Grieg - Holberg Suite, Op. 40 - Part 2/5

Holberg Suite, Op. 40 (From Holberg's Time: Suite in the Olden Style)

I. Prelude
II. Sarabande
III. Gavotte
IV. Air
V. Rigaudon

Composer: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud

From Holberg's Time. Suite in the Olden Style, Op. 40, was written for the bicentenary Year of Ludvig Holberg's birth. Ludvig Holberg (1684 -1754) was born in Bergen, and became Professor in Metaphysics, Latin, Literature and History, at the University in Copenhagen. But he is most famous, both today and during Grieg's time, for writing Comedy, and he is recognized as one of the most important personalities in the Danish-Norwegian joint Literature. The Suite was finished in August 1884, and the 7th of December it was performed for the very first time in Bergen. Grieg chose the French baroque dance suite as the music base. But he has put his own personal stamp on the separate movements, so there isn't the slightest amount of doubt that this is Grieg, in French seventeenth century costume.

Grieg's popular Holberg Suite was originally written for the piano, and later arranged by the composer for string orchestra.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Grieg

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[rhymingorange]

When we played this in my high school orchestra, my friend who was the first cellist (?) could honestly make the room melt when she played the solo. <3

[victormentoso]

es tan profundo, me encanta este movimiento

[gucker07]

@tian727

a duo.

[tian727]

should the cello be double stopping or is it suppose to be a duo?

[tearsforfears73]

Reminds me on my music high school orchestra,we played it really good...

[Beastlyblu]

Middle school... ahh i'm playing it rght now! :D

[swizzle2012]

MORE CELLO MORE CELLO!!

[MissTeenageNothing]

It kinda brings tears to my eyes...it's soo beautiful. <3

Never go away music. Never

[Tribute1875]

90 likes to 0 dislikes.

I just made history.

[celinacremer]

este movimento é magnífico...

[ScottAlterMusic]

81/0 = Infinite approval. If any piece of music is deserving of that... This is it.

[Xenocide31337]

@6078045 F*** you!

Anyway, this is possibly my favorite movement of this piece, besides maybe Air.