Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson joins the Philharmonia for his hotly anticipated Proms debut. Here his skills are on display in JS Bach’s intricate Keyboard Concerto in F minor along with Mozart’s stormy Piano Concerto in C Minor. Josie d’Arby presents Víkingur's performance from the Royal Albert Hall, which is bookended by two Russian masterpieces – Prokofiev’s bijou First Symphony and Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony.
| Name | Type | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitry Shostakovich | Writer | Composer | |
| Sergei Prokofiev | Writer | Composer | |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | Writer | Composer | |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Writer | Composer | |
| Josie D'Arby | Writer | Presenter | |
| Serena Cross | Producer | ||
| Paavo Järvi | Musical Guest | Conductor | |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | Musical Guest | Piano | |
| Philharmonia Orchestra | Musical Guest | ||
| Josie D'Arby | Host | Presenter | |
| Pati Marr | Director |