Grieg Peer Gynt - Suite No.1 Op. 46 Aase's Death

E Grieg Peer Gynt - Suite No.1 Op. 46 Aase's Death

It is about Peer Gynt coming down from the mountain just in time before his mother Aase dies.
This wonderful masterpiece puts sadness and grief in to sound. Grieg was a genius when it came to emotions.
Anyway,
this is how I remember it from the 80’s, how I told the pupils, when we listened to Ase’s death:
Ase/ Åse is Peer's mother. He had not met her for a long time due to various reasons, so he decided to meet her. It was at the last moment. When he comes to her she lies in his bed and is dying. He talks to her and is very sad. She, who had fought so hard for him and had many sorrows for his sake, had now finished living and he could not do anything for her. She dies.

After this, Peer went to Africa (Morning mood, Anitra’s dance,, as I have been telling about in those uploads ).

Best,

Stig