Saturday, August 24, 2019

Sergio Mims: CSOA Announces Programming Details for Annual CSO Community Concert


Sergio A. Mims forwards this release:

CSOA Announces Programming Details for Annual CSO Community Concert and All-Access Chamber Series

Riccardo Muti and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Return to 
Lane Tech College Prep High School with All-Prokofiev Program for 
Community Concert on September 24

All-Access Chamber Series Begins November 3 and features CSO Musicians Performing at Symphony Center and other Community Locations


Free Ticket Reservations for Community Concert and All-Access Concerts 
Available Beginning August 23

CHICAGO—The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) announces programming details for free public concerts during the 2019/20 season including the annual Community Concert with Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) on September 24, as well as the All-Access Chamber series that opens on November 3. Patrons can reserve free tickets for these performances beginning on August 23.
CSO COMMUNITY CONCERT 

On September 24, at 7:00 p.m., Muti and the CSO return to Lane Tech College Prep High School (2501 W. Addison) for a Community Concert. Muti and the Orchestra first performed together at Lane Tech for a Community Concert in November 2017 with a program featuring the music of Schubert and Brahms. This year’s all-Prokofiev program features a Suite from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet and Symphony No. 3, a program that will also be performed by Muti and the CSO at New York’s Carnegie Hall on November 16 and in the opening concert of the January 2020 European Tour in Cologne.

Lane Tech College Prep High School is one of seven Chicago Public School (CPS) Instrumental Music Partner schools supported by the Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO. Each year, students and teachers from CPS Instrumental Music Partner schools participate in educational activities with Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Civic Orchestra of Chicago musicians through their orchestra and band programs.

This year’s Community Concert marks the 10th event of its kind since the beginning of Muti’s tenure as music director in 2010, when he led a concert at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park for an audience of more than 25,000 people. Muti’s commitment to connect all Chicagoans with the CSO has led to return performances in Millennium Park, as well as in other community venues such as Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago’s Roscoe Village neighborhood, Morton East High School in Cicero and the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood.

2019/20 ALL-ACCESS CHAMBER SERIES

Programming for the 2019/20 All-Access Chamber Series has also been announced. This season, the six concerts are presented in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, as well as community venues throughout Chicago including the South Shore Cultural Center (7059 S. South Shore Drive), Beverly Arts Center (2407 W. 111th St.) and Senn High School (5900 N. Glenwood Ave.). All-Access Chamber concerts feature traditional and contemporary chamber music selections performed by the exceptional musicians of the CSO. Program details for the All-Access Chamber series can be accessed here.

All-Access Chamber series concerts are scheduled to take place as follows:

On Sunday, November 3, at 3:00 p.m. at the South Shore Cultural Center, the Wabash Avenue Music Collective (Rong-Yan Tang, violin; Max Raimi, viola; Karen Basrak, cello; Emma Gerstein, flute and Daniel Paul Horn, piano) performs Beethoven’s Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola in D Major and Mendelssohn’s Piano Quartet No. 3. The group also performs Havenu Sholem Aleichem: Variations and Theme, composed by Max Raimi.

On Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at Symphony Center, the CSO Chamber Players (Robert Chen, violin; John Sharp, cello; Stephen Williamson, clarinet and Kuang-Hao Huang, piano) perform Bartók’s Contrasts and Messiaen’s Quatuor pour la fin du temps.
On Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at Senn High School, The Addison Ensemble (Aiko Noda, violin; Diane Mues, viola; Loren Brown, cello and Andrea Swan, piano) performs Beethoven’s String Trio in D Major, Op. 9, No. 2, as well as Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor.
On Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at Symphony Center, Chicago Pro Musica (Jennifer Gunn, flute; Michael Henoch, oboe; John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; Oto Carillo, horn and William Buchman, bassoon) performs an all-French program including Ibert’s Trois pièces brèves, Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin, as well as works by Debussy and Pierné.
On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at Symphony Center, the Pressenda Trio (David Taylor, violin; Gary Stucka, cello and Andrea Swan, piano) performs Beethoven’s Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1 and Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 2.

On Sunday, June 14, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. at the Beverly Arts Center, The Linden Ensemble (Kozue Funakoshi, violin; Daniel Katz, cello; Daniel Gingrich, horn; and Yoko Yamada, piano) performs Beethoven’s Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B-flat Major and Brahms’ Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E-flat Major.

The All-Access Chamber series is complemented by the annual CSO Chamber Music series at the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as additional chamber music concerts performed in schools and other neighborhood venues across Chicago each year.

Free tickets for the annual CSO Community Concert and the All-Access Chamber series concerts can be reserved beginning August 23 by phone at (800) 223-7114 or (312) 294-3000, online at cso.org, or at the Symphony Center box office: 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60604.

The CSO’s music director position is endowed in perpetuity by a generous gift from the Zell Family Foundation.

Bank of America is the Maestro Residency Presenter of the CSO.

United Airlines is the Official Airline of the CSO.
The CSO’s Community Concert is supported in part by the Negaunee Music Institute at the CSO in partnership with Lane Tech College Prep High School.

The All-Access Chamber series is generously sponsored by an anonymous benefactor.


Artists, programs and prices are subject to change.


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