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◂ Saturday August 01, 2009 ▸
In Seach of Mozart Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60601 Special encore presentation! IN SEARCH OF MOZART 2006, Phil Grabsky, UK, 128 min. “Gives a much better and balanced sense of Mozart the person than any other work aimed at a general audience.”--Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun-Times “A far more accurate, complete and endearingly human portrait of Mozart than any documentary has ever painted. . . It’s a must for tyros and cognoscenti alike.”--John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune 11:30am IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, Chicago, IL American premiere! IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN 2009, Phil Grabsky, UK, 139 min., DigiBeta video From Phil Grabsky, director of the international hit "In Search of Mozart," comes a new documentary delving into the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven for an in-depth portrait that is revealingly at variance with the composer's longstanding romantic myth. Featured are more than 55 performances and interviews by the world's leading musicians and conductors, including Sir Roger Norrington, Riccardo Chailly, Claudio Abbado, and Emanuel Ax. Special IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN sponsor and partner discounts: WFMT-FM, WTTW-TV, Grant Park Music Festival, and DANK Haus members pay $5 admission to any Monday-Tuesday screening with current membership card. Chicago Symphony Orchestra subscribers pay 2-for-1 admission to any Monday-Tuesday screening. 2:30pm Handel's "Acis & Galatea" - DCA Summer Opera Chicago Cultural Center Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 60602 This summer, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) presents its eleventh annual free Summer Opera, Handel’s Acis and Galatea. Handel’s most popular dramatic work, Acis and Galatea, offers a feast of gloriously melodic music and an escape into a mythological world. Fully costumed and staged, the opera will be performed in English and accompanied by members of the New Millennium Orchestra of Chicago. Music director Francesco Milioto will lead the performance from the harpsichord. Joanie Schultz, an exciting opera and theater director, will stage direct. 3:00pm In Seach of Mozart Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, Chicago, IL Special encore presentation! IN SEARCH OF MOZART 2006, Phil Grabsky, UK, 128 min. “Gives a much better and balanced sense of Mozart the person than any other work aimed at a general audience.”--Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun-Times “A far more accurate, complete and endearingly human portrait of Mozart than any documentary has ever painted. . . It’s a must for tyros and cognoscenti alike.”--John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune 5:30pm The Dream of Gerontius Grant Park Music Festival Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park Grant Park Orchestra Carlos Kalmar, Conductor Christopher Bell, Chorus Director Allyson McHardy, Mezzo Soprano John Mac Master, Tenor Paul Whelan, Bass Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius Experience one of the great, if seldom heard, English-language choral works, Elgar's gripping voyage thorugh life's end and into the unknown. 7:30pm IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, Chicago, IL American premiere! IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN 2009, Phil Grabsky, UK, 139 min., DigiBeta video From Phil Grabsky, director of the international hit "In Search of Mozart," comes a new documentary delving into the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven for an in-depth portrait that is revealingly at variance with the composer's longstanding romantic myth. Featured are more than 55 performances and interviews by the world's leading musicians and conductors, including Sir Roger Norrington, Riccardo Chailly, Claudio Abbado, and Emanuel Ax. Special IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN sponsor and partner discounts: WFMT-FM, WTTW-TV, Grant Park Music Festival, and DANK Haus members pay $5 admission to any Monday-Tuesday screening with current membership card. Chicago Symphony Orchestra subscribers pay 2-for-1 admission to any Monday-Tuesday screening. 8:15pm

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