Troldhaugen (Tenorhorn Solo), Jonathan Bates. Brass Band.

Duration: 4.15

Troldhaugen is a movement from my Continental Concerto. The concept of the Concerto was to take a whistle-stop tour, anti-clockwise, around the various musical cultures and places of interest in Europe. Starting in the UK we work through France, Spain, Central Europe and Norway before finally returning back to the UK to finish.
Troldhaugen is a luscious solo for Tenor Horn, incorporating snapshots of Morning' from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt' as its basis for the melodic material, with my own added twist.

Troldhaugen is the name of Grieg's house, located a few miles out from the centre of Bergen, Norway. Set in the idyllic countryside and lakes, I tried to somehow represent this setting through the music