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Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody
Music Center At Strathmore

Thursday, September 17, 2015 — 8 p.m.
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Friday, September 18, 2015 — 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 19, 2015 — 8 p.m.
Marin Alsop, Conductor
Olga Kern, Piano
arr. Nicholas Hersh The Star Spangled Banner
Anna Clyne Masquerade [East Coast Premiere]
Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, opus 43
OLGA KERN

INTERMISSION
Richard Strauss An Alpine Symphony, opus 64
The concert will end at approximately 9:55 p.m. on Thursday, and at 9:50 p.m.
on Friday and Saturday.

The Wagner Tuben used in this concert are a gift from
Beth Green Pierce in memory of her father, Elwood I. Green.

For Marin Alsop’s bio., please see pg. 7.

Olga Kern

Olga Kern, recognized
as one of her generation’s great pianists,
jumpstarted her U.S.
career with her historic Gold Medal at
the Van Cliburn International Piano
Competition in Fort Worth, Texas, as the
first woman to do so in 30 years.
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Olga Kern last performed with the
BSO in Piano Concerto No. 1 with
Marin Alsop, conductor.

ABOUT THE CONCERT:
MASQUERADE

Marin Alsop

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Philharmonic and San Antonio Symphony, and recitals at Sarasota’s Van Wezel
Hall, New York’s 92nd Street Y and the
University of Kansas’ Lied Center.
Last season, Ms. Kern appeared with
the NHK Symphony, Orchestre National
De Lyon, New Mexico Philharmonic, the
symphonies of Detroit, Nashville, Madison
and Austin and gave a recital at Seattle’s
Meany Hall. Ms. Kern has performed in
such famed concert halls as Carnegie Hall,
the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Symphony Hall in Osaka, Salzburger
Festspielhaus, La Scala in Milan, Tonhalle
in Zurich and the Châtelet in Paris.
Ms. Kern’s discography includes her
Grammy nominated recording of Rachmaninoff’s Corelli Variations and other
transcriptions (2004), Brahms’ Variations (2007) and Chopin Piano Sonatas
No. 2 and 3 (2010). She was featured in
the award-winning documentary about
the 2001 Cliburn Competition, Playing
on the Edge. Olga Kern is a Steinway
Artist and records exclusively for Harmonia Mundi. Her dresses are designed
by Alex Teih.

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The first prize winner of the Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition at 17, Ms. Kern is a laureate of many
international competitions and is also a
corresponding member of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Division of the Arts.
In the 2015–2016 season, Ms. Kern
debuts with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman and
Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice with
Giancarlo Guerrero. Other highlights
include a two-month tour of South
Africa, appearances with the Rochester

Anna Clyne
Born in London, England, March 9, 1980; now
living in Brooklyn, New York

Marin Alsop describes the work she
has chosen to open the BSO’s 100th
anniversary season, Masquerade by the
exciting young composer Anna Clyne,
as “a right-between-the-eyes barn burner
of a show piece.” Maestra Alsop introduced it to the world on September 7,
2013, at London’s fabled “Last Night at
the Proms,” the finale of the immensely