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Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson at the BBC Proms, SymphonyCast, September 2021

Pianist Vikingur Olafsson
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Pianist Vikingur Olafsson

Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson joins the Philharmonia for his Proms debut, performing JS Bach's Keyboard Concerto in F minor and Mozart's Piano Concerto in C Minor. We'll hear that performance on Friday, Sep 10 @ 8pm.

9/3       From the 2021 BBC Proms  Thomas: Dance Foldings Ives: Three Places in New England Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Ryan Bancroft, cond)

9/10      From the 2021 BBC Proms  Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 Bach: Keyboard Concerto Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 (Vikingur Olafsson, p; The Philharmonia Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali, cond)

9/17      From the 2021 BBC Proms Bray: Where Icebergs Dance Away Walton: Viola Concerto Arnold: Symphony No. 5 (Timothy Ridout, vla; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sakari Oramo, cond)

9/24      From the 2021 BBC Proms  Unsuk Chin: Subito con Forz Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, Organ (Benjamin Grosvener, p; Anna Lapwood, org; Halle Orchestra; Sir Mark Elder, cond)