Pre-Performance Talks
The Society of Disobedient Listeners
Judging by streaming service playlists, Western classical music’s primary function is one of either relaxation, sophistication, or prematurely inflating infant IQs.
Hosted by the “arrestingly unconventional” (The New Yorker) music writer and former Spektral Quartet violist Doyle Armbrust, The Society of Disobedient Listeners is an interactive pre-concert experience reconnecting listeners to the subversive, visceral, and even revolutionary elements of the evening’s program. Conceived as an anti-lecture, The Society of Disobedient Listeners draws the great music of the past into proximity with the felicities and calamities of modern life.
Upcoming Events
After their roaring UMS debut in 2023, México’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería and conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto return with trumpet soloist Pacho Flores.
Program
Franz Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major
Paquito D’Rivera Venezuelan Concerto
Silvestre Revueltas Sensemayá
Alberto Ginastera Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a
Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 2 (version 2012)
Pre-Performance Talk
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Arvo Pärt 90th Birthday Celebration
The esteemed Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir celebrates the transcendent contemporary classical music of composer Arvo Pärt, and the indelible mark he has left on music and choral singing over his 90 years.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns to Hill Auditorium for the first time in more than a decade, under the leadership of their new music director, Klaus Mäkelä.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
Pre-Performance Talk
The Complete Philip Glass Piano Etudes
Featuring 10 Pianists
Co-presented with the Gilmore Piano Festival
In a rare concert performance and evening of master piano works for the 21st century, 10 outstanding pianists will perform all 20 of Philip Glass’s études on the Hill Auditorium stage.
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