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:
* June:
9th: Fem sanger til dikt av Stein Mehren. Norsk premiere.
Vålerengen kirke kl 19.
Ingvill Statle Skjørten, mezzo, Oskar Abel Valand Halvorsen, klaver
* 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. (Concercto no. 1) (World premiere of this version).
Tormod Flaten, solist. Norwegian Naval Forces Band, Bjørn Sagstad, cond., BrassWind, Åsane kulturhus, Bergen.
Three Fancies for Wind Ensemble. Premiere of this version, Bjørn Sagstad, conducting.
* 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)
* Syv søstre, Klang av Oldtid
Utsikt
Fjellfest
(world premiere)
* 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)