I have a favor to ask of you. In November 2008 The Chicago Sinfonietta will partner with the Chicago Humanities Festival in musically exploring the year’s Festival theme, “THINK BIG”. We invite you to help us realize our 'big idea" for a concert by joining us in selecting the most transformative classical music compositions ever written -- works from various eras that truly changed the rules and affected everything that came after. We will perform two of the selections at Chicago's Symphony Center on Monday, November 10th at 7:30 p.m. And to "change the game" even more, we hope to either present a live streaming broadcast that evening (so you can hear the winning selections regardless of where you are) or post the performance as a downloadable video file on our website.
Let your voice be heard! A panel of experts has shared its ideas for “game-changing” nominees and you can vote right now at the Chicago Sinfonietta’s website. Make your selection from the experts' list, or if you disagree, feel free to write in your own.
Thanks for voting – and please pass this link on to others!
And speaking of big thinkers, our friends at the Grant Park Music Festival have unveiled their upcoming season. What I love about GPMF’s programming is its variety and creativity. A few that I will be sure to attend include the U.S. Premiere of A Throw of Dice, a stunningly beautiful Indian silent film from 1929 presented with a new symphonic score composed by award-winning DJ/multi-instrumentalist Nitin Sawhney (who will perform on keyboards) in one screening only, July 30; Catalan vocalist Maria Del Mar Bonet, June 20; concerts by the Orchestra and Chorus including Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, and Rachmaninoff’s choral spectacular The Bells, based on Edgar Allen Poe’s poem of the same name, July 23 & 25 and; the works of some of Chicago’s best and brightest Latin American composers – including Ricardo Lorenz, Gustavo Leone, Elbio Rodriguez Barilari, and Osvaldo Golijov– will be showcased under the direction of Guest Conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, August 1 & 2.
There are many more wonderful (and FREE) performances on the Grant Park Music Festival’s 2008 calendar.
And please, don’t forget to vote for the MOST IMPORTANT WORKS EVER WRITTEN!! Click here right now and put your two cents worth in!!
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