In 1867, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen wrote a play about a young man who spends his life seeking adventure and avoiding responsibility. The drama never became one of Ibsen's biggest hits, but the music that Edvard Grieg wrote for it did. On today's show, hear Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, performed by the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Kenji Bunch: String Circle No. 1
ETHEL with Kenji Bunch, viola
ETHEL: Heavy
Innova 820
Joaquin Turina: Piano Trio No. 2
Montrose Trio
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Kenji Bunch: Summer Hours for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano
Marya Martin, flute; James Austin Smith, oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Steward Rose, horn; Ran Dan, piano
Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, NY
Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suites No. 1
Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; Donald Runnicles, conductor
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Hour 2
Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.2 In D, Op.22: Presto
Stephen Prutsman, piano; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Arthur Fagen, conductor
American Classics: Piano Concertos No.1 And 2/Witches' Dance/Romance For Cello And Orchestra
Naxos NA
Morton Gould: Stringmusic
Oregon Symphony; Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Oregon Symphony, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR
Fritz Kreisler: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta
Alexandre Da Costa, violin; Alexandra Nguyen, piano
UCCS Presents/Classical 88.7 KCME/Adventure Culture Fund, Ent Center for the Arts, Colorado Springs, CO
Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue No. 18 in G-sharp minor from Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, BWV 887
Stephen Prutsman, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
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