The Chamber Orchestra
2011-2012 Season
7:30 pm Fridays in Springfield at St. Agnes Church
7:30 pm Saturdays in Bloomington at Second Presbyterian Church
General Admission - $20 | Student (Age 6+) - $6 | Senior - $19 | Rush (6-6:30pm) - $19
There are no more Chamber Orchestra concerts in the 2011-2012 season. Please check back in June 2012 to see the exciting concerts for the 2012-2013 season!
Past Chamber Concerts
| Innovative & Inspirational |
November 4/5, 2011 |
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Conductor: Kenneth Raskin
The Illinois Chamber Orchestra starts its season with Stravinsky’s serene and inspirational Apollo Musagéte, originally performed as a ballet blanc about the Greek god Apollo and the Muses. The concert concludes with Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, one of the most innovative and defining pieces of the Romantic era.
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Stravinsky: Apollon Musagéte
Tchaikovsky: Serenade
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| Holly & Horns— A Candlelight Concert |
December 2/3, 2011 |
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Conductor: Alastair Willis
Guest Artist: Anya Matanovič, Soprano
The traditional Candlelight concert opens with a suite from Handel’s famous Water Music, and continues with works by Mozart and featuring guest soprano Anya Matanovič; Et Incarnatus Est from Mass in C Minorand Exsultate, Jubilate. The holiday theme is carried by Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, first performed on Christmas 1870, and the concert wraps up with Respighi’s trio based on the paintings of Botticelli,Trittico Botticelliano, featuring themes from O Come, O Come, Emanuel.
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Handel: Water Music Suite No.2
Mozart: Et Incarnatus Est from Mass in C Minor, K.427
Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano
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| Scintillating & Sophisticated |
January 20/21, 2012 |
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Conductor: Andrew Sewell
Guest Artist: Karina Canellakis, Violin
Contemporary composer Michael Daugherty’s rhythmically sophisticated Strut leads into Grieg’s piece based on eighteenth-century dance forms, the Holberg Suite. This scintillating concert ends with Vivaldi’s Four Seasons concertos, featuring guest violinist Karina Canellakis.
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Daugherty: Strut
Grieg: Holberg Suite
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
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| Fresh & Fortuitous |
March 16/17, 2012 |
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Conductor: Ken Lam
This concert kicks off with the Overture to Wasps by Ralph Vaughan Williams, part of a soundtrack for Aristophanes' play of the same name. Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes leads the orchestra through Argentinean-inspired elements, with each section giving their own fresh take on the theme. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 is sometimes overshadowed by his better known No.s 3 and 5, but the vivacious and joyous 4 is a masterpiece in its own right, and a fitting conclusion to the Chamber Orchestra season.
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Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture
Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes
Beethoven: Symphony No.4
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