Concert Andrea Bocelli Chicago Illinois 13/12/2014

13 DECEMBER 2014, SATURDAY - PM 20:00

Allstate Arena

6920 N. Mannheim Road

CHICAGO, IL

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The Nutcracker 2014 | Joffrey Ballet

The Nutcracker

December 5-28, 2014

Collaboration conceived and directed: Robert Joffrey 
Music: Peter llyich Tchaikovsky

Step into a winter wonderland complete with spectacular scenery, elegant costumes and exquisite dancing. A grand production with Tchaikovsky's glorious score played live by a full orchestra. This is an evening of pure enchantment.

“A theatrical event of irresistible power!” - Washington Post
“…majestic and intoxicating” - Chicago Tribune

Elgin Symphony Orchestra - The Magical Music of Disney

Stephen Squires, Resident Conductor
Captain Jack Sparrow, special guest narrator

Program includes:

• Disney Classics Overture
• Tarzan Suite
• The Little Mermaid Orchestral Suite
• Hercules Suite
• Mary Poppins Fantasy
• Beauty and the Beast Suite
• Disney’s Aladdin Orchestral Suite
• Mulan Suite
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame Suite
• The Lion King Suite 

(All selections subject to change)

November 29, 2014       
1:30 pm & 6:30 pm
Hemmens Cultural Center, Elgin

It’s a supercalifragilistic delight when the ESO takes you on a magic carpet ride through more than 70 years of magical Disney music in a program derived from some of the best-loved scores of all time, including music from Mary Poppins, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and more!

Tickets are $25, $35 or $45

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Elgin Symphony Orchestra - America's Musical Treasures

America's Musical Treasures

Andrew Grams, Music Director
Piano, William Wolfram

Bernstein -Overture to Candide
Bernstein - On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Schoenfield - Parables for Piano and Orchestra
Rodgers - South Pacific Selections
Rodgers - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Copland - Corral Nocturne
Copland - Suite from the Tender Land

November 15, 2014 7:30 pm
November 16, 2014 2:30 pm
Hemmens Cultural Center, Elgin

Sample a bit of Americana as the ESO brings some of our nation's most-loved composers and favorite orchestral pieces to life. 

Tickets are $25, $40 or $60

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Triumph and Transcendence | Elgin Master Chorale with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra

Triumph and Transcendence – Poulenc, Vaughan Williams, Faure & Hubert Parry | Elgin Master Chorale: "Triumph and Transcendence – Poulenc, Vaughan Williams, Faure & Hubert Parry

Saturday, November 8, 2014, 7:30 p.m.
Blizzard Theatre, Elgin Community College

Tickets: $23/$18/$15. Call 847.622.0300 or order online



Experience an emotional odyssey through the rapturous triumph of Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs,the spiritual playfulness of Poulenc’s Gloria, the serene radiance of Fauré’s Cantique de
Jean Racine and subtle nostalgia of his Pavane and savor the regal celebration
of Sir C. Hubert Parry’s coronation anthem “I was Glad.”

Join the Elgin Master Chorale as we bring the thrilling, imaginative, transformative power of music to our audiences."







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"The Eternal Flame" Concerts November 1-2

Swan Lake | Joffrey Ballet

Swan Lake © by Christopher Wheeldon 

October 15-26, 2014

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

http://joffrey.org/swanlake 

Acclaimed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon has created a stunning retelling of one of the most famous ballets of all time. Inspired by Edgar Degas, the ballet-within-a-ballet takes place inside the Paris Opera Ballet studios during the 19th century. Combining classical elements with a modern vision and a touch of fantasy, this production features spectacular costumes, lavish sets and breathtaking choreography. See the world-renowned Joffrey perform ballet’s greatest love story set to the timeless Tchaikovsky score.

Joffrey Premiere

Presenting Sponsor

Dr. and Mrs. Josef Lakonishok

Production Sponsor

*Performances run approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, including two intermissions.

IMPORTANT ANNOUCEMENT: All Swan Lake performances will begin promptly at 2:00 PM for matinee performances and 7:30 PM for evening performances. Patrons that arrive after the curtain will be shown to the late seating area until the first intermission.

Elgin Symphony Orchestra - Sibelius' Fifth Symphony

Nature's Soundscape

Stephen Squires, Resident Conductor
Matthew Agnew, cello

Respighi - The Birds
Haydn - Cello Concerto in C major
Sibelius - Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major

October 10, 2014 7:30 pm - Schaumburg
October 11, 2014 7:30 pm - Hemmens
October 12, 2014 2:30 pm - Hemmens

Let the music take you to a place where the grass is lush and green, and where birds in flight fill the nature-scape.  ESO's own principal cellist, Matthew Agnew, also performs Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major. 

Tickets are $25, $40 or $60

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American Ballet Theatre

All-American Celebration

Venue: Sollitt Stage (mainstage)
Dates: October 3-5, 2014
Times: vary
Price: $ 34 - 129

The Auditorium Theatre is thrilled to open our 125th Anniversary season with the return of American Ballet Theatre (ABT). “ABT’s dancing could not be better...full of conviction, nuance, and pizzazz,” raves The New Yorker. Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie brings an eclectic mixed repertoire to the Auditorium’s landmark stage including Twyla Tharp’s Bach Partita and Sinatra Suite; Clark Tippet’s Some Assembly Required; and Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free.

Approximate Running Time: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including two intermissions

• Family Matinee - Kids go FREE!*
• October 4 at 2PM
• Buy one adult ticket and get one child's ticket for FREE!*
  *Subject to availability and not available on previously purchased tickets. Second free ticket is ONLY available to children 17 and under.
• Young Professionals Night 
• October 3 at 6PM - Mix. Mingle. Network.
• Learn More
  Young Professionals are considered ages 21 - 45.

Phone: 800.982.ARTS (2787) | Box Office: 50 E. Congress Pkwy.Groups of 10 or more people are available now! Click for more information. 
For subscription info, click here or call 312.341.2357. 

Friday, Oct 3 | 7:30PM Saturday, Oct 4 | 7:30PM	Saturday, Oct 4 | 2PM Sunday, Oct 5 | 2PM
Bach Partita Misty Copeland, Gillian Murphy, Stella Abrera, James Whiteside, Marcelo Gomes, Calvin Royal III Some Assembly Required Sarah Lane, Sterling Baca Sinatra Suite Misty Copeland, Marcelo Gomes Fancy Free Daniil Simkin, Eric Tamm, James Whiteside,Luciana Paris, Isabella Boylston	Bach Partita April Giangeruso, Devon Teuscher, Isabella Boylston, Eric Tamm, Thomas Forster, Craig Salstein Some Assembly Required Nicole Graniero, Grant DeLong Sinatra Suite Luciana Paris, James Whiteside Fancy Free Craig Salstein, Cory Stearns, Marcelo Gomes, Stella Abrera, Gillian Murphy
PLEASE NOTE: ALL CASTING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES.

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Strauss' Ein Heldenleben with the Houston Symphony Orchestra

Watts Plays Rachmaninoff

Friday, September 19, 2014 at 8:00 PM

Jones Hall

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Renowned pianist André Watts returns to Houston to perform Rachmaninoff’s deeply romantic Piano Concerto No. 2. Enduringly popular since its 1901 debut, the concerto’s themes have found fame in movies such as Brief Encounter, The Seven Year Itch and the popular song “All by Myself.” Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada also leads the heroic symphonic tone poemEin Heldenleben by R. Strauss.

 

 

 

Additional Dates For This Performance

Saturday, September 20, 2014 at 8:00 PM

Sunday, September 21, 2014 at 2:30 PM

 

 

Program

Gabriela Lena Frank: Houston Symphony Commission, World Premiere

 

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

 

R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)

 

Artist

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
André Watts, piano

 

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Elgin Symphony Orchestra - Opening Night!

Opening Night: Andrew Grams is Back!

Experience 1

Andrew Grams, conductor

Weber - Der Freischütz Overture
Wagner - Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin
Wagner - Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor

September 13, 2014 7:30 pm
September 14, 2014 2:30 pm
Hemmens Cultural Center, Elgin

Maestro Andrew Grams will lead the Elgin Symphony Orchestra to open the 2014-15 season with a thrilling program of music inspired by German folk tunes, romance and the legendary tales. Also come experience one of the best-known and most loved symphonies of all time, Beethoven’s 5th!

Tickets are $25, $40 or $60

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Lake Forest Symphony - 2014 - 2015 Season Opening Concerts

DISTANT WORLDS: MUSIC FROM FINAL FANTASY

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7:00 PM

Sunday, August 24, 2014

This event has limited availability. Please call 312-294-3000 or visit the Symphony Center Box Office for additional seating options.

Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY returns to Symphony Center with a blazing new program! Featuring a musical tribute to the 20th anniversary of FINAL FANTASY VI, including classics like Dancing Mad, Opera ‘Maria & Draco’, Dark World with special soloists Nobuo Uematsu and Arnie Roth AND the World Premiere performance of our new FINAL FANTASY VI Character Theme Medley!

Also, the World Premiere of our new FINAL FANTASY X: Hymn of the Fayth/The Sending Suite! With the breathtaking vocals of Susan Calloway for FINAL FANTASY XIV: Answers and FINAL FANTASY VIII: Eyes On Me, classics, premieres and other surprises, Distant Worlds at Symphony Center 2014 delivers another unique and profound FINAL FANTASY music experience!

Exclusive VIP Package! Available starting May 1 at 12:00 p.m. (CT). We are thrilled to offer a very limited experience for super-fans of FINAL FANTASY! VIPs will have the opportunity to meet composer Nobuo Uematsu and conductor Arnie Roth after the concert in an exclusive signing event! Special meet and greet tickets ($175 per person) include:
• Premium Main Floor seating
• Post-show VIP meet-and-greet with Nobuo Uematsu & Arnie Roth
• Tour booklet including images from Yoshitaka Amano
• Autograph session and photo opportunity

Presale starts 4/28/14 @ 12 p.m. (CST) through 5/1/14 @ 12 p.m. (CST)
General public on sale starts 5/1/14 @ 12 p.m. (CST)

Performers

Distant Worlds Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus

Arnie Roth

conductor

Susan Calloway

guest vocalist

Nobuo Uematsu

special guest

Star Trek with the Houston Symphony Orchestra

Star Trek

Friday, July 18, 2014 at 7:30 PM

Jones Hall

Buy Single Tickets from $29 - $115

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Space is still the final frontier… and director J.J. Abrams re-exhilarated the iconic Star Trekfranchise with two of the most exciting and irresistible blockbusters in recent movie-going history: Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). The Houston Symphony and Chorus is proud to present the US premieres of these two spectacular films with composer Michael Giacchino's thrilling scores performed live to picture. So get ready for warp speed… and prepare to boldly go where no one has gone before!

Click here to purchase tickets to both films and receive a 10% discount!

 

 

 

Artist

Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor

 

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Houston Symphony Orchestra - Star-Spangled Salute!

Star-Spangled Salute

Friday, July 04, 2014 at 8:30 PM

Free at Miller Theatre

STAR-SPANGLED SALUTE!

Enjoy an evening with Michael Krajewski and the Houston Symphony listening to patriotic, toe-tapping music. Plus see Houston-based speed painter, Dan Dunn, bring music to life inspired by the sounds of the orchestra. Don’t miss the booming cannons of the 1812 Overture, and wonder at the magnificent firework display provided by the City of Houston through the Miller Theatre Advisory Board. Be sure to join us for this Houston tradition!

 

 

Artist

Michael Krajewski, Principal Pops Conductor
Dan Dunn, visual artist

 

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Michael Mulcahy - Recital

Michael Mulcahy, trombone

When: Sun, Jun 29, 2014 - 3:00 pm

Where: Regenstein Recital Hall

Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, piano

Chicago Symphony Orchestra trombonist and principal trombone of the Grand Teton Music Festival, Mulcahy has served as principal trombone of the Cologne Radio, Melbourne, and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras. He is also a member of the Chicago Chamber Musicians and Summit Brass and is active as a soloist, teacher, lecturer, and clinician throughout the world.

Frank Martin, Ballade

Darius Milhaud, Concertino d'Hiver

Paul Bonneau, Capriccio

Gabriel Fauré, Après un Rêve, Toujours, Lydia, Fleur jetée, and Sicilienne

Francis Poulenc, Trois Mouvements Perpétuels

Admission is free.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Morton Arboretum

In partnership with The Morton Arboretum, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is proud to present three concerts from June 26-28, 2014. 6/26: A Summer Night on the Red Carpet 6/27: Tchaikovsky and Beethoven 6/28: Dvořák's New World Symphony MORE INFORMATION The Morton Arboretum is located at 4100 Lincoln Avenue in Lisle, just west of Interstate 355 and north of I-88 on Illinois Route 53 (sometimes known as Lincoln Highway). Directions to The Morton Arboretum can be found here. Here is some additional information so you can Plan Your Experience. We look forward to seeing you at The Morton Arboretum.  Please note that patrons will not be allowed to bring liquor onto the premises, but it will be available for sale at concessions. All concerts are outdoor and will take place on the concert lawn. Tickets are required for all events. These performances are generously supported by the JCS Fund of The DuPage Community Foundation.

Lake Forest Symphony - All American

Houston Symphony Orchestra with Christoph Eschenbach - Mahler's Symphony No. 8

Solzhenitsyn Plays Mozart: Mozart & Bruckner

Ignat Solzhenitsyn, conductor & piano 

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414
Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major "Romantic"

Saturday, May 3, 2014; 7:30 p.m. 
Sunday, May 4, 2014; 2:30 p.m. 
Hemmens Cultural Center, Elgin 

Solzhenitsyn will perform a dual role as soloist and conductor with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12. The concert and season finishes with Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major “Romantic”. This brass section favorite will highlight the musical power and richness of our Elgin Symphony Orchestra. 

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Frank Rosolino Quartet - Jazz Scene USA - Live TV 1962

Lake Forest Symphony Concerts This Weekend

Nielsen & Dvořák with Carter Brey

José Luis Gomez, conductor
Carter Brey, cello
Nielsen Maskarade Overture
Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor
Nielsen Symphony No. 2 "The Four Temperaments"

Friday, April 4, 2014; 7:30 p.m.
Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts
Saturday, April 5, 2014; 7:30 p.m. 
Sunday, April 6, 2014; 2:30 p.m. 
Hemmens Cultural Center, Elgin 

Cello lovers will not want to miss this concert! Experience the talents of Carter Brey, principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic, with a virtuosic performance of Dvorak’s famed Cello Concerto in B minor. This delightful concert will also include two humorous and joyful works by Nielsen. 

Tickets are $25, $40 or $60 

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Renée Fleming and Jonas Kaufmann in Concert

Two of the most electrifying singers of our time combine their artistry for one memorable evening.

Renée Fleming is vocally captivating, dazzlingly glamorous, and universally beloved. With her “perfect voice, endless breath, and sensual tone...Renée Fleming is perfection.” Le Monde, Paris

Jonas Kaufmann is “the hottest tenor in opera…impetuous and vocally smoldering…singing with vulnerable tenderness one moment and burnished power the next.” The New York Times

Sir Andrew Davis conducts the Lyric Opera Orchestra.

Generously made possible by Ann Ziff and an Anonymous Donor.

Starring

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  Renée Fleming
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  Jonas Kaufmann

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