Ilya Yakushev
Rising Stars Series
Friday, March 12, 2010 8:00 PM Bennett Gordon Hall
Ilya Yakushev, Piano
 
As first-prize and gold-medal-winner of the 2005 World Piano Competition in Cincinnati,  Ilya Yakushev has appeared with the Arkansas Symphony, San Francisco Symphony and at Alice Tully Hall, Glinka Philharmonic Hall (St. Petersburg), Victoria Hall (Singapore), Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York), Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco) and Sejong Performing Arts Center (Seoul, Korea).
 
“Mr. Yukashev can do just about anything he wants.” – New York Times

Evanston, IL — The Music Institute of Chicago (MIC) presents “Let’s Make Music,” a fun and interactive children’s program for elementary-age audiences.

The event begins at 9 a.m. with an open house featuring an instrument petting zoo, early childhood demos, and refreshments, followed by a concert at 10 a.m. performed by MIC ensemble-in-residence Axiom Brass Quintet.

 
Mostly Music Chicago’s Annual Benefit

Chicago Opera Theater hosts its Annual Gala at The Mid-America Club on the 80th floor of the Aon Center to honor The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust for its generous support. The evening will feature a performance by opera superstar Danielle De Niese, hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, raffles, silent and live auctions for exciting travel packages and exclusive access to COT’s 2010 Spring Festival Season. The evening will conclude with cocktails and dancing to live music from the Matt Lewis Band.

Voiced words will provoke your thoughts, as they did for Mozart and Feldman in two entirely different “sound worlds.”  These two profound and serious works are offset by a Bernstein trio imbued with easygoing youthfulness.

Program:
Morton Feldman- Journey to the End of Night
Leonard Bernstein- Piano Trio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem, K. 626

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart Light and Dark

Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8 p.m.

Lincoln-Way North Performing Arts Center
19900 S. Harlem Avenue, Frankfort Illinois

Victor Yampolsky, Conductor

South Suburban Chorale

Al Jackson, Director

Samantha Barnes, Soprano

Lindsey Poling, Mezzo-Soprano

Grant Knox, Tenor

Keven Keys, Bass

W.A. Mozart Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 "Prague"

W.A. Mozart / Süssmayr Requiem Mass in D Minor, K. 626

Featuring talented young musicians from throughout Chicago, the Classical Symphony Orchestra performs Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 3, Thomas's Mignon Overture, and Nielson's Symphony No. 2 Op. 1.  Joseph Glymph conducts.
 
Founded in 1979 by music director Joseph Glymph, the Classical Symphony Orchestra consists of college-level and young adult musicians.  Together with the junior high and high school-level Protégé Philharmonic, it forms a serious music education program for serious musicians.
 
ADMISSION FREE

Voiced words will provoke your thoughts, as they did for Mozart and Feldman in two entirely different “sound worlds.”  These two profound and serious works are offset by a Bernstein trio imbued with easygoing youthfulness.

Program:
Morton Feldman- Journey to the End of Night
Leonard Bernstein- Piano Trio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem, K. 626

Dvorak Symphony No. 6
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto
Vladimir Ovchinnikov, piano
Larry Rachleff, Conductor

The Orion ensemble performs Tchaikovsky's Trio in A minor and Robert Kritz's 2001 work, Connections.  As the Ensemble-in-Residence at Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts, the Orion Ensemble consists of five core musicians whose mission is to perform a broad repertoire of chamber music at the highest level.
 
ADMISSION FREE

FREE Concert!

Hungarian National and International Identity: The Music of Béla Bartók and György Ligeti. Members of the NMO and Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) curatorial staff will give brief presentations, followed by a performance and Q & A session that complements the exhibition, Moholy-Nagy: Education of the Senses. Hear two landmark works of twentieth century chamber music. This program is generously funded by The Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation.

Béla Bartók, String Quartet No 2, Op. 17  (1915-17)
György Ligeti, String Quartet No 1, Métomorphoses nocturnes (1953-54)
•       Andrew McCann, Elizabeth Choi, violins
•       Dominic Johnson, viola
•       Dan Klingler, cello

The DePaul Community Chorus, under the direction of Stephen Blackwelder, will be joined onstage by the Oistrach Symphony Orchestra as they perform Brahms Requiem. Soloists for the concert will be Winifred Faix Brown (Soprano) and David Krohn (Baritone).

The concert is free and open to the public.

The Chicago Chamber Orchestra performs a concert in honor of St. Patrick's Day and Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday.  Featured on the program are J.S. Bach's Cantata No. 51 "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", R. Kerr's Irish Legend, Paul Creston's Gregorian Chant, and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Symphony No. 1 in C Major.  Natalie Mann, Soprano; John Sherer, Conductor.
 
ADMISSION FREE

For the third concert program of its 2009–10 season, the Orion Ensemble performs the work that inspired its season-long theme of “Musical Connections,” Robert Kritz’s “Connections” for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, which he wrote for Orion in 2001. Also on the program is the infrequently performed Quartet in B-Flat Major for Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 18 by Heinrich Baermann, considered the 19th century “Rubenstein of the clarinet,” and the more popular Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, for Violin, Cello and Piano, which Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote as a memorial to his mentor and friend Nikolai Rubinstein.

Mozart: String Quintet in D Major, K. 593
Dvorák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, B. 162, Op. 87
Pezel: Pieces for Brass Quintet
 
March's concerts are dedicated to the sheer joy of chamber music from Pezel's Baroque splendor, to Mozart's Classical beauty to Dvorák's Romantic second Piano Quartet. A CCM debut, Dvorák's lyrical quartet is an unjustly neglected masterpiece that never fails to bring audiences to their feet. Combined with the thrilling brilliance of 17th century brass and Mozart's effortless genius, the program brings spring into the concert hall (whatever the weather will be!).
 
Featuring CCM ensemble artists Barbara Butler, trumpet; Charles Geyer, trumpet;

Mozart: String Quintet in D Major, K. 593
Dvorák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, B. 162, Op. 87
Pezel: Pieces for Brass Quintet
 
March's concerts are dedicated to the sheer joy of chamber music from Pezel's Baroque splendor, to Mozart's Classical beauty to Dvorák's Romantic second Piano Quartet. A CCM debut, Dvorák's lyrical quartet is an unjustly neglected masterpiece that never fails to bring audiences to their feet. Combined with the thrilling brilliance of 17th century brass and Mozart's effortless genius, the program brings spring into the concert hall (whatever the weather will be!).
 

The Monday Night Concert Series continues with a performance featuring singer and cellist Michael Linert at 7 p.m. Monday, March 22, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park.

Performing professionally for more than ten years, Michael Linert is both a cellist and singer. He received instruction from many of the world's leading professionals, including professors from The Juilliard School, Ball State University, and The Hartt School.   

As a cellist, he has earned many awards and scholarships. He held the principal chair position of several orchestras and appeared in numerous chamber and solo recitals throughout the United States

LOEFFLER Duex Rhapsodies for oboe, viola, and piano
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde

The first two installments received rave reviews from the Chicago Tribune. Don't miss this final command performance - put this concert on your calendar now! Jane Glover returns to conduct this incredible finale of Mahler's symphonic music for chamber orchestra.

Tickets: $40 Students: $15
Call 312-360-3145
Email rembrandtcp@ameritech.net

LOEFFLER Duex Rhapsodies for oboe, viola, and piano
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde

The first two installments received rave reviews from the Chicago Tribune. Don't miss this final command performance - put this concert on your calendar now! Jane Glover returns to conduct this incredible finale of Mahler's symphonic music for chamber orchestra.

Adults $40

Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 7:30pm

Myths gorw stronger - and more meaningful - as cultures overlap, cross borders, dance together. Each of these pieces evokes the ancient power of storytelling through new, surprising juxtapositions. Indigenous Mexican tales are set in motion anew as Luna Negra Dance Theatre debuts a work to Paredes' score.. The spellbinding power of myths - the layers, the loss, the loves - provides the common bond for four rappers' reinvention of urban myths transformed in Woolf's multi-media world premiere.
 
Pieces Includes:
Evan Ziporyn..................Sulvasutra (2006)
                                     Midwest Premiere
David Dzubay.................Wintu Dream Song (2008)
                                     Kukulkan II (2008)
Hilda Paredes................Oox p'eel ikil t'aan (2007)

"the voice of a nightingale," - The New York Times
Windy City native, Christine Ebersole will be making her Harris Theater debut! Ms. Ebersole has received virtually every Off-Broadway award and her second Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Musical for her “dual role of a lifetime” in the widely popular Grey Gardens. Hot off the heels of a recent Tony Award win, Ms. Ebersole will be singing a unique line-up of Broadway show tunes and standards.
 
To purchase tickets CALL 312-334-7777

Curtis on Tour
Rising Stars Series
Friday, March 26, 2010 8:00 PM Bennett Gordon Hall
Curtis on Tour featuring
Ida Kavafian, Violin Benjamin Beilman, Violin Hyo Bi Sim, Viola Peter Wiley, Cello Yekwon Sunwoo, Piano
 
Tomorrow’s leading musicians from the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music perform alongside celebrated alumni and faculty. Violinist Ida Kavafian and cellist Peter Wiley (‘74) of the Curtis faculty will join Curtis students in celebrating the centenary year of alumnus Samuel Barber (‘34) with a performance of his String Quartet. They’ll also offer Dvořák’s Piano Quintet and miniatures by Curtis composition students.

Admission is FREE and open to the public.  Donations are accepted.

Wicker Park Choral Singers invite you to join them on March 27 for a journey through a day’s most intriguing hours. Dusk ‘til Dawn, the ensemble’s second concert of the 2009-10 season, will take listeners on a one-hour musical exploration of sunset, sunrise, and all that lies between.

We’re proud to present the Chicago debuts of guest conductor Alondra de la Parra and Sphinx award winning cellist, Tony Rymer. Raised in Mexico City, the not yet 30-year old de la Parra is the founder and artistic director of New York’s Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. She leads the Sinfonietta through pieces from North and South America as well as Beethoven’s lively and rhythmic 7th Symphony.

ASTOR PIAZZOLLA - Tangazo
ARTURO MÀRQUEZ - Espejos en la Arena
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 7

The International Chamber Artists perform Ingolf Dahl's Music for Brass Instruments along with piano trios by Leonard Bernstein and Antonin Dvorak.
 
ADMISSION FREE

For the third concert program of its 2009–10 season, the Orion Ensemble performs the work that inspired its season-long theme of “Musical Connections,” Robert Kritz’s “Connections” for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, which he wrote for Orion in 2001. Also on the program is the infrequently performed Quartet in B-Flat Major for Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 18 by Heinrich Baermann, considered the 19th century “Rubenstein of the clarinet,” and the more popular Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, for Violin, Cello and Piano, which Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote as a memorial to his mentor and friend Nikolai Rubinstein.

Mostly Music Chicago

presents

Anne Marie Gerts Award winning pianist Kristina Nyberg performs Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann, and Srebotnjak.  Sponsored by the Musicians Club of Women.
 
ADMISSION FREE

Hear one of Western music’s most celebrated masterworks when Bella Voce Chamber Choir performs the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 with Rachel Barton Pine. A collection of sacred pieces demonstrating Monteverdi’s mastery of composition and religion, the Vespers of 1610 elegantly and seamlessly combines the prevalent compositional styles of the day into one of the most intricate and beautiful tapestries of celestial sound. Join Bella Voce Chamber Choir as they celebrate the 400th anniversary of this joyous and majestic work.

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We’re proud to present the Chicago debuts of guest conductor Alondra de la Parra and Sphinx award winning cellist, Tony Rymer. Raised in Mexico City, the not yet 30-year old de la Parra is the founder and artistic director of New York’s Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. She leads the Sinfonietta through pieces from North and South America as well as Beethoven’s lively and rhythmic 7th Symphony.
 
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA - TangazoARTURO MÀRQUEZ - Espejos en la ArenaLUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 7

The groundbreaking two-time Grammy Award–winning Turtle Island Quartet celebrates its 25th anniversary by showcasing its inimitable and adventurous style. Special guests include celebrated jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut and mandolin virtuoso Mike Marshall.
Price: $18/15/8

For the third concert program of its 2009–10 season, the Orion Ensemble performs the work that inspired its season-long theme of “Musical Connections,” Robert Kritz’s “Connections” for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano, which he wrote for Orion in 2001. Also on the program is the infrequently performed Quartet in B-Flat Major for Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Cello, Op. 18 by Heinrich Baermann, considered the 19th century “Rubenstein of the clarinet,” and the more popular Trio in A Minor, Op. 50, for Violin, Cello and Piano, which Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote as a memorial to his mentor and friend Nikolai Rubinstein.

CUBE performs works written for acoustic instruments with electronics, amplification or with electric guitar. Composers to include David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Carl Schimmel and Judith Shatin.
Guests: Aaron Koppel, electric guitar and Susan Cook Saxophone

The Chicago Sinfonietta joins the Joffrey Ballet on an innovative new Chamber Series. The concerts will take place at the new, state-of-the-art Joffrey Tower. These intimate concerts, performed by members of the Sinfonietta and others in chamber-sized ensembles, will showcase music inspired by dance performed with members of The Joffrey.

Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Institute for Young Artists
Rising Stars Series
Friday, April 09, 2010 8:00 PM Bennett Gordon Hall
Musicians from Ravinia’s Steans Institute for Young Artists featuring David McCarroll, Violin Miriam Fried, Violin Emily Deans, Viola Nicholas Canellakis, Cello Roman Rabinovich, Piano Mary Elizabeth Mackenzie, Soprano
 

Tickets and information are available at chicagochamberchoir.org or 312-409-6890.

Program to inlcude the following:

Life. Death. God.  Mozart faces them all in his music.

Elmhurst Choral Union and Orchestra explore Mozart's spriitual side in his Requiem, Ave Verum Corpus, and Regina Coeli. Soprano Kimberly Eileen Jones joins the ECU Orchestra and guest conductor Pasquale Laurino for Exsultate Jubilate.

Ticket prices are $23 for seniors and $10 for students (those 7-22, no ID required).

Complimentary shuttle bus service to Hammerschmidt Chapel from the college's ample parking lot on Alexander Boulevard.

“the hottest artist on the classical music planet” The New York Times
Don’t miss this exhilarating afternoon of classical music performed by today’s most talented young musicians! The Harris Theater is proud to present Lang Lang like you’ve never seen him before. In his Harris Theater debut, Lang Lang will perform an impressive two concerto program under the baton of his mentor Christoph Eschenbach. The performance, featuring Chicago premieres, will be accompanied by the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra (SHFO), one of the finest youth orchestras in the world.Beethoven: “Leonora No. 3” Overture, Op. 72aMozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (Classique) in D Major, Op. 25Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
 
To purchase tickets CALL 312-334-7777

Evgeni Bozhanov
Rising Stars Series
Friday, April 16, 2010 8:00 PM Bennett Gordon Hall
Evgeni Bozhanov, Piano
 
Finalist at the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Evgeni Bozhanov made his orchestral debut with his hometown orchestra in Rousse, Bulgaria at age twelve. He has earned top prizes at the 2008 Casagrande (Terni, Italy) and Sviatoslav Richter (Moscow, Russia) competitions as well as first-prize at the Carl Beckstein Competition in 2006.

Music about birds, bees, and "the birds and the bees"...charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, Daniel Pinkham's clever "Bugs," and passionate standards like "Fever" and "Let's Do It."

Tickets and information are available at chicagochamberchoir.org or 312-409-6890.

Program to inlcude the following:

THE BUZZ:
Opera lovers of Chicago were invited to choose an opera for performance by COT in 2010. Mosè in Egitto garnered the most votes—making it the People’s Opera Winner!
THE HISTORY:
There has only been one performance of Mosè in Egitto in Chicago — in 1863 at the McVicker’s Theatre on Madison and State. Be part of this historic second performance in Chicago, when COT presents the U.S. premiere of Charles Brauner and Philip Gossett’s new edition of the opera.
THE HIGHLIGHT:

Tickets and information are available at chicagochamberchoir.org or 312-409-6890.

Program to inlcude the following:

Music about birds, bees, and "the birds and the bees"...charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, Daniel Pinkham's clever "Bugs," and passionate standards like "Fever" and "Let's Do It."

THE BUZZ:
Opera lovers of Chicago were invited to choose an opera for performance by COT in 2010. Mosè in Egitto garnered the most votes—making it the People’s Opera Winner!
THE HISTORY:
There has only been one performance of Mosè in Egitto in Chicago — in 1863 at the McVicker’s Theatre on Madison and State. Be part of this historic second performance in Chicago, when COT presents the U.S. premiere of Charles Brauner and Philip Gossett’s new edition of the opera.
THE HIGHLIGHT:

THE BUZZ:
Opera lovers of Chicago were invited to choose an opera for performance by COT in 2010. Mosè in Egitto garnered the most votes—making it the People’s Opera Winner!
THE HISTORY:
There has only been one performance of Mosè in Egitto in Chicago — in 1863 at the McVicker’s Theatre on Madison and State. Be part of this historic second performance in Chicago, when COT presents the U.S. premiere of Charles Brauner and Philip Gossett’s new edition of the opera.
THE HIGHLIGHT:

Dan Zhu
Rising Stars Series
Friday, April 23, 2010 8:00 PM Bennett Gordon Hall
Dan Zhu, Violin Renana Gutman, Piano
 
Named "one of the emerging Chinese international artists today" by Gramophone magazine, and called "an artist of affecting humility and beautiful tone production" by The Strad magazine, Dan Zhu performs regularly in North America, Europe, and Asia. Both a solo and chamber musician, he appears and tours with some of the most prestigious artists performing today.
 

THE CHARM:
Cavalli cleverly mixed the myth of Jason and the Argonauts with bawdy humor, breaking all the operatic rules of the day. The result: Giasone became the most popular opera of the 17th century because of its appeal to the aristocracy and everyday people alike.
THE CHOICE:
Despite its stature in the operatic repertoire, this is the first time Giasone will be performed by a professional opera company in Chicago. Chicago Opera Theater continues its mission of bringing never-performed-here works to this city.
THE CONDUCTOR:

Music about birds, bees, and "the birds and the bees"...charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, Daniel Pinkham's clever "Bugs," and passionate standards like "Fever" and "Let's Do It."

Music about birds, bees, and "the birds and the bees"...charming Renaissance madrigals about birds, Daniel Pinkham's clever "Bugs," and passionate standards like "Fever" and "Let's Do It."

THE BUZZ:
Opera lovers of Chicago were invited to choose an opera for performance by COT in 2010. Mosè in Egitto garnered the most votes—making it the People’s Opera Winner!
THE HISTORY:
There has only been one performance of Mosè in Egitto in Chicago — in 1863 at the McVicker’s Theatre on Madison and State. Be part of this historic second performance in Chicago, when COT presents the U.S. premiere of Charles Brauner and Philip Gossett’s new edition of the opera.
THE HIGHLIGHT:

Mostly Music Chicago

presents

THE CHARM:
Cavalli cleverly mixed the myth of Jason and the Argonauts with bawdy humor, breaking all the operatic rules of the day. The result: Giasone became the most popular opera of the 17th century because of its appeal to the aristocracy and everyday people alike.
THE CHOICE:
Despite its stature in the operatic repertoire, this is the first time Giasone will be performed by a professional opera company in Chicago. Chicago Opera Theater continues its mission of bringing never-performed-here works to this city.
THE CONDUCTOR:

THE CHARM:
Cavalli cleverly mixed the myth of Jason and the Argonauts with bawdy humor, breaking all the operatic rules of the day. The result: Giasone became the most popular opera of the 17th century because of its appeal to the aristocracy and everyday people alike.
THE CHOICE:
Despite its stature in the operatic repertoire, this is the first time Giasone will be performed by a professional opera company in Chicago. Chicago Opera Theater continues its mission of bringing never-performed-here works to this city.
THE CONDUCTOR:

Lincoln Trio
Rising Stars Series
Friday, April 30, 2010 8:00 PM Bennett Gordon Hall
Lincoln Trio
 

THE CHARM:
Cavalli cleverly mixed the myth of Jason and the Argonauts with bawdy humor, breaking all the operatic rules of the day. The result: Giasone became the most popular opera of the 17th century because of its appeal to the aristocracy and everyday people alike.
THE CHOICE:
Despite its stature in the operatic repertoire, this is the first time Giasone will be performed by a professional opera company in Chicago. Chicago Opera Theater continues its mission of bringing never-performed-here works to this city.
THE CONDUCTOR:

International Chamber Artists Trio at the Belden Stratford Hotel

Leonard Bernstein -Piano Trio
Franz Schubert - Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major, D. 898, Op. 99

Corigliano:  To Music
Concerto TBA:  Music Institute of Chicago's Competition Winner
Brahms:  Symphony No. 1 in c minor
Our season concludes wiht some very special 'firsts': an appearance by the first winner of a new competition organized by Ars Viva and the Music Institute of Chicago (certain to be dazzling), and a return to the work that triumphantly concluded the first Ars Viva season in the North Shore Center, Brahms' powerfully moving first symphony.  Opening the concert is a brief but engaging homage to music by former CSO composer-in-residence, John Corigliano.

Beethoven Romance for Violin and Orchestra, David Perry, ViolinBeethoven Symphony No. 9, "The Choral", Featuring rising stars from the Ryan Center for Young Artists at Lyric Opera and the North Shore Choral SocietyLarry Rachleff, Conductor 
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony will round out the Chicago Philharmonic's 20th Season.  This grand masterpiece which features the ever popular "Ode to Joy" will be be presented with the North Shore Choral Society and the Ryan Center for Young Artists at Lyric Opera.  One of the most influential symphonies ever written, the piece is complicated, powerful and most definitely exciting.  The symphony will be performed in its entirety and will constitute a brilliant finish to the Chicago Philharmonic's anniversary season. 

On the first Monday of every month, join The Chicago Chamber Musicians for their FREE performances at the Chicago Cultural Center.
 
This month celebrate Schumann's birthday with a performance of his String Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3.
 
Featured CCM artists include Josephe Genualdi, violin; Jasmine Lin, violin; Rami Solomonow, viola; with guest artist Stephen Balderston on cello.
 
 
Monday, May 3, 2010
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center
 
For more information please call 312-CALL-CCM or visit www.chicagochambermusic.org

Claudia Hommel
Rising Stars Series
Friday, May 07, 2010 8:00 PM NCB Private Dining
Women of Paris
 
Claudia Hommel, Vocalist/Actor Bob Moreen, Piano/Vocalist Don Stille, Accordion
 
A favorite from the Art Institute of Chicago to the Musée de Montmartre in Paris, actor/singer Claudia Hommel is best known for her cabaret concerts of French and American songs celebrating Paris. Not limited to the role of French chanteuse, she sings a repertoire encompassing French chansons, American standards, 19th and 20th-century art songs and theater music.

THE EVENT:
The legendary Frederica von Stade makes her first appearance with Chicago Opera Theater in this opera written especially for her by Jake Heggie, of Dead Man Walking fame.
THE SHOCK:
A glamorous stage actress reveals a shocking secret of their family’s past to her two adult children facing dark challenges of their own. Based on a short play by Terrence McNally with a libretto by Gene Scheer.
THE SCORE:

The final concert of Orion’s 2009–10 “Musical Connections” season features music by Johannes Brahms that encompasses the beginning and the end of his rich compositional life.

Brahms wrote two of the program’s works in 1853, the year he turned 20 years old. Scherzo for Violin and Piano, WoO2, grew out of a collaborative compositional project proposed by Robert Schumann: a sonata for violinist Joseph Joachim. Schumann’s student Albert Dietrich wrote the first movement, Schumann the second and final movements and the young Brahms the third movement Scherzo that appears on this program.

The first version of the Opus 8 Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano was also written, mostly, in 1853; Brahms completed it in 1854, then revised it significantly in 1889–90. The result is a deep and mature work that exudes youthful energy, understandably a favorite among chamber music lovers.

TICKETS TO AN EVENING WITH FREDERICA VON STADE ARE ONLY AVAILABLE TO 2010 SUBSCRIBERS!

In addition to her starring role in Chicago Opera Theater's Three Decembers, Frederica von Stade presents her final concert in Chicago before retirement. Accompanied by Jake Heggie, she will sing a program of Heggie’s own works, as well as Copland, Hammerstein, Sondheim, Bernstein, and Bizet–just to name a few!
 
CALL THE BOX OFFICE AT 312.704.8414 TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE 2010 SPRING FESTIVAL SEASON AND GUARANTEE YOUR SEATS TO THIS CONCERT!

THE EVENT:
The legendary Frederica von Stade makes her first appearance with Chicago Opera Theater in this opera written especially for her by Jake Heggie, of Dead Man Walking fame.
THE SHOCK:
A glamorous stage actress reveals a shocking secret of their family’s past to her two adult children facing dark challenges of their own. Based on a short play by Terrence McNally with a libretto by Gene Scheer.
THE SCORE:

THE EVENT:
The legendary Frederica von Stade makes her first appearance with Chicago Opera Theater in this opera written especially for her by Jake Heggie, of Dead Man Walking fame.
THE SHOCK:
A glamorous stage actress reveals a shocking secret of their family’s past to her two adult children facing dark challenges of their own. Based on a short play by Terrence McNally with a libretto by Gene Scheer.
THE SCORE:

The Chicago Sinfonietta and the Harlem Quartet join forces to create a dynamic collection of sounds and styles. The young, innovative and daring all-Black and Latino ensemble will dazzle you with their passion and artistry.
 

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - Overture to Der Schauspieldirekter
MOZART - Sinfonia Concertante, for Violin and Viola, K.364 - Mvt. I
JOHANNES BRAHMS - Concerto For Violin and Cello, Op 102 - Mvt.I
MICHAEL ABELS - Delights and Dances
ZOLTÀN KODÀLY - Dances of Galanta

THE EVENT:
The legendary Frederica von Stade makes her first appearance with Chicago Opera Theater in this opera written especially for her by Jake Heggie, of Dead Man Walking fame.
THE SHOCK:
A glamorous stage actress reveals a shocking secret of their family’s past to her two adult children facing dark challenges of their own. Based on a short play by Terrence McNally with a libretto by Gene Scheer.
THE SCORE:

The Chicago Sinfonietta and the Harlem Quartet join forces to create a dynamic collection of sounds and styles. The young, innovative and daring all-Black and Latino ensemble will dazzle you with their passion and artistry. 
 
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - Overture to Der SchauspieldirekterMOZART - Sinfonia Concertante, for Violin and Viola, K.364 - Mvt. IJOHANNES BRAHMS - Concerto For Violin and Cello, Op 102 - Mvt.IMICHAEL ABELS - Delights and DancesZOLTÀN KODÀLY - Dances of Galanta

Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 7:30pm

Is New Art Music a cyborg? Technology - from creative amplification to interactive computer soundscapes - brings new strength to the most human of expressions. This program spins haunting moods from three turntables, unexpected percussion instruments, and urban rap embedded in a cushion of strings, blending roots and the never-before imagined.
 
The Chicago Fluxus Ensemble, led by original Fluxus artist Simon Anderson, will stage performance pieces throughout the building before the concert; arrive early for a jolt of the unexpected!
 
Tomi Raisanen................Elevator Music on Mars (2003)
                                      American Premiere
Christopher Burns............Fabrication (2000) Chicago Premiere
                                      Sawtooth (2009) Chicago Premiere

Mendelssohn's Masterwork, International Chamber Artists

The driving energy of Mendelssohn’s trio erupts into music with tremendous weight of nearly orchestral proportions grown organically out of the most clearly etched delicacy one finds in all chamber music.  The mature Saint-Saëns Septet is infectiously melodic and completely exhilarating.  American composer Loeffler's rhapsodies offer a delightful blend of French Impressionism and New World freshness.

Charles Martin Loeffler - Two Rhapsodies   
Camille Saint-Saëns - Septet for Piano, Trumpet, String Quartet and Double Bass in E-flat Major, Op. 65 (16’)
Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49 (32’)        

CHICAGO—The final concert of Orion’s 2009–10 “Musical Connections” season features music by Johannes Brahms that encompasses the beginning and the end of his rich compositional life.

Brahms wrote two of the program’s works in 1853, the year he turned 20 years old. Scherzo for Violin and Piano, WoO2, grew out of a collaborative compositional project proposed by Robert Schumann: a sonata for violinist Joseph Joachim. Schumann’s student Albert Dietrich wrote the first movement, Schumann the second and final movements and the young Brahms the third movement Scherzo that appears on this program.

The first version of the Opus 8 Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano was also written, mostly, in 1853; Brahms completed it in 1854, then revised it significantly in 1889–90. The result is a deep and mature work that exudes youthful energy, understandably a favorite among chamber music lovers.

CHICAGO—The final concert of Orion’s 2009–10 “Musical Connections” season features music by Johannes Brahms that encompasses the beginning and the end of his rich compositional life.

Brahms wrote two of the program’s works in 1853, the year he turned 20 years old. Scherzo for Violin and Piano, WoO2, grew out of a collaborative compositional project proposed by Robert Schumann: a sonata for violinist Joseph Joachim. Schumann’s student Albert Dietrich wrote the first movement, Schumann the second and final movements and the young Brahms the third movement Scherzo that appears on this program.

The first version of the Opus 8 Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano was also written, mostly, in 1853; Brahms completed it in 1854, then revised it significantly in 1889–90. The result is a deep and mature work that exudes youthful energy, understandably a favorite among chamber music lovers.

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Brahms: Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Bartók: String Qurtet No. 3 in C-sharp Major, Sz. 85
 
CCM concludes the 2009-2010 subscription series on the eve of Robert Schumann's 200th birthday (born June 8, 1810) with the CCM debut performance of Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 - one of the most famous piano quintets in the canon. Brahms, Schumann's protégé, was inspired to write his clarinet trio by the virtuosity of clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld (to be performed by CCM's own Larry Combs). Bartók's third String Quartet rounds out the program with its volatile high spirits and palpable desolation - a fitting tribute to the genius and madness of Robert Schumann.
 
Featured CCM artists include Larry Combs, clarinet; Joseph Genualdi, violin; Jasmine Lin, violin; Rami Solomonow, viola; Meng-Chieh Liu, piano.
 

On the first Monday of every month, join The Chicago Chamber Musicians for their FREE performances at the Chicago Cultural Center.
 
Monday, June 7, 2010
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center

Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Brahms: Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Bartók: String Qurtet No. 3 in C-sharp Major, Sz. 85
 
CCM concludes the 2009-2010 subscription series on the eve of Robert Schumann's 200th birthday (born June 8, 1810) with the CCM debut performance of Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44 - one of the most famous piano quintets in the canon. Brahms, Schumann's protégé, was inspired to write his clarinet trio by the virtuosity of clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld (to be performed by CCM's own Larry Combs). Bartók's third String Quartet rounds out the program with its volatile high spirits and palpable desolation - a fitting tribute to the genius and madness of Robert Schumann.
 

On the first Monday of every month, join The Chicago Chamber Musicians for their FREE performances at the Chicago Cultural Center.
 
CCM welcomes their Professional Development Program Ensemble-in-Residence, Quintet Attacca, to perform on the August First Monday Concert.
 
Monday, August 2, 2010
12:15pm
Chicago Cultural Center