Sign of the Times: Ólafsson Performs Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G | Adella

RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major The 1920s, the so-called “Roaring Twenties,” unfurled as an explosion of ideas that reshaped the social fabric, political landscape, artistic expression, and scientific frontiers. Conductor Franz Welser-Möst discusses Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G — composed amidst this backdrop of cultural revolution — as a seminal work that captures the essence of an era. Artfully blending classical traditions with elements of jazz, the piece is as vibrant, diverse, and mind-expanding as the decade itself, as its performance by Welser-Möst, The Cleveland Orchestra, and soloist Víkingur Ólafsson reveals. The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Víkingur Ólafsson, piano