Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Pianist Olga Kern
Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Pianist Olga Kern
Fri, 05/09/2008 - 2:30pm — Farrah Malik- Start:
- Sun, 05/18/2008 - 7:30pm
- End:
- Sun, 05/18/2008 - 9:30pm
Maestro Artist Management Inc. is proud to present a rare Chicago performance by one of the world’s most acclaimed chamber orchestras, Moscow Virtuosi, led by internationally-renowned violinist and conductor Vladimir Spivakov, in celebration of its 30th anniversary. Russian piano virtuoso and 2001 Van Cliburn Gold Medalist Olga Kern will join the orchestra, which is comprised of top-ranking soloists and former principal chairs of the great orchestras of Russia. The evening’s repertoire begins with Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra performing Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4. Considered Schoenberg’s most important work, this piece is a string sextet in one movement inspired by Richard Dehmel's poem “Verklärte Nacht.” Piano soloist Olga Kern will then perform Franz Joseph Haydn’s striking Piano concerto in D major. Following, the orchestra will join Kern on stage for Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings No 1 in C minor, Op. 35 by renowned Russian composer and political activist Dmitri Shostakovitch. Also on the bill will be Friedrich Gulda’s romantic and uplifting “Aria.” The evening will conclude with Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla’s Two Tangos. Vladimir Spivakov and the Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, with pianist Olga Kern, will perform Sunday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, priced from $30-$75, are now on sale at the Symphony Center Box Office; by phone (312) 294-3000; or at www.cso.org.
