Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson with a sublime voyage to the moon (and back)
Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson reveals familiar and unfamiliar works in a new light, including a couple of his own recordings and a good dash of Bach.
Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson takes us on a journey featuring earthly delights from Jean Sibelius, Joseph Haydn and Béla Bartók, and otherworldly musical beauty from Leos Janacek, Thomas Adès and Edmund Finnis.
To start, Víkingur introduces a selection of tracks by the composer he refers to as ‘the Alpha and Omega of music’, JS Bach: choral intimacy and splendour from conductor John Eliot Gardiner, tragic beauty from pianist Edwin Fischer and a quirky take by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Plus Víkingur discusses how lighting in a recording studio led to just the right performance of his transcription of Widerstehe doch der Sünde from Bach’s Cantata BWV54.
A series in which each week a musician reveals a selection of music - from the inside.
A Tandem Production for 鶹 Radio 3
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- SDG.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 867
Performer: Edwin Fischer.- EMI.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude C sharp major (BWV 848)
Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies. Ensemble: Fires of London.- UNICORN.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- DG.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 (III. Scherzo)
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- ALPHA.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Piano Quintet (IV. Presto)
Performer: Rieko Aizawa. Performer: Kai Vogler. Performer: Mira Wang. Performer: Ulrich Eichenauer. Performer: Peter Bruns. -
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Entrée pour les muses etc. (Les Boréades)
Ensemble: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.- SONY.
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Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F (II. Assez vif, très rythmé)
Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.- VIRGIN.
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Béla Bartók
String Quartet No. 4 (IV. Allegretto pizzicato)
Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- DECCA.
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Jean Sibelius
Impromptu in B minor, Op.5 no.5
Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.- SONY.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 3 (IV. Presto vivace)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.- DC.
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Henri Duparc
L'invitation au voyage
Singer: Elly Ameling. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.- PHILIPS.
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Claude Debussy
Clair de lune (Fêtes Galantes)
Performer: Dalton Baldwin. Singer: Elly Ameling.- EMI.
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Leos Janáček
Interlude - Cupriny tvé stale vence (The Excursions of Mr Broucek)
Orchestra: 鶹 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.- DG.
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Joseph Haydn
The Representation of Chaos from The Creation
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- BR KLASSIK.
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Jean‐Féry Rebel
Le Chaos (Les Elémens)
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Thomas Adès
Stars, sun, moon (In Seven Days)
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta.- SIGNUM.
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Edmund Finnis
Four Duets for clarinet & piano (No. 2)
Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.- NMC.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Part 1, excerpt)
Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- ARCHIV.
Broadcasts
- Sat 21 Dec 2019 13:00鶹 Radio 3
- Sat 31 Dec 2022 13:00鶹 Radio 3