More unrelated stuff.
Can hardly wait for Ashkenazy.
Have never seen theatrical staging at Severance before. Am so excited.
Grieg Peer Gynt
Vladimir Ashkenazy returns to lead The Cleveland Orchestra and soloists with the Oberlin College Choir in a rare performance of Grieg’s incidental music to Ibsen’s fanciful play Peer Gynt, complete with theatrical staging. Tracing the life, loves, and learning of the Norwegian anti-hero Peer around the world, this fantastical and fun-filled story explores modern understandings of choice, identity, and self. Grieg’s exquisite music, written for the play’s stage debut in 1876 at Ibsen’s request, amplifies the play’s scenic and action-packed adventures — from the well-known “In the Hall of the Mountain King” to an unforgettable dawn masterfully painted in music across the African desert sky. John de Lancie, well known for his portrayal of “Q” in Star Trek, provides well-tuned English narration for these performances.
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