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Topic: "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" - Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)

Dear listeners,

Now I found something very special, totally different from Bach’s music, Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer.
It’s not an easy piece, and it is not a perfect recording. But I love these mysterious chords. Kind of a master piece! And I have a new registration again.  - Troldhaugen was Grieg’s home.

Maybe it was Beethoven who said something like, playing a wrong note is insignificant, playing without passion is inexcusable (or was it his piano pupil F. Ries’ summary of Beethoven’s thinking)? Anyway, it’s easier playing with passion with pianoteq with sustainpedal than with Organteq, but I try. And you know, if the word organist can be divided, so, I’m not an organist, not half an organist - but if not even a piece of an organist, even so, I’m a very happy organteqenthusiast :-)  :-)  :-)
And - if everyone played the same way, life would be very boring.
There is a recording, on yt, from 1903 where Grieg himself is playing this piece on piano very fast. I’m playing it slower, my thick short fingers can’t play this piece faster, sorry for that  :-)
Enjoy my way of playing!

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...ieg%20.mp3

How did they say - Stay tuned, I will keep you posted :-)

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Re: "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" - Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)

Don't worry about the tempo, this is great!

Here's another surprising 'alternative' version of this piece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PbgzjHwy9A

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Re: "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" - Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)

dazric wrote:

Don't worry about the tempo, this is great!

Here's another surprising 'alternative' version of this piece:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PbgzjHwy9A


Thank you, dazric!

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Re: "Wedding Day at Troldhaugen" - Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)

I need to listen to it for sure. I feel the need to explore more ""underground"" composers that were not the focus of the public attention as much as the most famous ones. And I have never listened to the composer from Norway, even though I lived there for some time.

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arritxuwheel wrote:

I need to listen to it for sure. I feel the need to explore more ""underground"" composers that were not the focus of the public attention as much as the most famous ones. And I have never listened to the composer from Norway, even though I lived there for some time.

Hi and Welcome to the forum arritxuwheel!
And thanks for listening to my music. If interested in Gieg’s wonderful music, here is another interesting piece.

https://youtu.be/vTd8bRNK4gc

More can be find in this forum and on my yt channel among over 400 pieces Organteq/Pianoteq.

Best wishes,

Stig

Pianoteqenthusiast, Organteqenthusiast, Harpteqenthusiast, Harpsichordteqenthusiast, experimenter and Graf/Grimalditeqenthusiast and Celesteteqenthusiast

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arritxuwheel wrote:

I need to listen to it for sure. I feel the need to explore more ""underground"" composers that were not the focus of the public attention as much as the most famous ones. And I have never listened to the composer from Norway, even though I lived there for some time.

I looked him up, and I liked how this guy looked. He reminds me of Einstein a bit, and his suit looks exactly like the one I saw at https://www.gentlemansguru.com/ the last week. I will definitely listen to this ""Wedding Day at Troldhaugen,"" and it will probably be the first Norwegian piece of classical music I will listen to.