Relayed from the Midland Institute, Birmingham
THE BIRMINGHAM STUDIO AUGMENTED
ORCHESTRA
(Leader, FRANK CANTELL)
Conducted by JOSEPH LEWIS
DORIS VANE (Soprano)
Jorsalfar, is a tale of Norway in the time of the Crusades. Sigurd and his brother
Eystein, sons of the great Harald, are fierce rivals, each reigning over part of Norway. At tho end of the play they become reconciled and dedicate themselves jointly to the service of their country.
Grieg wrote incidental music for the production of the play, afterwards recasting several of the movements in the form of a very effective Suite, second in popularity only to the two Suites from his music to Ibsen's Peer Gynt. The three movements are vividly picturesque in the way we expect from Grieg.