The Violin and Piano reduction edition of Johan Halvorsen's Danses Norvegiennes or Norwegian Dances.

Kongen 1 is a work for Orchestra from celebrated Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen.

As the conductor of the National Theatre Orchestra in Olso Johan Halvorsen was primarily a composer of incidental and stage music. The Suite Ancienne Op.31 was arranged by the composer in 1911 from his music for the Holberg Play The Lying-In Room as a full concert work.

This is the full score edition of Johann Halvorsen's Norske Eventyrbilleder for Orchestra.

Norwegian Festival Overture. Par HALVORSEN JOHAN. The Norwegian Festival Overture was written for the grand opening of the National Theatre on September 1st, 1899. In the opening bars, one can virtually imagine the stage curtain being drawn aside, and the stage is revealed to the audience. The trumpets openly quote Peer Gynts return from Grieg's music to the play Peer Gynt. The main part of the overture consists of a theme in Norwegian folk music style, which Halvorsen brilliantly develops thematically and contrapuntally. The work can probably be seen as pompous and at times seems somewhat overwrought, but then Halvorsen himself, ever so slightly self-deprecating, has written Pomposo over the grand conclusion of the work. The arrangement of the overture was written to The Royal Norwegian Navy Band for a concert in Halvorsen’s native town of Drammen in 2016. The arranger has tried to preserve as much as possible of Halvorsen's brilliant orchestration. There are a lot of cue notes which make it possible to perform also with a reduced instrumentation. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Orchestration: 2(pic).2.2.2/2.2.1.0/timp.perc/man/strParts are for hire: hire@ewh.dk