Premieres

Since the first BrassWind festival was held in 2004, over 160 new works, mainly by Norwegian composers, have had their world premieres here:

2004

  • 1: Gary Peterson (USA) - Psalms for Good Friday
  • 2: Eilert Tøsse - Restless Times
  • 3: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Blåsebølgen
  • 4: Martin Winter (England) - Merit for Trumpet and Wind Band
  • 5: Ørjan Matre - Logitech Noise for Trumpet og Brass Band

2005

  • 6: Jostein Stalheim/Camilla Skrede Johannessen - De Vilde Svaner (ballet)
  • 7: Craig Farr - Sonata de Camera
  • 8: Øyvind Lyslo - Imbrassible
  • 9: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Stim
  • 10: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - The Playground Project

2006

  • 11: Ørjan Matre - Hunting Low and High
  • 12: Ørjan Matre - Paradoxical Leftovers
  • 13: Craig Farr - Horntonar
  • 14: Craig Farr - Call of the Cthulhu
  • 15: Terje Isungset/Bent Erik Bråthen Røed - Fire stemninger
  • 16: Dagfinn Koch - Versuch uber Schatten, Farben und Licht
  • 17: Dagfinn Koch - Transluscence
  • 18: Ketil Hvoslef - Ferry Music (revised version)
  • 19: Bjørn Kruse - Voodoo (New Orleans remembered)
  • 20: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Triade – The Angels of Destruction (revised version)
  • 21: Knut Vaage - Dragen

2007

  • 22: Olav Anton Thommessen - Bengalske lys
  • 23: Webjørn Sæther - Gnur for trombone og korps
  • 24: Antonio Bibalo/Lysebo - Concerto Allegorico, new version for violin and band
  • 25: Morgan Juel Stavik - Images from a Dream, for trumpet and brass band
  • 26: Jan Erik Mikalsen - Night Songs, for clarinet and brass band
  • 27: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Blue Phrases, for trumpet, electronics, tape and brass band
  • 28: Knut Vaage - multiMORF, for electric violin, electronics, computer, video art, and brass band

2008

  • 29: Knut Olaf Sunde - Molladalen – Bergen edit
  • 30: Knut Olaf Sunde - Molladalen, documentary film
  • 31: Gary Peterson - Sørgesang for Lars Kristian
  • 32: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Spin
  • 33: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Of Night and Darkness

2009

  • 34: Dagfinn Koch - Turmmusik
  • 35: Glenn Erik Haugland/Heidi Tronsmo - Hypermusical (documentary opera)
  • 36: Jon Øivind Ness - Zvezdochka in Orbit, Cello Concerto
  • 37: Helge Sunde - Absolute Ping Pong
  • 38: Gisle Kverndokk - Initiations, new version for violin and band

2010

  • 39: Paul McGhee - Clap!!!!
  • 40: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Concerto for Euphonium and Brass Band (Norwegian premiere)
  • 41: Sebastian L. Torjusen - A Glass of Water
  • 42: Bård Henrik Hereide - Saaker
  • 43: Fredrick Schjelderup - Ferden
  • 44: Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred - Polyfonia
  • 45: Ketil Hvoslef - Perpetuum Trompetuum
  • 46: Eilert Tøsse - Signals

2011

  • 47: Ruben Sverre Gjertsen - Postheroic Fanfares
  • 48: Geir Johnson - Bygdin
  • 49: Christian Lindberg - Creeping out of the Mudded
  • 50: Paul McGhee - Waiting for a Pain Hit!??!!? (Norwegian premiere)
  • 51: Jostein Stalheim - Zaoeaa
  • 52: Johan Modhal Leiva - Tales of the Universe
  • 53: Anders Røshol: work for Bottom End Quartet
  • 54: Craig Farr: Back from Hell (for Bottom End Quartet)
  • 55: Emil Børø: work for Bottom End Quartet
  • 56: Fredrick Schjelderup: BWV #245 (for Bottom End Quartet)
  • 57: Michael Barnes: work for Bottom End Quartet
  • 58: Rebecka Ahvenniemi: work for Bottom End Quartet
  • 59: Jon Øivind Ness - Yacky Gut Fur, Sour Beehieves

2012

  • 60: Craig Farr - Horn Concerto
  • 61: James Clapperton - Saxophone Concerto
  • 62: Kari Beate Tandberg - Collodictyon
  • 63: Paul McGhee - Euphonium Concerto
  • 64: Stig Nordhagen - Saxophone Concerto
  • 65: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Concerto for Large Wind Ensemble - Pentagram (Norwegian premiere)

2013

  • 66: Lene Grenager - Aasta Hansteens March
  • 67: Alwynne Pritchard - March, March, March
  • 68: Hollie Harding - Fracture
  • 69: Svein Henrik Giske - Jubilee March
  • 70: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Litania
  • 71: Wolfgang Plagge - Dragon
  • 72: Knut Vaage - multiMORF IV
  • 73: Sigurd Fischer-Olsen - Three Lamento Movements
  • 74: Magnus Brandset - TubAtlantic
  • 75: Lucy Pankhurst - 3 Minute Warning
  • 76: Dagfinn Koch - "...führe mich in Friede..." (Acedia II)
  • 77: William Kay - Chorale Prelude on “Guds kyrkjefolk, syng”
  • 78: Tom Brevik - Songs and Interludes

2014

  • 79: Jostein Stalheim - Contradictions
  • 80: Rebecka Ahvenniemi - Muse's Puzzle
  • 81: Knut Vaage - Skimmer
  • 82: Geir Sundbø - Ritual
  • 83: Helmut Oehring - KontraMeere, version for contrabass clarinet

2015

  • 84: Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred - On Shaking Ground
  • 85: Jan Erik Mikalsen - Lignes

2016

  • 86: Gavin Higgins - Dark Arteries (Norwegian premiere)
  • 87: Ricardo Odriozola - Breathe not a Word
  • 88: Knut Vaage - Lille-Fønix 2
  • 89: Knut Vaage - Bea's Song
  • 90: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Octos Adventure (Norwegian premiere)

2017

  • 91: Knut Vaage - Respons
  • 92: Jone Finne Kuven - Quietly Going Insane Together
  • 93: Anne Goro Tronsmo Haugland - Brass-GODDAMMIT
  • 94: Aasmund Brekke - Narbgvof
  • 95: Amund Bramness Vaage - 678
  • 96: Norvald Johan Kobbeltvedt - Playground
  • 97: Inga Mei Steinbru - Kråken
  • 98: Tonje Hernes - Saurus
  • 99: Ragnhild Tronsmo Haugland - Particles
  • 100: Ørjan Matre - 10 Fanfares for Folk Flest
  • 101: Jostein Stalheim: Zosimos (sound painting)

2018

  • 102: Ketil Hvoslef - Cantus Lutro Lutro – Oterens sang
  • 103: Svein Henrik Giske - Vox Clara
  • 104: Ørjan Matre - Instant Music
  • 105: Dan Baczkowski - Send Fire
  • 106: Therese B. Ulvo - Solo Shadows (2014/2018) - version for solo clarinet
  • 107: Eilert Tøsse - Essentials (2018) for B clarinet and pre-recorded sound
  • 108: Jone Kuven - Three Rusticles from a Sunken Ship
  • 109: Stig Nordhagen - Forgotten Songs
  • 110: Stig Nordhagen - Quintet for Brass
  • 111: Emil Kristoffersen Børø - Uten Bremser

2019

  • 112: Nils Henrik Asheim - Hornflowers for brass quintet
  • 113: Vonnegut Collective - Babelfisk
  • 114: Lisa Bråthen - Meanwhile
  • 115: Jostein Stalheim - Tretrilogi
  • 116: Bojidar Spassov - ...volatile

2020

  • 117: Knut Vaage - multiMORF V for trombone, 4 brass players, electronics, and light/video design
  • 118: Knut Vaage - multiMORF VI for trumpet, 4 brass players, electronics, and light/video design

2021

  • 119: Ketil Hvoslef - Tuba Concerto in the Time of Corona
  • 120: Ketil Hvoslef - Secondavera
  • 121: Marcus Paus - Nocturno (Lockdown Lullaby)
  • 122: Terje Viken - Re-echoes for euphonium, percussion, and sound files
  • 123: Ketil Hvoslef - TALOS - a saga on lur (revised)
  • 124: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Trollfjell movement 3 “Pila og Hatten” and movement 4 “Møya”
  • 125: Jonas Puntervoll - The Ocean’s Lament
  • 126: Craig Farr - The Abusement Park
  • 127: Morgan Juel Stavik - Little Suite for Brass Band
  • 128: Frederick Schjelderup - New Beginnings (Norwegian premiere)
  • 129: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Fusion
  • 130: Eilert Tøsse - Passiarer for 3 trombones and cimbasso
  • 131: Kjetil Djønne - Divertimento for Trombone Quartet
  • 132: Knut Vaage - multiMORF VII for brass quintet, electronics, and light/video design

2022

  • 133: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Three Fancies (2012/2022)
  • 134: Espen Haukås - The Green Island
  • 135: Fredrik Ertvaag - Mèlodrame
  • 136: Adgeir T. Odsæter - 1916
  • 137: Kolbein Eide Bukve - Ravnpikens dans
  • 138: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Stråler fra en Rød Sol (version B for clarinet and saxophone)
  • 139: Svein Henrik Giske - No Woes for Western Winds
  • 140: Magnar Åm - Fødest stadig
  • 141: Arian Pedersen - Konsertovertyre
  • 142: Maren Elise Ingeberg - Mist
  • 143: Craig Farr - Vanntigeren og jakten på lyden

2023

  • 144: Svein Henrik Giske - The Bugle Calls (concert for 2 trumpets)
  • 145: Henrik Hellstenius - Mnemosyne
  • 146: Tor-Erik Hellesen - Metastasis
  • 147: Kari Beate Tandberg - DUGGPUNKT
  • 148: Craig Farr - Head-related Transfer Functions
  • 149: Kjell Flem - Jubilus (premiere of brass band version)
  • 150: Kjell Flem - Communion (premiere of brass band version)
  • 151: Kolbein Eide Bukve - Snøskrømt
  • 152: Ellen Lindquist - Surface Tension
  • 153: Martin Arnold - Straw
  • 154: Tywi John Hywel Roberts - InTuition and InTention
  • 155: Bofan Ma - ±13.8
  • 156: Athanasia Kontou - IV Miniatures
  • 157: Lisa Braathen - Short Stories
  • 158: Morten Bergendahl - Champion
  • 159: Tor Erik-Hellesen & Manger Skulemusikklag - Sekvens 1-8
  • 160: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen - Avtrykk
  • 161: Emil Kristoffersen Børø - Sinfonietta
  • 162: Craig Farr - Lhamo La-tso