Chicago Classical Music

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 

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