Dirty Dancing Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen

Serie / Series: Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen Edition

In November 2014, the conductor Peter Szilvay, on behalf of Christiania Wind Ensemble (Oslo), commissioned a piece from me.

He was looking for a quite short piece of music, effective, intense and dance-like.
He mentioned A Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams, and I answered his request by writing my piece, Dirty Dancing. It is a rather easy listening piece that play with riffs and rhythms.

Szilvay did not conduct the premiere of the piece. Trond Husebø took over and conducted the premiere the 7th of March 2015 in Oslo.

[NO]Sent på høsten 2014 ble jeg kontaktet av dirigenten Peter Szilvay, som på vegne av Christiania Blåseensemble, ville bestille stykke av meg.

Det skulle være 5 minutter langt, effektivt og rytmisk, gjerne som "Short Ride in a Fast Machine" av John Adams, sa han, og ha noe dansende over seg.
Jeg kvitterte med å skrive "Dirty Dancing", en heller upretensiøs lek med enkle riff og rytmer. Nå ble det slik at Szilvay ikek dirigerte urframføringen selv.
Trond Husebø steppet inn og verket fikk sin premiere i Lindemansalen 7. mars 2015.

Aufnahme / Recording:NM Janitsjar 2015 - Elitedivisjon
Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen Edition
In November 2014, the conductor Peter Szilvay, on behalf of Christiania Wind Ensemble (Oslo), commissioned a piece from me.

He was looking for a quite short piece of music, effective, intense and dance-like.
He mentioned A Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams, and I answered his request by writing my piece, Dirty Dancing. It is a rather easy listening piece that play with riffs and rhythms.

Szilvay did not conduct the premiere of the piece. Trond Husebø took over and conducted the premiere the 7th of March 2015 in Oslo.