Composed in honor of the bicentenary of the birth of Ludvig Holberg, a Danish-Norwegian playwrite, Grieg’s “Holberg Suite,” is subtitled “In the Old Style.” This is no mere coincidence; Ludvig Holberg ...
Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: ‘Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2; Grieg ...
There are few pieces of music that are more instantly recogniseable than ‘Morning Mood’ and ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ from Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite. But everything in the two complete ...
The Camerata Nordica leaves a lovely home in Sweden on the shore of the Baltic Sea, to go to landlocked Lincoln, Neb., for a concert. They've brought with them Nordic music: the Holberg Suite by ...
Mention Edvard Grieg and what music comes to mind? 'Morning' from Peer Gynt? Or that roll of the drums calling in a cascade down the keyboard that introduces one of the canon's most popular piano ...
The International Sejong Soloists wrap up their week as Young Artists in Residence with music by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). We hear his "Holberg Suite." ...
Charles Hazlewood joins the BBC Concert Orchestra, cellist Robin Michael and composer Joe Cutler. Here they examine Cutler's own Music for cello and strings, and Grieg's work, From Holberg's Time: ...
Grieg's Holberg Suite in triplicate – seriously! Two of the versions are Grieg's own mid-19th-century reshapings of the baroque, his original for piano and the orchestration for strings. The third ...
Tonight's Full Works Concert is dedicated to the music of Grieg. On a Full Works Concert dedicated to the music of Grieg, what are the absolute must-haves? The famous Peer Gynt Suite No.1? Well, we’ll ...