Vikingur Plays Grieg
- Date
- Sunday, Nov 2, 2014
- Performers
- Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
- Location
- Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium
- Address
- 205 - 20th Street, Brandon, MB, Canada
About
WSO in Brandon: Vikingur Plays Grieg
November 2, 2014 3:00 PM
Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium
205 20th Street
Brandon, MB
Kenley Kristofferson: Morgun
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 “The Inextinguishable”
Alexander Mickelthwate - conductor
Vikingur Olafsson - piano
The opening notes of Grieg’s Piano Concerto introduce a romantic musical journey that has placed this work among the most beloved of all. Exciting young Icelander Vikingur Olafsson will reveal its treasures as we close our week-long Nordic Festival. Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s Fourth Symphony is a triumph for timpani, and an incredibly exciting orchestral display. Manitoba composer Kenley Kristofferson’s Morgun honours the 125th anniversary of Manitoba’s Icelandic community in Gimli.