University of Chicago Presents Announces Program Enhancements to 2017/18 Concert Season Single tickets on sale August 21
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT August 1, 2017 Amy Iwano Executive Director PHOTOS University of Chicago Presents Please visit http://bit.ly/2lU4gDf [email protected] 773.702.8068
CHICAGO — The University of Chicago Presents, the University’s professional music presenting organization, enhances its diverse concert series with a schedule of related events, including lectures by renowned scholars, talks with internationally acclaimed musicians and composers, a lecture demonstration, and a sound installation. Pre-concert events have been added to all concert series. The Jazz at the Logan series, in partnership with the Jazz Institute of Chicago, offers expanded programming with “Chicago Stage at the Logan,” a free, pre-concert performance series by local jazz musicians. A listening session on May 16, 2018, in partnership with Hyde Park Jazz Festival, reveals insights into the drummer Brian Blade. All event details are below. Single tickets are on sale beginning August 21, with a 20% discount through September 30.
Newly added events complementing the season-exclusive György Ligeti Series: On Saturday, October 21, Arditti Quartet hosts a special open session and discussion of their career at the forefront of contemporary music, including their work with György Ligeti (1923-2006), one of the most important composers of 20th century music. Pianist Pierre- Laurent Aimard offers a lecture-demonstration on Monday, March 5, before his recital on Tuesday, March 6. From March 5-8, the University hosts “Ligeti in Context: the Witches’ Kitchen at the WDR Electronic Studio,” a sound installation that provides modern commentary on the Westdeutscher Rundfunk Electronic Music Studio in Cologne, where composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gottfried Michael Koenig, and György Ligeti gathered in the early days of the development of groundbreaking electronic music. A scholarly conference (“Dislocations: Reassessing Ligeti”) hosted by the Department of Music will also take place March 7-8.
UChicago Presents also announces personnel changes and additions. Jazz pianist Craig Taborn will perform on the Contempo-Jazz Double Bill in place of the eminent Geri Allen, who passed away earlier this summer. Chicago-based folk guitarist and vocalist Robbie Fulks joins jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen to open Jazz at the Logan’s fifth season on Saturday, October 7. This event is also part of the Logan Center Five Year Bash.
New this season: the concert series continues its commitment to making music affordable with $20 tickets to all concerts for patrons under 35. The following information supersedes all other press releases:
FULL CONCERT SCHEDULE – organized by date
**denotes new or updated information
FALL 2017
Friday / October 6 / 7:30 PM / Chicago Debut Barokksolistene with Bjarte Eike, violin
An Alehouse Session
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE $38 / $10 students
Saturday / October 7 / 7:30 PM / Logan Center ** Anat Cohen Tentet with special guest Robbie Fulks ** Oded Lev-Ari, music director
** Lineup: Anat Cohen, clarinet James Shipp, vibraphone and percussion Tal Mashiach, bass Vitor Goncalves, piano and accordion Anthony Pinciotti, drums Rubin Kundeli, cello Nadje Noordhuis, trumpet and flugelhorn Nick Finzer, trombone Owen Broder, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet Sheryl Baily, guitar Robbie Fulks, vocals and guitar
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $38 / $10 students
Friday / October 20 / 7:30 PM Arditti Quartet ** 6:30 PM pre-concert lecture with Anthony Cheung
Bartók: String Quartet No. 3
2 UChicago Presents 2017/18 season Györgi Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 “Métamorphoses nocturnes” G. Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2 Bartók: String Quartet No. 4
MANDEL HALL $38 / $10 students
** Saturday, October 21 / 10:30 AM A Special Open Session and Discussion with Arditti Quartet
Members of the Arditti Quartet talk about their career on the forefront of contemporary music, including their work with Gyorgy Ligeti.
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE PENTHOUSE Free admission, reservations recommended
Friday, October 27 / 7:30 PM Contempo: The Young and Brilliant ** 6:30 PM pre-concert lecture with the artists and Seth Brodsky
Talea Ensemble
Vito Zuraj: Framed Justyna Kowalska-Lasoń: A Light exists in Spring Nicolai Worsaae: WaWV Christian Mason: Noctilucence Ondřej Adámek: Ça tourne ça bloque
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $25 / $10 students
Friday / November 3 / 7:30 PM Leila Josefowicz, violin and John Novacek, piano
Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44, arr. Friedrich Hermann Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 Kaija Saariaho: Calices ** Mahler: Adagietto (from Symphony No. 5), arr. Otto Wittenbecher Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Sonata
MANDEL HALL $38 / $10 students
3 UChicago Presents 2017/18 season Friday / November 10 / 7:30 PM ** Imani Winds, Don Michael Randel Ensemble in Residence, Ensemble Dal Niente, Doyle Armbrust, viola, Winston Choi, piano, and Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
György Ligeti: Viola Sonata Three Pieces for Two Pianos Horn Trio Six Bagatelles Unsuk Chin: select piano etudes
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $38 / $10 students
Friday/ November 17 / 7:30 PM / Chicago Debut amarcord 500th Anniversary of Lutheran Reformation ** 6:30 PM pre-concert lecture with Robert Kendrick
Luther and Music – works by Martin Luther, Johann Walter, Josquin des Préz, and Johann Sebastian Bach
ROCKEFELLER CHAPEL $38 / $10 students
Friday / December 1 / 7:30 PM Brad Mehldau Trio
** Ballads and Blues
** Lineup: Brad Mehldau, piano Larry Grenadier, bass Jeff Ballard, drums
** 6:00 PM Chicago Stage at the Logan featuring Rooms
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $38 / $10 students
Friday, January 19 / 7:30 PM René Marie & Experiment in Truth 4 UChicago Presents 2017/18 season ** Sound of Red
** Lineup: René Marie, vocals John Chin, piano Elias Bailey, bass Quentin Baxter, drums
** 6:00 PM Chicago Stage at the Logan featuring Kenthaney Redmond Quartet
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $38 / $10 students
Sunday/ January 21 / 2:00 PM The Boston Camerata **with St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Children’s Choir (The Trebles), and Rockefeller Memorial Chapel Choir
The Play of Daniel: A Medieval Masterpiece Revisited
ROCKEFELLER CHAPEL $38 / $10 students
Sunday / January 28 / 2:00 PM Alexander Melnikov, piano
Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87
MANDEL HALL $38 / $10 students
Friday / February 2 / 7:30 PM Eighth Blackbird and Amadinda ** 6:30 PM pre-concert lecture with Sam Pluta
György Ligeti: Galamb Borong Aurél Holló: 39 - the Dream of the Manichaeian - beFORe JOHN3 Lukas Ligeti: new work Steve Reich: Mallet Quartet G. Ligeti: Touches bloquées; En Suspens; Fanfares S. Reich: Sextet
5 UChicago Presents 2017/18 season LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $38 / $10 students
Friday, February 9 / 7:30 PM Contempo-Jazz Double Bill ** Imani Winds, Don Michael Randel Ensemble in Residence, Ensemble Dal Niente, Daniel Pesca, piano, and Craig Taborn, piano ** 6:30 PM pre-concert discussion with the composers and Berthold Hoeckner
** Marta Ptaszyńska: Poetic Impressions for wind quintet and piano Reena Esmail: The Light is the Same Augusta Read Thomas: Bassoon Concertino ** Jazz set with Craig Taborn
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $25 / $10 students
Friday / February 16 / 7:30 PM Third Coast Percussion and Rachel Calloway, mezzo-soprano ** 6:30 PM pre-concert lecture with Jennifer Iverson
Györgi Ligeti: Continuum Christopher Cerrone: The Goldbeater’s Skin (Chicago premiere) G. Ligeti: Poème Symphonique (for 100 metronomes) G. Ligeti: Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel (With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles)
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $38 / $10 students
Sunday / February 18 / 2:00 PM / Chicago Debut Christoph Prégardien, tenor, and Julius Drake, piano
Poetische Tagebuch - Schubert songs
MANDEL HALL $38 / $10 students
Friday / March 2 / 7:30 PM / Chicago Debut Quatuor Ebène ** 6:30 PM pre-concert lecture with John Lawrence
Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 “Fifths”
6 UChicago Presents 2017/18 season Fauré: Quartet in E minor, Op. 121 Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp”
MANDEL HALL $38 / $10 students
** Monday / March 5 / 4:30 – 6:00 PM Pierre-Laurent Aimard Lecture Demonstration
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE PENTHOUSE $10 / Free with UCID or to Ligeti Series ticket holders
Tuesday / March 6 / 7:30 PM Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano ** 6:30 PM pre-concert lecture with Seth Brodsky
Györgi Ligeti: Etudes Beethoven: Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $38 / $10 students
Friday / April 6 / 7:30 PM / Chicago Debut Ulysses Owens Jr.’s Songs of Freedom, featuring vocalists Theo Bleckmann, Alicia Olatuja, Joanna Majoko
Julie and Parker Hall Annual Jazz Concert
** Lineup: Ulysses Owens Jr., drums and music director Theo Bleckmann, vocals Alicia Olatuja, vocals Joanna Majoko, vocals Allyn Johnson, piano and keyboards David Rosenthal, guitar Reuben Rogers, bass
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $38 / $10 students
Sunday/ April 8 / 2:00 PM
7 UChicago Presents 2017/18 season Philharmonia Baroque with Nicholas McGegan, music director and Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Sessions: Italian Baroque Music from the Jewish Ghetto
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $38 / $10 students
Friday / April 20 / 7:30 PM / Chicago Debut Montrose Trio ** 6:30 PM pre-concert lecture with Bradley Spiers
Turina: Trio in B minor, Op. 76 Beethoven: Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1 Mendelssohn: Trio in C minor, Op. 66
MANDEL HALL $38 / $10 students
Sunday, April 22 / 2:00 PM Contempo: Echoes of the Earth
International Contemporary Ensemble
George Crumb: 11 Echoes of Autumn Harrison Birtwistle: Some Petals from my Twickenham Herbarium Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms No. 3 Toru Takemitsu: Rain Spell Pauline Oliveros: Earth Ears Krzysztof Penderecki: Sextet
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $25 / $10 students
Friday, April 27 / 7:30 PM Contempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today I
** Works by Jack Hughes, Pierce Gradone, Tim Page, and Aaron Helgeson
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL Free admission
8 UChicago Presents 2017/18 season Friday, May 4 / 7:30 PM / Logan Center Contempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today II
** Works by Joungbum Lee, Alican Çamci, and Igor Santos
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL Free admission
Friday, May 11 / 7:30 PM Imani Winds, Don Michael Randel Ensemble in Residence, Cory Smythe, piano, and gospel choir ** 6:30 PM pre-concert lecture with the artists and Michael Dawson
A Change is Gon’ Come
Frederic Rzewski: Sometimes Vijay Iyer: Bruits Henry Threadgill: New work (world premiere) Traditional arr. Jeff Scott: American spirituals Sam Cooke arr. Imani Winds: A Change is Gonna Come
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $38 / $10 students
Supported by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture
**Wednesday / May 16 / 7:00 PM Listening Session with Brian Blade and Kate Dumbleton
Presented in partnership with Hyde Park Jazz Festival
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE PENTHOUSE Free admission
Thursday / May 17 / 7:30 PM Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
** Lineup: Brian Blade, drums Christopher Thomas, bass Jon Cowherd, piano Melvin Butler, tenor and soprano saxophone Myron Walden, alto saxophone and bass clarinet
9 UChicago Presents 2017/18 season ** 6:00 PM Chicago Stage at the Logan featuring Possibilities
LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL $38 / $10 students
TICKETS
Subscription series, starting as low as $56, are available across six different series, offering patrons significant savings of 25% off single ticket prices. A full-season pass to all 25 concerts is available at a 30% savings. UChicago Presents extends University and staff discounts, first time subscriber discounts, youth tickets, and the opportunity to create your own series with a Pick 4- or Pick 6-concert flexible series option. New this season are $20 tickets to all concerts for patrons under 35.
Ticket information and subscription order forms are available online at chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/tickets/subscription. First time subscribers may order online at ticketsweb.uchicago.edu/subscriptions.
Single tickets on sale Monday, August 21.
Patrons may also call 773.702.ARTS (2787) or visit the UChicago Arts Box Office at Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street, Mon-Fri, 12–6pm through September 22, then Tues- Sat, 12-6pm.
CONCERT VENUES This season, the University of Chicago Presents holds concerts at the following locations:
Mandel Hall: 1131 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts: 915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 Rockefeller Memorial Chapel: 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 International House: 1414 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
OUR SUPPORTERS AND PARTNERS The UChicago Presents 2017/18 season is supported by the Reva and David Logan Foundation, the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation, and the Illinois Arts Council; plus University of Chicago partners: the Chicago Center for Jewish Studies, the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, the Department of Music, the France Chicago Center, the Humanities Division, the Julie and Parker Hall Endowment for Jazz and American Popular Music, the Medieval Studies program, UChicago Arts, plus International House, the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, and Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. Promotional
10 UChicago Presents 2017/18 season and program partners include Alliance Française of Chicago, Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jazz Magazine, Downbeat Magazine, Early Music Now, French Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Piccolo Mondo, and WDCB.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESENTS
Established in 1943, The University of Chicago Presents series brings extraordinary artists from around the world to Chicago. Artists engage with audiences, scholars, and students in dynamic live performances, educational and enrichment experiences, and community engagement activities through a diverse mix of chamber music and recitals, early, contemporary, jazz, and world music, including artist residencies, commissions, and premieres.
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