The Northshore Concert Band, one of the largest and most respected symphonic bands in the nation, presents its Winter Concert on Sunday, February 14 at 3:00 P.M. at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Highlights of the program include some of Leonard Bernstein's best-known and best-loved music: Overture to Candide and Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, as well as Malcolm Arnold's Four Scottish Dances, inspired by Scottish country folk tunes and dances. Artistic Director Dr. Mallory Thompson conducts. Tickets $15 adults, $12 seniors, $6 students and children available in advance at www.northshoreband.org or at the door. Box office opens at 2:00.

Grammy® Award-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman is regarded as one of the most talented virtuosos performing today. Following performances of Brahms’ First Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Bronfman concludes his Chicago residency by collaborating with musicians from the CSO in a program of Beethoven, Dalbavie and Brahms.

Dvorak: Bagatelles, Op. 47
Krommer: Partita in B-flat Major, Op 45, No. 3 for Winds and Bass
Bruckner: String Quintet in F Major, WAB 112
 
Share the joy of chamber music for strings and woodwinds with your Valentine at CCM's February concerts. All three works are receiving their CCM debuts including Bruckner's Bach- and Schubert-inspired String Quintet whose Adagio movement expresses "an almost unbearable bliss" (All Music Guide). Dvorák's delightful Bagatelles and Krommer's Mozart-like Partita were selected by CCM co-founder, and recently-retired Principal Clarinet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Larry Combs.