Excitement is in the air as we open our 13th concert season with guest Sam Magad, former concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and members of the CSO, past and present, for a delightful selection of George Gershwin's Songs from Porgy and Bess, arranged for String Quartet.  Pianist Carol Honigberg joins the ensemble for Cesar Franck's passionate Piano Quintet in F Major from 1880.  Flutist Anita Rieder opens the program performing Maurice Durufle's beautiful work from 1928, Prelude, Recitatif et Variations Op. 3 for Flute, Viola and Piano.

Concert sponsored in part by the Northern Trust Bank of Highland Park.

Tickets
Adult - $20
Senior - $16
Student - $10
 

Rossini - Duetto for cello and double bass
Martin - Ballade for flute and piano
Martinu - Duo No. 1 for violin and cello
Schubert - The "Trout" Quintet for piano and strings

The celebrated "Trout" Quintet by Franz Schubert is featured on our January program.  Written for friends during the summer of 1819 when Schubert was just 22 years old, it is scored for the unusual combination of violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano. Three fascinating Duos make up the first half of this program: Rossini's humorously operatic Duetto for Cello and Double Bass, written and performed in 1824 but not published until 1969; Frank Martin's soaring Ballade for Flute and Piano from 1939; and Martinu's virtuosic Duo No. 1 for Violin and Cello written in 1927.

Dessert reception gift of Catering by Michaels, Family of Companies.

Tickets
Adult - $20
Senior - $16
Student - $10
 

Poulenc - Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Francaix - Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
Peter Schickele - Serenade for Three for piano, violin, and clarinet
Malcolm Arnold - Trio for flute, viola, and bassoon, Op. 6
Bruch - Two Pieces, Op. 83, No. 8 & 4 for clarinet, viola, and piano
Demersseman and Berthelemy -
    Duo Brillant on themes from Rossini's William Tell, for flute, oboe, and piano

Mezzo-soprano Julia Bentley joins us for two outstanding works: Respighi's Il Tramonto for mezzo and string quartet, based on poetry by Percy Shelley, and Faure's La Bonne Chanson, passionate songs for mezzo, piano, and string quartet, based on poetry by Verlaine. In direct contrast, we are also presenting music by two famous 20th century Russian composers: Stravinsky's Suite, the Soldier's Tale for clarinet, violin, and piano, and Prokofiev's Klezmer-tinged Overture on Hebrew Themes for sextet. We open the concert with Rossini's delightful Sonata in Bb Major for flute quartet, transcribed by Rossini in 1828 in Paris from his own Sonate a Quattro for strings.

Tickets
Adult - $20
Senior - $16
Student - $10
 

A FREE CONCERT performed by exceptionally talented, prize-winning young musicians from the Chicago area, playing outstanding chamber music.

Concert sponsored by Katherine Abelson, David Cherry, First Bank of Highland Park, Jerry and Bobbi Horwitz, Elly Thaviu, and the Pioneer Press.

Tickets
All - free
 

Dan Tucker, composer
Patrice Michaels, soprano
Michele Lekas, violin
Mark Lekas, cello
Carol Honigberg, piano
Anita Rieder, flute

The beautiful soprano voice of Patrice Michaels will thrill you in songs by our featured Chicago composer Dan Tucker. A Piano Trio joins Patrice for emotionally intense Romances by Shostakovich and the flute joins with Patrice in John Corigliano's Three Irish Folksong Settings. We celebrate the end of our season with the great tango rhythms of Piazzolla's Four Seasons for Piano Trio.

Tickets
Adult - $20
Senior - $16
Student - $10