University of Chicago Presents Winter and Spring 2009 Preview
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 17, 2008
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University of Chicago Presents
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESENTS WINTER AND SPRING 2009 PREVIEW
• Grammy Award winners and nominees abound on UCP schedule
• Dave Holland Quintet brings legendary jazz to Mandel Hall
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra performs world premieres by University student composers Jacob Bancks and Alex Berezowsky
• Bassist Edgar Meyer returns for two back-to-back concerts
• Haydn anniversary celebrated in performances by Pacifica and Tákacs quartets and Quatuor Mosaïques
CHICAGO - The University of Chicago Presents (UCP) will continue its tradition of highlighting excellence in the performing arts, as it welcomes 11 current and past Grammy Award winners and nominees to the stage in 2009. Artist-in-residence, the Pacifica Quartet--named Musical America's 2009 Ensemble of the Year and nominated for a 2009 Grammy in Best Chamber Music Performance--will kick off UCP's winter programming at Mandel Hall on Jan. 11 in a performance featuring Elliot Carter's String Quartet No. 5. Fellow nominees and classical music superstars Takács Quartet with pianist Marc-André Hamelin will team up for a Feb. 20 performance.
Pacifica's January 2008 recording of Carter's Quartets Nos. 1 and 5, called "a stunning disc" by The New York Times, was nominated for a Grammy Award in Best Chamber Music Performance, as announced by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences last week. The Takács Quartet, a previous winner in 2002, shares a nomination in the same category for its recording of Brahms' Opus 51 quartet. With three Grammy nominations already to his name, Hamelin is currently up for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance for his release In a State of Jazz. The 51st annual awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on Feb. 8 in Los Angeles.
Also appearing in 2009, jazz bassist and three-time Grammy-winner Dave Holland will bring his quintet featuring Robin Eubanks, Chris Potter, Steve Nelson and Nate Smith for a special Jazz at Mandel Hall concert on Jan. 25. American vocal ensemble Pomerium, a 1999 nominee, will appear in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on Feb. 6, performing works from the Sistine Chapel at the time of Michelangelo,
Currently in its second three-year residency at the University of Chicago, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, winner of the 1980 award in Best Chamber Music Performance, will return to Mandel Hall on Mar. 6 with works by Schoenberg, Mozart and Mahler. Conducted by Cliff Colnot, the program will also include world premiere works by University of Chicago student composers Jacob Bancks and Alex Berezowsky, who shared top prize in the first-ever SPCO/UC composition competition last month in St. Paul. (Incidentally, SPCO concertmaster Steven Copes' recording of George Tsontakis' Violin Concerto No. 2 is also currently nominated for a Best New Classical Composition award.)
Ensemble-in-residence eighth blackbird, a 2008 Grammy winner for its strange imaginary animals album, will appear at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Apr. 4 in a Contempo Double-Bill along with Brazilian jazz queen and Latin Grammy winner Leny Andrade and her trio.
Quatuor Mosaïques, a 2001 Grammy winner, will bring its unique sound of period instruments to Mandel Hall with works by Haydn, Mozart and Schubert on Apr. 17, followed by a weekend of concerts, on Apr. 24 and 25, with bassist and three-time Grammy winner Edgar Meyer. Meyer's concerts will feature his own compositions performed with piano one night and the University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Barbara Schubert on the next.
TICKETS for all UCP events at Mandel Hall and Rockefeller Memorial Chapel can be purchased by calling the University of Chicago Presents concert office at (773) 702-8068, or by visiting 5720 S. Woodlawn Avenue on the University of Chicago campus. Tickets for the Contempo Double-Bill can be purchased by calling the Museum of Contemporary Art at (312) 397-4010, or by visiting 220 E. Chicago Avenue. For more information, including ticket prices, visit chicagopresents.uchicago.edu.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESENTS, January-May 2009
Sunday, January 11 at 3 p.m.
Pacifica Quartet*
Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street, Chicago
Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 4 in E minor, op. 44, no. 2
Elliott Carter: Quartet No. 5
Brahms: Quartet No. 2 in A minor, op. 51, no. 2
Friday, January 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Myra Huang, piano
Mandel Hall
Friday, January 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
Mandel Hall
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 1 in B-flat major, BWV 825
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor, op. 13, "Pathétique"
Musorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Sunday, January 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Dave Holland Quintet*
Mandel Hall
Friday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m.
Pomerium*
Alexander Blachly, director
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Musica Vaticana, 1503-34: Musical Masterworks from the Sistine Chapel at the Time of Michelangelo
Friday, February 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Takács Quartet*
Marc-André Hamelin, piano*
Mandel Hall
Haydn: String Quartet in G major, op. 77, no. 1
Bartók: String Quartet No. 5, BB 110
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, op. 44
Friday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m.
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra*
Cliff Colnot, conductor
Ruggero Allifranchini and Dale Barltrop, violins
Mandel Hall
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1
Mozart: Concertone in C major for Two Violins and Orchestra, K. 190
Works by Jacob Bancks and Alex J. Berezowsky (World Premiere)
Mahler/Colnot: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Tuesday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Robert Belinic, guitar
Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th Street
Works by Dowland, J.S. Bach, Brouwer and more
Saturday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Contempo: Double-Bill
Shulamit Ran, artistic director
eighth blackbird*
Leny Andrade* and Trio
Museum of Contemporary Art
Donald Crockett: Whistling in the Dark
Chinary Ung: Still Life After Death
Lee Hyla: We Speak Etruscan
Friday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Quatuor Mosaïques*
Mandel Hall
Mozart: Quartet in C major, K. 465, "Dissonance"
Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703
Haydn: Quartet in F major, op. 77, no. 2, Hob. III:82
Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m.
Pacifica Quartet*
Erik Rönmark, saxophone
Mandel Hall
Haydn: Quartet in D major, op. 64, no. 5, "The Lark"
Ellen Taaffe Zwillich: Piece for Quartet and Saxophone
Mendelssohn: Quartet No. 3 in D major, op. 44, no. 1
Friday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Edgar Meyer, bass*
Amy Dorfman, piano
Mandel Hall
Saturday, April 25 at 8 p.m.
University Symphony Orchestra
Barbara Schubert, conductor
Edgar Meyer, bass*
Mandel Hall
Bottessini: Concerto No. 2 in B minor for Double Bass and Orchestra
Edgar Meyer: Concerto No. 1 in D major for Double Bass and Orchestra
Friday, May 1 at 7:30 p.m.
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra*
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Bernhard Scully, horn
Mandel Hall
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, op. 25, "Classical"
Chen Yi: Prelude and Fugue for Chamber Orchestra (Chicago Premiere)
R. Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93
Friday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Contempo: Tomorrow's Music Today 1
Fulton Recital Hall, 1010 E. 59th Street, 4th Floor
Works by Shawn Allison, Jacob Bancks, Dylan Schneider and Takuma Tanikawa
Thursday, May 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Contempo: Tomorrow's Music Today 2
Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, 7th Floor
Works by Alex J. Berezowsky, Andres Carrizo, Füsun Köksal and Steve Winfield
*Past and present Grammy Award winners or nominees
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The University of Chicago Presents is one of the city's landmark classical music presenters on the campus of the University of Chicago in the heart of the city's South Side. Among the musical legends who made their debuts at Mandel Hall are violinist Isaac Stern, guitarist Andres Segovia, soprano Cecilia Bartoli and The Juilliard String Quartet.
UCP offers five concert series--Classic Concert, the Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Artists-in-Residence Series featuring the Pacifica Quartet, and the Contempo series.
TICKETS:
- By phone with credit card at (773) 702-8068; minimum $10 charge
- In person with cash, check or credit card, weekdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Office of Professional Concerts, 5720 S. Woodlawn Ave.
- At Mandel Box Office after 6:30 p.m. on concert day
- By email at chicagopresents@uchicago.edu
PARKING:
Street or free in lot at 55th Street and Ellis Avenue
DISABILITIES:
Persons with disabilities or who otherwise need assistance may call the Office of Professional Concerts at (773) 702-8068 prior to the concert, but no later than 3 p.m. on concert day.
PHOTOS:
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