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Not just Grieg: Oslo Phil plays an all-Norwegian programme

By Jack Dhainaut, 26 March 2017
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Reviewed at Oslo Concert Hall (Konserthus), Oslo on 24 March 2017
Programme
Tveitt, A hundred folk tunes: Friarføter
Tveitt, A hundred folk tunes: Du...
Tveitt, A hundred folk tunes: Hastverksbrudlaup
Tveitt, A hundred folk tunes: Haring-øl
Halvorsen, Violin Concerto
Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite no. 1, Op.46
Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite no. 2, Op.55
Performers
Henning Kraggerud, Violin
Oslo Philharmonic
Vasily Petrenko, Conductor
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Jack Dhainaut
Jack Dhainaut
Having studied foreign languages and literature at King’s College, Cambridge and the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Jack is currently teaching English and French in a small but lovely village in deepest Catalonia, where he is one of two tenors in the local choir. A double bassist and erstwhile clarinettist, his musical interests range from the symphonies of Shostakovich to the Catalan Nova Canço.