2015/16 CONCERTS

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FOR FALL: BACH LOVERS (4 CONCERTS) Portrait of Shulamit Ran with Contempo/OCT 27Bach Collegium Japan/OCT 29 Arcanto Quartet/NOV 13 Kristian Bezuidenhout/NOV 20

ECLECTIC: FROM A TO Z (4 OR 6 CONCERTS) Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/OCT 16 Third Coast Percussion/FEB 5 Philip Glass/FEB 19 Jordi Savall/MAR 4The Assads/APR 17 Miguel Zenón/MAY 26

FOUR WITH FOUR: STRING QUARTETS (4 CONCERTS) Arcanto Quartet/NOV 13 Pacifica Quartet/JAN 17 Artemis Quartet/APR 8 Pacifica Quartet/APR 24

VOCAL-EASE (4 OR 6 CONCERTS) Cecile McLorin Salvant/OCT 23 Joanne Lunn with Bach Collegium Japan/OCT 29 Anonymous 4/DEC 20 Agata Zubel with Contempo/FEB 29 Grazyna Auguscik with Contempo/APR 16Zulal/MAY 6

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2015/16 CONCERTSWINTER/16 Sunday, January 17 / 3 PM Pacifica Quartet2 PM lecture with Pacifica Quartet

Schnittke: String Quartet No. 3Shostakovich: Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138Mendelssohn: Quartet in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL$30 / $5 students

Friday, January 22 / 7:30 PMMusicians from Marlboro with Anthony McGill, clarinet50th anniversary season tour 6:30 PM conversation with artists and Berthold Hoeckner

Beethoven: String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 3Penderecki: Clarinet QuartetBrahms: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115This concert is underwritten, in part, by a gift from Hanna Holborn Gray.MANDEL HALL$35 / $5 students

Friday, February 5 / 7:30 PMThird Coast PercussionThierry De Mey: Table MusicDonnacha Dennehy: Surface Tension (Chicago premiere)Steve Reich: SextetPost-concert discussion with artists and Donnacha DennehyINTERNATIONAL HOUSE$25 / $5 students

Friday, February 12 / 7:30 PM / Chicago DebutWarren Wolf and WolfpackLOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL$35 / $5 students

PHILIP GLASS RESIDENCY Wednesday, February 17 / 7 PM Philip Glass Film Screening, Mishima (1985), and Discussion LOGAN CENTER/FREE RSVP at tickets.uchicago.edu

Thursday, February 18 / 6–7:30 PMA Public Conversation with Philip Glass on Artistic CollaborationLOGAN CENTER/FREE RSVP at tickets.uchicago.edu

Friday, February 19 / 7:30 PM Philip Glass, with Timo Andres, Aaron Diehl, Lisa Kaplan, Maki NamekawaThe Complete Piano EtudesMANDEL HALL $35 / $5 students

Monday, February 29 / 7:30 PMContempo: Focus on Europe with eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet, Agata Zubel, vocalist, and Tadeusz Wielecki, double bass6:30 PM panel discussion with Seth Brodsky and composers

Agata Zubel: Not ITadeusz Wielecki: The Thread Is SpinningChristophe Bertrand: MadrigalMarta Ptaszynska: MosaicsHelmut Lachenmann: String Quartet No. 3, GridoLOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL$25 / $5 students

Friday, March 4 / 7:30 PMJordi Savall, violsFrank McGuire, bodhrán6:30 PM lecture with Robert Kendrick

The English & Celtic Viol: At the Court and ExileMANDEL HALL$35 / $5 students

SPRING/16Friday, April 1 / 7:30 PM / Chicago DebutDorothée Oberlinger, recorderFlorian Birsak, harpsichordMarco Testori, baroque cello6:30 PM lecture with Robert Kendrick

Flauto VenezianoLOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL$35 / $5 students

Friday, April 8 / 7:30 PM / Chicago DebutArtemis Quartet6:30 PM lecture with Abigail Fine

Schubert: Quartettsatz in C minor, D. 703Bartók: Quartet No. 6Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, RazumovskyMANDEL HALL$35 / $5 students

Saturday, April 16 / 7:30 PMContempo-Jazz Double Bill6:30 PM panel with Jaroslaw Kapuscinski, Marek Choloniewski, and artist Julie Rafalski

Jaroslaw Kapuscinski: Mondrian Variations; Oli’s Dream; JuicyMarek Choloniewski: WavesJazz Set with Grazyna Auguscik, vocals; Maniacal 4 Trombone Quartet; Jarek Bester, accordion; Matt Ulery, bassLOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL$25 / $5 students

Sunday, April 17 / 3 PMSérgio, Odair, and Clarice AssadGuitars, piano, and vocals 2 PM lecture with Lawrence Zbikowski

Memories of RioMANDEL HALL$35 / $5 students

Sunday, April 24 / 3 PMPacifica Quartet2 PM lecture with Patrick Fitzgibbon

Mozart: Quartet in G Major, K. 387Shostakovich: Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122Beethoven: Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131LOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL$30 / $5 students

Friday, April 29 / 7:30 PM / Chicago DebutDion Parson and the 21st Century BandLOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL$35 / $5 students

Friday, May 6 / 7:30 PMZulal (Armenian vocal trio)Seven SpringsLOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL$25 / $5 students

Friday, May 13 / 7:30 PMContempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today ICliff Colnot, conductor, eighth blackbird, Pacifica QuartetWorks by Jack Hughes, Joungbum Lee, Pierce Gradone, and Katherine PukinskisROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL CHAPELFree admission

Friday, May 20 / 7:30 PMContempo: Tomorrow’s Music Today IICliff Colnot, conductor, eighth blackbird, Pacifica QuartetWorks by Alican Çamci, Igor Santos, Tomás Gueglio Saccone, and Phil TaylorLOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALLFree admission

MIGUEL ZENÓN RESIDENCY Tuesday, May 24 / 7 PMAn exploration of jazz and Afro-Puerto Rican music with Miguel ZenónSEGUNDO RUIZ BELVIS CULTURAL CENTER, 4048 W. Armitage/FREE

Wednesday, May 25 / 7:30–8:30 PMListening session with Miguel Zenón in partnership with Hyde Park Jazz FestivalLOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE PENTHOUSE/FREE

Thursday, May 26 / 7:30 PM Miguel Zenón Quartet and “Identities” Big BandIdentities Are ChangeableLOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL$35 / $5 students

FALL/15 Friday, October 16 / 7:30 PMAcademy of St. Martin in the Fields chamber ensemble6:30 PM lecture with Woo-Chan Lee

Mozart: Divertimento in D Major, K. 136/125aStrauss: Till Eulenspiegel einmal anders! (arr. Franz Hasenöhrl)Schubert: Octet in F Major for winds and strings, D. 803MANDEL HALL$35 / $5 students

Sunday, October 18 / 3 PM Pacifica Quartet with Paul Lewis, piano2 PM lecture with Dan Wang

Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1, Metamorphoses nocturnesBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major (a quattro), K. 414LOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL$30 / $5 students

Friday, October 23 / 7:30 PMJulie and Parker Hall Annual Jazz Concert Cécile McLorin Salvant LOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL $35 / $5 students

Tuesday, October 27 / 7:30 PMContempo: Shulamit Ran Portrait with eighth blackbird, Pacifica Quartet, and Julia Bentley, mezzo-sopranoO The ChimneysVerticalsLyre of OrpheusMirageBach ShardsLOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL $25 / $5 students

Thursday, October 29 / 7:30 PMBach Collegium JapanJoanne Lunn, sopranoMasaaki Suzuki, conductor/harpsichordJ.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047Vivaldi: Concerto in C Major for Recorder, Strings, and Continuo, RV 443Handel: Gloria in B-flat Major, HWV deestVivaldi: Oboe Concerto in C Major, RV 450J.S. Bach: Cantata Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51ROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL CHAPEL$35 / $5 students

Thursday, November 5 / 7:30 PMBilly Childs Quintet with Becca Stevens, Alicia Olatuja, and Spektral Quartet6:30 PM conversation with Billy Childs and Travis Jackson

Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura NyroLOGAN CENTER/PERFORMANCE HALL$35 / $5 students

Friday, November 13 / 7:30 PM / Chicago DebutArcanto Quartet6:30 PM lecture with Zach Loeffler

J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue (selections)Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1Smetana: String Quartet No. 1, From My LifeMANDEL HALL$35 / $5 students

Friday, November 20 / 7:30 PM Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano6:30 PM lecture with Robert Kendrick

C.P.E. Bach: Rondo in C minor, Wq. 59/4Mozart: Suite in C Major, K. 399Mozart: Menuet in D Major, K. 355Mozart: Gigue in C Major, K. 574C.P.E. Bach: Sonata in E minor, Wq. 59/5, Kenner und LiebhaberMozart: Rondo in A minor, K. 511Mozart: Fantasie in C minor, K. 475Mozart: Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 333LOGAN CENTER / PERFORMANCE HALL$35 / $5 students

Sunday, December 20 / 4 PM Anonymous 4Final performance of the farewell tour!The Last NoelROCKEFELLER MEMORIAL CHAPEL$35 / $5 students

Arcanto Quartet. Photo by Marco Borggreve

Jordi Savall. Photo by Teresa Lordes

Anonymous 4. Photo by Christian Steiner

Philip Glass. Photo by James Ewing

Miguel Zenón. Photo by Daniel Sheehan

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ON THE COVER: Philip Glass, who will be on campus as a Presidential Arts Fellow in 2016. His residency will include a concert with UChicago Presents.

Photo by Raymond Meier.

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