Episode 3: Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg 

I love that Grieg consciously avoided "orientalizing" his music to accompany the parts of the story in North Africa. He was true to himself, his style, and was just plain authentic.

Anitra’s choices for dancing made me burst out laughing, and was that goblin hugging himself!?! Edit: CODFISH! CODFISH! CODFISH! Another edit: I love how snazzy Peer looks in that suit and tie

This needs more views. WAY more views. I'd suggest maybe to do a Debussy piece like Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun or La Mer? Anyway, amazing video!

In case any of you is wondering, no, Grieg's music does not sound like codfish. Don't be silly, if it did Portugal would have adopted it as a staple by now.

Peer Gynt is a satire on the Norwegian every-day-man character 'Espen Ashlad', the hero of many fairytales While Espen is kind, jolly and helpfull, Peer is selfish, greedy and needy. In many ways is Peer Gynt a comment on the average Norwegian at the time, pointing out all the biast of Romanticism and drunk self-centered people. Peers Journey is about him being confronted by different challanges, but unlike Espen Ashladd that always solves it perfectly and gets help from strangers, Peer avoids and runs away. Only looking for the easy way out. By doing so he looses more and more of an identity, and now only becomes a shell of a man. He has no spine, no real personality and no propper identity, so there are no reasons on why he should exsist.

"In the Hall of the Mountain King" made me fall in love with classical music 40 years ago. I'm still in love with it.

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Love the videos. Sharing. Would certainly like to see The Magic Flute be presented.

I was always curious what Anitra in this story was like. My eldest niece is named Anitra.

I really laughed at Anitra's inspiration in her choice of dances! I have known this music all my life and never knew Ibsen's story (I like the music minus the story better!). Super vid! CODFISH!!!!

Ibsen: I need some catchy music for my play, or else they'll say I'm an Enemy of the People

Another excellent video! Keep up all the great work guys!

*C O D F I S H*

look at the audience bit in the beginning, two were enjoying themselves....

i'm a stage director and playwright. i really like your videos and i've been studying peer gynt for years. i love what you do and would love to collaborate with you sometime. i think your music analysis, as well as the relationship between grieg and ibsen is spot on, however your understanding of the plot is pretty lacking, and i'm sure you would enjoy grieg's music much more by having a better understanding of the plot. i really love your videos and i think i have a lot to learn from you, but i also think the quality of your videos would grow enormously by collaborating with someone who could help you get a better understanding of the stories and background behind each piece. i'd love to.

You should have included Solveig's song as well. But it's a long story, and not easy to fit it all in 8 minutes.

This was fantastic. It was suggested by my favorite a cappella group who just is getting ready to release a video on the Hall of the Mountain King. I recognize the music but could not for the life of me figure out why the heck they were all dressed as goblins or trolls. I just could not figure out the story and they are famous for their storytelling. This made everything so much clearer. I’m going to go back and watch them all because I learned so much and it was so vastly entertaining. Thank you for this from someone who likes music but knows nothing about it and certainly doesn’t know anything about the classics even though I like listening to them. Who knew they were such storytellers?

Nice video, maybe Die Zauberflöte for the next one? Or La Boheme

codfish....

This is always been by favorite musician. Grieg is I think one of the best.

I love how you depicted him as some rebellious teenager XD

cant believe this channel isnt bigger

Edvard Grieg looks so cute in this .

WHERE HAS THIS CHANNEL BEEN ALL MY LIFE

Fun fact: Ole Bull was also Grieg's (fairytale) uncle, since his brother married to the sister of Grieg's mother.

Awesome video! Loving the polished content you’ve been putting out. You should totally do a video on The Rite of spring , it’s got an awesome story to it

1:53 This... this is so cursed lmao Nice vid XD

Let's not forget the logical evolution of Anitra's Dance into Anitra's Boogie.

Hall of mountain king same recording as classical collection 2001 orchestrated and classical animals orchestrated

I remember when I first played in my youth orchestra!!

This was excellent! Where did yall go?? We need more!

e-boy grieg e-boy grieg 😩😩😩

Excellent. Another great video, congratulations guys!

His Norwegian Dances, which you played at the beginning of this video, are some of my favourite pieces to play with an orchestra!

Excerpt from the Norwegian Dance (Zebra) Hall of the Mountain King (Tiger)

Right after I watched this I got an ad that used the morning music theme!

CODFISH!!!!!!

I am learning so much... even at my age! thank you!

As a codfish enthusiast from Norway, I very much apreciated this. Very 🐟of you to make this👏

I realize your focus is on the music, rather than the story (just as virtually everyone else, regarding Peer Gynt. Üuuuug...), and that the focus on the music is the shtick of your channel, but I feel you could do just a liiittle bit better with describing the end. More accurately, Peer's Adventures have more been him running from his problems, and trying to come to terms with his own identity (or lack thereof). And realizes that his selfish actions have also been keeping him from being himself. He actually goes to Solveig, hoping she would hate him enough to give him identity, but she thanks him for the stories he left, and has no ill feelings towards him. So, I guess he is 'saved' by her, still. Admittedly, this probably wouldn't lead to as clear a happy ending as you might have wanted, so, I suppose I can understand the need to soften it.

CODFISH

You must write the entire piece with ... a herring!

Some day The Nutcracker, please!

Codfish!

Think you could go over Prince Igor?

That was great. Just stumbled upon this channel and will have to watch more!

You forgot Solveig’s Song in the suite!

The Beyonce be like

Both Bizet's L'Arlésienne and Grieg's Peer Gynt were turned into suites to gain their fame.

can't stop simping grieg in classics explained's art style

Grieg also composed March of the Trolls, In Autumn, The Last Spring, Piano Concerto in A Minor, Wedding Day at Trouldhaugen, and From Holberg's Time.

Why is baby yoda riding a cello

Fantastic thank you. I was just trying to explain to my kids the origin of that "Hair Up" music from the Trolls movie. This video did the job perfectly for me :) they loved all the codfish.

May I ask, what is the section name of the first piece of work played at the begin. It sounds so wonderful and deep. Makes me think of both a European backwoods and deep southern American draw.

Oh, I was hoping that you’d talk about the Boyg.

Morning Mood (Sunbittern) Anitra's Dance (Fox)

More composers please

We Like cYsmix - Peer Gynt, and this isnt cysmix Ive been clickbaited

Haha this is great!!

Man why are animations like this not appreciated enough

Waiting for some Sibelius action, maybe the story behind the violin concerto? Love the channel so much

We watched this in school 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

Keep Grieg emo

4:34 Back then, nobody heard pop music before.

There was a Yorkshireman who called his dog 'Grieg'. 'Appen, when it was in the living room, it used to peer gynt suite.

"I am sure my music has a taste of codfish in it." Edward Grieg

4:32 🤣🤣

Wow, I didn’t know that writer of Peer Gynt was on Laugh-In ! 😅 Henrik Ibsen Henry Gibson

I thought that "Anitra's Dance" was about a little girl playing alone, maybe I thought so because I first listened to the piano version which sounds a bit different to me.

Is that Hardanger fiddle I hear in the beginning?

This channel makes me happy

Please do william tell overture

Yo, this makes me miss Flash Animation so much.

Thank you Benjamin! Now i understand it!

Lmao this video

This was so entertaining! And I finally got the story! What a ride.

Could you translate it into Spanish? I would like to know what is being said. I'm working on an adaptation of Peer Gynt. Thank you very much. Can you TRANSLATE GOOGLE. ESPAÑOL CASTELLANO: ¿Podrías traducirlo al Castellano? Me gustaría entender lo que se dice. Estoy trabajando en una adaptación de Peer Gynt. Muchas gracias. Podrías usar el TRADUCTOR DE GOOGLE PARA CONTESTARME.

Classic!

I love these videos! 😊

This was really good

An Norwegian Event In Halloween's Related Art Music History, and a Favorite of Little Einsteins.

I woul like a discussion on Sibelius' Tapiola.

What is the name of that first piece of folkmusic there?🇧🇻

Drinking game: Take a sip when Grieg (or someone else) slaps someone with a codfish. Take a full shot when the codfish is raining down en masse, or someone is standing on top of a pile of codfish. XD

I'm Norwegian bro, and im sorry, but your Norwegian accent is HORRIBLE! Other than that it's a great video tho

4:32

Sounds like a spin-off of Don Giovanni or Don Juan in the beginning

Did you know that there is a Ballet adaptation of Peer Gynt? I looked it up on RU-vid. I also noticed that In The Hall of the Mountain King was featured in The Social Network. Pretty cool!

Ole Bull . . .

I flinch every time the host pronounces the name PEER GINT, with a hard 'g' ( it's supposed to be more like ' pear yint' ).

I REALLY LOVE U😍

I realise now why the music is famous. (And the story is not.)

codfish!

Ase's Death (Taipan)

Great music!

Ngl your characterization of Grieg is really disrespectful

Great video, thanks. I read the original score has 26 movements. Any suggestion to a video with the original score? Please.

Holberg Suite is not one of the most popular? That's what brought me here.

Grieg one of my very favo... thank you so much so informative and joyful you make me laugh thanks

I still can't stop thinking about the Disney Little Einsteins franchise when I hear Grieg's Peer Gynt. It appeared in the Episodes: I Love to Conduct, Dragon Kite, A Little Einsteins Halloween, The Good Knight and the Bad Knight, and The Secret Mystery Prize.