Synopsis

In a concert recorded on August 9th at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Manfred Honeck takes the podium in place of the unwell Neeme Jarvi, leading the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers. The performance presents a rare opportunity to experience excerpts from Grieg's incidental music for Ibsen's *Peer Gynt* within its dramatic framework. Actor Simon Callow, stepping in for Paul Scofield, narrates the Norwegian play in English. Bo Skovhus embodies the titular role, with Inge Kosmo as An