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Edvard Grieg — Morning Mood (Allegretto pas
Album: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op.46 (Karajan - BPO)
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Released: 1876
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I'm now going running through a meadow of corn with my hair and dress flowing in the wind. I hope my wife doesn't mind me taking on of her dresses!!!
Posted 2 months ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
Working from home, looking out the window on grey, rainy day, headphones on and this tune comes on. I then start thinking of summer, skipping through the meadows, hair blowing in the wind, butterflies and bees buzzing around my head. I then get a slap from the wife "you bloody daydreaming again" - moment ruined 
Posted 2 months ago by mgkiwi    [ Reply ]
 Edweirdo wrote:

I love RP, but occasionally I need a concentrated hit of classical music.  My go-to is Radio Swiss Classic.  No ads, and an excellent mixture of old favourites with more obscure composers. (Apologies to William for advertising it here, although it's hardly a rival!)


Agree, and until or if RP ever has one, I am grateful for the recommendation too.
Posted 4 months ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Good to listen to for a late afternoon nap. 
Posted 4 months ago by IndyDoug    [ Reply ]
 junebaby65 wrote:


Leopold!!

One of the best Bugs Bunny cartoons. 
Posted 6 months ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Oh boy, this was used as the soundtrack on a Dutch cassette tape with the story of Robinson Crusoe retold for children. Peer Gynt is forever linked with that tape, I can dream the storyteller's voice out loud while this plays on RP. What a wonderful time machine we have here sometimes ....
Seriously, Robinson watching Friday escape the cannibals to the tune of 'In the hall of the mountain king', man, that music did so much for the story, loved it then love it still some odd 40 years later


Posted 6 months ago by Exebeche    [ Reply ]
 Edweirdo wrote:

I love RP, but occasionally I need a concentrated hit of classical music.  My go-to is Radio Swiss Classic.  No ads, and an excellent mixture of old favourites with more obscure composers. (Apologies to William for advertising it here, although it's hardly a rival!)



Thank You for the info!
Posted 6 months ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 TC1 wrote:


Same.


Oooh Matron !!
Posted 7 months ago by WilliDoc    [ Reply ]
Morning Mood, indeed.
Posted 8 months ago by mgtom    [ Reply ]
 pbouchar wrote:

RP needs a classical channel. 


I love RP, but occasionally I need a concentrated hit of classical music.  My go-to is Radio Swiss Classic.  No ads, and an excellent mixture of old favourites with more obscure composers. (Apologies to William for advertising it here, although it's hardly a rival!)
Posted 8 months ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this it reminds me of the Bugs Bunny cartoon that starts with this playing and they show morning by a lake and then Elmer Fudd and other hunters start blasting away at ducks with shotguns.
Posted 9 months ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
This is just so pretty.  Elevated out of my chair.  

Black Keys - harsh transition.
Posted 10 months ago by Clark_Novato    [ Reply ]
another blissful transition by the sultan of segues from Thinking of a Place…to this lovely ditty. Gracias, Wiliam. 
Posted 11 months ago by SteveInVa    [ Reply ]
 zaebb wrote:




"Leopold!"
Posted 1 year ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:

all of my early training in classical music came from Looney Tunes


Yup!
Posted 1 year ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
RP needs a classical channel. 
Posted 1 year ago by pbouchar    [ Reply ]
What's not to like
Posted 1 year ago by MeAlphaDog    [ Reply ]
the best thing ? ... came on right after ZZ Top La Grange on My Favorites.  From the jammin' to the sublime.  
Posted 1 year ago by fredGarvin    [ Reply ]
 graphicswest2 wrote:

How many listeners know the crazy sexy story of Peer Gynt?  Makes Robert  Plant look tame.   ;-)



i do not, but now i must google!
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 zaebb wrote:


leopold!!!
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:

all of my early training in classical music came from Looney Tunes



 If you get the opportunity, go see Bugs Bunny at the Symphony. They play Warmer Bros cartoons while a full symphony plays along. Amazing.
Posted 1 year ago by Lungfish500    [ Reply ]
Not the same piece, but always reminds me of 'Bambi Meets Godzilla'.

Yes, I have issues.
c.
Posted 1 year ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:

all of my early training in classical music came from Looney Tunes


100% agree.....
Posted 1 year ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
Perfect.  Thank you Edvard!  My parents had this album in their very eclectic collection.  Was played often.  Great way to grow up.
Posted 1 year ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
Wonderful 
Posted 1 year ago by eric10    [ Reply ]
GREAT TUNE!!  Bugs Bunny introduced me to it, when I was a little  kid.  Still great!  Thanx RP!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:

Please excuse my adolescent brain and this obtuse comment on this piece of beautiful music...but my initial glance saw the title as Morning Wood...not Mood. It made me chuckle a bit. Had to share. Sorry, Edvard!



Same.
Posted 1 year ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
I this was background music for a Three Stooges short where Curly is flicking  grapes in the mouths of unsuspecting patrons of the opera. The opera. The opera.  
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
First time I've ever heard anything from Peer Gynt on RP - Heaven - the whole suite is wonderful. That Mountain King  is a pretty 'stirring' chap 
Posted 2 years ago by hellsgardener    [ Reply ]

I once had a bad case of  Allegretto.

But I found some suave that  took care of it. 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
This compels me to dance around the May pole

Alas, its not May

Hence...no May pole  

How does one banish such misfortune? 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
How many listeners know the crazy sexy story of Peer Gynt?  Makes Robert  Plant look tame.   ;-)
Posted 2 years ago by graphicswest2    [ Reply ]
Fantastic
Posted 2 years ago by wclete3    [ Reply ]
Poor Edward G Robinson
Posted 2 years ago by igotitmade2k    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:

Please excuse my adolescent brain and this obtuse comment on this piece of beautiful music...but my initial glance saw the title as Morning Wood...not Mood. It made me chuckle a bit. Had to share. Sorry, Edvard!



Morning Mood / Wood - What is the difference?
Posted 2 years ago by barullo    [ Reply ]
Currently watching a storm form over a bay and this little ditty comes on the wireless...
Posted 2 years ago by benjamiser    [ Reply ]
Merry Melodies / Bugs Bunny introduced me to classical music when I was a small child. I am 67yrs old. ...They did a good job!   
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 DW4554 wrote:


Bill & Rebecca, it is time.  I can assist with curating if you like.  I will suggest 10 arias that are worthy of rave reviews.  Just pick a couple.  Trust me.  


I would love anything from the Magic Flute
Posted 2 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
Posted 2 years ago by ioanthe    [ Reply ]
 harrysun wrote:
{#Bounce} carefully selected and mixed by two real human beings!

On my "Favorites" list this lovely piece followed after the Beatles from their White Album     "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"  
Posted 2 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
SUPERB!!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
 zaebb wrote:

Too Funny!!
Posted 2 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
To listen to that while working is just pure heaven!! 10 all day long
Posted 2 years ago by pablo2165    [ Reply ]
 DW4554 wrote:


Bill & Rebecca, it is time.  I can assist with curating if you like.  I will suggest 10 arias that are worthy of rave reviews.  Just pick a couple.  Trust me.  



I hope your list includes accessible works like The Flower Duet from Lakme and O Silver Moon from Rusalka :)
Posted 2 years ago by Frodo    [ Reply ]
 DW4554 wrote:

More please Bill & Rebecca.  I challenge you to find one opera aria other than Nessun Dorma that you might consider playing. 

I love most everything you do.  Thank you.



Bill & Rebecca, it is time.  I can assist with curating if you like.  I will suggest 10 arias that are worthy of rave reviews.  Just pick a couple.  Trust me.  
Posted 2 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
i know this music from nina paley's great film ' thank you for not breeding' 

Posted 2 years ago by albert11    [ Reply ]
 zaebb wrote:



Yes just a little bit more 
Posted 2 years ago by Quetzal    [ Reply ]
It is so wonderful that you do this:  Jethro Tull followed by Grieg's Morning Mood.  These classical bits, as well as the great songs from the swing era, dropped into the mix surprizes us and makes us all realize that there is wonderful music that stirs the heart from every generation since the beginning of time.  One of the great things about RP is the fact that if you don't like this song, it will soon be over and you get something different.  That keeps one listening, but the clever effect is that the listener is won over by the middle of the track, begins to get interested in the chords and musicianship and begins to appreciate the strange track inserted into the regular mix. That person would have never clicked on that track or heard it selected by an algorithm anywhere else.   You are doing good work.  Keep it up.
Posted 3 years ago by tkelley    [ Reply ]
The 2021 wildfire season is wrapping up with a decent rain.  Went for a hike in the Sage brush steppe behind the house for the first time in 6 weeks.  (!)

It feels like an optimistic morning.
Posted 3 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
isn't this the soundtrack to 'Bambi vs. Godzilla' ?
Posted 3 years ago by rbrise    [ Reply ]
Such a wonderfully beautiful piece. Introduced to it by a woman I met while traveling around Europe on a Eurrail pass in late 70’s - she was from Hamburg
Posted 3 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:

Curiously, Grieg did not like "In the Hall of the Mountain King" , another part of this symphony, and one of his most celebrated works.  



"The worst sort of Norwegian bombast" or some such was his later description of it.
Posted 3 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 Ihatethissong wrote:


I feel sorry for the person who found this meme objectionable.


I find all animated gifs objectionable.  I wish Bill would ban 'em!
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
Bambi vs Godzilla
Posted 3 years ago by woodchuk    [ Reply ]
(Yorkshire joke)
"I calls me dog Grieg"
"Why?" "
"Coz every time it comes in, 1st thing it does is pee aginst suite"
Posted 3 years ago by Kelvinclifford    [ Reply ]
Bella música. Te transporta
Posted 3 years ago by bybarg    [ Reply ]
Liking the classical music selections that show up on RP.  The timing is always right and sometimes really needed.
Posted 3 years ago by dianed    [ Reply ]
Perfect sunrise tune.
Posted 4 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
I love it when you throw in some Big Orchestral stuff!  
Posted 4 years ago by bdwhitepm    [ Reply ]
Truly one of the greatest of all time!
Posted 4 years ago by Oxen1morale    [ Reply ]
 jukes1 wrote:

Happened to me too. Made 14-year-old me smile inside.

(and made me immediately go and watch this which also makes 14-year-old me smile)
 

LoL thanks for the link - great!
Posted 4 years ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
My initial glance saw the title as Morning Wood...not Mood. It made me chuckle a bit. Had to share. Sorry, Edvard!
 
Morning Wo0d is a Strong Mood
Posted 4 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 studioDEC wrote:
That Edvard Grieg has the Mark Twain look goin' on


au contraire mon frère



Posted 4 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Ihatethissong wrote:


I feel sorry for the person who found this meme objectionable.
 
People, not person 
Posted 4 years ago by Will62    [ Reply ]
 Kelvinclifford wrote:
A Yorkshire guy said "I calls me dog Grieg coz all it does when it comes in is pee agin suite"
 Good to know someone else in the UK is still able to get this fantastic station  ...Pee agin indeed!  More classical classics please RP

Posted 4 years ago by kanabeanz    [ Reply ]
A Yorkshire guy said "I calls me dog Grieg coz all it does when it comes in is pee agin t suite"
Posted 4 years ago by Kelvinclifford    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:
Curiously, Grieg did not like "In the Hall of the Mountain King" , another part of this symphony, and one of his most celebrated works.  
 
A pedant writes - it's not a symphony, it's a suite.
Posted 4 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
 rgio wrote:
I think the release date is a bit premature..... the first recording ever was in 1877 by Edison.
 

Your comment suggests you think no one ever heard it previous to its being recorded. Odd premise.
Posted 4 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
So nice.This is why I love RP. 
Posted 4 years ago by Lcdemack    [ Reply ]
I find this really fitting right now, as I just woke up from my 30 minute lunch nap. Living one mile from the office definitely has its perks 
Posted 4 years ago by niseywee    [ Reply ]
More please Bill & Rebecca.  I challenge you to find one opera aria other than Nessun Dorma that you might consider playing. 

I love most everything you do.  Thank you.
Posted 4 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
Curiously, Grieg did not like "In the Hall of the Mountain King" , another part of this symphony, and one of his most celebrated works.  
Posted 4 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
Love this. I believe it was the soundtrack to Bambi versus Godzilla! A classic in cinema. 😉
Posted 4 years ago by OlderGentleman    [ Reply ]
 rgio wrote:

Understood...I was being sarcastical.
 
Roger that, though still would be nice to have a recorded date listed on these older pieces, especially ones (like this one) that are quite excellent sounding.  LLRP!!
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Please excuse my adolescent brain and this obtuse comment on this piece of beautiful music...but my initial glance saw the title as Morning Wood...not Mood. It made me chuckle a bit. Had to share. Sorry, Edvard!
 
Happened to me too. Made 14-year-old me smile inside.

(and made me immediately go and watch this which also makes 14-year-old me smile)
Posted 4 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
 birdman42 wrote:
Bill and Rebecca, can you please play this every morning at about 7:30 Eastern time?
 
...and the Day begins...
yes...
Posted 4 years ago by shhhh777    [ Reply ]
Bill and Rebecca, can you please play this every morning at about 7:30 Eastern time?
Posted 4 years ago by birdman42    [ Reply ]
Image result for elmer fudd conductor gif

Wisten to the wivmic withum of the woodwinds as it wolls awound and awound..... and it comes out here.....
Posted 4 years ago by drewd    [ Reply ]
reminds me of this
Posted 4 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
My girlfriend and I visited Grieg's home, Troldhaugen, in Bergen, Norway a couple years ago. It was wonderful.
Posted 5 years ago by bob_lee1    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:

To be fair, RP does show the 'released' date vs. 'recorded' date - though I've often wondered if BillG could figure out how to list the composed date AND recorded date on these classical classics.  Long Live RP!!
 
Understood...I was being sarcastical.
Posted 5 years ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
That Edvard Grieg has the Mark Twain look goin' on
Posted 5 years ago by studioDEC    [ Reply ]
Only on Radio Paradise. Thank you for the terrific mix of music.
Posted 5 years ago by iloveradio    [ Reply ]
Didn’t Bugs Bunny dig this tune I do
Posted 5 years ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
 LaurieinTucson wrote:

all of my early training in classical music came from Looney Tunes
 
I met Chuck Jones once and told him the same.
Posted 5 years ago by haljordan    [ Reply ]
 rgio wrote:
I think the release date is a bit premature..... the first recording ever was in 1877 by Edison.
 
To be fair, RP does show the 'released' date vs. 'recorded' date - though I've often wondered if BillG could figure out how to list the composed date AND recorded date on these classical classics.  Long Live RP!!
Posted 5 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 zaebb wrote:
 

Leopold!!
Posted 5 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
I think the release date is a bit premature..... the first recording ever was in 1877 by Edison.
Posted 5 years ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
 zaebb wrote:
 
Figaro!
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
Came out on CD a few years later.  

mschnagl wrote:
Released: 1876
 

Posted 5 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
 zaebb wrote:
 
all of my early training in classical music came from Looney Tunes
Posted 5 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
always makes me think of Don Pardo, "Good morning, sleepyheads!"
Posted 5 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by zaebb    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by zaebb    [ Reply ]
RP knows the meaning of mixing it up.
Posted 5 years ago by iloveradio    [ Reply ]
That first time hearing this (amongst others) outside of a cartoon soundtrack and understanding that it came first.
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
peggle
Posted 5 years ago by dischuckin    [ Reply ]
 chuck.b.meyers wrote:
Awesome...especially after paying that Regina Spektor penance
 Ah, release.

Posted 5 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Please excuse my adolescent brain and this obtuse comment on this piece of beautiful music...but my initial glance saw the title as Morning Wood...not Mood. 
 

I just did a double-take myself, then had to search the comments to see if anyone was bold enough to admit this... 
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 lizardking wrote:
BillG paired this with Wish You Were Here this time, and it is pure brilliance as per usual!
 

Ah, he just did this transition again. :)
Posted 5 years ago by mll    [ Reply ]
Awesome...especially after paying that Regina Spektor penance
Posted 5 years ago by chuck.b.meyers    [ Reply ]
 ziakut wrote:
Please excuse my adolescent brain and this obtuse comment on this piece of beautiful music...but my initial glance saw the title as Morning Wood...not Mood. It made me chuckle a bit. Had to share. Sorry, Edvard!
 
HA! Kind of fits.
Posted 5 years ago by bmeador    [ Reply ]
Perfect for a Friday morning - so serene, so calm.  Takes me back to the early 1960s when our headmaster would play this as were marched into morning assembly. Thanks B&R
Posted 5 years ago by Mirek    [ Reply ]
Released: 1876
Posted 5 years ago by mschnagl    [ Reply ]
Please excuse my adolescent brain and this obtuse comment on this piece of beautiful music...but my initial glance saw the title as Morning Wood...not Mood. It made me chuckle a bit. Had to share. Sorry, Edvard!
Posted 6 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
BillG paired this with Wish You Were Here this time, and it is pure brilliance as per usual!
Posted 6 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 edvj wrote:
Flash mob in the Copenhagen Metro. Copenhagen Phil playing Peer Gynt.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gww9_S4PNV0


 
AWESOME!
Posted 6 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
This is the version in my collection--sublime.
Posted 6 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
what an amazing interlude in the mornings music
Posted 6 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
Flash mob in the Copenhagen Metro. Copenhagen Phil playing Peer Gynt.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gww9_S4PNV0

Posted 6 years ago by edvj    [ Reply ]
 Hannio wrote:
westslope wrote:
Gorgeous.  Anybody here ever hike the Hardangervidda Plateau?


You mean the Iron Butterfly song with the drum solo?

 

LOL! No.  But I did see Iron Butterfly in Ottawa in the early 1970s and I seem to recall that the band played in a gadda da vida. 

 


Posted 6 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
where is that  wascally wabbit?
Posted 6 years ago by fredGarvin    [ Reply ]
Exquisite.
Posted 6 years ago by petesoper    [ Reply ]
 Good morning!

Skydog wrote:
around 8:30am in India right now, good morning folks

 


Posted 6 years ago by Astardis    [ Reply ]
 jmattv13251 wrote:
Peer Gynt reminds me of my Dad.  We had old records that were 3 times as thick as modern vinyl ones.  From the 40's maybe.  They never wore out.  From my earliest days when I could operate our Zenith monstrosity tv/radio/player I would play the Peer Gynt suite almost every day.  What wondrous music and thoughts it brings to me now at 68 years old.  How wonderful of RP to play that for all to hear.

 
Same here.  :)
Posted 6 years ago by oppositelock    [ Reply ]
Peer Gynt reminds me of my Dad.  We had old records that were 3 times as thick as modern vinyl ones.  From the 40's maybe.  They never wore out.  From my earliest days when I could operate our Zenith monstrosity tv/radio/player I would play the Peer Gynt suite almost every day.  What wondrous music and thoughts it brings to me now at 68 years old.  How wonderful of RP to play that for all to hear.
Posted 7 years ago by jmattv13251    [ Reply ]
{#Clap}
Posted 7 years ago by bistibadlands    [ Reply ]

As others have stated here and on other classical gems BillG plays, it's really nice to hear pieces like this thrown in the mix...and then waiting to hear what the segue master plays next...today he followed this up with Sycamore Feeling by Trenemøller.  As per usual, it's a wonderful fit and completely different than the classical piece.

As a kid I took piano lessons, and while I somewhat enjoyed the piano, I was more hooked on music than playing.  My dad's cousin, who is a pretty good piano player and brother of a conductor, gave me a book of classical masterpieces, which upon opening was like "uh...no...I don't think I can play that..." and I started playing a few of the pieces at my lessons.  I got pretty good at this piece, and even better at playing Grieg's other well known piece; Hall of the Mountain King.  The other one I mastered was The Wild Horseman by Robert Schumann.  I can (probably) still play some of these fairly well....in fact, years ago I played a few of these pieces at a house party; who knew playing the piano would ever help me score with girls?! 


Posted 7 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Remind me of a beautiful movie... And I cann't remembert which on... 
Posted 7 years ago by Kicks    [ Reply ]
around 8:30am in India right now, good morning folks
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]