Vincent Giza (b. 2004) - Norwegian Folk Suite
From Edvard Grieg's "25 Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances"
-Orchestration/ form by Vincent Giza
Written from 18/01/2023 - 27/01/2023

Movements:
0:00 - I. Ungersvennen - "The Swain"
3:44 - II. Springdans - "Spring Dance"
5:48 - III. Når mitt øye - "Religious Song"
8:24 - IV. Kjempevise - "Heroic Ballad"
10:22 - V. Eg veit ei lita jente - "I Know a Little Maiden"
13:19 - VI. Kleggen og fluga - "the Gadfly and the Fly"
14:50 - VII. Hølje Dale
17:01 - VIII. Finale, Halling

All movements are attacca (without pause between)

Program Notes:
Norwegian Folk Suite is an amalgamation of 8 pieces from Edvard Grieg's "25 Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances Op. 17". These miniatures were originally written for piano, and for this piece, I arranged all these melodies for a large symphony orchestra. I usually compose in a late romantic style, but I really wanted to make sure I didn't make this piece sound too contemporary. I wanted to do these traditional tunes justice, and not oversaturate them with insanely complex harmonies, dissonances, and time changes.
I selected the 8 pieces based on which ones I think would work best with an orchestra. Some of the original songs and dances work very nicely on piano, but I don't think would translate very well to an orchestra.
Most of what I did with the orchestration has to do with texture and color. My goal was to take these fairly simple melodies and try to squeeze more juice out of the fruit. I love Grieg's melodies, and to me at least, it's interesting to see his melodies come to life with the much richer sound of an orchestra.

Performed by Musescore 4 MUSEsounds MIDI

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