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Víkingur Ólafsson, Marin Alsop

Sean Rafferty is joined by special guest pianist Víkingur Ólafsson ahead of his ѿý Proms performance and new album release in September. Sean also talks to conductor Marin Alsop ahead of her appearance at the Edinburgh International Festival.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Autumn (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata no. 4 in E minor BWV.528; 2nd mvt Andante

    Music Arranger: August Stradal. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
  • Gustav Holst

    Mars (The Bringer of War) From The Planets – Suite, op.32

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
  • Maurice Greene

    La Libertà: Cantata (Aria di camera)

    Singer: Mary Bevan. Ensemble: London Early Opera. Conductor: Bridget Cunningham.
    • Handel's Queens.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1101.
  • Claude Debussy

    Ondine (Preludes, Book 2)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
  • Thomas Adès

    Arcadiana for string quartet: 6th movement; O Albion

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.
    • Timelapse.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 501.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave Verum Corpus

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Winter in Buenos Aires

    Music Arranger: Leonid Desyatnikov. Performer: Karen Gomyo. Orchestra: Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire.
    • A Piazzolla Trilogy.
    • BIS.
    • 103.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Elephant (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Enrico Fagone. Performer: Lilya Zilberstein.
    • Martha Argerich and Friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2013.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 14.
  • Domenico Cimarosa

    Sonata in D minor

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Boreades; Les Heures et les Arts (The Arts and the Hours)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 3 in E flat major Op.55 (Eroica); 1st mvt (extract)

    Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra GB. Conductor: Jonathon Heyward.
  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Stars

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in G minor for strings: Adagio

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Anna Clyne

    Masquerade

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Anna Clyne: Mythologies.
    • Avie.
    • 1.
  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Adams: The Shaker Loops/The Wound Dresser: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Alsop.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Girl with the flaxen hair (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.

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  • Thu 12 Aug 2021 17:00

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