The Grieg Society of Great Britain

7 October:  Record of the Year award 2010 will be presented to Norwegian violinist Annar Follesø for a brilliant CD of works by Ole Bull (1810-80), at the residence of the Norwegian ambassador.  Reception and short concert. Members and their guests only. Details from beryl@berylfoster.com

28 October: AGM and concert at Schott’s Music Shop, 48 Gt. Marlborough Street, London (nearest tube, Oxford Circus).  Concert at 8.00pm of piano music by Grieg, Rachmaninov and Chopin, played by Jakob Fichert.  Guests and members of the public welcome.  Tickets £7.50 (£5.00 for members) to include a glass of wine available on the door or in advance from the Society. Details from beryl@berylfoster.com

Thursday, 1 October 2009, 18.00–20.30. Norwegian Ambassador’s Residence. (Note: no entry before 18.00)
Concert and Reception. By kind permission of the Norwegian Ambassador and Mrs Lindstrøm.
Programme
Grieg: Symphonic Dance, op.64, no.2, Valse Caprice, op.37, no.1, Cow Call and Peasant Dance, op.63, no.2
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (original version)
Ole Bull:  Et Sæterbesøk
Geoffrey Pratley and Anne Aplin, piano duo; Orpheus Papafillipou, violin

Friday, 30 October 2009, 18.00 for 18.30.  Schott Music,
48 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7BB
Wine at 19.30, Piano Recital: 20.00–21.15 (Wine and recital open to non-members at a charge of £5)
Programme
Grieg: Arietta, op.12/1, Remembrance, op.71/7, Brooklet, op.62/4, To Spring, op.43/6, Butterfly, op.43/1
Mendelssohn: Variations sérieuses, op.54,
Santiago Mantas, piano

(Joint meeting with the Delius Society)
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 19.00 for 19.30. Royal Norwegian Embassy,
25 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QD
In 1887, 1889 and 1891, the young Delius kept diaries of his extensive summer visits to Norway. These and various other jottings he made during the course of such visits are all to be found in a small notebook which is now in the Delius Trust Archive. Roger Buckley has made a study of the contents of the notebook and is preparing the work for publication. He will talk about Grieg’s central role in the diaries from 1889 and 1891, and about other Norwegian composers who also feature in its pages.

Thursday, 18 March 2010, 19.00 for 19.30. Royal Norwegian Embassy,
25 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QD
In this often spectacular film the pianist Leif-Ove Andsnes is our guide on a journey through Europe, with the Ballade in G minor as its dramatic and musical focus. After the interval comes a complete performance by Andsnes of the Ballade, filmed at the Bergen Festival in 2007.