By choosing four or more concerts you receive a 20% discount of your purchase
| Date | Location | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Dec 2017 » 18:00 » Friday | Norðurljós | Harpa | 2.900 kr. |
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Program
Arvo Pärt Für Alina
Arvo Pärt Mozart-Adagio
Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel
W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto no. 24 in C Minor
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Soloist and conductor
Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson
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Soloists
Nicola Lolli violin
Sigurgeir Agnarsson cello
Although Mozart and Arvo Pärt belong to two different periods, they have much in common artistically. Their music is pure and uplifting, often with a simple surface overlaying inner complexity. Für Alina for piano was a watershed in Pärt's career, in which he found his own voice after a hiatus of many years. Spiegel im Spiegel is one of Pärt's best-known works and the Mozart-Adagio is his piano trio arrangement of a gorgeous movement from one of Mozart's piano sonatas.
Mozart's piano works in c minor, written in 1785-1786, is unusually dark and tempestuous – even a sort of harbinger of the type of expression frequently associated with Beethoven. In the c minor concerto, Mozart explores the depths of the soul in a different way than he had previously done. Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson does double-duty as soloist and conductor, leading the orchestra from the piano, as was done in Mozart's day.