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Proms Composer of the Week: Grieg

BBC Radio 3
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With Donald Macleod.
4: Fame
Donald Macleod continues his exploration of the life and work of Grieg with a look at the works written when the composer and his wife moved to Bergen, where they lived in a house built specially for them.
Grieg's international reputation as a composer was growing and he wrote his finest song cycle.
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric
Pieces Book 8) Percy Grainger (piano) Holberg Suite Norwegian Chamber
Orchestra, conductor Terje Tonnesen Haugtussa
Anne-Sophie von Otter (soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
Percy Grainger
Conductor:
Terje Tonnesen
Piano:
Bengt Forsberg
Source: Radio Times

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