Edward Grieg: March of the Trolls / Hakon Austbo piano

Meanwhile in the cold dark wintry wilderness of the north.. :)

"Tales from the Wild"

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Piano: Hakon Austbo
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) - Lyric Pieces Op. 54 No.3 "March of the dwarfs".

Pictures by John Bauer (1882-1918)

I thank the pianist! and hope he doesn't mind :)

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• piano
• fairy_tale
• forest

[HarmoniousKeys]

This is a real interesting piece. Is there a specific reason why he threw in that softer part at 0:53?

[xAmandine]

@HarmoniousKeys i think the slow part is when the sun comes out and the trolls hide away from it, then at sunset they wake up again and run wild.. ;)

[HarmoniousKeys]

@xAmandine Really? How interesting. So, is this song supposed to tell some kind of specific story then?

[xAmandine]

@HarmoniousKeys i found that interpretation in the norwegian wikipedia. Grieg wrote 66 Lyric pieces released in several books from 1867 to 1901, many of them inspired by nature and norwegian folklore. The mountains in Norway are said to be inhabited by little goblins who run around at night, so that's what the music is about, i guess.

[pazzacalze]

I hadn't expected trolls to be that big. Or are the wolves toy sized?

[xAmandine]

@pazzacalze The pictures are from a book of fairy tales, they are not illustrations of Grieg’s music. I just think they fit together because of the atmosphere and the two artists (Grieg and Bauer) lived at the same time.

[noppy28]

thanks for posting !! i'm realy in the mood to read fairytales now : D

[TheSDMM]

@HarmoniousKeys Because it goes with the video.

[TheBloodsoaker]

@pazzacalze Also, in Norwegian fairy tales, trolls are giant scary beings that will eat you if you for example try to chop down their forest :D (That is one of the things that happens in a story of "Espen Askeladd", which is oneof the most known tales.

[MrRboobooG]

@xAmandine Are you such as a Grieg fan ?

[DrSnuggers]

Trolls of the internet, stand for your new anthem!

[cnd4747]

if you only put youtube.com/watch?v=gfbw2Nnf3d­Y18 you get 'A team of highly trained monkeys has been dispatched to deal with this situation.

If you see them, show them this information' With random numbers and letters after that.

[DellyDavis98]

I played the band version of this at band camp.

[HarmoniousKeys]

@xAmandine I see... Pretty interesting...