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  4. Edvard Grieg, "The Last Spring"
  • P
    P

    I really enjoyed this. I'd actually never heard this piece before, and your rendition of it was a real treat. Thanks for sharing.

    Brian
  • C
    C

    Very nicely done William.  I love the way you handle the string programming.  As I listen to it, I feel like I'm listening to a live orchestra.  I find that to be the case with everything you have placed out on this site as of late.  Great Job.....
  • G
    G

    A fine production, congratulations. Is this a part of some sort of a suite of Grieg's orchestrations (such as the Lyric suite) or is it just one piece?
  • W
    W

    Thanks Brian and Chuck!     

    Goran, this is Grieg's orchestration of the second of the "Two Elegiac Melodies" for piano. Greig later orchestrated it. I noticed, once hearing the Koussevitsky-conducted performance of this piece on a 45 rpm record, how the string scoring by Grieg is so good. 

  • E
    E

    Really nice work you somehow found to treat us with William. Congratulations on this concentrated effort, I can't believe you did this in two days!
  • S
    S

       Beautiful performance, William. You know, I began to work on this little gem short before I got mail and somehow changed my plans for the immediate future (^_-)... so I'm glad you took the job (^_^). Life can be really funny sometimes...

      I can still vividly remember the impact this piece and its "couple", Heart Wounds, had on a young boy who didn't even know what a subdominant was at that time. It's really nice to have it "VSLized" now. Congratulations and many thanks for sharing!
  • W
    W

     Errikos, thanks!   Servando, thanks  also, but were you going to do this piece?  
  • S
    S

    Yes, a funny coincidence! I already had the score done in Sibelius, and a MIR template ready to go... but due to some other interesting projects ;-) I decided to suspend my work on classical works, so that I can start focusing on the production of my own orchestral music. 
  • P
    P
    Very nice work, William. I didn't know this orchestration of Grieg.The realism of the violins is impressive, indeed. Thanks for these few minutes of musical joy. Philippe
  • W
    W

     thanks Philippe.   I've been enjoying your classical performances here myself.  I like the way these classics have given a new section to the VSL forum.
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