ANGUS MORRISON (Pianoforte)
THE B.B.C. ORCHESTRA
(Section C)
(Led by MARIE WILSON )
Conducted by CYRIL DALMAINE When Grieg cast his instrumental music to
Ibsen's play of Peer Gynt in the form of two suites, he furnished a little summary of the story to show which were the points in it that the several movements illustrate. The movements do not follow one another in the order in which they appear in the play, and the first suite takes us to sevenal parts of the world. Two of the movements in the First Suite are set in Morocco, where Peer found himself in his wanderings ; the first, called ' Morning,' is his awaking on the shore, and the third is a dance performed for him by the Arabian girl Anitra. The second depicts his mother's death. Peer has escaped from the realm of the mountain king, and makes his way home to find his mother dying. The last movement in the first suite is the dance of the people of the mountain king where Peer is held captive.