Poster In the Hall of the Mountain King
Peer Gynt in the Hall of the Mountain King (Theodor Kittelsen 1913)
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In the Hall of the Mountain King

Trolls, goblins, and gnomes - we'll join them all in the Hall of the Mountain King. On Friday's Performance Today, we'll hear Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite; plus, pianist Joyce Yang plays Grieg's Piano Concerto in concert at the Aspen Festival.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Ney Rosauro (arr. Seattle Marimba Quartet): Brazilian Fantasy: "Bach in Brazil"
Seattle Marimba Quartet
In Studio at KING FM, Seattle, WA

Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
Joyce Yang, piano; Aspen Chamber Symphony; Osmo Vanska, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO

Johann Sebastian Bach: Variations on Goldberg Variations, No. 18 and No. 1
Chris Thile, mandolin; Mike Marshall, mandocello
Savannah Music Festival, Charles H. Morris Center, Savannah, GA

Hour 2

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46
Artosphere Festival Orchestra; Corrado Rovaris, conductor
Artosphere Festival, Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR

Gerald Cohen: Variously Blue
Vasko Dukovski, clarinet; Gerald Cohen, conductor
le poisson rouge, New York, NY

George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Eldar Djangirov, piano
Windham Chamber Music Festival, Windham Civic Centre, Windham, NY

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