Lawrence Eckerling, Music Director

2010–2011 Season

A Season to Celebrate

Triple
Celebration

OCTOBER 24, 2010 • 2:30 PM

The Lincoln Trio

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SONGS
OF HEAVEN

JANUARY 30, 2011 • 2:30 PM

Michelle Areyzaga
soprano

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BEETHOVEN'S
9th

MARCH 13, 2011 • 2:30 PM

Julia Davids
north shore choral society director

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Rhapsody

in Blue

MAY 8, 2011 • 2:30 PM

Lawrence Eckerling
pianist and conductor  

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AN EVANSTON SYMPHONY CHRISTMAS

DECEMBER 5, 2010 • 3:00 PM

A festive start to the holidays
for the whole family

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Our Next Concert:

The Lincoln Trio

Concert One

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2:30 pm on Sunday, October 24, 2010

TRIPLE CELEBRATION

Our 65th anniversary celebration begins with audience favorites by Brahms, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. The Lincoln Trio, Ensemble in Residence at the Music Institute of Chicago, lend their collective talents to the “Triple” Concerto of Beethoven. Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Fourth Symphony ends with a dazzling display of brass and percussion.

BRAHMS

  1. Academic Festival Overture

BEETHOVEN

  1. “Triple” Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major
  2. The Lincoln Trio

TCHAIKOVSKY

  1. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor

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Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Northwestern University, Evanston

Our Next Concert:

Michelle Areyzaga, Soprano

Concert Two

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2:30 pm on Sunday, January 30, 2011

SONGS OF HEAVEN

We also celebrate the 150th birthday of Gustav Mahler with his nostalgically beautiful Fourth Symphony. Michelle Areyzaga sings the soprano solo in its folksong finale depicting a child’s view of heaven. Gwyneth Walker’s song cycle, The Promised Land, which was composed for both Ms. Areyzaga and the ESO, also concludes with a vision of heaven. We are proud to present this exciting world premiere.

PUCCINI

  1. Preludio Sinfonico

WALKER

  1. The Promised Land (Songs of the Next Life) WORLD PREMIERE
  2. Michelle Areyzaga, Soprano

MAHLER

  1. Symphony No. 4 in G Major
  2. Michelle Areyzaga, Soprano

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Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Northwestern University, Evanston

Our Next Concert:

Julia Davids,
North Shore Choral
Society Music Director

Concert Three

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2:30 pm on Sunday, March 13, 2011

BEETHOVEN'S 9TH

The North Shore Choral Society and its new Music Director, Julia Davids, join the celebration in Beethoven’s iconic Ninth Symphony. The final movement’s “Ode to Joy,” with four stellar vocal soloists, sings of the brotherhood of man. Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, which depicts the victory of freedom over tyranny, opens this sublime program.

BEETHOVEN

  1. Leonore Overture No. 3

BEETHOVEN

  1. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, “Choral”
  2. North Shore Choral Society
    Sarah Hibbard, Soprano
    Stacy Eckert, Mezzo Soprano
    Eric Ashcraft, Tenor
    Paul Grizzell, Bass Baritone

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Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Northwestern University, Evanston

Our Next Concert:

Lawrence Eckerling,
Pianist and
Conductor

Concert Four

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2:30 pm on Sunday, May 8, 2011

RHAPSODY IN BLUE

Celebrate a “suite” Mother’s Day with the ESO and Maestro Eckerling, as he debuts as pianist (while conducting) in Gershwin’s ever-popular Rhapsody in Blue. This all-American season finale includes suites for full orchestra from Bernstein’s Broadway musical, Howard Hanson’s tuneful opera, and Copland’s classic ballet featuring the Shaker melody “Simple Gifts.”

BERNSTEIN

  1. Overture and Suite from Candide

HANSON

  1. Merry Mount Suite

COPLAND

  1. Appalachian Spring

GERSHWIN

  1. Rhapsody in Blue
  2. Lawrence Eckerling, Pianist

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Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Northwestern University, Evanston

Our Next Concert:


An Evanston Symphony Christmas

Sunday, December 5, 2010
3:00 PM

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Get your Christmas spirits into high gear at the best holiday event in Evanston. Share this Yule celebration with family and friends and you'll be caroling all the way home from An Evanston Symphony Christmas.

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Enhance your concert experience with a sneak preview — Composers come alive and their passions take center stage when ESO General Manager David Ellis and ESO Maestro Lawrence Eckerling take you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behind the music. Meet our soloists, The Lincoln Trio, at Musical Insights. They and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling and lecturer David Ellis will explore the October concert program in depth.

Friday, October 22 at 1:30 pm,
Westminster Place of Presbyterian Homes
3200 Grant St., Evanston
FREE.

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