Edvard Grieg’s life and music – in his own words. ‘The Idea of Norway. It’s the one thing that keeps me going strong, whether I’m travelling abroad or at home: The Idea of Norway.’ In this week’s podcast, Edvard Grieg – in his own words – tells of his life, his works, and of his love of Norway. He was a great letter-writer, filling his correspondence with all the hopes and desires he had for his emerging nation – with all the heartbreak of child loss, with the pains of self-doubt that afflict every artist – and with the boyish sense of humour that made him a beloved ambassador for his country. 

CONTACT

Twitter: @northbynorway

Mail: northbynorway@gmail.com

EPISODE PHOTO

Edvard Grieg, 1906

Photographer: Anders Beer Wilse. Owner: Norsk folkemuseum. (Licence: CC pdm) 

THANKS

to actor Solveig M. Boyle for vocal contribution

MUSIC

00:00 North by Norway 

Andrew J. Boyle, using the Norwegian folksong ‘I Ola-dalom, i Ola-tjønn’

01:51 I Ola-dalom, i Ola-tjønn

Edvard Grieg, op. 66, no. 14

04:40 Våren (Last Spring)

Edvard Grieg, op. 34, no. 2

05:18 Norwegian Dance 

Edward Grieg, op. 35, no. 2

08:00 Halling

Edward Grieg, op. 17, no. 7

09:50 Sonata 

Edvard Grieg, Op. 7, second movement

18:15 Nocturne

Edvard Grieg, op. 54, no. 4

21:00 Susanna’s horn call

Contained in a letter from Edvard Grieg to Niels Ravnkilde, 17 October 1887

All music performed on GarageBand by Andrew J. Boyle

LINKS & SOURCES

Edvard Grieg: mennesket og kunstneren 

Finn Benestad/Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe

Aschehoug 1990 

Brev til Frants Beyer 1872–1907

Finn Benestad/Bjarne Kortsen

Universitetsforlaget, 1993

Brev i utvalg : 1862-1907. B. 1 : Til norske mottagere

Finn Benestad

Aschehoug, 1998

Brev i utvalg : 1862-1907. Bind II 

Finn Benestad

Aschehoug, 1998

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