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)