Grieg is a composer representing Norwegian romanticism and national music schools. I loved Mozart, Weber, Chopin and other masterpieces since I was a child, especially Chopin. Many of his works are deeply influenced by Chopin, so he is known as "Chopin of Northern Europe". Although Grieg's piano concerto is only this one, it is as immortal as his Pearl Gold Suite. This piece has all the charm of Grieg music, such as pure melody full of Norwegian folk style, novel chords and exquisite rhythm. The music material is novel, full of vigor and youthful vitality. The author himself is piano master, so he gave full play to the performance of this instrument and formed a very free and colorful style, which is close to Liszt in piano skills. Although this song follows the tradition in musical form, it has various novel ideas in many subtle details, which can be seen that it develops quite freely in the third movement. The tone of the whole song belongs to the typical romantic nature, full of the beautiful and refined "Scandinavian sentiment" bred by the lush and densely forested mountains in northern Europe.
This song was written in the summer of 1868, one year after Greg got married, when he took his beloved wife and son to live in Copenhagen, Denmark. You can clearly hear the vitality and happiness of youth.
This song has a strong national flavor, and the charming scenery of northern Europe is vividly displayed.