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2016-2017 Season Tickets
Join The Chicago Ensemble for its 40th season of eclectic classical chamber music performances, featuring Gerald Rizzer, artistic director/piano, and leading Chicago artists. Every concert offers a wide-ranging program of beloved masterworks, rarely heard gems and contemporary works by composers around the world. Enjoy an intimate setting, complimentary reception and informal spoken program notes that provide the perfect chamber music experience.
Season tickets are good for any 5 concerts for one person, whenever and wherever you want to experience The Chicago Ensemble.
Program I: Half and Half: Baroque and Romantic - vocal and violin
Sunday, November 13 3pm International House
Tuesday, November 15 7:30pm Fourth Presbyterian Church
- G. F. Handel
Italian cantata: No, di voi non fidarmi, HWV 190
For soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano
- J.S. Bach
Sonata No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1014
For violin and piano
- Henry Purcell
Selected duets
For soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano
- Max Reger
Duets, op. 111a
For soprano, mezzo-soprano
and piano
- Robert Schumann
Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, op. 105
For violin and piano
- Antonin Dvoák
Moravian Duets. op. 32
For soprano, mezzo-soprano and piano
Program II: The greatness of Beethoven - music from each of his style periods
Sunday, January 8 3pm International House
Tuesday, January 10 7:30pm Fourth Presbyterian Church
- L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 10 in G Major, op. 96
For violin and piano
- L. van Beethoven
Sonata No. 3 in A Major, op. 69
For cello and piano
- L. van Beethoven
Trio No. 2 in G Major, op. 2 no. 2
For violin, cello and piano
Program III: Visionaries of the early 20th century and an overlooked German Romantic
Sunday, March 5 7pm International House (note starting time)
Tuesday, March 7 7:30pm Fourth Presbyterian Church
- Aaron Copeland
Sextet (1937)
For clarinet, string quartet and piano
- Claude Debussy
Rhapsodie (1910)
For clarinet and piano
- Sergi Prokofiev
Overture on Hebrew Themes, op. 34 (1919)
For clarinet, string quartet and piano
- Joachim Raff
Quintet in A Minor, op. 107
For string quartet and piano
Program IV: Woodwind adventure: audience-friendly 20th century discoveries
Sunday, April 9 3:00pm International House
Tuesday, April 4 7:30pm Fourth Presbyterian Church
- Gordon Jacob
Trio (1958)
For flute, oboe, clarinet and piano
- Darius Milhaud
Sonata, op. 47 (1918)
For flute, oboe, clarinet and piano
- Malcom Arnold
Divertimento, op. 37 (1952)
For flute, oboe and clarinet
- Alvin Etler
Sonata No. 1 in Bb Major (1952)
For flute, oboe, clarinet and piano
- Jean-Michel Damase
Quartet (1992)
For flute, oboe, clarinet and piano
Program V: Masterpieces of the war years 1939-44
Sunday, May 14 3pm International House
Tuesday, May 16 7:30pm Fourth Presbyterian Church
- Paul Hindemith
Sonata in C Major (1939)
For violin and piano
- Bohuslav Martin
Sonata No. 2, H. 286 (1942)
For cello and piano
- Dmitri Shostakovich
Trio No. 2 in E Minor, op. 67 (1944)
For violin, cello, and piano
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126 E Chestnut St - AND - 1414 E 59th St
Chicago, IL
United States
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