Evening Overtures
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Two overtures top our playlist tonight as the Midsummer Mozart Festival Orchestra launches into the overture from "Lucio Silla" (by Mozart, of course). We'll also hear Beethoven's "Egmont" Overture, which turns 196 years old today; Roger Norrington conducts the London Classical Players.
Another anniversary to celebrate today is the birth of Edvard Grieg (in 1843). Norwegian through and through, Grieg wrote his popular "Holberg" Suite for the bicentenary of that dramatist's birth, taking his inspiration from the musical style during Holberg's lifetime. We'll hear this always charming work in its version for string orchestra; Neeme Järvi leads the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
Another anniversary to celebrate today is the birth of Edvard Grieg (in 1843). Norwegian through and through, Grieg wrote his popular "Holberg" Suite for the bicentenary of that dramatist's birth, taking his inspiration from the musical style during Holberg's lifetime. We'll hear this always charming work in its version for string orchestra; Neeme Järvi leads the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
