In Act II of Edvard Grieg’s music of the play Peer Gynt, our eponymous hero enters the hall of the mountain king. As the scene’s introduction describes: “There is a great crowd of troll courtiers, gnomes and goblins. The Troll

“To all appearances,” Edvard Grieg wrote in 1882,”I am living a more peaceful life than ever before, but in reality it is a life full of inward struggle. I am both spiritually and bodily unwell and decide every other day

Symphonic Dances Op.64 (Allegretto grazioso) Eivind Aadland, conductor WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln From Grieg: Complete Symphonic Works Vol.1 (2011) Released by Audite! Symphonic Dances Op.64 (Allegretto grazioso) Let’s discover Norwegian violinist and conductor Eivind Aadland, with strong connection to folk music,