Chicago Classical Music

The Chicago Sinfonietta presents the debut of the Chamber Series at the National Museum of Mexican Art. This unique collaboration pairs members of the Sinfonietta with special guest artists in an exploration of the influence of Latin American traditional and folk music on the classical compositions that emerged from the region.

The November 16 concert features the Chicago Sinfonietta Chamber Ensemble with Mexican soprano Irasema Terrazas and harpist Faye Seeman in a tribute to Sor Juana, the Mexican playwright and poet who is considered to be the first feminist of the Americas. The concert takes place at the National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th Street, in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. Doors open at 6:30pm, complimentary beverages are served beginning at 7:30, and the music begins at 8:00.

General admission tickets are $15, $10 for Museum members and Sinfonietta subscribers. Call 312.236.3681 ext. 2 for tickets and information.

Future Chamber Series concerts are on February 1 and April 25, 2008.

Fine Arts Fall at the Northbrook Public Library presents VLADIMIR LEYETCHKISS, piano, on Sunday, December 2, 2007 at 2 p.m. Free. 1201 Cedar Lane, Northbrook, 847-272-6224.

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Program:

Rondo in D k485 Mozart

Impromptu in A flat op.90 No.4 Schubert

Nocturne in D flat op.27 No.2 Chopin

Waltz in G op.17 No.2 Rachmaninoff

The Lark Glinka-Balakirev (dedicated to the memory of Mikhaik Ivanovich Glinka: 1804-1853, at the150th anniversary of his death)

Sonata No. 5 (in one movement) Scriabin

VLADIMIR LEYETCHKISS began his piano studies in Baku and later studied with Heinrich Neuhaus at the Moscow Conservatory. He emigrated to the United States in 1974. He has done several European tours, and has performed all-Beethoven, all-Schubert, all-Schumann, and all-Mendelssohn recital programs. In 1986, for the centennial of Liszt's death, he performed all-Liszt recitals. Leytchkiss has composed many piano transcriptions, the best known being his solo piano version of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, approved by the composer, published by G. Schirmer. His recordings for Orion, Centaur, and Classic Digital include Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, "Russian Virtuoso Piano Music", "Great Piano Transcriptions", "Tanyev and Scriabin", and to honor the centennial of Tchaikovsky's death, solo piano works of the Russian master. He is on the faculty of the School of Music at DePaul University. His most recent compact disc is entitled "Russian Reveries".

Members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Cliff Colnot, conductor

Roldán (Cuba) - Ritmicas
Lavista (Mexico) - Reflejos de la Noche
Villa-Lobos (Brazil) - Choros No. 7
Leone* (Argentina) - Moving Lights
Barilari* (Uruguay) - Los Cantos

* Chicago Latino Composers

FREE and open to the public. No tickets required. Space is limited to availability.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Yundi Li, piano

Ravel - Piano Concerto in G Major
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad)

Semyon Bychkov’s program explores the close connections between French and Russian music. Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony, written during the siege of Leningrad, is one of the composer’s most dramatic works, a powerful examination of war and the hope for peace. Ravel’s dazzling, jazz-influenced Piano Concerto features the exciting young pianist Yundi Li.

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