Peer Gynt News

 
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Texas Ballet Theater visits Fort Worth, Dallas venues for 2012-13 season
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Peer Gynt, based on Henrik Ibsen's play with music by Edvard Grieg and choreography by Stevenson, opens the 2012-13 season with a four-performance run at Bass Hall, Oct. 19-21. This full-length narrative work, which Stevenson debuted in 1981 (and which ...


 
Strings Attached students tell story with music
Our Colorado News
Strings Attached students wrapped up the school year with a May 19 concert as they blended their music with their teacher Ben Thompkins' narration of the Norwegian fairy tale, “Peer Gynt.” Thompson and many of the students donned costumes to set the ...


 
Daily Mail
Copenhagen Philharmonic Flash Mob: Orchestra Plays 'Peer Gynt' In A Train (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
It's the famous Peer Gynt suite, written by Edvard Grieg to accompany an Ibsen play of the same name, all about maidens and trolls in old Norway. The flute solo is perfect, no shakiness, and you can't help but smile at the mix of whimsicality and focus ...
Video: Orchestra flashmobs Copenhagen metroOCRegister
In Copenhagen, a Rare Musical Treat for Subway RidersThe Atlantic Cities
A bit of impromptu culture mixed with a dash of serenityCBS News
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Around The Classical Internet: May 11, 2012
NPR (blog)
by Anastasia Tsioulcas Our own Eyder Peralta calls this a "very classy" flash mob: the Copenhagen Philharmonic playing Grieg's Peer Gynt on a moving train. I agree that it's cool, but surely the sound was an overdub? (Even though those Copenhagen ...

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Business Insider
This Danish Orchestra Is The Classiest Flash Mob Ever
Business Insider
The video: Danish subway riders were treated to a decidedly highbrow surprise last month when members of the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra serenaded them with a flash mob performance of Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt" on a morning train.

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Copenhagen symphony takes flash mob to public transit (video)
Los Angeles Times
Now you've one-upped every philharmonic in the world with video of your orchestra (Sjællands Symfoniorkester) making an entire subway train weak in the knees with a flash mob performance of Grieg's "Peer Gynt" on a Copenhagen Metro train.


 
The Week Magazine
Copenhagen Flash Mob: Philharmonic Plays On Subway (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
But a lucky group of straphangers on the Copenhagen metro were treated in April to a flash mob performance of Grieg's "Peer Gynt," presumably making their commute quite a bit more enjoyable. The project was a collaboration between the Copenhagen ...
VIDEO: In Copenhagen, A Very Classy Flash Mob On The MetroNPR (blog)
When Flash Mobs Go Right: A Symphony Surprises Copenhagen Subway RidersCo.Create
Classical flashmob performs on Copenhagen subway (VIDEO)GlobalPost (blog)
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