Two guesses who gets to kick off our brand-new season… The queen of the keyboard, Olga Pashchenko, who is coming to celebrate her debut as our artist-in-residence with the most beautiful wordless songs by Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn. The brother and sister were inspired by poems and stories to create these gorgeous miniatures that only need keys and “Pashchenko’s virtuoso fingers” to reveal their poetic storytelling power, atmospheric scenes and acutely captured emotions. The icing on this generous cake is an exquisite fortepiano by Conrad Graf, the Mendelssohns’ favourite instrument maker. On the historic instrument from the Geelvinck collection, the Lieder ohne Worte come to life in a colourful microcosm, with an elegant ballad one moment and an intense declaration of love or a playful dance the next. An exciting start to the season in which every key on the piano conceals a discovery!
Program
Fanny Mendelssohn: Selection from Lieder für das Fortepiano | Felix Mendelssohn: Selection from Lieder ohne Worte
Performers
Olga Pashchenko, piano (Conrad Graf, 1836)
