BBC Proms S75E9 - Prom 17: Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Bach and Mozart
BBC Proms S75E9 - Prom 17: Víkingur Ólafsson Plays Bach and Mozart
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Award-winning Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his much-anticipated Proms debut, as soloist in both Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in F minor, whose energised outer movements frame a ravishing central Adagio, and Mozart’s pioneering Piano Concerto K491, a rare minor-key work whose stormy, richly orchestrated music climaxes in a relentless dance. The Philharmonia Orchestra and its dynamic Finnish Principal Conductor Designate Santtu-Matias Rouvali frame the concert with two symphonies: Prokofiev’s playful ‘Classical’ Symphony, with its clever juxtaposition of traditional forms and contemporary colours, and the more loaded irony of Shostakovich’s compact Symphony No. 9.
Released Sep 13, 1947
Runtime 180min
Genre Documentary
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Production Livewire Pictures