Settling down at Troldhaugen
Nina and Edvard Grieg move closer to civilisation, building a villa of their own in an idyllic setting among trees and overlooking a lake at Troldhaugen. With Donald Macleod.
Grieg鈥檚 final years were spent either touring Europe as a performer, or preferably enjoying his new home, 鈥渨here it鈥檚 more beautiful鈥�, he said, 鈥渢han the most beautiful place imaginable.鈥�
Donald Macleod looks at the people and places that had a significant impact on Edvard Grieg鈥檚 life and work, meeting Norwegian fiddlers, folksong collectors and nationalist firebrands along the way. From Henrik Ibsen, who commissioned Grieg to write his most famous work, to the composer's wife Nina, for whom he wrote all his songs, this week Donald explores the key influences on the composer鈥檚 outlook and development.
Today, we find Grieg in the Spring of 1885, when a plan he'd been nurturing for a couple of years came to fruition. The composer and his wife Nina had a house built for them on the shores of a fjord just south of Bergen, which still stands. They named it Troldhaugen, or 鈥榁alley of the Trolls鈥�.
Lyric Pieces Op 43: III In my homeland
Stephen Hough, piano
Violin Sonata No 3: I Allegro molto ed appassionato
Terje Tonneson, violin
Einar Henning Smebye, piano
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Alice Sara Ott, piano
Peer Gynt Suite No 2: III Peer鈥檚 麻豆约拍coming, IV Solveijg鈥檚 Song
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Christian Ruud, conductor
Haugtussa: VI-VIII
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo soprano
Bengt Forsberg, piano
Stimmungen Op 73: XII-XV
Einar Steen-N酶kleberg, piano
Produced by Megan Jones for 麻豆约拍 Audio Wales and West
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Edvard Grieg
Lyric Pieces Op 43 (No 3, In my homeland)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Hyperion CDA 68070.
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Edvard Grieg
Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor, Op 45 (1st mvt)
Performer: Terje Tonnesen. Performer: Einar Henning Smebye.- SIMAX : PSC-1162.
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Edvard Grieg
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen
Performer: Alice Sara Ott.- DG : 0289 4794631 1.
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Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No 2, Op 55 (excerpts)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.- BIS : SACD-1591.
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Edvard Grieg
Haugtussa, Op 67 (Nos 6-8)
Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.- DGG : 437-521-2.
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Edvard Grieg
Stimmungen, Op 73 (excerpts)
Performer: Einar Steen-N酶kleberg.- Naxos: 8.550881.
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