Víkingur Ólafsson
Jan 13

Víkingur Ólafsson

This concert has been rescheduled to Thursday, February 24, 2022.

“Breathtakingly brilliant pianist” (Gramophone) Ólafsson has been called “Iceland’s Glenn Gould” by The New York Times and was named Artist of the Year at the Gramophone Awards in 2019. His remarkable originality has made an unforgettable impact. His album, Johann Sebastian Bach, on Deutsche Grammophon won Best Instrumental Album and Album of the Year at the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards. The program for his Koerner Hall debut includes works by Mozart and his contemporaries. Program: Baldassare Galuppi: Andante spiritoso from Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in F Major, K. 494 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Rondo II in D Minor, H. 290 Domenico Cimarosa: Sonata No. 42 in D Minor (arr. Ólafsson) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397 (fragment) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rondo in D Major, K. 485 Domenico Cimarosa: Sonata No. 55 in A Minor (arr. Ólafsson) Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47 in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Kleine Gigue in G Major, K. 574 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 (“Sonata facile”) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in E flat Major from String Quintet No. 3 in G Minor, K. 516 (arr. Ólafsson) Baldassare Galuppi: Larghetto from Piano Sonata No. 34 in C Minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in B Minor, K. 540 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (transcription Franz Liszt)

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- [ Add to Calendar ] 2022-01-14 01:00:00 2022-01-14 03:00:00 Víkingur Ólafsson <h4><em><strong>This concert has been rescheduled to <a href="https://www.rcmusic.com/events-and-performances/vikingur-olafsson-(4)" target="_blank">Thursday, February 24, 2022</a>.</strong></em></h4> <p> “Breathtakingly brilliant pianist” <em>(Gramophone)</em> Ólafsson has been called “Iceland’s Glenn Gould” by <em>The</em> <em>New York Times</em> and was named Artist of the Year at the <em>Gramophone </em>Awards in 2019. His remarkable originality has made an unforgettable impact.</p>

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Canada

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