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Salonen & Ólafsson

August 25, 2022, 9:00 pm

Víkingur Ólafsson

SF Symphony music director Esa-Pekka Salonen heads to Southern California to lead the LA Phil in music by Béla Bartók, Daníel Bjarnason (a world premiere performance featuring pianist Víkingur Ólafsson), and Jean Sibelius.

Playlist

Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta

Bjarnason: FEAST
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano [World premiere, LA Phil commission]

Sibelius: Symphony No. 7

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