Cicchillitti & Cowan Play Elfentanz, Op.12 by Grieg

ByBradford Werner
2025

Canadian guitarists Adam Cicchillitti and Steve Cowan perform their arrangement of Elfentanz from Lyric Pieces Op.12 by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). This comes via Cowan’s YouTube channel (go subscribe). Lyric Pieces, Op. 12 is the first of ten books of short piano pieces composed by Edvard Grieg. In all the opuses of Lyric Pieces there are 66 works in total. Fantastic little performance with excellent articulations and a beautiful sound recorded by Drew Henderson. They have a new album out September 5 via Analekta. Here’s what they said via the YT description.

We’re thrilled to share our new video of Elfentanz by Edvard Grieg, arranged for guitar duo and performed by Adam Cicchillitti and Steve Cowan. This playful miniature is part of our forthcoming album, “Lyrique”, which reimagines eight of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces through the warm, intimate voice of the classical guitar.

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 100,000 subscribers and 14 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.