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FRENCH KEYBOARD EXTRAVAGANZA
OCTOBER 25, 2009 • 2:30 PM
RAVEL • POULENC • SAINT-SAËNS
Irina Kotlyar & Gregory Shifrin
piano
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TRUMPET SPECTACULAR
FEBRUARY 7, 2010 • 2:30 PM
ALTENBURG • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS • HAYDN • DVOŘÁK • JANÁČEK
Don Cagen
trumpet
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THE ROMANTIC
CELLO
MARCH 21, 20109 • 2:30 PM
WEBER • BEETHOVEN • DVOŘÁK
Wendy Warner
cello
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RUSSIAN
FOLKFEST
MAY 2, 2010 • 2:30 PM
LIADOV • TCHAIKOVSKY • STRAVINSKY
Irina Muresanu
violin
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AN EVANSTON SYMPHONY CHRISTMAS
DECEMBER 6, 2009 • 3:00 PM
SPONSORED BY THE INVESTMENT FIRM ROMANO BROTHERS & CO.
A festive start to the holidays
for the whole family
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The ESO is looking for chorus members for the Dec. 6, 2009, Evanston Symphony Christmas concert. Learn how you can join.
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Our Next Concert:
Irina Kotlyar &
Gregory Shifrin,
Piano
Concert One
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2:30 pm on Sunday, October 25, 2009
FRENCH KEYBOARD EXTRAVAGANZA
This keyboard extravaganza includes not just the two grand pianos of Poulenc’s melodious tribute to Mozart and Paris, but also the power and grandeur of that ultimate combination of organ and orchestra, the Saint-Saëns “Organ” Symphony. Ravel’s piano suite, Le Tombeau de Couperin, in its purely orchestral form, will spotlight the ESO woodwinds.
RAVEL
- Le Tombeau de Couperin
POULENC
- Concerto in D Minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra
- Kotlyar-Shifrin Piano Duo
SAINT-SAËNS
- Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 (“Organ Symphony”)
- Jeannie Richardson, Organ
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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 soloist, Irina Kotlyar and Gregory Shifrin, at Musical Insights. They and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling and lecturer David Ellis will explore the October concert program in depth.
Friday, October 23 at 1:30 pm,
Westminster Place of Presbyterian Homes
3200 Grant St., Evanston
FREE.
The Illinois Council of Orchestras named
The
Evanston Symphony Orchestra’s Penelope Sachs
as
President of the Year, 2009
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