Carnegie Hall presents Yuja Wang & Víkingur Ólafsson, pianos
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- Yuja Wang, piano
- Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Franz Schubert — Fantasia in F minor for piano four hands, Op. posth. 103, D. 940
John Cage — Experiences No. 1
Conlon Nancarrow — Study No. 6 (from Studies for Player Piano) (arr. Thomas Adès)
John Adams — Hallelujah Junction for Two Pianos
Arvo Pärt — Hymn to a Great City
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos, Op. 45
Two of today's most exciting pianists join forces for a wide-ranging program of works for two pianos and piano four hands. Individually, Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson constantly surpass even the loftiest expectations, earning worldwide renown while exploring some of the piano repertoire’s most formidable works. With this new collaboration, they unlock a world of programmatic possibilities. Experience Rachmaninoff's own two-piano arrangement of his Symphonic Dances; the breathtaking Fantasie by Schubert; Thomas Adès's arrangement of one of Nancarrow's "impossible" studies for player piano; and exhilarating works by innovators such as Cage, Berio, John Adams, and Arvo Pärt.
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