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