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V铆kingur 脫lafsson Plays Bach and Mozart

Live at the 大象传媒 Proms: award-winning Icelandic pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson makes his Proms debut playing Bach and Mozart with the Philharmonia and Estonian conductor Paavo J盲rvi.

Live at the 大象传媒 Proms: award-winning Icelandic pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson makes his Proms debut playing Bach and Mozart with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Estonian conductor Paavo J盲rvi.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Ian Skelly

Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 in D major, 'Classical'
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056

8:00: Interval
Ian Skelly talks to tonight's soloist V铆kingur 脫lafsson and is joined live by Tasmin Little to discuss tonight's Prom.

Mozart: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K 491
Shostakovich: Symphony No 9 in E flat major

V铆kingur 脫lafsson, piano
Philharmonia Orchestra
Paavo J盲rvi, conductor

Award-winning Icelandic pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson makes his much-anticipated Proms debut, as soloist in both Bach鈥檚 Keyboard Concerto in F minor, whose energised outer movements frame a ravishing central Adagio, and Mozart鈥檚 pioneering Piano Concerto K491, a rare minor-key work whose stormy, richly orchestrated music climaxes in a relentless dance. The Philharmonia Orchestra and Estonian conductor Paavo J盲rvi frame the concert with two symphonies: Prokofiev鈥檚 playful 鈥楥lassical鈥 Symphony, with its clever juxtaposition of traditional forms and contemporary colours, and the more loaded irony of Shostakovich鈥檚 compact Symphony No. 9.

2 hours, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D minor, 'Classical'

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K 491

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata No. 4, BWV 528: II. Andante [Adagio] (Transcr. Stradal)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave Verum Corpus (transcr. Liszt)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No. 9 in E flat major

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Suite No.2 in A minor: VII. Gavotte

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.
    • HYPERION.

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Aug 2021 19:30

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