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The Chicago Sinfonietta welcomes guest conductor Tania León to the podium in a program dedicated to the contributions that women have made to classical music. Ms. León conducts two of her own compositons, one of which features pianist Jade Simmons, plus other works by women from around the world. Trumpeter Alison Balsom guests on Haydn's Concerto for Trumpet. Ellen Taafe Zwillich, Prologue and Variatons Augusta Holmès, Irelande, poem symphonique Tania León, Horizons Tania León, Kabiosile Franz Joseph Haydn, Concerto for Trumpet Chen Yi, Ge Xu (Antiphony) Lund Auditorium at Dominican University, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest For tickets and information, click here or call 312.236.3681 ext. 2.
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A musical masterpiece of profound spirituality and one of the supreme creative achievements of all time, Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion speaks as urgently of conscience, compassion and hope today as it did when it was written nearly 300 years ago. This is music drawn on a vast emotional canvas, scored for double orchestra, performed with the power and passion Music of the Baroque always brings to Bach’s great choral works. It is certain to be one of the most important events of the classical music year. J. S. Bach St. Matthew Passion For tickets and more information, call 312.551.1414 or visit our website. |
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Acappellago is pleased to announce the second concert of its sixth season "Escape to...Wonderland". The program features music based on nursery rhymes, fairy tales and fantastic stories including: John Rutter - Five Childhood Lyrics Arrangements of the Disney hits: Under the Sea, Kiss the Girl, I Wan'na be Like You and Can you Feel the Love Tonight Songs from film and television: Peter Gunn Theme, Moon River, Over the Rainbow, William Tell Overture And LOTS of fun surprises! Performances will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 7:30 pm, Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W. 31st Street, Oak Brook and on Sunday March, 30, 2008 at 3 pm, Naperville Congregational Church, 1 Bunting Lane, Naperville. Tickets are $14, $11 for seniors and students. Children under six will be admitted free. Call 708-484-3797 x. 2 or visit www.Acappellago.org for tickets and more information.
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A musical masterpiece of profound spirituality and one of the supreme creative achievements of all time, Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion speaks as urgently of conscience, compassion and hope today as it did when it was written nearly 300 years ago. This is music drawn on a vast emotional canvas, scored for double orchestra, performed with the power and passion Music of the Baroque always brings to Bach’s great choral works. It is certain to be one of the most important events of the classical music year. J. S. Bach St. Matthew Passion For tickets and more information, call 312.551.1414 or visit our website. Note: Student Rush tickets may be available one hour before the performance (6:30) for $10, cash only, to Harris Theater performances. Call the box office (312.551.1414) the day of the performance for availability.
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Featuring Devin DeSantis and the Mercutio String QuartetRyan T. Nelson, conductorThursday, April 10, 7:30 p.m.Lutkin Hall The 1993 collaboration between pop star Elvis Costello and England's renowned Brodsky String Quartet was inspired by reports of a Verona professor who was answering letters he found addressed to Juliet Capulet. The result was a critically acclaimed series of 20 dramatic ballads, influenced by the songs of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, in which male and female characters of varying ages and degrees of sanity tell stories of love, betrayal, and death. Don't miss this little-known theatrical, musical gem.
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The Chicago Sinfonietta welcomes guest conductor Tania León to the podium in a program dedicated to the contributions that women have made to classical music. Ms. León conducts two of her own compositons, one of which features pianist Jade Simmons, plus other works by women from around the world. Trumpeter Alison Balsom guests on Haydn's Concerto for Trumpet. Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Prologue and Variatons Augusta Holmès, Irelande, poem symphonique Tania León, Horizons Tania León, Kabiosile Franz Joseph Haydn, Concerto for Trumpet Chen Yi, Ge Xu (Antiphony) Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago For tickets and information, click here or call 312.236.3681 ext. 2. |
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With the Who's Your Daddy? Trio featuring Dan Trudell, Chris "Hambone" Cameron And Friends, and the Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church Gospel ChoirFriday, April 11, 7:30 p.m.Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Unveiled in 1935 by Chicago's Hammond Organ Company, the Hammond B-3 Organ, with its distinctive whirling "tone cabinet" sound, was intended as a less expensive option to church pipe organs. But it quickly found a happy home in many other venues and musical styles. This concert celebrates the B-3's unique sound and flair in all its jazz, blues, soul, pop, gospel, and Stax Records musical glory. |
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Maja Cerar, violin soloistTomie Hahn, sensor-suited dancing conductorSaturday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.Pick-Staiger Concert Hall Give your mouse a night off and enjoy the Chicago-area debut of the groundbreaking Princeton Laptop Orchestra (better known as PLOrk), cofounded by Dan Trueman and Perry Cook. Using customized laptop computers and individual sounds systems, this 20-member ensemble can sound like a full symphony orchestra, a jazz combo, or an electronica band. This exciting program will include works with solo acoustic violin, a work with a dancing conductor covered with electronic touch pads, and two world premieres. Far from being pre-programmed, PLOrk musicians independently control dynamics, rhythm and sound to create a true ensemble effect. |
