New CD! Professor Robert Benton: Monkey to the Sky Euphonium Concerto (no. 2), version for Euphonium, Piano and Percussion
Some of my pieces played by Erlend Aagaard-Nilsen and Jarle Rotevatn. Norwegian Broacasting Company
Upcoming concerts
2022:
* May 7th: 3+3 for six tubas. Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo
* May 9th
Octos Adventure for 8 Trombones. Prof. Jesper Juul Windahl, cond.
Royal Danish Academy of Music
19:30, Skt. Thomas Church, Copenhagen
* June:
Syv søstre, Klang av Oldtid
Utsikt
Fjellfest
(world premiere)
* July 2nd:
Øyeblikksbilder 1 (Snapshots 1) for Piano solo. Rune Alver . Bodø Domkirke. (wp)
* July 24th:
Øyeblikksbilder 2 (Snapshots 2) for Piano solo. Rune Alver. Siljustøl, Bergen. (wp)
* September 30th:
Pierrot's Lament - Concerto for Euphonium and Wind Ensemble. (world premiere of this version, Norwegian premiere of the concerto).
Tormod Flaten, solist. Norwegian Naval Forces Band, Bjørn Sagstad, cond. BrassWind, Åsane kulturhus, Bergen.
* October 1st:
WindDoodles - the Quest for Sonority.Mistral Wind Quintet. BrassWind, Åsane kulturhus, Bergen.
Future performances:
* Ljom for Bass Trombone and Piano. Robert Sylta, Bass Tbn and Oskar V. Halvorsen, Piano (wp)
* Øyeblikksbilder 3 (Snapshots 3)
* In Green - Rural Scenes for Brass Band Commissioned by Manger Musikklag for their 100th Anniversary
* Northern Scenery for Clarinet and Piano. Joze Kotar and Luca Ferrini (wp)
--------- 2023:
* Arv - folkloristic pieces for brass quintet. Commissioned by NyNorsk Messingkvintett (wp)
* New piece for double Brass Band: a project called "meeting point". Commissioned by Eikanger-Bjørsvik ML
* New piece for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble. Commissioned by DOR
* New piece for Tromsø Orkesterforenings Janitsjarorkester
--------- 2024:
* January/February:
World premiere: Gespenster, based on Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen: Conductor Philippe Bach. Director: Ansgar Haag. Libretto by Malin Kjelsrud
Opera premiere in Meiningen Theater, Germany
About the music (in Norwegian)