Polina Osetinskaya, piano: Baroque Masterpieces from Epic Films

from Emily MT

The Cherry Orchard Festival presents Polina Osetinskaya in a triumphant solo return to the United States, after a critically acclaimed appearance at Carnegie Hall with Maxim Vengerov in October 2022. For this upcoming intimate solo recital, Osetinskaya turns to a program of some of the most enduring musical masterpieces in history. With her signature virtuosity, Osetinskaya brings to life seminal works by Bach, Handel and Rameau, from epic films by Coppola, Kubrick, Tarkovsky and other luminary directors. The dramatic qualities of the music, which had once enhanced the pivotal moments in these great films, are now distilled by Osetinskaya into a thoughtful and engaging live program.
Program
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
1. Italian Concerto in F
 Allegro
 Andante
 Presto
(The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1999; dir. Anthony Minghella)
2. Chorale prelude "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" ("I cry to you, Lord")
(Solaris, 1972; dir. Andrey Tarkovsky)
3. Toccata in E minor
 Toccata
 Adagio
 Fuga
(Fingers, 1978; dir. James Toback)
4. Sonata No. 2 in E-flat for flute and harpsichord (attributed to Bach)
II: Siciliano
(Breaking the Waves, 1996; dir. Lars von Trier)
5. Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor
(The Godfather, 1972; dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
INTERMISSION
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
1. Suite No. 4 in D minor
III: Sarabande
(Barry Lyndon, 1975; dir. Stanley Kubrick)
2. Chaconne with variations in G
(Autumn Sonata, 1978; dir. Ingmar Bergman)
HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695)
1. Ground in C minor
(The Draftsman's Contract, 1982; dir. Peter Greenaway)
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683-1764)
1. From "Pièces de Clavecin" in E minor
2. Le rappel des oiseaux (The calling of birds)
(4 days in France, 2016; dir. Jerome Raybaud)
3. Tambourin (Tambourine)
(The Maid, 2016; dir. Pan Chang Uk)
4. La villageoise (The Villager)
5. From "Pièces de Clavecin" in D
 Les tendres plaintes (Tender complaints)
 Les Niais de Sologne (The Fools of Solon)
 Les Soupirs (Sighs)
 La Joyeuse (The Joyful)
 L'entretien des Muses (Conversation of the Muses)
 Les Cyclopes (Cyclops)
(Casanova, 2015; dir. Jean-Pierrel Jeneut)
About the Artist:
Internationally renowned pianist Polina Osetinskaya began playing piano at age five and was soon designated a wunderkind in the former Soviet Union, giving her first concert at the age of six. She entered the Central School of Music of the Moscow Conservatory at seven, continued her studies at the Leningrad Conservatory with Marina Wolf, and later attended the Moscow Conservatory training with the legendary Vera Gornostaeva.

Osetinskaya appears on the most prestigious world stages including Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall; Barbican Hall, the Musikverein Vienna, as well as in her alma mater, the Moscow Conservatory; she performs in Rome, Tokyo, Milan, Brussels, and across the US; and at festivals throughout Europe, the US, Russia, and Mexico. She has appeared with the MusicAeterna, Mariinsky Orchestra and the Tokyo Philharmonic, collaborating with chamber partners including Maxim Vengerov and Julian Milkis, and working with conductors including Teodor Currentzis, Tugan Sokhiev, Laurent Petitgirard and Alexander Sladkovsky, among others.

In recital, Osetinskaya is known for her experimental programs, juxtaposing works by contemporary composers with traditional classical repertoire. She is also very much at home with post–avant-garde composers such as Valentin Silvestrov, Leonid Desyatnikov, and Arvo Pärt, presenting her project An Unknown Friend at Carnegie Hall with Russian actress Kseniya Rappoport. She has recorded on the Quartz, Naxos, Sony Music, Bel Air, and Melodiya labels.

Osetinskaya has been awarded the Maly Triumph prize, and has authored the bestseller Farewell, Sadness — an autobiographical account of her wunderkind years.
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