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Víkingur Ólafsson, Marin Alsop

Sean Rafferty is joined by special guest pianist Víkingur Ólafsson ahead of his 鶹 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: 鶹 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.

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 Aug 2021 17:00

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