The Many Musical Moods of Edvard Grieg

By |2023-06-14T18:25:32-05:00June 14th, 2023|Categories: Audio/Video, Edvard Grieg, Music|

Oh, the many moods and stories Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg conjures in my mind, my heart. There’s the transcendent “Morning Mood” from his Peer Gynt Suite, the haunting yet hopeful “Last Spring.” I’ve sat in my car and wept to the wintry longing in his “Nocturne.” There’s the “March of the Dwarves” that evokes a [...]

“Ave Maris Stella”

By |2023-06-15T22:06:42-05:00September 8th, 2018|Categories: Audio/Video, Christianity, Edvard Grieg, Mother of God|

Edvard Grieg composed his "Ave Maris Stella" ("Hail Star of the Sea"), for mixed choir, in 1898. Its lyrics, in Latin and English, are below the embedded video.    Ave, maris stella, Dei mater alma, atque semper virgo, felix cœli porta. Sumens illud "Ave" Gabrielis ore, funda nos in pace, mutans Evæ nomen Solve vincla reis, [...]

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