GRIEG, the sound of the North

We are proudly able to invite the DESGUIN string quartet back into our series and this time in a theatrical performance around the Norwegian grandmaster Edvard Grieg. With none other than Lucas Van den Eynde in the title role: Grieg Weet you where Grieg was fond of? The rain. And he was lucky with his preference for precipitation, because where he came from it rains more than 200 days a year. The land of fjords and fjelds. The land that he loved so intensely and always left with a heavy heart. Norway. Grieg succeeded in giving that land a voice. From the fairy-tale Morning Mood to the roaring in the Hall of the Mountain King. From his masterly Piano Concerto to his brilliant String Quartet. From his subtle Lyrische Stukken for piano to folkloristic-sounding Violin Sonatas. How that North inspired him in particular and how the man came to develop a national sound are told to you by actor Lucas Van den Eynde, the Desguin Strijkkwartet and pianist Florestan Bataillie. You will hear the hits and the blockbusters, but also get to know less familiar work. You will learn about his successes and triumphs, but also about his uncertainties and doubts. Grieg becomes a man of flesh and blood again, and stands on stage among his music. A performance for young and old alike that leaves no one untouched.