b'Program NotescontinuedEdvard GriegHolberg Suite, Op. 40I.Prludium V.RigaudonGrieg wrote the Holberg Suite in 1884 in celebration of the bicentenary of Norways best-known writer, Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754). Although it was initially composed for solo piano, Griegs orchestration of the work a year later is far better known. In adapting 18th-century baroque dance forms to suit his own musical style and period, Grieg anticipated the later 20th-century Neoclassical movement. Seeking to recreate the music of Holbergs era, Grieg subtitled his work Suite in Olden Style and referred to it as my powdered-wig piece. The suite opens with an energetic Prludium, and closes with a lively Rigaudon, featuring a solo violin and viola, with a contrasting slower middle section.Modest MussorgskyHopakarr. Michael Pilkingtonafter version for full orchestraby Anatol Lyadov This wildly energetic peasant dance comes from Mussorgskys last, but unfinished, comic opera The Fair at Sorochynsk, which was inspired by Nikolai Gogols collection of Ukrainian stories, Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka. The Hopak accompanies the celebrations of the marriage of a young Ukranian peasant couple. princetonsymphony.org/ 14'