During his lifetime Grieg gained worldwide recognition as a composer. His music, words and ideas are still relevant today and he continues to open doors both in Norway and abroad.
Grieg had a strong influence on the Australian composer Percy Grainger. The two composers had a brief friendship that began in London in May 1906. Grieg`s death on September 4th 1907, soon after he had essentially named Grainger as his preferred interpreter, served as a boost to the young pianist`s career. Grainger went on to make his name as the greatest living exponent of Grieg`s Piano Concerto, which he performed over the next five decades, making his own edition of the work in 1919.
Date: 04.09.2007
Time: 1230pm
Venue: National Carillon, Aspen Island, Canberra
Program:
- The Last Spring, Op. 34 no. 2
- Solveig`s Song from Peer Gynt Suite no. 2
- I Love Thee, Op. 41 no. 3
- Solitary Wanderer, Op. 43 no. 2
- We bless the God and Father (Norwegian Hymn)
- Our Lord, great and strong
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EDVARD GRIEG (1890)
Photo K. Nyblin
THE GRIEG ARCHIVES
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