Pianist Olga Kern
For this live Ravinia broadcast we visit Bennett Gordon Hall to hear pianist Olga Kern.
Described by the Seattle Times as “a decisive, powerful player … with exquisite nuance and shadings,” Kern brings both drama and lyricism to the Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall. Mustering microcosms of drama and comedy, Kern skillfully traverses through the many masked faces of Schumann’s Carnaval and Rachmaninoff’s breathless miniatures to songful Scriabin études and Beethoven variations—all before sparking off jazz-infused brilliance in Gershwin for an unforgettable finale.
Playlist
Ludwig van Beethoven: 10 Variations in B-flat major on “La stessa, la stessissima” from Salieri’s Falstaff, WoO 73
Robert Schumann: Carnaval (Scènes mignonnes sur quatre notes), op. 9
Claude Debussy: Feux d’artifice (Fireworks) from Préludes, Book 2
Alexander Scriabin: Selections from Eight Etudes, op. 42
no. 4 in F-sharp major
no. 5 in C-sharp minor
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Méditation, op. 72, no. 5
Serge Rachmaninoff: Three pieces
Moment musical in E minor, op. 16, no. 4
Etude tableau in G minor, op. 33, no. 8
Polichinelle in F-sharp minor, op. 3, no. 4
George Gershwin: Three Preludes
Earl Wild: Virtuoso Etude No. 7, after Gershwin’s “Fascinating Rhythm”
