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May 11
Sunday, 2:30pm

Dominican University
7900 W Division
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May 12
Monday, 7:30pm

Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center
220 South Michigan Avenue
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John Primer, Blues guitarist
Leon Bates, piano
Paul Freeman, conductor

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John Primer, Blues guitarist

Leon Bates, piano

Concert 5
PORTRAITS OF THE BLUES / BACK INTO SPACE

We’ll explore the Blues in all of its variations. John Primer, guitarist in the legendary Muddy Waters band, joins the Sinfonietta in a World Premiere orchestration of three of his songs, while pianist Leon Bates performs Gershwin’s masterpiece. In the second half, we welcome back Adler Planetarium astronomer and video artist José Francisco Salgado for our second multimedia extravaganza set to Pictures at an Exhibition.

Larry Hoffman
Three Songs for Bluesman & Orchestra
WORLD PREMIERE

George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue

Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel)
Pictures at an Exhibition

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