JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

Víkingur Ólafsson announces the release of a new EP of six tracks on 18 October. Recorded at Reykjavík’s Harpa concert hall in January, the EP features piano arrangements of sacred pieces by Bach, four of which have been realised by Ólafsson himself. The first single, presenting Ólafsson’s arrangement of the bass aria “Es ist vollbracht” from the Cantata BWV 159 is now available.