Events

Sunday April 11, 2010
Harris Theater
205 E. Randolph Drive

“the hottest artist on the classical music planet” The New York Times
Don’t miss this exhilarating afternoon of classical music performed by today’s most talented young musicians! The Harris Theater is proud to present Lang Lang like you’ve never seen him before. In his Harris Theater debut, Lang Lang will perform an impressive two concerto program under the baton of his mentor Christoph Eschenbach. The performance, featuring Chicago premieres, will be accompanied by the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra (SHFO), one of the finest youth orchestras in the world.Beethoven: “Leonora No. 3” Overture, Op. 72aMozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 (Classique) in D Major, Op. 25Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
 
To purchase tickets CALL 312-334-7777

3:00pm
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Lincoln-Way North Performing Arts Center, 19900 South Harlem Avenue, Frankfort, IL

Leonard Bernstein    Overture to West Side Story
Ludwig van Beethoven    Symphony No. 2 in D major
Stephen Gerber    Vivace from Concerto for Two Horns
John & Laura Fairfield, horns  (Midwest premiere)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky    Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy


Young star-crossed love opens and closes this concert of fateful pairs. Beethoven's oft-neglected Symphony #2 was the last of his early "classical" symphonic works. A pair from the orchestra’s own ranks, John & Laura Fairfield, performs the Chicago-area premiere of a movement from Stephen Gerber's Concerto for Two Horns.

3:00pm
Elmhurst Choral Union
Hammerschmidt Chapel, Elmhurst College, 190 Prospect Ave, Elmhurst

Life. Death. God.  Mozart faces them all in his music.

Elmhurst Choral Union and Orchestra explore Mozart's spriitual side in his Requiem, Ave Verum Corpus, and Regina Coeli. Soprano Kimberly Eileen Jones joins the ECU Orchestra and guest conductor Pasquale Laurino for Exsultate Jubilate.

Ticket prices are $23 for seniors and $10 for students (those 7-22, no ID required).

Complimentary shuttle bus service to Hammerschmidt Chapel from the college's ample parking lot on Alexander Boulevard.

3:00pm
Unity Lutheran Church, 1212 W. Balmoral, Chicago, IL

Tickets and information are available at chicagochamberchoir.org or 312-409-6890.

Program to inlcude the following:

3:00pm