Nordic Instrumental Music

For Colleges and Universities

Title	Composer Arranger	Ensemble Medium	Country	Publisher_Code	Date	Time	Difficulty	Recommended Level	Comments
YABA-MM-BOP	NELSON, DANIEL	ORCHESTRA	Sweden	SMIC	1998	6 MIN	M	C/U/HS	2FL,2OB,2CL,2BSN,2HN,2TRPT,2TRB,3PERC,PIANO,STRINGS. A LIGHTER PIECE FOR THE LIGHTER MOMENTS. SO WELL SCORED! EVERYONE WILL ENJOY!
YAKUZI	MALMBORG WARD, PAULA AF	SAXOPHONE QUARTET	Sweden	SMIC	1993	6 MIN 30 SEC	M/H	C/U	SS,AS,TS,BS. THE WORK MOVES ALONG WITH TIGHT ENSEMBLE NEEDED, THEN GETS A LITTLE TRICKY, BUT NOTHING THE GOOD C/U ENSEMBLE CANNOT HANDLE. MUCH ATTENTION TO ACCENTS AND DYNAMICS!
YANG-GUAN	BERGE, SIGURD	WOODWIND QUINTET	Norway	NORSK	1967	7 MIN	M/H	C/U	SOME NONTRADITIONAL NOTATION IN ONE OF THE MOVEMENTS. A COMFORTABLE CHALLENGE FOR THE GOOD QUINTET.
YOLLA - IN THE NIGHT	TIKKA, KARI	CLARINET & PIANO	Finland	FiMIC	2002		H	C/U	THE NOTES OR NOT HARD, BUT THE CONTEMPORARY SETTING WILL NEED A MUSICIAN WHO HAS HAD SOME EXPERIENCE IN MODERN SOUND AND APPROACH. VERY NICE SCORE IN 3 MOVEMENTS: NIGHTMARE (ALLEGRO PESANTE), LULLABY (DOLCE), IT’S ALMOST MORNING (ALLEGRO PESANTE).
YRHATTAN/DIAPHONY (THE WHIRLWIND)	LOFGREN, ALBERT/BIRGER JARL	BAND	Sweden	INTERSONG	1982	EST 3 MIN	E/M	HS/JHS	2FL,EbCL,3CL,ACL,BCL,2OB,2BSN,2AS,TS,BS,4HN,2COR,3TRPT,3TRB,EUP, TBA,PERC,SB. WELL ARRANGED. 2/4 AND IN Bb. VERY PLAYABLE.