With Donald Macleod.
3: Crisis
Following the death of their only child, Grieg's marriage went through a crisis. Escape to the Hardanger region of Norway seemed to provide relief and was the cradle for Grieg's most passionate chamber works and the powerful song Den Bergtekne. Margrete's Cradle Song;
A Mother's Grief Marianne Hirst
(soprano), Rudolf Jansen (piano)
Fiddlers Hakan Hagegard (baritone), Warren Jones (piano)
String Quartet in G minor Norwegian Quartet
Den Bergtekne (The Mountain Thrall) Hakan Hagegard (baritone),
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Folk Song: Hailing; Springdance (Lyric Pieces Book 2) Peter Katin (piano)