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Pianist Vikingur Olafsson explores the art of musical transcription and how pieces by composers across the centuries have been reimagined in remarkably creative ways.

Pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson approaches music without preconceptions; as he puts it, 鈥淓very note we play anywhere, anytime, is a reinterpretation, a transcription.鈥�

In this second episode, V铆kingur finds huge pieces reduced to small forces and vice versa as he explores the maximal and the minimal in arrangements. A grand baroque masterpiece is transformed into something very different by a jazz quartet, while a piano score is given the rock 鈥檔 roll treatment. There鈥檒l also be symphonic grandeur by Gustav Mahler transcribed for the organ, plus piano music by Schubert that V铆kingur actually prefers in the orchestral transcription made by the violinist Joseph Joachim.

A Tandem Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

59 minutes

Last on

Sun 14 Mar 2021 23:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg - Overture (excerpt)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.

  • Richard Wagner

    Solemn March to the Holy Grail from Parsifal (excerpt)

    Performer: Igor Levit.

  • Franz Schubert

    Grand Duo Sonata in C major, D. 812 - Scherzo and Trio

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor - Crucifixus

    Performer: Rapha毛l Imbert. Performer: Jean-Luc Di Fraya. Performer: Andr茅 Rossi. Ensemble: Quatuor Manfred. Singer: Michel P茅res.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion arr. for tenor, harpsichord/organ and percussion

    Performer: Elina Albach. Singer: Benedikt Kristj谩nsson.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Rite of Spring - Part I - The Adoration of teh Earth - The Augers of Spring

    Performer: Dickran Atamian.

  • Claude Debussy

    En blanc et noir - Avec emportement

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March from The Love for 3 Oranges

    Performer: Emil Grigoryevich Gilels.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition - Baba Yaga (excerpt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition - Baba Yaga (excerpt)

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition - Baba Yaga (excerpt)

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

  • Gustav Mahler

    Urlicht from Symphony No. 2

    Performer: Uri Caine Ensemble.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Oct 2020 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Sun 14 Mar 2021 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3