Transcriptions and arrangements for strings, chamber-ensembles and symphony orchestra by Alf Årdal

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Bizet

Carmen: Habanera

mezzosopran – string orchestra

Brahms

Geistliches lied op.30

SATB – string orchestra

Bruckner

Adagio from String Quintet WAB 112

transcribed for string orchestra

Bull

A Mountain Vision (Et Sæterbesøg)

Violin solo – string orchestra
Duo for violin and cello

de Curtis

Torna a Surriento

voice, violin solo and string orchestra

Gretry

Vi ere en nasjon vi med

symphony orchestra:
2+picc-2-2-2 // 4-2-3-1 // pk – str.

Grieg

String quartet in G minor op. 27

transcribed for string orchestra

String quartet in F major (1891)

transcribed for string orchestra

6 Lyrical Pieces

string orchestra
1 – Arietta op. 12, nr. 1
2 – Vals op. 12, nr. 2
Waltz
3 – Halling op. 47, nr. 4
Norwegian dance
4 – Matrosenes Oppsang op. 68, nr. 1
Sailor’s song
5 – Bestemors menuett op. 68, nr. 2
Grandmother’s minuet
6 – Småtroll op. 71, nr. 3
Puck

Suite from Norwegian Folksongs op.66

string orchestra
1 – Det var i min ungdom (from Luster, Sogn)
It was in my youth
2 – Morgon skal du få gifte deg (from Lom)
Tomorrow you will marry her
3 – Bådnlåt (from Ryfylke)
Lullaby
4 – En liten grå mann (from Lom)
A little gray man
5 – I Ola- dalom, i Ola- kjønn (from Østre Slidre)
In Ola valley, in Ola lake
6 – Bådnlåt (from Lom)
Lullaby
7 – Ho vesle Astrid vår (from Lom)
Our little Astrid
8 – Jeg går i tusen tanker (from Turtagrø)
I wander deep in thought
9 – Gjendines bådnlåt (from Lom)
Gjendine’s lullaby

5 songs

soprano and string-orchestra
1 Liden Kirsten op.60 nr. 1 (Krag)
Little Kirsten
2 Mens jeg venter op.60 nr. 2 (Krag)
On the water
3 Og jeg vil ha mig en Hjærtenskjær op.60 nr. 5 (Krag)
Midsummer eve
4 Langs ei Å op.33 nr. 5 (Vinje)
Beside the stream
5 Ved Rondane op.33 nr. 9 (Vinje)
At Rondane

Et Håb op.25.1

Soprano solo – symphony orchestra:
– 2-2-2-2 – 2-2-0-0 – pk – str.

Hovland

Måne og sol

symphony orchestra:
3-3-3-2 – 4-3-3-1 -hrp – perc. – pk – str.

Händel

Salomo: Sinfonia ( Queen of Sheeba)

2 solo violins – string orchestra

Klengel

Hymnus

transcribed for 8 celli

Larsson

Norge i rødt,hvitt og blått

symphony orchestra:
3-2-2-2 – 4-2-3-1 – pk – str.

Mahler

«Urlicht» from symphony no.2

I solocello – and 12-part celloensemble and double bass (ad lib)
II for 8-part celloensemble

Massenet

Manon – Akt III – Gavotte

soprano and string orchestra

Mortensen

Til Ungdommen

symphony orchestra:
3-2 +eng hn -2+ bcl-2 – 4-3-3-1 – pk – str.

Mozart

The magic flute: O Isis und Osiris

bass – string orchestra

Don Giovanni: Duetto: La ci darem

soprano, baryton and string orchestra

Paganini

Sonate e-minor

violin solo – string orchestra

Puccini

La Boheme – act II (Musetta’s waltz- Quando men vo)

3 violins and piano

Ravel

Pièce en forme de Habanera

soprano, flute, string quartett and double bass

Rybak

I dine hender

tenor solo and symphony orchestra:
2-2-2+ b.cl -2 // 2-3-3-0 // str.

Sarasate

Navarra op.33

2 solo violins and string orchestra

Tchaikovsky

The Swan Lake: Czardas

10-part celloensemble

Verdi

Don Carlos: Philip’s monologue

bass and string orchestra

Songs for children

En stjerne kom fra himmelen ( Giuletta Cavallari)

children’s chorus – solo violin – 4 violas and double bass, triangles and glockenspiel
children’s chorus – solo violin – string quartet, double bass, triangles and glockenspiel

Funga alafia ( anon. trad)

children’s chorus – 4 violas and double bass

Malela (trad. Tanzania)

children’s chorus – violin solo – string quartett and double bass

Tzongololo (anon – trad)

children’s chorus and string quartett

Sabokaja (anon. trad)

children’s chorus, string quartett and double bass