The Santa Fe Symphony Presents
Romance & Rhapsody, February 15, 2026 4:00PM
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Date
February 15, 2026 4:00PM
Name
The Santa Fe Symphony Presents
Romance & Rhapsody
Description
Music Director Guillermo Figueroa conducts Romance & Rhapsody, featuring Cliburn Gold Medalist and GRAMMY®-nominated pianist Olga Kern performing Rachmaninoff’s beloved Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Haydn’s Harpsichord Concerto in D Major. With a vivid onstage presence, dazzling technique, and keen musicianship, Kern is widely recognized as one of the great artists of her generation. Dmitri Shostakovich’s groundbreaking first symphony completes the program. Lighter in tone than his later works, it includes flashes of the music he performed while working as a pianist in vaudeville shows and silent movie houses, and features solos for nearly every section of the orchestra.
The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Guillermo Figueroa, Music Director
Olga Kern, Piano
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 1 in F minor, op.10
Allegretto; Allegro non troppo
Allegro
Lento
Allegro molto; Lento
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Harpsichord Concerto in D Major, Hob.18/11
Vivace
Un poco adagio
Rondo all'ungherese: Allegro assa
Olga Kern, Piano
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43
Olga Kern, Piano