Overview
Grieg Piano Concerto performed by Olga Kern
CLASSICS
Dear Patrons, due to unexpected circumstances, Ms. Kern will be unable to present the Barber Piano Concerto for these concerts, as originally scheduled, but is happy to perform the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Colorado Symphony under Brett Mitchell’s direction. Ms. Kern very much looks forward to her return to Colorado this week.
Audience favorite Olga Kern, whose extraordinary talent and star power has captivated critics around the world, makes her return to Denver for an incomparable performance of Grieg’s Piano Concerto. Music Director Brett Mitchell leads your Colorado Symphony in “Brooklyn’s post-millenial Mozart,” Missy Mazzoli’s Holy Roller — self-described as devotional music for a non-existent religion. The program concludes with Saint-Saëns’ career-defining Organ Symphony, brimming with virtuoso piano passages, brilliant Romantic orchestral writing, and organ. Of the work, Saint-Saëns exclaimed “I gave everything to it I was able to give. What I have here accomplished, I will never achieve again” — a worthy finale to a captivating evening that will resonate with all audiences.
