wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) (06/13/85)
Has there been a recent resurgence or revival of interest in Grieg in the classical music world? I ask this because I seem to have noticed a certain Grieg piece being played more. The piece is the "Homage March" or "Grand March" from the suite "Sigurd Jorsalfar" (please forgive misspellings, as I have no Schwann here at work). I had never heard this piece before last year, despite 20 years or so of listening to classical music. Then, I heard a parody using the tune on Prairie Home Companion, which used it as a "Sons of Canute" anthem. Then, not long thereafter, I heard the real music as a short filler piece on a morning broadcast on KFUO, a local classical-music station. I quite liked it. Then, this morning, I heard a longer and more elaborate version of it, again on KFUO. Was this piece an "old warhorse", which had been played too much, and then not played to any extent for some years, and now it is being resurrected because the current generation has not been overexposed to it? Or has it been being played all along, and for some odd reason escaped my hearing until just recently? It is a nice impressive piece, in any case; I wouldn't mind getting a recording of it. Anyone care to recommend or rank the available recordings of it, either just the "March" portion or the entire suite? Regards, Will Martin USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA