Víkingur Ólafsson plays an interlude from Rameau’s opera, “Les Boréades.” The original title of the piece is “The Arrival of the Muses, Zephyrs, Seasons, Hours and the Arts,” but Ólafsson’s transcription for piano is simply titled “The Arts and the Hours.”
Víkingur Ólafsson plays an interlude from Rameau’s opera, “Les Boréades.” The original title of the piece is “The Arrival of the Muses, Zephyrs, Seasons, Hours and the Arts,” but Ólafsson’s transcription for piano is simply titled “The Arts and the Hours.”
About the composer…
Jean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers of the 18th century. He is remembered for his work as a music theorist and composer of opera.
