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Lise Davidsen: Tiny Desk Concert

April 19, 2024 • The Norwegian soprano, with plenty of horsepower, unleashes a high C, and much subtle singing, in a thrilling set.

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Daniil Trifonov: Tiny Desk Concert

January 12, 2018 • Watch the young Russian musician, who The Times of London calls "the most astounding pianist of our age," play a smart, Chopin-focused concert on a grand piano, precisely wedged behind the Tiny Desk.

Stephen Hough Puts His Experience Of A Miracle Into His Music

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Stephen Hough Puts His Experience Of A Miracle Into His Music

May 23, 2015 • The polymath pianist and composer has released three new albums — including a recording of his own Mass, whose writing was interrupted by a disastrous car accident.

Stephen Hough Puts His Experience Of A Miracle Into His Music

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Leif Ove Andsnes: Pianist on the Precipice

GBH News

February 22, 2008 • Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has traveled Europe to explore the life and music of his country's greatest composer, Edvard Grieg. The quest continues as Andsnes plays Grieg in the WGBH studio.

Hear Leif Ove Andsnes play Grieg in the WGBH studio

Classics in Concert

Three Men and a Warhorse

American Public Media

September 7, 2007 • Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes takes a fresh approach to an old classic. He taps into the spirit of the Norwegian countryside in a concert performance of Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto, with Esa-Pekka Salonen leading the L.A. Philharmonic.

Listen to Grieg's Concerto performed by the L.A. Philharmonic

Concerts

Janine Jansen: A Rising Violinist Tackles Grieg

October 24, 2006 • Janine Jansen is a 28-year-old rising star of the violin. Last week, she was featured by the BBC at one of its lunchtime concerts from London's Wigmore Hall. We'll sample that concert and hear Jansen's performance of the Violin Sonata No. 2 by Edvard Grieg. Itamar Golan is at the piano.

Janine Jansen: A Rising Violinist Tackles Grieg

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Dessert First: A Set of Musical Encores

September 6, 2006 • Here's a set of musical encores. Camerata Nordica plays "Last Spring," from Edvard Grieg's Elegiac Melodies. Then, an improvisation on a Venezuelan folk tune by violinist Alexis Cardenas. And to wrap up, pianist Steven Mayer plays "The Banjo" by Louis Moreau Gottschalk.

Dessert First: A Set of Musical Encores

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Reflecting Norway: Grieg's Folk Songs and Dances

July 31, 2006 • Every country has its token composer: Finland has Sibelius, Poland has Chopin, the U.S. has Copland, and Norway has Edvard Grieg. The Bergen Woodwind Quintet plays arrangements of five of Grieg's Folk Songs and Dances, Op. 17.

Reflecting Norway: Grieg's Folk Songs and Dances

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