Event II: 4:00 PM, Saturday, March 3, 2012

Arve Tellefsen Performs Ole Bull and Edvard Grieg Concert Pieces with Elissa Alvarez, soprano, Rachele Schmiege, soprano, and The Longfellow Chorus and Orchestra.

Location: First Congregational Church United Church of Christ, 301 Cottage Road, South Portland, Maine. Call 207-232-8920 for more details.

Arve Tellefsen Plays Ole Bull

Program

Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt, Opus 23             Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

     The Longfellow Chorus Orchestra

Prelude from Sigurd Jorsalfar, Opus 22            Edvard Grieg

     Arve Tellefsen and The Longfellow Chorus Orchestra

Arabian Dance, from Peer Gynt, Opus 23             Edvard Grieg

     Elissa Alvarez, soprano, and The Longfellow Chorus and Orchestra

From Polacca Guerriera, (The Polish Warrior), 1835, revised 1864              Ole Bull (1810–1880)

     Arve Tellefsen and The Longfellow Chorus Orchestra

Solveig's Song, from Peer Gynt, Opus 23             Edvard Grieg

     Rachele Schmiege, soprano, and The Longfellow Chorus Orchestra

Et Sæterbesøg, (A Visit to a Mountain Farmstead), 1848–1849, revised 1864             Ole Bull

     Arve Tellefsen and The Longfellow Chorus Orchestra

In the Hall of the Mountain King, from Peer Gynt, Opus 23             Edvard Grieg

     The Longfellow Chorus and Orchestra

A Mother's Prayer, also known as Adagio Religioso, Opus 1             Ole Bull

     Arve Tellefsen

Cantabile doloroso e Rondo giocoso, 1837, revised 1840             Ole Bull

     Arve Tellefsen and The Longfellow Chorus Orchestra

The Longfellow 205th Birthday Choral Festival, Ole Bull, Longfellow & Elgar: Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf, is supported in part through grants from The American-Scandinavian Foundation, The Sons of Norway Foundation, The Elgar Society Elgar in Performance Fund, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Music Information Centre Norway and from on-going contributions from our friends and patrons.

For more information contact The Longfellow Chorus.