ORIENT
1001 Nights ... Arabian Nights, or Stories from the Morning Land. This enormous collection of tales from the Orient has many names and has since the first translation into French in 1704 been the dominant source of our ideas about Arab culture. The stories come from the Middle Ages in which we can daydream among sultans, Caliphs, harem and magic lamps. Who do not know Aladdin or Ali Baba and the forty thieves? Orient is an oriental dance inspired by a fantastic fairytale world.
To the conductor
Although this piece has been given difficulty 3.5, the Challenge series is written so that most difficult tasks is located in the leading parts. The piece still has many rhythmic challenges. The tempo should not be too fast.
HAAKON ESPLO (1970)
is from a small place near Oslo named Kolbotn in the county of Oppegård. He has a bacheler from The Norwegian Academy of Music and his main instument is recorder (blockflöte). He has been working as a musician, teacher and a conductor for both young- and adult bands. Esplo masters several instruments and has been composing and arranging music for many years. Most of the production for bands.
