Composer of the Week

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) 1/5. Donald Macleod explores the music heard at the first of two poignant memorial concerts held in London following Grieg's death a century ago, and looks at how Britain reflected on the loss of one of its most loved foreign composers. Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak (orch. Johan Halvorsen) London Symphony Orchestra Per Dreier (conductor) In Autumn (I Host), Op 11 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Sakari Oramo (conductor) Henrik Wergeland, Op 58, No 3 Hakan Hagegard (baritone) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Neeme Jarvi (conductor) Old Norwegian Melody with Variations, Op 51 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Neeme Jarvi Solveig's sang (Peer Gynt) Barbara Bonney (soprano) Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Neeme Jarvi (conductor).