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Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Sheherazade
Feb 28, 2022 — 7:00 PM
Overview
The Civic Orchestra of Chicago, led by rising international star and CSO Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice Lina González-Granados, performs a vibrant program featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s iconic tone poem. Based on the alluring character and storyteller of The Thousand and One Nights, Sheherazade brings the enchanting Middle Eastern folk tales to life. Preceding Sheherazade is Gabriela Lena Frank’s Three Latin American Dances, a symphonic celebration of the many musical traditions born of diverse Latin American cultures. The program opens with a special performance from the Kenwood Academy High School Orchestra.
Note location: Kenwood Academy High School
Program
Frank
Three Latin American Dances
Rimsky-Korsakov
Sheherazade
Performers
Sponsors & Partners
This program is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The 2021/22 Civic Orchestra of Chicago season is generously sponsored by The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation.
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Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprentice Lina González-Granados expresses gratitude for the mentorship of Riccardo Muti and hopes to give back to the Chicago community through her involvement with the Negaunee Music Institute's educational programs.
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An excerpt from the September 29, 2018 concert featuring Riccardo Muti performing The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherezade.
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The Civic Orchestra’s 2021-22 season, which begins Nov. 8, puts an emphasis on diversity, with an array of works by women and people of color — what Principal Conductor Ken-David Masur describes as giving “voice to musicians and composers who perhaps had been neglected.”
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