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RUSSIAN ROMANTICS |
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ENCORE INFORMATION
The encore performed this weekend was Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee."
Please note: Encores are performed at the discretion of the conductor. |
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BACKSTAGE WITH OLGA KERN
NJSO: Backstage, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at a topic or person of interest, chatted with piano powerhouse Olga Kern before she lit up the "Rach 3" with the Orchestra this weekend.
Read the exclusive interview here [PDF]. |
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READ WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING!
Reviews for Russian Romantics have not been posted online at this time. Please check back at www.njsymphony.org/news, which is updated as articles become available online.
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MUSICIAN INSIGHT
Alexandra Gorokhovsky, violin |
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“This program was amazing. It had two of the most famous pieces in all of Russian music—[Rachmaninoff’s] Third is possibly the most difficult, most exciting piece in piano literature, and the Tchaikovsky is a great symphony. I enjoyed playing this music very much; it’s very personal to me … I feel it, I know it. Growing up, of course I was exposed to this music a lot in Russian orchestras.
“Olga Kern was fabulous. It’s such an extremely difficult piece, and four concerts in a row? I’d be dead after the first! She played beautifully, and audiences went nuts.
“Music can make you sad or fill you with positive things … anything is fine, but it has to bring you some kind of feeling. This music carries so much character, excitement and energy—it’s just impossible to be unmoved.” |
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