Even with nary a note of new music, Thursday’s program at the Boston Symphony Orchestra was something of a brave endeavor. Both halves of the night were devoted entirely to incidental music — by ...

Peer Gynt Malmö Chamber Choir Malmö Symphony Orchestra Edvard Grieg, Composer Bjarte Engeset, Conductor Before a southern convent (Foran sydens kloster) Edvard Grieg, Composer Malmö Symphony Orchestra ...

Playwright Henrik Ibsen pressured composer Edvard Grieg to write incidental music for his play, "Peer Gynt," but Grieg thought the play was a totally unmusical subject. Grieg's music turned out to be ...