Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson’s remarkable originality and powerful musical conviction have seen him, in just a few years, take the music world by storm to become one of the most sought-after artists of today.

Concert programme:

Claude DEBUSSY Prélude from La Damoiselle élue (version for solo piano)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU Suite in E minor, RCT 2 (from Pièces de clavecin (1724)), a selection:

– Le rappel des oiseaux

– Rigaudons I,II & double

– Musette en rondeau

– Tambourin

– La villageoise

– Gigues en rondeau I & II

Claude DEBUSSY Jardins sous la pluie (from Estampes, L. 100)

Claude DEBUSSY Serenade for the Doll (from Children’s Corner, L. 113)

Claude DEBUSSY The Snow is Dancing (from Children’s Corner, L. 113)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU Suite in D major, RCT 3 (from Pièces de clavecin (1724)), a selection:

– Les tendres plaintes

– Les tourbillons

– L’entretien des Muses

Claude DEBUSSY Des pas sur la neige (from Préludes, 1st Book)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU Suite in D major, RCT 3 (from Pièces de clavecin (1724)), a selection:

– La joyeuse

– Les cyclopes

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU / Víkingur ÓLAFSSON The Arts and the Hours (transcription from Les Boréades, RCT 31)

Claude DEBUSSY La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Préludes, 1st Book)

Claude DEBUSSY Ondine (from Préludes, 2nd Book)

Jean-Philippe RAMEAU Suite in G major, RCT 6 (from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin (1726–1727)), a selection:

– La poule

– L’enharmonique

– Menuets I & II

– Les sauvages

– L’Égyptienne