Nordic Chamber Music: Norway - Grieg in Dialogue (Tacoma)

Name: Nordic Chamber Music: Norway - Grieg in Dialogue (Tacoma)
Start: 2026-05-02T13:00:00-07:00
Location: First Lutheran Church

Schedule

Sat, 02 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

First Lutheran Church | Tacoma, WA

Norwegian pianist Oda Voltersvik returns to Seattle to amaze us with her virtuosic technique and enchanting musicality. She brings a program exploring mutual comparisons and influences of several of Edvard Grieg’s contemporary composers including Agathe Backer-Grøndahl, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Claude Debussy, and Bela Bartok, expanding our understanding of Grieg’s music and his sphere of influence.
Featuring:
Oda Voltersvik, piano
On the program:
Springar, To Spring, March of the Dwarves, Evening in the Mountains, Tempest Clouds, Bell Ringing, Nils Rekve’s Halling, Lullaby and Cattle Call, and Halling from a Fairy Hill by Edvard Grieg
To the Roses, Far Away in the Forest, and At Twilight by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Allegretto leggiero in A Flat Major, Song of the Roses, Springar, and Allegro by Agathe Backer-Grøndahl
La cathedrale engloutie by Claude Debussy
Selections from Romanian Folk Dances and 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs by Bela Bartok
Concert duration: 60-75 min
Doors open at 12:15 pm
Nordic Chamber Music is produced by the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society. Additional support comes from 4Culture & the City of Bellevue.