Proms: Philharmonia Orchestra with Víkingur Ólafsson

8.00 Proms: Philharmonia Orchestra with Víkingur Ólafsson

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. 

Víkingur Ólafsson Photo: Mark Allan

Programme:

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No 1 in D Op 25, Classical;

BACH: Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor BWV1056;

MOZART: Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491;

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No 9 in Eb Op 70

Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Paavo Järvi

Recorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London by the BBC (EBU)