Works

Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his Proms debut, as soloist in both Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in F minor, and Mozart’s pioneering Piano Concerto K491. The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Paavo Järvi frame the concert with: Prokofiev’s ‘Classical’ Symphony, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9 in the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 14 August 2021.
Photo by Mark Allan

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