Olav Berg composer / arranger

Olav Berg / Blowing Olav Berg / Arr. Olav Berg

Serie / Series: Concert Band Originals and TranscriptionsThe Norwegian composer Olav Berg (b. 1949) has been a full-time composer since 1982. His most well-known work is Poseidon for orchestra from 1982, a work that has won him critical acclaim both in Norway and abroad. This work from 1980, Blowing, was originally written for wind band. It was commissioned by the Royal Norwegi...

Fire The Royalworks! Olav Berg

Serie / Series: Concert Band Originals and TranscriptionsThis work was premiered by the Royal Norwegian Navy Band conducted by Ingar Bergby in 2011. The occation was a big outdoor-concert (named Firework Concert), and the work was written especially for this concert. The title itself is a kind of wordplay on Georg Friedrich Handel's famous work Music for the Royal Fireworks", ...