, Åsane kulturhus, Bergen.
* October 2nd
Chorale and Crescendo. Music with no written pitch for very young players. Thorgeir Thunestvedt, conductor
* October 13th
Øyeblikksbilder 1 - Bønn for fred
Øyeblikksbilder 2 - Siljustøl
Bergen offentlige bibliotek, Rune Alver, piano
* October 14th
Øyeblikksbilder 1 - Bønn for fred
Øyeblikksbilder 2 - Siljustøl
Knarvik kyrkje, Rune Alver, piano
* October 15th
Øyeblikksbilder 1 - Bønn for fred
Øyeblikksbilder 2 - Siljustøl
Førde kulturskole - kultursalen, Rune Alver, piano
------------Extra:
Some of my pieces played by Erlend Aagaard-Nilsen and Jarle Rotevatn. Norwegian Broacasting Company
CD: Professor Robert Benton: Monkey to the Sky Euphonium Concerto (no. 2), version for Euphonium, Piano and Percussion