After composing “Introduction” in 1989 and “Entrada” in 1990, Aagaard-Nilsen received a new commission for a “concert-opener”, this time from Tromsø Brass in 1991.

Tromsø is a city in the north of Norway, but despite the cold and snowywinters, the city is famous for it’s night-life.

In “Arctic Funk” you might get a feeling of a part that take place between ice-rocks and snow-wrapped mountains.