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Peer Gynt

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Sun, Aug 17, 2025, 17:30
Drama meets Romance: When the Norwegian national poet Henrik Ibsen and his compatriot, the Norwegian Edward Grieg, met in Rome in 1866, they immediately hit it off. It's no wonder that Ibsen later asked the composer to write the music for his play "Peer Gynt" - at that time, it was almost unthinkable to stage a major theater production without incidental music. But as good as the music was - it would have long been forgotten if Grieg had not... Read full text

Keywords: Canaletto – Das Dresdner Stadtfest

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Musicians

Tabita BerglundConductor
Leonhard BaumgartnerViolin
Dresdner Philharmonie

Program

Edvard GriegPeer Gynt: Prelude - In the Wedding Court"Peer Gynt" Suite No. 1 from the incidental music (1876/88)Peer Gynt Suite No. 2
Édouard LaloNorwegian Fantasy
Pablo de SarasateCarmen Fantasy
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