Edvard Hagerup Grieg (June 15, 1843 – September 4, 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the Romantic period. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt (which includes Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King, what you can listen in the playlist), and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces.
Peer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. Interpreted in its day as a satire on the Norwegian personality, Peer Gynt is the story of a life based on avoidance.
Morning Mood 4:00 min
The piece depicts the rising of the sun.
In the Hall of the Mountain King 2:34 min
The sequence illustrated by the music of In the Hall of the Mountain King is when Peer sneaks into the Mountain King’s castle. The piece then describes Peer’s attempts to escape from the King and his trolls.
- (The troll-courtiers): Slagt ham! Kristenmands søn har dåret.
- Dovregubbens veneste mø!
- Slagt ham!
- Slagt ham!
- (a troll-imp): Må jeg skjære ham i fingeren?
- (another troll-imp): Må jeg rive ham i håret?
- (a troll-maiden): Hu, hej, lad mig bide ham i låret!
- (a troll-witch with a ladle): Skal han lages til sod og sø?
- (another troll-witch, with a butcher knife): Skal han steges på spid eller brunes i gryde?
- (the Mountain King): Isvand i blodet!
- Slay him! The Christian’s son has bewitched
- The Mountain King’s fairest daughter!
- Slay him!
- Slay him!
- May I hack him on the fingers?
- May I tug him by the hair?
- Hu, hey, let me bite him in the haunches!
- Shall he be boiled into broth and bree?
- Shall he roast on a spit or be browned in a stewpan?
- Ice to your blood, friends!
Now play the video and check the photos.
Good morning and enjoy the weekend!
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