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The Great Comeback – Christiania Blåseensemble

Christiania Blåseensemble is finally back, after well over a year.

Eirik Haukaas Ødegaard

One of Norway's best marching bands plays a versatile and interesting programme, showing that good wind music is more than marches. At this concert, audiences will hear samples from works that can potentially provoke both tears, laughter and anger.

Program

  • Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935): Norwegian Rhapsody No. 1 (inst. Stig Nordhagen)
  • Percy Grainger (1882–1961): Lincolnshire Posy
  • Samuel Barber (1910–1981): Commando March
  • John Barnes Chance (1932–1972): Elegy
  • Dmitrij Sjostakovitsj (1906–1975): Festive overture (arr. Donald Hunsberger)
  • Eric Whitacre (1970–): October
  • Fats Waller (1904–1943): Stealing Apples (arr. Reid Gilje)
  • Paul Hart (1954–): Cartoon

Participators

  • Christiania Blåseensemble
  • Nils Erik Måseidvåg (conductor)

Published: Jul 6, 2021 — Last updated: Sep 8, 2021