Grieg-Lyric Pieces Op.65 No.6 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

[faverstri]

This is the best version of them all! all the other versions are either slightly too fast or too slow. Awesome! been looking for this one :)

[Nostalgic4]

Thank you very much for uploading this. I love it!

[pianoxtreme]

This sounds like a communist march...

[brabozu]

Whose is this amazing orchestra arrangement? Thanks and congratulation for this video!

[Starbirdy9999]

@brabozu I wouldn't be too suprised if this arrangement was by Grieg himself or by G. Seidl, who arranged some of Grieg's more well known Lyric Pieces for orchestra...They both made arrangements of the more well Lyric Pieces, especially since there are some added melodies and harmonies to this arrangements, that usually wouldn't be created unless if they were by the composer himself, or by someone who arranged them with the composer's help and/or consent...

[chaoqiang2010]

Wonderfully played! 

[Krynarn]

My favorite rendition of this classic. Thanks greatly for the upload.

[tizfrreecharm]

Grooms don't have much say in their weddings, so I was surprised when no one objected to this piece as my selection for the wedding march in an un-air-conditioned Villanova Chapel in August, '73. I just wish the organist had been prepared for the quick finish to the ceremony (ever been in Philly in August w/o access to an oxygen mask? :)) But thanks for the post!

[pianoxtreme]

i love this piece, even though part of sounds like a communist march, lol.

[tizfrreecharm]

@pianoxtreme Just a quick question - what does a 'communist march' sound like? If you mean just about anything conducted by Vaclav Neumann, you could be right, but you don't really know who that was, does ya? :)

[terahoubicka]

@pianoxtreme I don't think it sounds like a communist march. I grew up in a communist country and heard many really awful marches... This is wonderful, tender and cheerful.

In August 2008 I chose it for my wedding, it was just great.

[SeadogDriftwood]

I'd been considering orchestrating this piece if no-one had orchestrated it yet. This orchestration is strikingly different from what I would have done, but it sounds convincing.

[xNightmarexVampsx]

My high school orchestra performed this in Disney World this year, and it was awesome! :3

[werq34ac]

I think I prefer the original for piano better, but it's nice to hear an orchestral arrangement. Maybe it would be better if Ravel had arranged it..

[stacycentral]

We used this as well as Grieg's Bridal Processional at our wedding 33 years ago. Now our daughter is doing the same. Grieg is such a pleasant alternative to Wagner and Mendelssohn!

[Insanelycoolprincess]

I love this piece so freakin much, and I have played this before. My favorite part is at 1:48

[egalitarianist]

This is a musical description of the excitement and bustle surrounding a relatives wedding and its festivities at Grieg's house, Troldhaugen, near Bergen, Norway. Trold means Kobold (sprite), and Haug means hill - thus, Sprite Hill.

[AngelVS20]

@egalitarianist I thought Trold meant 'Troll'. Thanks for enlightening me! :)

[egalitarianist]

@AngelVS20 All three terms are technically right, but as soon as I posted that comment, I wished I had simply said "troll". I even considered deleting and re-commenting. Troll is the type of sprite in Scandinavian folklore. Kobold is the German version of troll. The definition as "sprite" I gave was almost an exact quote of the first one I read in a Grieg bio over 50 years ago. Grieg's wife Nina named their new home that because it was surrounded by "Trolddalen" (Troll Valley).

[anamorphosys85]

I love the orchestra version, thanks for uploading! :)

[TheCrazychick07]

I love the orchestra version as well, and I have played this before. This piece is so amazing.

[MBErules]

:-)