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Concerts+Tickets:
2009-2010 Season
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Mendelssohn
Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano
Sunday, October 25, 4:30pm
Elizabeth Joy Roe Interview & Bio + Program Notes
Bask in great masterworks of Mendelssohn as we join in observing the bicentennial of his birth: the ever-popular first piano concerto with a soloist who, first appearing with Ars Viva as winner of the Steinway Competition ten years ago, has gone on to establish a brilliant performance career; the rarely heard symphony from Mendelssohn’s monumental “Hymn of Praise;” the sparkling overture from the oratorio, “St. Paul;” and the glorious symphony written to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Luther’s Augsburg Confession.
Piano Concerto
No. 1 in g minor
Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat
St. Paul Overture
Symphony No. 5 in d minor (“Reformation”)
Brahms
Sunday, November 15, 4:30pm
Ilya Kaler's Bio + Program Notes
Join the celebration of Maestro Heatherington’s own birthday with three works by one of his favorite composers, Johannes Brahms. Hear the incomparable violin concerto featuring the extraordinary artistry of Ilya Kaler, the brilliantly conceived Haydn variations and the exquisite pastoral beauty of the third symphony, a program that displays the Ars Viva musicians at their finest.
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Violin Concerto in D
Ilya Kaler, violin
Symphony No. 3 in F
Music of England, Italy, Hungary and FranceEuropean Voyage
Sunday, January 10, 4:30pm
Program Notes + Interview with Principal Oboist Michael Henoch
One unique feature of Ars Viva is our commitment to presenting lesser-known but astonishing works, often by unjustly neglected composers. Richard Rodney Bennett’s Partita is an energetic orchestral showpiece by an English composer who deserves to be far better known in the USA. Respighi’s evocative orchestral reflections on three of Botticelli’s greatest masterpieces is a treasure of “Italian impressionism.” The Hungarian Kodály’s miniature portrayal of summer tranquility will leave you wishing for more (while chasing away winter’s cold). Finally, Ravel’s work skillfully displays his genius as the master of colorful orchestration.
Bennett Partita
Respighi Botticelli Triptych
Kodaly Summer Evening
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Music of Norway, Denmark and FinlandNordic Warmth
Sunday, February 28, 4:30pm Buy Tickets
Winter is a fact of life in Scandinavian lands, where favorite escapes include an hour in the sauna or the experience of incredibly beautiful music. You will need to supply your own sauna, but Ars Viva will give you the great music: Grieg’s best-loved melodies; Nielsen’s meltingly lyrical violin concerto with the consummate Chinese-American artist, Yang Liu (acclaimed as “best of the billion!”); and a richly rewarding Sibelius symphony often on the lists of musicians’ favorites.
Grieg Peer Gynt Suite 1
Nielsen Violin Concerto
Yang Liu, violin
Sibelius Symphony No. 3 in C
2008 competition winner, Paul Juhn with
his teacher Micah Yui and Sel Kardan
of the Music Institute of Chicago
Young Artist SHOWCASE
Sunday, May 2, 4:30pm Buy Tickets
Our season concludes with some very special “firsts:” an appearance by the first winner of a new competition organized by Ars Viva and the Music Institute of Chicago (certain to be dazzling), and a return to the work that triumphantly concluded the first Ars Viva season in the North Shore Center, Brahms’ powerfully moving first symphony. Opening the concert is a brief but engaging homage to music by former CSO composer-in-residence, John Corigliano.
Corigliano To Music
Concerto TBA
Music Institute of Chicago Competition Winner
Brahms Symphony No. 1 in c minor
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AMAZING ARTISTRY
Chicago’s finest musicians,
many of whom are members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
ENTERTAINING
COMMENTARY
As
he introduces each piece of music, Maestro Heatherington will keep you
enthralled, informed and smiling.
UNIQUE PROGRAMMING
Always interesting
music with some pieces that you will not hear anywhere else in Chicago – a
perfect mix of old and new!