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2017 Community Orchestra of the Year Presents
2017–2018 CONCERT SERIES
EVANSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRALawrence Eckerling, Music Director
847.864.8804www.evanstonsymphony.org
Music fromMANY LANDS
Make sure your holiday season starts withthe best holiday event in Evanston! Don’tmiss enjoying these favorite Yule festivities
with your family and friends …• North Shore Choral Society
• Evanston Dance Ensemble• Evanston Children’s Choir
• The Evanston Symphony Holiday Gospel Choir• ETHS Concert Choir & A Cappella Singers• Audience Sing-a-Long • Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus• And, a BIG bonus for all kids from
1 to 101 — a visit from Santa and his elves!
EVANSTON SYMPHONYHOLIDAY CONCERT
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 20173:00 PMTo guarantee your seat, order tickets for the Evanston Symphonyholiday concert along with your concert series subscription soyou won’t have to give it another thought.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2017—3:00 PMEvanston Township High School Auditorium 1600 Dodge, Evanston
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2:30 PM ONSUNDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2018
Our 72nd season of diversemusic from many lands
opens with Robert Schumann’soverture for a staged version ofByron’s romantic epic detailing theturbulent life of his anti-heroManfred, and closes withBeethoven’s masterpiece ofrhythm, his Seventh Symphony. Rising star William Hagenmakes his ESO debut in a cornerstone of the repertoire,the Violin Concerto by Finland’s most famouscomposer, Jan Sibelius.
SCHUMANN Manfred Overture
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D Minor William Hagen, violin
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A Major
William Hagen, violin
The title of our second concertsummarizes but does not
encompass the diversity andrichness of the “Spanish” and“Latin” works on this exciting andcolorful program, which includesFrench and Russian versions ofSpain, as well as music fromArgentina by Ginastera and Piazzolla and a Mexicanmasterpiece by José Pablo Moncayo. The one work bya Spanish composer is the most popular of all guitarconcertos and will be interpreted by the gifted Jason BlairLewis, and the concert closes with Bernstein’s excitingdance of Puerto Ricans in New York.
CHABRIEREspaña
RODRIGOConcierto de Aranjuez Jason Blair Lewis, guitar
GINASTERAEstancia Suite
MONCAYOHuapango
PIAZZOLLAOblivion Julie Fischer, violin
RIMSKY KORSAKOVCapriccio espagnol
BERNSTEIN“Mambo” from West Side Story
2:30 PM ONSUNDAY OCTOBER 22, 2017
beethoven 7rodrigo guitarconcerto
Jason Blair Lewis, guitar
LAWRENCE ECKERLING, CONDUCTOR LAWRENCE ECKERLING, CONDUCTOR
Tickets: Adults $25/$40* Children under 18 yrs. $10/$15**second price shown is Preferred Seating area ticket.
Family Package Special: Save at least $10 2 adults and 3 children only$70/$100*
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PRE-CONCERT MUSICAL INSIGHTS
Everyone is invited to enjoy a sneak preview!Composers come alive and their passions
take center stage when ESO’s Maestro LawrenceEckerling and General Manager David Ellis take
you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behindthe music. Join us for pre-concert Musical Insights previews
at 1:30 p.m. on the Friday preceding each Sunday’s scheduled concerts at The Merion,1611 Chicago Ave., Evanston.
FREE and open to the public
MUSICALINSIGHTS
OUR SPONSORS
A great thank you to our generous sponsors for the 2017–2018 ESO season!
The final 12 symphonies ofFranz Joseph Haydn are
collectively known as his“London symphonies” andthe final one of the 12, to somethe greatest of all, is titled the“London” Symphony. WilliamWalton’s Crown Imperial hasbeen wittily referred to as the “Pomp and CircumstanceMarch No. 6” as a worthy successor to Elgar’s five Pompand Circumstance marches. Britten’s orchestral showpiececan also be titled “Variations and Fugue on a Theme ofHenry Purcell,” and will be narrated by Henry Fogel,Dean of the Chicago College of Performing Arts ofRoosevelt University.
The First Piano Concerto ofJohannes Brahms is among
his most important works andamong the most difficult concertosever composed. Its monumentalnature is a direct descendent ofanother D Minor masterpiece,Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.Thomas Pandolfi makes his ESO debut in its demandingsolo role. Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird ballet is based onRussian folk legends and gave him his first major acclaim,and it has remained his “biggest hit” ever since its premierein 1910. Stravinsky compiled several suites from the musicfor the complete ballet, and our season concludes with thelongest of those suites, prepared in 1945.
CORIGLIANOPromenade Overture
BRAHMSPiano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor Thomas Pandolfi, piano
STRAVINSKYFirebird Suite (1945)
Henry Fogel, narrator Thomas Pandolfi, piano
LAWRENCE ECKERLING, CONDUCTOR LAWRENCE ECKERLING, CONDUCTOR
2:30 PM ONSUNDAY MARCH 18, 2018
imperial london
2:30 PM ONSUNDAY MAY 13, 2018
CULTURAL FUND
brahms piano concerto 1
HAYDNSymphony No. 104 in D Major “London”
VAUGHAN WILLIAMSEnglish Folk Song Suite
GRAINGERShepherd’s Hey
WALTONCrown Imperial (Coronation March)
PURCELLRondeau from Abdelazer Suite
BRITTENThe Young Person’s Guideto the Orchestra Henry Fogel, narrator
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