Important Information
Please note this concert is repeated on Thursday 10 September 7.30pm and Saturday 12 September 1.00pm.
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Artists
- Víkingur Ólafssonpiano
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Víkingur Ólafsson
Image credit: © Ari Magg
Bach, Beethoven and Schubert
Víkingur Ólafsson piano
- Date
- Fri 11 Sep 2026, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- £60 £53 £43 £33 £18
+£4 booking fee per transaction - Duration
This concert is approximately 80 minutes in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Prelude in E BWV854 from The Well-tempered Clavier Book I
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor Op. 90
- Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- Piano Sonata in E minor D566
- Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Op. 109
Overview
Johann Sebastian Bach’s timeless art, Beethoven’s readiness to demolish the boundaries of convention and the young Schubert’s debt to Beethoven provide the threads that bind Víkingur Ólafsson’s compelling programme. The superstar Icelandic pianist follows his spellbinding performances of Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Wigmore Hall in 2025, acclaimed by The Times as ‘breathtaking’ in its five-star review, with works charged with the power to beguile and, in the case of Bach’s Partita and Beethoven’s Op. 109, shock with their sheer audacity and inventive brilliance.