Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
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Neeme Järvi
conductor
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Lars Vogt
piano
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
"Peer-Gynt-Suite" No. 1, Op. 46
Concerto for piano and orchestra in A minor, Op. 16
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Suite from "Pelléas and Mélisande", Op. 46
Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52
This concert involves a meeting between Scandinavia’s two most celebrated composers: Norway’s Edvard Grieg and Finland’s Jean Sibelius. Each is represented by a piece of absolute music as well as music written for the stage, in which the theme of eros is ever-present. In 1905, while he was also working on his Third Symphony, Sibelius wrote a score for a new production of Maeterlinck’s “Pelleas and Melisande” at the Swedish Theater in Helsinki. He conveyed the famous love triangle in ten musical numbers that illuminate the psychology of these characters with a delicate musical poetry. Meanwhile, Edvard Grieg took up the challenge of writing music for that incomparable adventurer, trickster, and braggart Peer Gynt. With such pieces as “Morning Mood,” “In the Hall of the Mountain King,” and “Aase’s Death,” he created one of the “greatest hits” lists of the classical repertory. But he reserved the most beautiful music for Solveig, the loving woman who remains faithful to Peer till the end, when she holds him in her arms—and forgives him.
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