Chicago Sinfonietta 2012-2013 Season
25 Years of Innovation, Diversity, and Excellence
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Concert I – Performance. Art.
Saturday, September 29, 2012 | 8:00pm | Wentz Concert Hall at North Central College, Naperville
Monday, October 1, 2012 | 7:30pm | Symphony Center, Chicago
Our exciting season opener with Maestro Chen features works by Brahms, Dorman and Stravinsky, an unusual take on Bach, and a collaboration with the Brooklyn based high-energy chamber ensemble PROJECT Trio. A surprising visual element ties the entire concert together.
Hungarian Dance No. 5 Johannes Brahms
Bourrée from Suite in E Minor for Lute Johann Sebastian Bach
Random Roads Suite PROJECT Trio arr. Drew Baker
Dr. Nick PROJECT Trio arr. Peter Seymour
Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! Avner Dorman
The Firebird Suite Igor Stravinsky
Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director and Conductor
PROJECT Trio
Eric Goldberg and Shuya Gong, marimba and percussion
Concert II – Día de los Muertos
Thursday, November 1, 2012 | 7:30pm | Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago
Friday, November 2, 2012 | 8:00pm | Wentz Concert Hall, at North Central College, Naperville
Our annual Day of the Dead celebration becomes a full subscription concert and makes its Naperville debut. Uruguayan conductor Gisele Ben-Dor leads a selection of Latin American and European works dealing with the questions of life, beauty and mortality. Bandoneón master Raul Jaurena is our special guest. Co-presented by United Neighborhood Organization (UNO).
La Vida Breve (The Short Life) Manuel de Falla
El Amor Brujo, Ritual Fire Dance Manuel de Falla
La Noche de los Mayas Silvestre Revueltas
Adios Nonino Astor Piazzolla
La Cumparsita Gerardo Matos Rodriguez Arr. Raul Jaunero
Theme from Il Postino (The Postman) Luis Enríquez Bacalov
Chapultepec Carlos Chávez
Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) Maurice Ravel
Poema de Neruda Blas Galindo
Danzon No.4 Arturo Marquez
Sinfonietta José Pablo Moncayo
Gisele Ben-Dor, Conductor
Raul Jaurena, bandoneón
Concert III – Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, January 20, 2013| 3:00pm | Wentz Concert Hall, at North Central College, Naperville
Monday, January 21, 2013 | 7:30pm | Symphony Center, Chicago
Maestro Chen leads her second tribute to the civil rights leader with help from clarinetist Anthony McGill and bass-baritone Eric Owens, who makes his conducting debut as well as sing a selection of Spirituals. The Oak by Florence Price, the first black woman in the United States to be recognized as a symphonic composer, opens the concert and the Award-winning youth choir Mosaic celebrates the global impact of Dr. King’s message.
The Oak Florence Price
Adagio for Strings Samuel Barber
Clarinet Concerto Aaron Copland
Wawshishijay (Our Beginning) Obo Addy
Gospel and Spirituals
- This is my Prayer (African-American)
- Ntakana (South Africa)
- Janger (Indonesia)
- Total Praise (African-American)
Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director and Conductor
Anthony McGill, clarinet
Eric Owens, Guest Conductor/bass-baritone
Waubonsie Valley High School Mosaic Choir
Concert IV – Arab Spring
Friday, April 19, 2013| 7:30pm | Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago
Saturday, April 20, 2013 | 8:00pm | Wentz Concert Hall, at North Central College, Naperville
The ultimate effect of the Arab Spring is yet to be known, but its cry for freedom continues to resonate. Led by Mei-Ann Chen, we’ll acknowledge this yearning with the Chicago premier of Simon Shaheen’s Oud Concerto, echoed by William Levi Dawson’s spiritual-based Negro Folk Symphony and Mozart’s Turkish-inflected Abduction from the Seraglio.
Abduction from the Seraglio (Overture) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Oud Concerto in D Minor Simon Shaheen
Negro Folk Symphony William Levi Dawson
Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director and Conductor
Simon Shaheen, oud
Concert V – CityScapes
Saturday, June 8, 2013| 8:00pm | Wentz Concert Hall, at North Central College, Naperville
Sunday, June 9, 2013 | 3:00pm | Symphony Center, Chicago
We explore the urban environment in which we live, work, and play. Maestro Chen leads works by Michael Daugherty, Duke Ellington, Jennifer Higdon and the World Premiere of ChiScape, a four-movement musical salute to the international influence of Chicago’s iconic architecture curated by Jennifer Higdon and featuring the work of four rising young composers. Co-presented by the Chicago Architectural Foundation.
Tales from the Vienna Woods Johann Strauss, Jr.
ChiScape Armando Bayolo, Vivian Fung, Jonathan Holland, Chris Rogerson
Red Cape Tango from Metropolis Symphony Michael Daugherty
City Scape: river sings a song to trees Jennifer Higdon
Harlem Edward K. “Duke” Ellington arr. by Maurice Peress
Mei-Ann Chen, Music Director and Conductor
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