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Official Restaurant & Hotel
Special Pre & Post-Concert 3-Course Menu, $43/person.
$9 valet parking during the concert with dinner purchase.
Enhance your Experience
Orchestra Hall/Chicago or Dominican University/River Forest
Mei-Ann Chen, guest conductor
Jeremy Jordan, piano
The romantic impressionism of Europe meets the music of Asia when 20-year old piano virtuoso Jeremy Jordan joins Erhu player Betti Xiang and the Northern Illinois University Gamelan Ensemble. Guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen shares the podium with Maestro Paul Freeman in this landmark season opening concert.
DAVID M. GORDON
Hollow Psalm for Javanese Gamelan and Orchestra
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Piano Concerto No. 1
MAURICE RAVEL
Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose): Suite
HE ZHANHAO / CHEN GANG
The Butterfly Lovers Concerto
Michael Morgan, guest conductor
Katherine Stubbins, trombone
Think you can’t laugh at the symphony? Think again! The Chicago Humanities Festival theme of Laughter is explored in our annual collaboration when guest conductor Michael Morgan delves into the humorous impulses of composers past and present. Sinfonietta principal trombonist Katherine Stubbins adds to the merriment. Guaranteed to make you smile.
JACQUES IBERT
Divertissement
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY
Dead Elvis
DAVID BAKER
Concerto for Trombone and String Orchestra
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4
Kazem Abdullah, guest conductor
Jonita Lattimore, soprano
Our annual tribute to the legacy of the visionary leader begins with Faure and follows with the power of spirituals and their deep well of faith. The Northwestern University Chorus joins us on Beethoven’s majestic Ninth Symphony, with its celebratory Ode to Joy, under the baton of the rising young conductor Kazem Abdullah.
GABRIEL FAURÈ
Pavane Opus 50
Four Spirituals
sung by alto Gwendolyn Brown and soprano Jonita Lattimore
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9
Gwendolyn Brown, alto
Richard Drews, tenor
Bruce Hall, baritone
Jonita Lattimore, soprano
Alondra de la Parra, guest conductor
Tony Rymer, cello
We’re proud to present the Chicago debuts of guest conductor Alondra de la Parra and Sphinx award winning cellist, Tony Rymer. Raised in Mexico City, the not yet 30-year old de la Parra is the founder and artistic director of New York’s Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. She leads the Sinfonietta through pieces from North and South America as well as Beethoven’s lively and rhythmic 7th Symphony.
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Tangazo
ARTURO MÀRQUEZ
Espejos en la Arena
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7
Harlem Quartet
Paul Freeman,
music director and conductor
The Chicago Sinfonietta and the Harlem Quartet join forces to create a dynamic collection of sounds and styles. The young, innovative and daring all-Black and Latino ensemble will dazzle you with their passion and artistry.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Overture to Der Schauspieldirekter
Sinfonia Concertante,
for Violin and Viola, K.364 - Mvt. I
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Concerto For Violin and Cello, Op 102 - Mvt.I
MICHAEL ABELS
Delights and Dances
ZOLTÀN KODÀLY
Dances of Galanta
We join with The Joffrey Ballet on an innovative new Chamber Series. The concerts will take place at the new, state-of-the-art Joffrey Tower. These intimate concerts, performed by members of the Sinfonietta and others in chamber-sized ensembles, will showcase music inspired by dance performed with members of The Joffrey.
The Joffrey Tower is located at 10 E. Randolph Street in Chicago.
All Artists, Programs, Dates and Locations subject to change.