This weekend the Norwalk Symphony is performing Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt. This unique performance not only showcase's Grieg's wonderful music but Henrik Ibsen's fantasy play Peer Gynt. This collaborative production features soprano Marjorie McGovern, actors Ezra Barnes and Kathryn Marchand, The Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut, and the New Canaan Dance Academy.
You may be familiar with some of the incidental music from this piece by growing up in America. Arranger and composer Carl Stalling utilized "Morning Mood" in Warner Brothers cartoons. "In the Hall of the Mountain King" permeated Peter Lorre's character in Fritz Lang's 1931 movie M.
If you would like to familiarize yourself with Ibsen's play or Grieg's music, feel free to check them out at the Westport Public Library.