Tine Thing Helseth, Opera North Chamber Ensemble

A programme of

Grieg - Cow Call, Peasant Dance, Last Spring
Percy Grainger - Two pieces from Danish Folk Song Suite
Elgar - Serenade
Johan Daniel Berlin - Concerto for Trumpet and Strings
Rolf Wallin - Elegy
Johan Kvandal - Sonata for Strings
Clarke - Suite in D

David Greed leads the Opera North Ensemble in an exploration of
composers whose music is the epitome of their nations.

Grieg is arguably the most well known Norwegian composer and the one
who springs most readily to mind to accompany images of meadows and
fjords. Cow Call is based on an original tune used to call cattle in the mountains.

Grainger was born in Australia before travelling to Europe to study. He was
a collector of folk music and played a significant part in the revival of British folk music. He was also a great champion of Nordic music and culture. The Danish Folk Song Suite is the result of field trips in the 1920s to study and collect folk songs from Denmark.

Wallin is one of the leading Norwegian composers of today, in a similar way
to Kvandal when he was alive. His Elegy was originally composed for trumpet and organ for Wallin’s sister’s funeral. The arrangement with strings was made especially for Tine.