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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

Composer of the Week: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Episode 2: Reimagining a Warhorse

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

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Episode 2: Reimagining a Warhorse

Reimagining a Warhorse

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Reimagining a Warhorse

Donald introduces three very different interpretations of Grieg's famous Piano Concerto.

Donald introduces three very different interpretations of Grieg's famous Piano Concerto, and explores its place in our collective musical consciousness.

Donald Macleod introduces three very different interpretations of Grieg's famous Piano Concerto, and explores its place in our collective musical consciousness.

Grieg's gift for the fleeting, artful and utterly delightful musical miniature means that he's one of the most rearranged and reimagined composers in history. Instrumentalists of every shade down the years - from trombonists to accordionists, brass bands to hard rock collectives - have sought to cast Grieg's music in their own image. This week, Donald Macleod dips his toe into the vast array of arrangements of Edvard Grieg's music - introducing a selection of brilliant, often unorthodox musical creations - whilst taking us through five key works spanning the composer's career.

Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor holds an almost mythical place in our collective musical consciousness - by far the most popular and beloved piano concerto with the general public, listeners of a certain age still chuckle at the memory of "Mr Andrew Preview"'s performance on the Morecambe and Wise show. Today, Donald Macleod explores three very different versions of this iconic work - from the jazz-lounge of Ray Conniff, to Grieg's own two-piano arrangement of the opening movement, to a spellbinding jazz reimagining by the young British composer Gwilym Simcock - before ending the programme with Svistoslav Richter's coruscating performance of the finale with the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Edvard Grieg

Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Edvard Grieg, including five key works and the vast array of arrangements

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