Death of Ase (PeerGynt)

[duckysautopsy]

omg, i started crying when i heard this song, it iss sooooo beautiful

[drwhogrl88]

my band teacher showed this to our class, and when it was over, someone shouted out, "it sounds like someone is crying" and my teacher said, "naturally, someone would cry. Ase just DIED."

[1964stellina]

questa esecuzione manca di intimità, è troppo fredda e troppo robusta.

[luv2cheer65]

:D I'm playing this song at festival with my school orchestra soon! I'm so excited :D

[cosmiclight]

One of the most moving compositions I have ever heard. I would want this played at my funeral along with the Thomas Tallis Fantasia.

[MrAlpruitt]

Can't pinpoint it...I think its a violin...but someone is "out" if you know what I mean and can hear it.

[rachskald]

I'm torn... of course this was ment as a symphonic piece but I am strangely drawn to a minimalistic piano solo interpretation... Somehow the emanations of loneliness feel stronger with just a single instrument... not to say that this version didn't chill me to the bone. my deep respect!

[HannaThing]

I agree. I played Adagio for String (Samuel Barber) in a smaller orchestra, ans it was amazing. There was so little sound, but at other times, it seemed like we were all fighting for more sound, our passion taking over. But when I turned around and played it in a larger orchestra, the over intensity was amazing, but it wasn't the same. Not as delicate, but amazing in it's own.

I am torn in this case as well.

[xoTVXfQ]

it's really lovely and moving. thanks for sharing [:

[Lollypooopz]

teehee...

such a beautiful song

for such a bad assignment...

[violinartist1]

yaya full orchestra or piano.

[Ase0esA]

i am called after this piece! love it!!!!!!!

[Insanelycoolprincess]

I love it

[gregtuba]

aïe l'intonation ! c'est dommage...

Les fa dièse du violoncelle sont trop hauts !

Ouch ! intonation ! is a pity ...

The F sharp of the cello are too high !

[cutencrazy07]

Mysterious @ the beginning, yet amazing throughout the piece :)

[arkanjello]

c'est la musique de la mort de la mère - et j'aime cette interpretation car elle est âpre et sèche, rugueuse comme Aase. Mais c'est une mère et il y a la tendresse et le pathétisme de la mort. L'archarnement bref et enfin l'hebetude d'un enfant seul.

J'aime vraiment cette version. Les autres sont trop "je veux pleurer". Celle-ci est véritablement intime sans être voyeuriste.

[richtomes]

Merci beaucoup !

[moiliryc]

tu as tout dit,

et les petits passages en majeurs avec des chromatismes pour moi calment l'atmosphère avant de revenir dans un mineur plus noir, c'est toute l'incompréhension du chagrin...

merci, cette version est une des rares acceptable sur youtube (surtout pour solveig's song)

et c'est ça tout au long de l'oeuvre...

[musiclassic1]

effectivement bien pour youtube

[ThSkBj]

There's a joke going around about this piece.. I'm not sure if I should tell...

[richtomes]

Oh go on

[ThSkBj]

Ok, then. My grandfather told me this one:

There was this violinist playing "Åses død" (Death of Åse). And he really sucked at playing violin. So as he plays, someone in the audience gets up shouting: "Would you just relieve her of her suffering and KILL HER ALREADY?!"

[ThSkBj]

Actually the comment was "Pin ho ikkje lenger"-

Wich means "stop the torture" - Indicating that he should kill her and get her suffering over with.

[raflim]

kill who? who is ase?

[moiliryc]

maybe you should read Henrik Ibsen's "Peer gynt"... a fantastic reading!

[Alucinoria]

lol That is a good joke. I will tell mention about it to my friends. :)

[punkedzebra]

you shall!!!

:D

[CrowleysGhost]

I like it, but I feel that the forte passages should be attacked with the deep passion of loss. Thanks for sharing it.

[richtomes]

I attacked it !

[violinista22]

it´s nice, but the bass is missing!!!

[richtomes]

Yes, we simply didn't have one - ours is a small school and we often have to compromise or improvise when choosing programs.

[pmaojo]

finally I found it!!! I was looking for this so long ago.

[hatebreederrr]

fuckin hell this arouses so many memories

love grieg. awesome musicians

[amrlotus]

great performance

[CountessFreyja]

i love this piece, its so beautiful. Grieg is amazing.

this is played really well!

[chopstixenator]

hermosa melodia