Johan Halvorsen, violinist, conductor and composer, continued the nationalist Norwegian traditions established by Grieg, serving for thirty years as conductor of the Christiania National Theatre.

Orchestral Music

There is a place in popular repertoire for Halvorsen's Danses norvégiennes, for violin and orchestra, and for his Entry March of the Boyars. Less often heard are his three symphonies and two Rhapsodies on Norwegian folk-tunes.

Chamber Music

Halvorsen is regarded with gratitude by viola players for his arrangements of a Sarabande and a Passacaglia by Handel for violin and viola, transcriptions that call for a measure of virtuosity in both players.

GREAT ORCHESTRAL MARCHES	GRIEG: Norwegian Dances, Op. 35 / Peer Gynt, Op. 23 / Waltz Caprices	HALVORSEN, J.: Fossgrimen / Norway's Greeting to Theodore Roosevelt (Mikkelsen)
HALVORSEN, J.: Gurre Suite / Askeladden / The Merchant of Venice (Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Mikkelsen)	HALVORSEN, J.: Kongen / Vasantasena / Tordenskjold (Latvian National Symphony, Mikkelsen)	HALVORSEN, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / SVENDSEN, J.: Norwegian Rhapsodies Nos. 1-4 (Trondheim Symphony, Ruud)
HALVORSEN, J.: Suite ancienne / Fossegrimen Suite (Fjeldstad) (1954)	HALVORSEN, J.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3 (Trondheim Symphony, Ruud)	Majestic Marches
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Norwegian Rhapsody - Orchestral Favourites	Norwegian Violin Favourites	Oboe Recital: Hoff, Brynjar - PURCELL, H. / BESOZZI, A. / BACH, J.S. / KVERNO, T. / FRANCK, C. / GRIEG, E. / HALVORSEN, J. / SANDVOLD, A.
ONCE UPON A TIME	Orchestral Music - GRIEG, E. / SVENDSEN, J. / KJERULF, H. / BULL, O. / NORDRAAK, R. / HALVORSEN, J. (Royal Philharmonic, Dreier)	Orchestral Music - GRIEG, E. / SVENDSEN, J. / KJERULF, H. / BULL, O. / NORDRAAK, R. / HALVORSEN, J. (Royal Philharmonic, Dreier)