November 25, 2003
January 2004 Music Calendar
January 2004 program highlights include the six-concert Winter
Chamber Music Festival (Jan. 9 to 25), this season featuring renowned
artists such as pianist Daniel Barenboim and cellist Janos Starker,
along with the Vermeer Quartet, Chicago String Quartet, and the
Lincoln Quartet world-class guitarist Raphaella Smits will perform
during the second of five concerts in the 2003-04 Segovia Classical
Guitar Series (Jan. 24).
Events listed
below will be held on Northwestern’s Evanston
campus at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive; Lutkin
Hall, 700 University Place; Josephine Louis Theatre, 20 Arts Circle
Drive; or Alice Millar Chapel, 1870 Sheridan Road, as noted below.
For more information, call the Pick-Staiger Concert Office at
(847) 491-5441, or go to the Pick-Staiger Web site at www.northwestern.edu/pick-staiger.
To order tickets by phone, call the Pick-Staiger Concert Office
at (847) 467-4000.
January 2004
Bergen Woodwind Quintet, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, Lutkin
Hall. This Scandinavian quintet unites the principal
winds of one of the world’s oldest orchestras, the Bergen
Philharmonic. Flutist Gro Sandvik, oboist Steiner Hannevold,
clarinetist Lars Kristian Holm Brynildsen, bassoonist Per Hannevold,
and horn player Ilene Chanon are visiting guest artists at the
University of Minnesota and serve on the faculty of the University
of Bergen’s Grieg Academy in Norway. Admission is free.
2004 Winter Chamber Music Festival, 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 9, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The first concert
of the series will feature the Vermeer Quartet comprised of violinists
Shmuel Ashkenasi and Mathias Tacke, violist Richard Young and
cellist Marc Johnson; as well as pianist Andrea Swan and clarinetist
Russell Dagon. They will perform Schubert’s String Quartet
in E flat major, D. 87; Brahms’ Trio in A minor for Piano,
Clarinet and Cello, op. 114; and Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet
No. 2 in F major, op. 22. Single tickets are $22 for the general
public; $18 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and
staff; and $10 for full-time students.
2004 Winter Chamber Music Festival, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 11, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The performers for
the second concert of the series are the Evanston Chamber Ensemble
comprised of pianist Andrea Swan, violinist Blair Milton and
cellist Stephen Balderston; the Lincoln Quartet with violinists
Lei Hou and Qing Hou, violist Lawrence Neuman and cellist Brant
Taylor; in addition to harpsichordist David Schrader, flutist
Richard Graef, oboist Michael Henoch, clarinetist J. Lawrie Bloom
and double bassist Michael Hovnanian. The program features Beethoven’s
Piano Trio in B flat major (“Archduke”), op. 97;
Falla’s Concerto for Harpsichord, Oboe, Flute, Clarinet,
Violin and Cello; and Dvorák’s String Quintet in
G major, op. 77. Single tickets are $22 for the general public;
$18 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and
$10 for full-time students.
2004 Winter Chamber Music Festival, 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 16, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. During the third
concert of this series, the performers will be pianist Alan Chow,
flutist Richard Graef, oboist Scott Hostetler, clarinetists J.
Lawrie Bloom and Larry Combs, bassoonist Robert Barris, horn
player Gail Williams, violinists Russell Hershow, Gerardo Ribeiro
and Yuan-Qing Yu, violist Diane Mues and cellist Stephen Balderston.
The program will include Poulanc’s Sextet for Piano and
Winds, Grieg’s Sonata No. 3 in C minor for Violin and Piano,
op. 45; and Brahms’ Quintet in B minor for Clarinet and
Strings, op. 115. Single tickets are $22 for the general public;
$18 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and
$10 for full-time students.
2004 Winter Chamber Music Festival, 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 18, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The concert will
feature pianist Daniel Barenboim. Accompanying Barenboim will
be clarinetist Matthias Glander, violinists Robert Chen and Blair
Milton, violist Felix Schwartz, cellist Kyril Zlotnikov and double
bassist Nabil Shehata. The program will feature Mozart’s
Quintet in A major for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581; Schubert’s
Quintet in A major for Piano and Strings (“Trout”),
D. 667; and Dvorák’s Quintet in A major for Piano
and Strings, op. 81. Single tickets are $28 for the general public;
$22 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and
$10 for full-time students.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, 11 a.m. Monday,
Jan. 19, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The University Chorale
and University Singers, conducted by music faculty members Robert
A. Harris and Judith Willoughby, will present concert music,
spirituals and gospel-inspired choral works by African American
composers as part of Northwestern’s annual Martin Luther
King Jr. Day Celebration. The program also will feature speakers
and special guests, along with choral works sung by the Northwestern
Community Ensemble. Admission is free. (Note: This program will
be broadcast to several satellite locations on campus as well
as via Webcast.)
2004 Winter Chamber Music Festival, 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 23, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The Chicago String
Quartet, comprised of violinists Joseph Genualdi and Jasmine
Lin, violist Rami Solomonow and cellist Marina Hoover, will perform
with pianist Deborah Sobol, oboists Michael Henoch and Scott
Hostetler, clarinetists J. Lawrie Bloom and Russell Dagon, bassoonists
Lewis Kirk and Dennis Michel; horn players Oto Carrillo, James
Smelser and Gail Williams, cellist Gary Stucka and double bassist
Michael Hovnanian. The performance will include Mozart’s
Quintet in E flat major for Horn and Strings, K. 407; Shumann’s
Quartet in E flat major for Piano and Strings, op. 47; and Dvorák’s
Serenade in D minor for Winds and Strings, op. 44. Single tickets
are $22 for the general public; $18 for senior citizens and Northwestern
faculty and staff; and $10 for full-time students.
Kids
Fare, “Boom! Bop! Clang!,” 10:30 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 24, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Children
aged 3 to 8 will have the opportunity to play along with faculty
member and seven-time Grammy Award-winning percussionist Paul
Wertico and the Chicago Percussion All-Stars. Music from Africa,
India, and North and South America will feature exotic drums,
body percussion and drum battles. Single tickets are $5 for the
general public; $4 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty
and staff; and $3 for full-time students and children.
Master Class, Janos Starker, cello, 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
Jan. 24, Lutkin Hall.The celebrated cellist and longtime
Indiana University faculty member will present a master class
in conjunction with his performance in the 2004 Winter Chamber
Music Festival. Admission is free.
Segovia Classical Guitar Series, Raphaella Smits, 7:30
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, Lutkin Hall. The first woman
to win the Francisco Tárrega International Guitar Competition
and a widely acclaimed teacher of guitar and chamber music, Smits
has appeared in major concert halls throughout the Americas and
Europe. She will perform Romantic-era guitar music by J.K. Mertz
and Mauro Giuliani. This event is part of the five-concert 2003-04
Segovia Classical Guitar Series, supported in part by the Chicago
Classical Guitar Society. Single tickets are $19 for the general
public; $16 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and
staff; and $8 for full-time students.
Paul Wertico and the Chicago Percussion All-Stars, 8
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Paul
Wertico, seven-time Grammy Award winner and longtime drummer
for the Pat Metheny Group performs with an ensemble of Chicago’s
finest percussionists for an evening of jazz and world music.
Accompanying him will be guitarist John Moulder and bassist Eric
Hochberg, along with Brazilian percussion virtuoso Dede Sampaio,
tabla master Kalyan Pathak, and vibraphonist and percussionist
Ed Harrison. The program’s grand finale will feature an
appearance by Boomshaka, Northwestern’s percussion/dance
ensemble. Single tickets are $12 for the general public; $7 for
senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $5 for
full-time students.
2004 Winter Chamber Music Festival, 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
25, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. The final concert in
the 2004 Winter Chamber Music Festival series will feature cellists
Janos Starker and Stephen Balderston, violinists Robert Chen
and Blair Milton, and violist Yukiko Ogura performing Mozart’s
Divertimento in E flat major for String Trio, K. 563 and Schubert’s
String Quintet in C major, D. 956. Single tickets are $25 for
the general public; $20 for senior citizens and Northwestern
faculty and staff; and $10 for full-time students.
Karel Paukert, organ, 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, Alice Millar
Chapel. Czech organist Karel Paukert has impressed audiences
worldwide with his virtuosity and musicianship. He is currently
the curator of musical arts at the Cleveland Museum of Art. He
has been a member of the Iceland National Symphony Orchestra
and deputy organist of the Royal Conservatory in Ghent, Belgium.
Paukert will perform works by César Franck, Franz Liszt,
Northwestern alumna Marilyn Shrude and Czech composers Bedrich
Antonin Wiederman and Leos Janácek. Single tickets are
$13 for the general public; $10 for senior citizens and Northwestern
faculty and staff; and $5.50 for full-time students.
New
Music Northwestern, Marilyn Nonken, “Sonatissimo,” 7:30
p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, Lutkin Hall. Pianist Marilyn Nonken
has been recognized by critics worldwide as one of modern piano’s
most gifted young performers. Nonken has performed at Carnegie
Hall, Lincoln Center and other world-class venues in France,
Italy and Australia. Her program, coordinated by music faculty
member Jay Alan Kim, includes Charles Wuorinen’s Second
Sonata, Charles Ives’ “Concord” Sonata and
the Midwest premiere of Justin Connolly’s Sonatina No.
2 (“Ennead”). Single tickets are $6.50 for the general
public; $4.50 for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and
staff; and $3.50 for full-time students.
“Irving Berlin’s American Vaudeville,” 7:30
p.m. Friday, Jan. 30; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31; 2 p.m. Sunday,
Feb. 1; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6;
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, Josephine
Louis Theater.Created and staged by David H. Bell, one
of Chicago’s most talented and innovative directors and
choreographers, this world-premiere revue explores America’s
most volatile era of social, political and ideological change
through the words and music of Irving Berlin. Tickets for “Irving
Berlin’s American Vaudeville” are available only
through the Theatre and Interpretation Center Box office at (847)
491-7282. Single tickets are $26 for the general public; $22
for senior citizens and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $12
for full-time students.
Jazz Night III, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, Pick-Staiger
Concert Hall. Coordinated by Joel Spencer, Northwestern’s
Jazz Band, Jazz Ensemble and jazz combos will be conducted by
music faculty members Don Owens and Daniel J. Farris. Single
tickets are $6.50 for the general public; $4.50 for senior citizens
and Northwestern faculty and staff; and $3.50 for full-time students.
Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 31, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Faculty
member and pianist James Giles will make his first appearance
with the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra performing
Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor. Conducted by Victor
Yampolsky, the program includes two symphonic poems by Richard
Strauss, “Death and Transfiguration” and “Till
Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks.” Single tickets are
$8.50 for the general public; $7 for senior citizens and Northwestern
faculty and staff; and $4 for full-time students. |