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Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King

Afternoon Concert Ten Pieces to Inspire Children
Episode 3 of 10

Katie Derham features Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No 1 for the 麻豆社's Ten Pieces project. Plus Rossini: Overture (La scala di seta). Bax: 4 Orchestral Sketches. Walton: Violin Concerto.

With Katie Derham

With "Ten Pieces", the 麻豆社 is aiming to inspire a generation of children in primary schools to get creative with Classical Music, and every weekday this week and next, Afternoon on 3 offers a chance to hear the whole works at the beginning of each programme at 2pm.

Today, the first suite that Grieg made from incidental music he had written for Ibsen's drama Peer Gynt. In a fantastical Norway, young Peer Gynt seduces a troll maiden and is brought before the Troll King in the Hall of the Mountain King.

For more about Ten Pieces visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vs08w

The rest of the programme features the 麻豆社 Philharmonic in Walton's Violin Concerto, with soloist Midori, and Bax's 4 Orchestral Sketches.

2pm
Ten Pieces:
Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No.1
Ulster Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

2.15
Rossini
La Scala di Seta Overture
麻豆社 Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

2.20
Bax
4 Orchestral Sketches
麻豆社 Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor)

2.50
Walton
Violin Concerto in B minor
Midori (violin)
麻豆社 Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena (conductor).

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 1 Oct 2014 14:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Arnold Bax

    Four Orchestral Sketches

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La scala di seta (The Silken Ladder) - Overture

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.

  • William Walton

    Violin Concerto in B minor

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena. Performer: Midori.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Edgar - Act 3; Prelude

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Yuri Torchinsky. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • The Italian Intermezzo: 麻豆社 Philharmonic/Noseda.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

Credit

Performer 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Wed 1 Oct 2014 14:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3