Schedule
12.2.2016
Friday, 7:30 pm
Performance Hall, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts915 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Interplay
Concert Program
Julian Anderson The Colour of Pomegranates
Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King
Mauricio Kagel: Sur scène
John Cage: Living Room Music
6:30 PM pre-concert lecture with Seth Brodsky
Mauricio Kagel was at the forefront of developing the theatrical side of music performance from the late 1950s. Talea Ensemble performs this concert that showcases instrumental theater works by Kagel and others.
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04.9.2017
Sunday, 3:00 pm
Performance Hall, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts915 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Five from afar
Concert Program
Grazyna Bacewicz: Piano Quintet
Chaya Czernowin: String Quartet
Sofia Gubaidulina: Song of the Gallows
Isabel Mundry: Sandschleifen
Kaija Saariaho: Aer
Contempo presents five recent works by leading international women composers, with contemporary music interpreters Ensemble Dal Niente, mezzo-soprano Kayleigh Butcher, Kontras Quartet, and pianist Pawel Checinski.
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04.23.2017
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Sunday, 3:00 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611
Whisper(s)
Concert Program
Matthew Burtner: Broken Drum
John Luther Adams: Wail
Yu-Hui Chang: Binge
David Lang: Wed
Morton Feldman: King of Denmark
John Cage: Child of Tree
Marta Ptaszyńska: Voice of the Winds for 100 percussionists (2016) US Premiere
Contempo and MCA Chicago present Whisper(s), a solo performance by Matthew Duvall featuring guest artists Third Coast Percussion and 95 percussionists. Curated by Matthew Duvall in a rare solo performance, this event is presented in tandem with the MCA exhibit Merce Cunningham: Common Time, which explores the legendary choreographer’s dynamic collaborations with leading composers, visual artists, and designers.
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05.5.2017
Friday, 7:30 pm
Performance Hall, Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts915 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Tomorrow’s Music Today
Spektral Quartet and guests perform music by some of today’s finest young composers – UChicago doctoral candidates in composition.
Works by Rodrigo Bussad, Clay Mettens, Will Myers, and Andrew McManus