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Composer of the Week: Grieg

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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 some relief and was the cradle for Grieg's most passionate chamberworks and the powerful song Den Bergtekne.
Margrete 's Cradle Song; A Mother's Grief (Op 15)
Marianne Hirsti (soprano), Rudolf Jansen (piano)
Fiddlers Hakan Hagegard (baritone), Warren Jones (piano)
String Quartet in G minor, Op 27 Norwegian Quartet
Den Bergtekne , Op 32 (The Mountain Thrall) Hakan Hagegard (baritone),
Gothenburg SO , conductor Neeme Jarvi Folksong; Hailing; Springdance (Lyric Pieces Book 2) Peter Katin (piano) (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Song:
Den Bergtekne.
Soprano:
Marianne Hirsti
Piano:
Rudolf Jansen
Baritone:
Hakan Hagegard
Piano:
Warren Jones
Unknown:
Den Bergtekne
Baritone:
Hakan Hagegard
Conductor:
Gothenburg So
Conductor:
Neeme Jarvi
Piano:
Peter Katin
Source: Radio Times

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