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Olga Kern

October 20, 2022, 9:00 pm

Olga Kern (Photo: Chris Lee)

Pianist Olga Kern joins the MSO and guest conductor Andreas Delfs to play Edvard Grieg‘s famed Piano Concerto. Then, the orchestra plays moody and mythical works by Richard Wagner, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Sarah Kirkland Snider.

Playlist

Richard Wagner: “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey” from Götterdämmerung

Edvard Grieg: Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
Olga Kern, piano

Sarah Kirkland Snider: Something for the Dark

Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Orchestral Suite

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Lori Skelton began working at Wisconsin Public Radio in 1993 and is the host of Afternoon Classics each weekday, and the producer and host of Wisconsin Classical. Skelton attended Beloit College where she covered various shifts at WBCR, the campus radio station. After graduation, Skelton planned to get her masters in conducting at UW-Milwaukee, but by chance discovered the studios of WUWM and chose radio instead; two years later she began working at WFMR. Skelton sings in the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus and enjoys learning about prairie restoration, biking, gardening, and wine tasting. She is also a regular contributor to Food Friday segments on Central Time.

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Olga Kern

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