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DID YOU KNOW?
Pianist Marta Aznavoorian, who performed on our RUSH HOUR series this week, is not only a native Chicagoan, but she has been playing professionally since she was a teenager?
She made her professional debut at the age of 13 performing Mozart Piano Concerto No 24, K 491 with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the invitation of the late Sir Georg Solti.
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Tuesday, June 20
5:45 pm
St. James Cathedral
56E Huron Street
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June 20, 2023
RUSH HOUR CONCERTS
Scott Hostetler, oboe
Susan Warner, clarinet
Yuan-Qing Yu, violin
Diane Mues, viola
Rob Kassinger, bass
A Little Circus Music: Quintets by Prokofiev and Souponetsky
Members of Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Opera Orchestra dazzle with a performance full of musical circus acrobatics written almost a century apart.
Program
Kat SOUPONETSKY - Wandering Through Night
Sergey PROKOFIEV - Quintet, Op. 39
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June 21, 2023
DAME MYRA HESS CONCERTS
Olivia Boen, soprano and
Shannon McGinnis, piano
Two artists with strong Chicago connections -native Chicagoan, American soprano Olivia Boen had her operatic stage start when she appeared at the Lyric Opera of Chicago at six years old as one of the gingerbread chorus children in Hänsel und Gretel, and pianist Shannon McGinnis, a co-founder of Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago and Associate Professor of Opera and Director of Opera programs at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, offer a concert of intriguing beauty.
Program
Josephine LANG - Lieder
I. Schon wieder bin ich fortgerissen, Op. 38/39
II. Herbstgefühl
III. Auf dem See in Tausend Sterne, Op. 14
IV. Sie liebt mich, Op. 33/34
Benjamin BRITTEN - On This Island, Op. 11
Ottorino RESPIGHI - Lieder
I. Notturno
II. Invito alla danza
III. L’ultima ebbrezza
Giacomo PUCCINI - “Chi il bel sogno” (from La Rondine)
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Wednesday, June 21
12:15 pm
Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago
55 E Wacker Drive
June 21, 2023
MAKE MUSIC CHICAGO
One Day Only Annual Citywide Event
see below for more details
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IT'S ALMOST HERE!
ANNUAL MAKE MUSIC CHICAGO - JUNE 21
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A FREE, CITYWIDE, DIY CELEBRATION OF THE MUSICIAN IN US ALL | |
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Open to anyone who wants to take part! Now in its 12th season, every kind of musician—young and old, amateur and professional is invited to take to the streets, parks, plazas, and porches of Chicago to share music of all genres with friends, neighbors and strangers. All of it is free and open to the public.
Based on the French Fête de la Musique, Make Music Chicago was first presented in 2011. Chicago joins 800 cities in 120 countries across the globe, making the Fête de la Musique the world’s largest single day music festival. Make Music Chicago is also a member of the Make Music Alliance, connecting Chicago with over 60 other U.S. cities in celebrating this day of music.
To learn more, click here!
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COMING NEXT - SUMMER CONCERTS | |
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JUNE 27, 2023
RUSH HOUR CONCERTS
Lynx Project
Program
Eugenia CHENG; text by Sofia Ghassaei
In the Mind Garden
I. La Noyée
III. Rhyme of the Lost Mariners
Corinne KLEIN; text by Matthew McGrath Dare to see the beauty
Paul NOVAK; text by Parker Scheu
many aches
Matthew RECIO; text by Carlos Schaut
How to be Silent
Matthew RECIO; text by Carlos Schaut Letterboard
Shane Scott COOK; text by Amelia Bell
other together
Hailey Cohen, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Ward, baritone; Michael Tran, clarinet; Kimberly Jeong, cello; Florence Mak, piano
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JULY 5, 2023
DAME MYRA HESS CONCERTS
Program
Francis POULENC
Sonata for Violin and Piano, FP 119
(1943, rev. 1949)
Henri WIENIAWSKI
Fantasia on Themes from Faust, Op. 20
Masha Lakisova, violin and
Lindsay Garritson, piano
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DAME MYRA HESS CONCERTS
Wednesdays at 12:15-1 pm
Seventeenth Church of Christ,
Scientist, Chicago
55 E Wacker Drive
The concerts are generously sponsored by the
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation,the Illinois Arts Council and by individual donors
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JUNE 28, 2023
DAME MYRA HESS CONCERTS
Program
Suite of Baroque Preludes
arranged by Zachary Good
François Couperin
Prelude No. 1 from L’art de toucher le clavecin
Gaspard Le Roux
Prelude from Harpsichord Suite No. 5
Élisabeth de La Guerre
Prelude from Harpsichord Suite No. 3 (1687)
Henri Rabaud
Solo de Concours
Germaine Tailleferre
Arabesque
Camille Saint-Säens
Clarinet Sonata, Op.167
Eric Dolphy
God Bless the Child
Zachary Good, clarinet and
Daniel Schlosberg, piano
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
RUSH HOUR CONCERTS
Scenes and Souvenirs: Music for flute, horn and piano
Program
Mel Bonis - Scènes de la foret, Op. 123
Eric EWAZEN - Ballade, Pastorale and Dance
Franz DOPPLER - Souvenir du Rigi
Gabriela Vargas, flute
David Cooper, horn
Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
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RUSH HOUR CONCERTS
Tuesdays, June 6 - August 22, 2023
Concerts at 5:45 - 6:30 PM
Pre-concert talk at 5:15 PM
St. James Cathedral
65 E Huron Street, Chicago
Rush Hour Concerts are presented in partnership with St. James Cathedral.
Rush Hour Concerts are made possible through the generosity of the Zell Family Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council Agency and contributions from individual donors.
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Classical Music Chicago (CMC) is proud to present top-notch musicians from around the world. From Baroque to Classical, Romantic to contemporary, CMC presents incredible music performed by today’s up and coming stars and acclaimed established musicians – both local and global.
CMC continues to offer these unique and remarkable performances because of patrons like you who believe in our mission and have become a part of our extended family. Since its launch decades ago, CMC has been a staple in the Chicago music and culture scene, constantly delivering innovative, passionate, and daring performances from distinguished world-class musicians.
Our commitment to accessibility and world-class performances has made us a leader in the field. Your donation will ensure that local and globally acclaimed musicians continue to appear on our stages and that we continue our work in community engagement and the expansion of classical music in our great city, all free to the public, as it has been since the first concert.
Please help us to keep the music going by making a contribution today.
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WFMT broadcast on Monday, JULY 19
Music from the first Rush Hour concert of 2023
Featuring Matous Michal and Lei Hou, violins; Larry Neuman, viola; Karen Basrak, cello and Victor Asuncion, piano performing Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Piano Quintet, Op. 1 on Monday, June 19, at noon during WFMT's "Middays with Lisa Flynn" program.
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London Legacy: A Music Tradition Born in the Blitz Lives On in Chicago
NewCity Article Excerpt
Today the Dame Myra Hess concerts are produced at the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago at 55 East Wacker by the ambitious organization Classical Music Chicago, a direct outgrowth of the International Music Foundation that was founded by Al Booth back in 1976.
Director Mark Riggleman is passionate about carrying on this legacy of bringing the absolute best performers to Chicago audiences in a fun, accessible setting that costs nothing. Riggleman’s impressive résumé includes work as director of education at Lyric Opera and as associate director of educational outreach at the Juilliard School. He’s passionate about bringing classical music to a broad audience.
“It’s incredibly rewarding to present concerts each week featuring the best classical musicians from around the world that anyone can experience for free,” says Riggleman. “I know of no other organization that has the same commitment to accessibility as well as presenting the highest world-class artists.”
If the only thing Classical Music Chicago did was produce a Dame Myra Hess concert nearly every Wednesday afternoon, it would already be a hyperactive organization by most standards. But that isn’t the half of it. It’s also taken over production of the Rush Hour Concerts, a series founded by pianist Deborah Sobol, who passed away in 2014.
The Rush Hour Concerts feature accomplished local Chicago artists and take place on Tuesday evenings at the St. James Cathedral. CMC also produces the Do-it-Yourself-Messiah (another Al Booth import from London, in which the audience is invited to sing along to the holiday favorite) and works tirelessly to bring classical music to Chicago Public Schools.
Read the full piece here: https://music.newcity.com/2023/06/02/london-legacy-a-music-tradition-born-in-the-blitz-lives-on-in-chicago/
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Chicago Sun-Times - CMC concert selected as a summer highlight
A CSO ‘Concert for Chicago,’ the Ravinia Festival, and Grant Park Music Festival among summer’s classical music highlights
June 20, “A Little Circus Music,” Rush Hour Concerts, St. James Cathedral, 65 E Huron: An always-welcome staple of summer classical music in Chicago are the Rush Hour Concerts — free, after-work chamber performances that return for their 24th season from June 6 through Aug. 22. Among the offerings is this lineup that includes Susan Warner, acting principal clarinetist of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra, and four members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, including assistant concertmaster Yuan-Qing Yu. Visit classicalmusicchicago.org.
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