Grieg in Dialogue

• Saturday, May 2 at 1 pm
  • First Lutheran Church, Tacoma (map)
  • Pre-register here
• Sunday, May 3 at 2 pm
  • Ballard First Lutheran Church (map)
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• Free with suggested donation
• Pre-registration suggested donation levels
  • $150 Full Season Supporter
  • $50 Supporter
  • $30 General
  • $20 Senior
  • $10 Student/Child

Norwegian pianist Oda Voltersvik returns to Seattle to amaze us with her virtuosic technique and enchanting musicality. She brings a program exploring mutual comparisons and influences of several of Edvard Grieg’s contemporary composers including Agathe Backer-Grøndahl, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Claude Debussy, and Bela Bartok, expanding our understanding of Grieg’s music and his sphere of influence.

Featuring:

• Oda Voltersvik, piano

On the program: View the Program Here

• Springar, To Spring, March of the Dwarves, Evening in the Mountains, Tempest Clouds, Bell Ringing, Nils Rekve’s Halling, Lullaby and Cattle Call, and Halling from a Fairy Hill by Edvard Grieg
• To the Roses, Far Away in the Forest, and At Twilight by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
• Allegretto leggiero in A Flat Major, Song of the Roses, Springar, and Allegro by Agathe Backer-Grøndahl
• The Sunken Cathedral by Claude Debussy
• Selections from Romanian Folk Dances and 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs by Bela Bartok

Concert duration: 60-75 min with intermission
Doors open at 12:15 pmin Tacoma and 1:15 in Ballard

Previous seasons have been supported by the American Guild of Organists Seattle Chapter, ArtsWA ArtsFund, the Jane Isakson Lea Foundation, the American-Scandinavian Foundation, and by individual donors like you.

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