University of Chicago Presents AnnouncesProgram Enhancements to the 2018/19, 75th Anniversary

Concert SeasonSingle tickets to all concerts go on sale August 20

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 8, 2018

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PRESS CONTACTDaniel MeyersMarketing CoordinatorUniversity of Chicago Presentsmeyersd@uchicago.edu773.702.8068

CHICAGO – The University of Chicago Presents announces program enhancements to the 2018/19 concert season, its 75th year presenting world renowned artists of chamber, early, and contemporary music and jazz. This season, UChicago Presents also opens a new series, Music Without Borders, featuring contemporary artists from around the world who blend global traditions with modern styling.

Over its history, UChicago Presents (UCP) has developed a reputation for its partnerships with the world-class scholars at the University of Chicago who enrich the concert experience with engaging lectures and discussions with the artists. This season, UCP presents ten lectures preceding concerts on the Classic Concerts Series and the Howard Mayer Brown International Early Music Series. The performance by British consort Atalante on the Early Music Series will feature a unique pre-concert lecture delivered by students from Professor Robert Kendrick’s graduate seminar on John Milton’s encounter with 17th-century Italian music.

The Jazz at the Logan series offers expanded programming with “Chicago Stage at the Logan,” a free, pre-concert performance series by local jazz musicians, presented in partnership with the Jazz Institute of Chicago and the Logan Center for the Arts. UCP, in partnership with the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, has also added a free listening session with saxophonist Chris Potter on the eve of his performance with his Underground Orchestra.

Program enhancements are a key feature of our newest series, Music Without Borders, as well. Prior to each performance, artists on the

series (TM Krishna, Black String, and Rahim AlHaj) will be joined in conversation on stage by distinguished ethnomusicologists from the University. Following each performance, audience members can continue the conversation with the musicians at a reception in the Logan Center lobby (food and drinks provided). The artists on the Music Without Borders series will also participate in additional outreach and education events in partnership with the various global studies centers on campus: the Committee on South Asian Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

All event details are below. Biographical information for all artists is available on the UChicago Presents website: chicagopresents.uchicago.edu.

Subscriptions are on sale now; single tickets will be on sale beginning August 20, with a 20% discount through September 30.

The following information supersedes all other press releases:

FULL CONCERT SCHEDULE – organized by date

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Friday / October 12 / 7:30 PMTakács Quartet**6:30 pm lecture with Steven Rings

Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 4 in D MajorBrahms: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2

MANDEL HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Saturday / October 13 / 7:30 PMCCCC: Yarn/Wire

Works by Misato Mochizuki and Enno Poppe with premieres by Will Myers and Clay Mettens

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$15 / $10 students

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Sunday / October 14 / 3:00 PMTM Krishna**with RK Shriramkumar, violin, and K Arun Prakash, mridangam**2:00 pm talk with Anna Schultz

**A Classical Protest

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

 

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Friday / October 26 / 7:30 PMSeong-Jin Cho***6:30 pm lecture with John Lawrence

Bach: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903Schubert: Fantasie in C Major, D. 760 (Wanderer Fantasie)Chopin: Polonaise Fantasie, Op. 61Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

MANDEL HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Friday / November 2 / 7:30 PM**Christian McBride New Jawn

Christian McBride, bassJosh Evans, trumpetMarcus Strickland, saxophoneNasheet Waits, drums

**6:00 pm Chicago Stage at the Logan performance featuring the Constantine Alexander Quintet

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

 Sunday / November 11 / 3:00 PMCappella Pratensis

The Imitation Game: Emulation, Competition, and Homage at the Time of Josquin

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

 Friday / November 16 / 7:30 PMAlexander Fiterstein, clarinetwith Michael Brown, piano, Elena Urioste, violin, and Nicholas Canellakis, cello**6:30 pm lecture with Seth Brodsky

Weinberg: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 28

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Messiaen: Quartuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)

MANDEL HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

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Friday / November 30 / 7:30 PMJazzmeia Horn*

** 6:00 pm Chicago Stage at the Logan performance featuring Morgan Pirtle +3

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Friday / December 7 / 7:30 PMCCCC: Grossman Ensemble with Ben Bolter, conductor

Works by Sam Pluta, David Rakowski, Shulamit Ran, and **Tonia Ko

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$15 / $10 students

Sunday / December 9/ 3:00 PMTallis Scholars

A Renaissance Christmas: Works by Palestrina, Josquin, Byrd, and others

ROCKEFELLER CHAPEL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Friday / January 11/ 7:30 PMTrio Céleste**6:30 pm lecture with George Adams

Rachmaninoff: Trio Elégiaque No. 1Pierre Jalbert: Piano Trio No. 1Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50

MANDEL HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Sunday / January 13 / 3:00 PMBlack String***2:00 pm talk with Travis Jackson

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LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

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Friday / February 1 / 7:30 PMParker Quartetwith Richard O’Neill, viola, and Edward Arron, cello**6:30 pm lecture with Steven Rings

Strauss: String Sextet from Capriccio, Op. 85Janáček: Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata”Brahms: Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 26

MANDEL HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Friday / February 8 / 7:30 PMAn Intimate Evening with Sweet Honey in the Rock

**Personnel:Aisha KahlilCarol MaillardLouise RobinsonNitanju Bolade CaselRomeir Mendez, bassRochelle Rice

MANDEL HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Friday / February 15 / 7:30 PMMarquis Hill Blacktet

**Modern Flows II

**Personnel:Marquis Hill, trumpetJosh Johnson, alto saxophoneJoel Ross, vibraphoneJunius Paul, bassJonathan Pinson, drums

**6:00 pm Chicago Stage at the Logan performance featuring a group led by John Moore

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

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Thursday / February 21 / 7:30 PMSteven Isserlis, cello, and Robert Levin, fortepiano

Beethoven’s Complete Cello Sonatas **Part I12 Variations on “See the Conquering Hero Comes”Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in F Major, Op. 5, No. 1 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from The Magic Flute, Op. 66Sonata in F Major for Piano and Horn, Op. 17Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Friday / February 22 / 7:30 PMSteven Isserlis, cello, and Robert Levin, fortepiano**6:30 pm lecture with Berthold Hoeckner

Beethoven’s Complete Cello Sonatas **Part IISeven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen,” WoO 46Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2.Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Friday / March 15 / 7:30 PMCCCC: Grossman Ensemble with James Baker, conductor

Works by Rodrigo Bussad, Chen Yi, Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez, and Jack Hughes

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$15 / $10 students

Friday / April 5 / 7:30 PMThe Cookers

Billy Harper, tenor saxophoneEddie Henderson, trumpetDavid Weiss, trumpetDonald Harrison, alto saxophone

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George Cables, pianoCecil McBee, bassBilly Hart, drums

**6:00 pm Chicago Stage at the Logan performance featuring a group led by Larry Brown

$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Sunday / April 7 / 3:00 PMAtalante*** 2:00 pm lecture on Milton’s encounter with Italian music

Milton in Love: Music in the Eternal City

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Friday / April 12 / 7:30 PMPacifica Quartet**6:30 pm lecture with Lawrence Zbikowski

Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6David Dzubay: New work (world premiere)Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1

MANDEL HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Friday / April 26 / 7:30 PMRachel Barton Pine, violin and Jory Vinikour, harpsichord**6:30 pm lecture with Thomas Christensen

Bach: Sonata in B minor for Violin and HarpsichordBach: Partita in D minor for ViolinBach: Partita in D Major for HarpsichordBach: Sonata in E Major for Violin and Harpsichord

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

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Sunday / April 28 / 3:00 PMCSO Winds**6:30 pm lecture with Julianne Grasso

Strauss: Serenade in E-flat Major, Op. 7Strauss: Suite in B-flat Major, Op. 4Dvořák: Serenade in D minor, Op. 44

MANDEL HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Sunday / May 5 / 3:00 PMRahim AlHaj, oud**with Issa Malluf, percussion, Christian Dillingham, bass, and Kontras Quartet**2:00 pm talk with Philip Bohlman

Letters from Iraq

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

**Thursday / May 16 / 7:00 PMListening Session with Chris Potter

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALLFree – RSVPs requested

Friday / May 17 / 7:30 PMChris Potter Underground Orchestra

Imaginary Cities

**6:00 pm Chicago Stage at the Logan performance featuring Kurt Shelby’s Myldsawse

LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$38 / $20 under 35 / $10 students

Friday / June 7 / 7:30 PMCCCC: Grossman Ensemble with David Dzubay, conductor

Works by David Dzubay, Kate Soper, Steve Lehman, and Joungbum Lee

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LOGAN CENTER PERFORMANCE HALL$15 / $10 student

TICKETS

Subscription series, starting as low as $40, are available across five different series, offering patrons significant savings of 25% off single ticket prices. A full-season pass to all 26 concerts is available at a 30% savings. UChicago Presents extends University and staff discounts, first time subscriber and Under 35 discounts, youth tickets, and the opportunity to create your own series with a Pick 4– or Pick 6–concert flexible series option.

Ticket information and an order form are available online at chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/tickets/subscription. First time subscribers may order online at ticketsweb.uchicago.edu/subscriptions.

Single tickets go on sale Monday, August 20 and are available online at tickets.uchicago.edu. Patrons may also call 773.702.ARTS (2787) or visit the UChicago Arts Box Office at the Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street, Tues–Sat, 12–6pm.

CONCERT VENUESThis season, UChicago Presents holds concerts at the following locations:

Mandel Hall: 1131 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts: 915 East 60th Street,

Chicago, IL 60637 Rockefeller Memorial Chapel: 5850 South Woodlawn Avenue,

Chicago, IL 60637

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESENTS

Established in 1943, The University of Chicago Presents series brings extraordinary artists from around the world to Chicago. Artists engage with audiences, scholars, and students in dynamic live performances, educational and enrichment experiences, and community engagement activities through a diverse mix of chamber music and recitals, early, contemporary, jazz, and world music, including artist residencies, commissions, and premieres.

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