Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843–1907), the most famous Norwegian composer, excelled in creating short
piano pieces, and this was a suite of some of them. He wrote it in 1884, and he later orchestrated it for strings. Holberg
was a Norwegian poet and playwright about whom Grieg studied for a commission celebrating Holberg’s 200th anniversay.
The pieces in the suite are I. Prelude, II. Sarabande, III. Gavotte,
IV. Air, V. Rigaudon. The original (unrestored) piano music is at the right.
Richard Ellsasser (1926–1972) was an organ prodigy and performed
on all organs, classical, theatre, large, small, pipe, and electronic. A prolific
recitalist, his repertoire ranged from Bach to twentieth century, transcriptions,
and light popular music. Moderate.
