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Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Coleman, Montgomery & Rachmaninov 2
Jan 20, 2025 — 7:30 PM
Overview
After a deep crisis of confidence, Sergei Rachmaninov delivered one of classical music’s most triumphant returns, his Second Symphony, a masterpiece of crackling rhythms and gloriously romantic melodies. A bracing call to attention, Valerie Coleman’s fanfare is “at once reflective and restless, uplifting and ominous” (The New York Times). Former Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery’s Transfigure to Grace is a stirring meditation on humanity’s continuing journey towards equality.
This program will also be performed at South Shore Cultural Center on Sunday, January 19.
Program
Coleman
Fanfare for Uncommon Times
Montgomery
Transfigure to Grace
Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2
Performers
Principal Conductor, Civic Orchestra of Chicago
The Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Principal Conductor Chair
Sponsors & Partners
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
The 2024/25 Civic Orchestra season is generously sponsored by Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.
Major support for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago also provided by Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund; Nancy Dehmlow; Leslie Fund, Inc.; Judy and Scott McCue; Leo and Catherine Miserendino; Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation; The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc.; the Maval Foundation, and Paul and Lisa Wiggin.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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