MusicNOW 4 Mondays at 7:00 February 3 Folk Songs Be a part of Members of the Harris Theater for Music and Dance 205 E. Randolph Drive Chicago Chicago’s most Robert Moody conductor Pre- and postconcert entertainment provided by String Band exciting new music Postconcert reception with free food and beverages Martin Matalon Traces II Anna Clyne I felt a funeral in my brain experience, [MusicNOW Commission] Vaporize d the Chicago October 21 The lyrical and haunting vision of CSO Members of the Composer-in-Residence Anna Clyne comes Symphony Chicago Symphony Orchestra to life in this concert informed by folk music Cristian Macelaru conductor and song. A world premiere of her settings of Orchestra’s Anders Hillborg Vaporized Tivoli Emily Dickinson is complemented by a virtuosic Donnacha Dennehy Stainless Staining electro-acoustic work of Argentinian Martin MusicNOW series. Benedict Mason Delta River Matalon and a re-imagination of old-time string band music by Mason Bates. English visionary Benedict Mason brings a multimedia work that scatters musicians around the hall in this stunning kickoff to the MusicNOW MAY 5 Companions season. A brand-new work by Swedish iconoclast Members of the Anders Hillborg and an exquisite electro-acoustic Chicago Symphony Orchestra solo by Irishman Donnacha Dennehy round Cliff Colnot conductor out the program. The Companion Guide to Rome December 16 Prefusion Anna Clyne Fits & Starts Oscar Bettison Livre des Sauvages Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music collides with imagery, dance and Edwin Outwater conductor architecture in this final MusicNOW concert of Mason Bates New Work [MusicNOW Commission] the season. Oscar Bettison offers a sprawling Eduardo Guzman Prometheus and engaging response to old nativist Prefuse73 World Premiere lithography for chamber orchestra, Anna Clyne’s visceral work for solo cello is choreographed One of electronica’s most revered artists— by Kitty McNamee of the Los Angeles-based Prefuse73 (Guillermo Herren), whose work ranges Hysterica Dance Company, and Andrew from jazz and hip-hop to abstract electronica— Norman’s highly distinctive response to Roman brings a world premiere to MusicNOW, architecture completes the program. Subscription prices complemented by an electrifying solo work by *To purchase a student subscription by phone, you must mail or fax a copy of your student ID Eduardo Guzman and a world premiere by to: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ticketing Department, 220 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL all 4 concerts Regular: $68 Student: $24* CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Mason Bates. 60604. Fax: 312-294-3035. MEET THE CURATORS Mason Bates and Anna Clyne Mead Composers-in-Residence The music of Mason Bates fuses innovative orchestral writing, the rhythms of electronica and techno and imaginative narrative forms brought to life by cutting-edge sound design. A composer of symphonic music who often includes live electronica in his works, he has become known as an artist who moves fluidly between those two worlds, performing on electronic drum pad and laptop, for example, in his Liquid Interface at Carnegie Hall, or DJing between sets of new music at the large club Mezzanine in San Francisco. Learn more at masonbates.com. -born Anna Clyne is a composer of acoustic and electro- acoustic music. Her collaborative projects with cutting-edge choreographers, visual artists and filmmakers include commissions from Carnegie Hall, , BBC Symphony and the Houston Ballet. Her music has been programmed by artists that range from Esa-Pekka Salonen to Björk, and her debut album, Blue Moth, has received critical acclaim from such publications as The Guardian and Gramophone. Learn more at annaclyne.com.

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