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“Wolfie and co” from Víkingur Ólafsson at the QEH

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“a heavenly epilogue to a performance of intimacy and strength of concentration”
Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 2 October 2021
Galuppi, Sonata in F minor: Andante spiritoso
Mozart, Rondo in for Piano in F major, K494
Bach C.P.E., Rondo in D minor, Wq.61/4
Cimarosa, Keyboard Sonata in D minor, C79 (arr. Olafsson)
Mozart, Fantasie in D minor, K397
Mozart, Rondo in D major for piano, K485
Cimarosa, Keyboard Sonata in A minor (arr. Olafsson)
Haydn, Piano Sonata in B minor, Hob XVI:32
Mozart, Kleine Gigue in G major for Keyboard, K574
Mozart, Piano Sonata no. 16 in C major, K545
Mozart, Quintet for Strings in G minor, K516: Adagio (arr. Olafsson)
Galuppi, Sonata in C minor: Larghetto
Mozart, Piano Sonata no. 14 in C minor, K457
Mozart, Adagio in B minor for keyboard, K540
Mozart, Motet in D major, "Ave verum Corpus", K618 (transc. Liszt)
Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier 1: Prelude in E minor, BWV855a (arr. Siloti)
Rameau, Pièces de clavecin: L'entretien des Muses
Rameau, Les Boréades: The Arts and the Hours
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 8: La Fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano
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