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Can’t wait till the fall to hear our musicians?
Come hear Westfield’s summer music series, presented by Evanston Symphony Orchestra and Momentum Talent Group
All these concerts take place under a tent, rain or shine, on the center’s North Plaza near L. L. Bean at 2:00 pm
Our Next Concert:
Colton Peltier
piano
Concert One • ROMANTIC
2:30 pm on Sunday, October 23, 2011
Schubert’s
Unfinished
Romantic favorites highlight the opening concert of our 66th season. Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony and Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony are both notable for warm lyricism and fervor. Seventeen-year-old phenom Colton Peltier will debut in the showpiece First Piano Concerto by the arch-Romantic, Franz Liszt, whose 200th birthday we celebrate.
Schubert
- Symphony in B Minor “Unfinished”
Liszt
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in Eb Major
-
Colton Peltier, Pianist
Dvorák
- Symphony No. 8 in G Major
more details
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Northwestern University, Evanston
Our Next Concert:
Bella Hristova
violin
Concert Two • RUSSIAN
2:30 pm on Sunday, February 5, 2012
Night on
Bald Mountain
Fireworks from Russia make for a rousing program in the depths of winter. Mussorgsky’s portrait of a mid-summer’s festival of evil eventually yielding to a church bell will be played in the glittering version of Rimsky-Korsakov. Khatchaturian’s Concerto was written for David Oistrakh, and virtuoso violinist Bella Hristova is acclaimed
currently for her mastery of this score.
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Mussorgsky
- Night on Bald Mountain
Khachaturian
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
in D Minor
- Bella Hristova, Violin
Shostakovich
- Symphony No. 1 in F Minor
more details
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Northwestern University, Evanston
Our Next Concert:
Chicago Chamber Choir
Concert Three • Rainbow
2:30 pm on Sunday, March 11, 2012
Eternal Light
The superb Chicago Chamber Choir joins the ESO in a masterpiece of the choral literature, Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna (Eternal Light), which combines Renaissance style with lush Romanticism. Theofanidis’ Rainbow Body, winner
of the U.K. Masterprize, uses a large orchestra to
expand a medieval chant into a musical rainbow,
and favorites by Sibelius and Smetana complete
this transcendent program.
Theofanidis
- Rainbow Body
Sibelius
- Symphony No. 7 in C Major
Lauridsen
- Lux Aeterna “Eternal Light”
- Chicago Chamber Choir
Smetana
- Vltava, “The Moldau” from Ma Vlast
more details
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Northwestern University, Evanston
Our Next Concert:
Mathieu Dufour
Concert Four • Reorchestration
2:30 pm on Sunday, May 13, 2012
Dufour Plays Mozart
Mathieu Dufour, principal flute of the Chicago Symphony, plays Mozart’s own reorchestration of his Oboe Concerto into a Flute Concerto. Renowned conductor Leopold Stowkowski orchestrated one of Bach’s great organ works, and Schönberg took one of Brahms’ most popular chamber pieces and without changing
a note created what many have called Brahms’“Fifth” Symphony.
Bach
(orch. Stokowski)
- Toccata & Fugue in D Minor
Mozart
- Flute Concerto #2 in D Major
- Mathieu Dufour, Flutist
Brahms
(orch. Schönberg)
- Piano Quartet in G Minor
more details
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Northwestern University, Evanston
Our Next Concert:
An Evanston Symphony Christmas
Sunday,
December 4, 2011
3:00 PM
Evanston Township High School Auditorium
1600 Dodge, Evanston
Make sure your holiday season starts with the best holiday event in Evanston! Don’t miss enjoying these favorite Yule festivities with your family and friends …
- North Shore Choral Society [learn more]
- Evanston Dance Ensemble [learn more]
- Evanston Children’s Choir [learn more]
- Christmas Carolers
- Audience Sing-a-Long
- Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus
- And, a BIG bonus for all kids from 1 to 101 – a visit from Santa and his elves!
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 soloist, Bella Hristova, at Musical
Insights. She and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling and lecturer David Ellis will explore the February concert program in depth.
Friday, February 3 at 1:30 pm,
Westminster Place of Presbyterian Homes
3200 Grant St., Evanston
FREE.
Everyone’s talking about
Evanston Symphony Orchestra!
The Evanston Symphony Orchestra has been named
“Community Orchestra of the Year”
for 2010 by the Illinois Council of Orchestras
How to join the ESO:
The ESO is a volunteer orchestra that meets every Tuesday at 7:30 at ETHS. Learn how you can join.
