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Víkingur Ólafsson

Colburn Celebrity Recital

Virtuoso Víkingur Ólafsson, who has taken the music world by storm, performs a recital of Mozart and his contemporaries.

Víkingur Ólafsson

Víkingur Ólafsson

Wed May 10, 2023 8pm Walt Disney Concert Hall

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So imposing is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s stature that the adjective “Mozartean” describes the style and zeitgeist of an entire era. His very name has become synonymous with the world of classical music (e.g. Mozart in the Jungle). Richard Wagner, not often given to compliments, said that “the most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters, in all centuries and in all the arts.” But there were of course many other talented and significant composers active during Mozart’s lifetime: Joseph Haydn, C.P.E. Bach, Baldassare Galuppi, and Domenico Cimarosa, to name only a few. Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson believes that looking more closely at the music of these contemporaries can help us more fully understand and appreciate Mozart’s genius. What is it that he does better? What sets his music apart? Is it his ability to convey emotion? The ambiguity of feeling? His weird sense of humor? His own legendary skill as a pianist, which made him a European rock star? Tonight’s recital program encourages us to ponder these questions and examine both the roots of Mozart’s style and his influence. —Harlow Robinson

This concert is performed without intermission.

Classical

Program

Program Notes by Harlow Robinson

Baldassare GALUPPI

Piano Sonata No. 9 in F minor

I. Andante spiritoso

Rondo in F for piano, K. 494

Rondo for Keyboard in D Minor, Wq 61/4

CIMAROSA arr. ÓLAFSSON

Keyboard Sonata No. 42 in D minor

Fantasie for Piano No. 3 in D minor, K. 397

Rondo in D major, K. 485

c. 6 minutes

CIMAROSA arr. ÓLAFSSON

Keyboard Sonata No. 55 in A minor

Sonata for Piano in B minor, No. 47, Hob XVI:32

I. Allegro moderato

II. Menuetto – Trio (Minore)

III. Finale. Presto

Kleine Gigue in G major K. 574

Sonata for Piano No. 16 in C major, K. 545

I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Rondo. Allegretto

MOZART arr. ÓLAFSSON

String Quintet No. 4 in G minor K. 516

III. Adagio in E flat major

Baldassare GALUPPI

Piano Sonata No. 34 in C minor

I. Larghetto

Sonata for Piano No. 14 in C minor, K. 457

I. Molto allegro

II. Adagio

III. Allegro assai

Adagio for Piano in B minor, K. 540

Ave verum corpus K. 618

Víkingur Ólafsson

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