Photo: Per Sollerman

Solo Recital 2023 marks the 180th anniversary of Norway’s national composer Edvard Grieg. Throughout this summer and early autumn season, pianist Thormod Rønning Kvam will be touring with a programme showcasing the broadness of Grieg’s oeuvre — with the Holberg Suite, the music from Peer Gynt, Peasant Dances Op 72 and Lyric Pieces thoughtfully curated in a spirited, exciting recital programme.

Programme

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

From Peasant Dances, Op 72:
Gibøens Bridal March [Gibøens bruremarsj]
Bridal March from Telemark [Bruremarsj fra Telemark]

Holberg Suite, Op 40:
I. Praeludium
II. Sarabande
III. Gavotte
IV. Air
V. Rigaudon

Selected Lyric Pieces:
Silence of the Woods [Skogsstillhet], Op 71 no 4
To Spring [Til våren], Op 43 no 6
Butterfly [Sommerfugl], Op 43 no 1

Intermission

Selected Piano Transcriptions of Original Songs:
Berceuse [Vuggesang], Op 41 no 1
Little Haakon [Lille Haakon], Op 41 no 2
The First Meeting [Det første møte], Op 52 no 2
The Poet's Heart [Du fatter ei bølgenes evige gang], Op 52 no 3

From The Peer Gynt Suites, transcribed for solo piano by the composer:
Morning Mood [Morgenstemning], Op 46 no 1
Anitra’s Dance [Anitras dans], Op 46 no 3
Solveig’s Lied [Solveigs sang], Op 55 no 4
Death of Åse [Åses død], Op 46 no 2
In the Hall of the Mountain King [I Dovregubbens hall], Op 46 no 4 (arr. Grigory Ginzburg)

For tickets, visit Aulaseriene