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Tommy Pearson presents a concert given on Saturday at Symphony Hall, Birmingham, of music inspired by stories from Scandinavia:
Danish composer Per Norgard 's new piece based on the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen , and Grieg's music for Ibsen's play Peer Gynt. Simon Callow (narrator), Yvette Bonner
(soprano), Helen Gjerris (mezzo), Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor), Oxford Schola Cantorum,
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Youth Chorus, percussionists of the CBSO Youth Orchestra, CBSO, conductor Rumon Gamba Per Norgard The Will o' the Wisps Go to Town (first performance)
Grieg Incidental Music: Peer Gynt (excerpts)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson
Unknown:
Per Norgard
Unknown:
Hans Christian Andersen
Narrator:
Simon Callow
Narrator:
Yvette Bonner
Soprano:
Helen Gjerris
Tenor:
Richard Edgar-Wilson
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Conductor:
Per Norgard
Source: Radio Times

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