Concerts and music
Wednesday, June 10
7:30pm-10:00
Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center
Conference Concert
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
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From L-R: Sir Mark Elder, Alisa Weilerstein (photos: Sheila Rock)
- Antonín DvoÅák In Nature’s Realm, Op. 91
- Antonín DvoÅák Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104,
Alisa Weilerstein, Cello - Antonín DvoÅák Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Twenty-five-year-old American virtuosa Alisa Weilerstein is featured in Dvorák’s Cello Concerto, one of the most beloved concertos ever written. The pastoral Eighth Symphony is a late-Romantic treasure. A portrait of country life, complete with rustic dances and birdsong, this is one of the Czech composer’s most infectious and familiar works.
Tonight’s performance is part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s three-week DvoÅák Festival.
Festival links:
DvoÅák Festival ProgramThe DvoÅák Festival receives support from the following generous donors: Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg • Chet Gougis and Shelley Ochab • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy • Judy and Verne Istock • The Kapnick Family • Nancy and Donald Kempf • Kirkland & Ellis, LLP • Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Jim and Kay Mabie • James and Susan Matson • Molex, Inc. • The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust • National Endowment for the Arts • Mr. & Mrs. T. Paul B. O’Donovan • Cathy and Bill Osborn • Mr. & Mrs. Albert Pawlick • Jerry Rose • Mr. John Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy • In honor and loving memory of Alice Welsh Skilling • And from a major challenge grant from The Jentes Family.
Thursday, June 11
9:30am-12:00pm
Beyond the Score ®
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Gerard McBurney, narrator and creative director
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
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From L-R: Sir Mark Elder, Gerard McBurney
- Paul Dukas Fanfare from La péri
- Beyond the Score: DvoÅák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World)
- Antonín DvoÅák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World)
Designed not only for classical music aficionados, but also for
newcomers looking to delve deeper into the world of classical music,
the first half of each Beyond the Score program offers a live
multimedia documentary of the selected score—its context in history,
how it fits into the composer’s output of works, the details of a
composer’s life that influenced its creation—on the stage of Orchestra
Hall, sharing the illuminating stories found “inside” the music. Live
musical examples by the Orchestra are called upon to illustrate the
structure of each composition. After an intermission, concertgoers
return to the hall with newly discovered knowledge to hear a
performance of the score, played in its entirety by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Today’s performance is part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s three-week DvoÅák Festival.
Festival links:
The DvoÅák Festival receives support from the following generous
donors: Mr. & Mrs. Joseph B. Glossberg • Chet Gougis and Shelley
Ochab • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Heagy • Judy and Verne Istock • The
Kapnick Family • Nancy and Donald Kempf • Kirkland & Ellis, LLP •
Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Jim and Kay Mabie • James and Susan
Matson • Molex, Inc. • The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust • National
Endowment for the Arts • Mr. & Mrs. T. Paul B. O’Donovan • Cathy
and Bill Osborn • Mr. & Mrs. Albert Pawlick • Jerry Rose • Mr. John
Schmidt and Dr. Janet Gilboy • In honor and loving memory of Alice
Welsh Skilling • And from a major challenge grant from The Jentes
Family.
Major support for Beyond the Score is provided by The Davee Foundation.
Friday, June 12
9:00am
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras
Allen Tinkham, Music Director
Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center
Sponsored by BMI, Inc.
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L-R Allen Tinkham, Osvaldo Golijov
Golijov Last Round
Movido,urgente- macho, cool and dangerous
Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
10:00am
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Center Presents MusicNOW
Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center
Osvaldo Golijov, Host
Mark-Anthony Turnage, Host
- Brant Taylor, Cello
- Cynthia Yeh, Marimba
- Christina Courtin, Vocalist and Violin
- Ryan Scott, Dobro
- Jeremy Flower, Laptop
- Michael Ward-Bergeman, Hyper-accordion
- Members of the MusicNOW Ensemble
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L-R: Osvaldo Golijov (photo: Tanit Sakakini), Mark-Anthony Turnage, Jeremy Flower,
Michael Ward-Bergeman
Osvaldo Golijov Mariel for Cello and Marimba
-Brant Taylor, Cello
-Cynthia Yeh, Marimba
Mark-Anthony Turnage Out of Black Dust (CSO Commission)
Jeremy Flower Self Destruct (CSO Commission)
Michael Ward-Bergeman Three Roads
-Christina Courtin, Vocalist and Violin
-Ryan Scott, Dobro
-Jeremy Flower, Laptop
-Michael Ward-Bergeman, Hyper-accordion
MusicNOW, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s nationally recognized and critically acclaimed new music series, was created in 1998. The series provides a rare opportunity to experience concert programs completely dedicated to new music, offering works by some of today’s most prominent living composers, including Mark-Anthony Turnage, Osvaldo Golijov, Oliver Knussen, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Philip Glass and more. Each program is performed by musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra alongside guest artists. Many of the composers whose works are presented attend the concert, make remarks to the audience, and mingle with concertgoers at receptions that follow each performance.
MusicNOW receives funding from a leadership grant from IRVING HARRIS FOUNDATION, Joan W. Harris. Major support is also provided by Cindy Sargent and the late Sally Hands.
5:30pm-7:00pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park
Grant Park Festival Orchestra and Chorus
BERNSTEIN ON THE WATERFRONT
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L-R: Carlos Kalmar, Pritzker Pavilion
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor
Christopher Bell, Chorus Director
Chicago Children’s Choir
- Kernis Too Hot Toccata
- Bernstein On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite
- Shostakovich Song of the Forests
On the web: Grant Park Music Festival