Photo: Nadja Sjöström
Víkingur Ólafsson
The late sonatas by Beethoven featuring Konserthuset's Artist-in-Residence.
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson is currently one of the most acclaimed and sought-after pianists in the world. The New York Times coined him ”Iceland's Glenn Gould”, and his recordings are showered with five-star reviews. This season, he is the Artist-in-Residence at Konserthuset Stockholm.
Following the success of Bach's Goldberg Variations, which he performed to a full house here at Konserthuset last season, he takes on another of classical music's great B's this season – Beethoven. At this solo recital, we hear Beethoven's late piano sonatas.
Beethoven is never predictable, and in his final sonatas, he is reflective and melancholic, ecstatically passionate, humorous, and life-affirming; the music is like a whole life story. ”Beethoven's last three sonatas are a kind of testament”, says Víkingur Ólafsson.
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The music
Approximate times -
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in E major from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I2 min
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Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major14 min
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Johann Sebastian Bach Partita No. 6 in e minor for keyboard BWV 83030 min
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Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 27 in e minor14 min
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Franz Schubert Piano Sonata in e minor D 56617 min
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Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major20 min
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Participants
- Víkingur Ólafsson piano
