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Víkingur Ólafsson and Christoph Eschenbach: Homage to Mozart

Víkingur Ólafsson piano

Konzerthausorchester Berlin

Christoph Eschenbach

Facts

Prog. No.

6598

Music genre

Orchestral Music

Length

56 mins

Director

Andreas Morell

Producers

Deutsche Grammophon in cooperation with Konzerthaus Berlin

Production year

2020

Format

The acclaimed Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson partnered with Christoph Eschenbach and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin for Mozart’s beautiful Piano Concerto in A major K488 to conclude his 2019/20 Konzerthaus residency. Eschenbach joined Ólafsson at the keyboard for a Mozart four-hands encore. Solo works by Debussy and Rameau completed the programme and spanned two centuries of great piano music.

Repertoire

Mozart: Ouverture from Le nozze di Figaro, K 492; Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K 488; Sonata for Piano Four Hands in D Major, K 381 2. Andante; Rondo in D Major, K 485; Rameau: Le Rappel des oiseau; Debussy: The Snow is Dancing; Olafsson/Rameau: The Arts and the Hours