2/5. After completing his musical education at the Leipzig Conservatory, Grieg went to Copenhagen, the cultural capital of Scandanavia, where he was influenced by the Danish composer Niels Gade. Afew years later he was encouraged by two national istic men, his distant cousin Ole Bull and his friend Rikard Nordraak , to forge a style of his own and write music that would bring honour to Norway. Presented by Donald Macleod.
/ Love You, Op 5 No 3 Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
Piano Sonata in E minor, Op 7 Mikhail Pletnev Concert Overture: In Autumn, Op 11
City of Birmingham SO, conductor Sakari Oramo Humoresques, Op 6
Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano)
Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak London
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Per Dreier Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight