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« Week of September 21, 2008 »
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21 Harris Theater Presents San Francisco Ballet with Chicago Sinfonietta 1:30pm - 3:30pm The Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph Drive in Millennium Park, kicks off its fifth anniversary season with a weeklong engagement of San Francisco Ballet, the first full Company engagement in Chicago in over two decades. As the first stop on a four-city national tour, the nation’s oldest professional ballet company will celebrate its diamond 75^th Anniversary in Chicago with two distinct programs of three works each, featuring mixed repertory including six Chicago premieres, with four new works from the Ballet’s spring 2008 New Works Festival. The Chicago Sinfonietta will accompany all performances by San Francisco Ballet with San Francisco Ballet Music Director and Principal Conductor Martin West to conduct. Tickets for these performances are on-sale now and available at the Harris Theater box office located in Millennium Park at 205 E. Randolph Dr., by calling 312-334-7777 or by visiting www.harristheaterchicago.org. The Parker Quartet 3:00pm - 4:30pm Saturday September 20th, 20088:00PM The Parker Quartet live at Music in the Loft A "Meet-the-Artists" reception will follow the event. Regular Tickets: $20 Student Tickets $10 For more information please call 312-243-9233 or visit our website at www.musicintheloft.org. Chicago Sinfonietta - Passion and Grace 6:00pm - 8:00pm Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 6pm Domincan University, River Forest, IL The passion evoked by the sensuous Latin American rhythm of the tango finds its ancient echo in medieval poetry when two twentieth century composers are explored in this unique pairing. Raul Jaurena, master of the Argentine bandoneon, joins us on the music of Astor Piazzolla. Then, we'll perform Car Orff's dramatic "secular cantata" with the Apollo Chorus of Chicago featuring soloists Elizabeth Norman, Thomas Dymit, and Levi Hernandez. For tickets call: 312-236-3681 xt.2 Music of the Baroque - Handel's Hercules 7:30pm - 10:30pm An epic legend about the destructive power of sexual jealousy--told by one of music's best storytellers. George Frideric Handel's stirring musical drama about an ill-fated hero, his suspicious wife, and a beautiful prisoner unfolds in sumptuous arias and rousing choruses. Featuring Phyllis Pancella as Dejanira and Stephen Morscheck as Hercules, as well as the Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra under the baton of Nicholas Kraemer. Concerts take place Sunday, September 21 at 7:30pm at First United Methodist Church, 1630 Hinman Ave., Evanston, and Monday, September 22 at 7:30pm at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park. Call (312) 551-1414 for tickets, or visit www.baroque.org.	22 Classical Mondays: Greta Ball 12:15pm - 1:00pm Award Winners in Concert: Greta Ball, soprano and Dana Brown, piano. Featuring R. Strauss' Mädchenblumen and songs by Rossini, Bizet and Britten. Sponsored by the Musicians Club of Women of Chicago. ADMISSION FREE Preston Bradley Hall Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 60602 Music of the Baroque--Handel's Hercules 7:30pm - 10:30pm An epic legend about the destructive power of sexual jealousy--told by one of music's best storytellers. George Frideric Handel's stirring musical drama about an ill-fated hero, his suspicious wife, and a beautiful prisoner unfolds in sumptuous arias and rousing choruses. Featuring Phyllis Pancella as Dejanira and Stephen Morscheck as Hercules, as well as the Music of the Baroque Chorus and Orchestra under the baton of Nicholas Kraemer. Concerts take place Sunday, September 21 at 7:30pm at First United Methodist Church, 1630 Hinman Ave., Evanston, and Monday, September 22 at 7:30pm at the Harris Theater in Millennium Park. Call (312) 551-1414 for tickets, or visit www.baroque.org.	23 Chicago Sinfonietta - Passion and Grace 7:30pm - 9:30pm Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 7:30pm Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago IL The passion evoked by the sensuous Latin American rhythm of the tango finds its ancient echo in medieval poetry when two twentieth century composers are explored in this unique pairing. Raul Jaurena, master of the Argentine bandoneon, joins us on the music of Astor Piazzolla. Then, we'll perform Car Orff's dramatic "secular cantata" with the Apollo Chorus of Chicago featuring soloists Elizabeth Norman, Thomas Dymit, and Levi Hernandez. For tickets call: 312-236-3681 xt.2	24	25	26 SHERIDAN SOLOISTI, FINE ARTS MUSIC SOCIETY OF CHICAGO AT NORTHBROOK PUBLIC LIBRARY 7:40am - 7:40am September 28 – Sheridan Soloisti & The Fine Arts Music Society of Chicago 2 violins, viola, cello & piano WORKS BY Beethoven Brahms Mendelson This premier group of musicians features violinists David Yonan and Koh Gabriel Kameda, violist Ruth Pikler, cellist Paula Kosower and pianist Susan Merdinger. Their performing credits include the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Music Now and the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra and at Carnegie Hall. FINE ARTS FALL 17th Season Sundays at 2:00, no admission charge Presented in the Auditorium NORTHBROOK PUBLIC LIBRARY 1201 Cedar Lane Northbrook, IL 60062 (847) 272-6224 Chicago Chamber Musicians: October Concerts 7:30pm - 9:30pm Johannes Brahms’ first string quintet adds the touch of strings, or “Spring,” as it was dubbed due to its sunny cheerfulness, to an evening of particular delight for chamber music lovers. CCM BRASS shines in Verne Reynolds’ gorgeous suite. Antonin Dvorak’s first major success – his Slavonic Dances for piano duet – is felicitously adapted for winds and double bass. The North American premiere of Avner Dorman’s Jerusalem Mix is a wind and piano collage of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim musical traditions co-commissioned by CCM and the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival. *Dorman: Jerusalem* Mix – 2007 (North American Premiere!) Reynolds: Suite for Brass – 1971 Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (#8) and Op. 72 (#1 & #7) – 1878, 1886(Arranged by Patrick Clemens) Brahms: Viola Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88, Spring – 1882 Ensemble Artists: Joseph Genualdi, violin Jasmine Lin, violin Rami Solomonow, viola Clancy Newman, cello Larry Combs, clarinet Michael Henoch, oboe Dennis Michel, bassoon Barbara Butler, trumpet Charles Geyer, trumpet Gail Williams, horn Michael Mulcahy, trombone Guest Artists: Eliran Avni, piano Peter Lloyd, double bass Julie DeRoche, clarinet Anne Bach, oboe Lewis Kirk, bassoon Gabrielle Webster, horn Randy Montgomery, tuba Location Name: Pick-Staiger Hall at Northwestern University School of Music Location Address: 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston Contact: 312-225-5226 Website: www.chicagochambermusic.org E-mail Address: info@chicagochambermusic.org** These concerts are made possible in part through the generosity of Dr. Leo and Mrs. Leo M. Henikoff.	27 SHERIDAN SOLOISTI, FINE ARTS MUSIC SOCIETY OF CHICAGO AT NORTHBROOK PUBLIC LIBRARY 7:40am - 7:40am September 28 – Sheridan Soloisti & The Fine Arts Music Society of Chicago 2 violins, viola, cello & piano WORKS BY Beethoven Brahms Mendelson This premier group of musicians features violinists David Yonan and Koh Gabriel Kameda, violist Ruth Pikler, cellist Paula Kosower and pianist Susan Merdinger. Their performing credits include the Ravinia Festival Orchestra, Music Now and the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra and at Carnegie Hall. FINE ARTS FALL 17th Season Sundays at 2:00, no admission charge Presented in the Auditorium NORTHBROOK PUBLIC LIBRARY 1201 Cedar Lane Northbrook, IL 60062 (847) 272-6224 Chicago Chamber Musicians: October Concerts 7:30pm - 9:30pm Johannes Brahms’ first string quintet adds the touch of strings, or “Spring,” as it was dubbed due to its sunny cheerfulness, to an evening of particular delight for chamber music lovers. CCM BRASS shines in Verne Reynolds’ gorgeous suite. Antonin Dvorak’s first major success – his Slavonic Dances for piano duet – is felicitously adapted for winds and double bass. The North American premiere of Avner Dorman’s Jerusalem Mix is a wind and piano collage of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim musical traditions co-commissioned by CCM and the Jerusalem Chamber Music Festival. *Dorman: Jerusalem* Mix – 2007 (North American Premiere!) Reynolds: Suite for Brass – 1971 Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (#8) and Op. 72 (#1 & #7) – 1878, 1886 (Arranged by Patrick Clemens) Brahms: Viola Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88, Spring – 1882 Ensemble Artists: Joseph Genualdi, violin Jasmine Lin, violin Rami Solomonow, viola Clancy Newman, cello Larry Combs, clarinet Michael Henoch, oboe Dennis Michel, bassoon Barbara Butler, trumpet Charles Geyer, trumpet Gail Williams, horn Michael Mulcahy, trombone Guest Artists: Eliran Avni, piano Peter Lloyd, double bass Julie DeRoche, clarinet Anne Bach, oboe Lewis Kirk, bassoon Gabrielle Webster, horn Randy Montgomery, tuba Location Name: Gottlieb Hall at Merit School of Music Location Address: 38 S Peoria Street Contact: 312-225-5226 Website: www.chicagochambermusic.org E-mail Address: info@chicagochambermusic.org** These concerts are made possible in part through the generosity of Dr. Leo and Mrs. Leo M. Henikoff.

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