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Bringing Folk Music to Life: Grieg’s Lyric Pieces

by Maureen Buja November 25th, 2024 Tags: Grieg

Edvard Grieg (1843 – 1907) invented the idea of Lyric Pieces, but it’s really part of a long list of character pieces for the piano. With the rise of the home piano, there was an immediate market for music for

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Memorials on the Twentieth Anniversary of September 11th
Adam Swayne, piano
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The Composer at His Jolliest: Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony
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Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 “Italian” - Saltarello
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To Rise and Fall: Debussy’s Sunken Cathedral
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Claude Debussy: Preludes, Book 1 - No. 10. La cathedrale engloutie
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Sweet Memories: Tchaikovsky’s Mélodie, Op. 42/3
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Mélodie, Op. 42, No. 3
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In a Melancholy Mood: Mozart’s Little G minor
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor – I. Allegro con brio
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Memories of the Past: Rahbari’s Children’s Prayer
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Alexander Rahbari: My Mother Persia: Symphonic Poem No. 3, "Children's Prayer"
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Katia Beaugeais – Breath by Breath
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A Miscellaneous Collection: Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos
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J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 – I. Allegro moderato
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