2011-2012 SEASON

Five Sundays in Hyde Park
Five Tuesdays in the Gold Coast

Join The Chicago Ensemble for its 35th season of eclectic classical chamber music performances,  featuring Gerald Rizzer, artistic director/piano, and leading Chicago artists. Every concert includes an intimate setting, complimentary reception and informal spoken program notes, providing the perfect chamber music experience.

Not sure of your schedule? Tickets are good for any concert, whenever and wherever you want to experience The Chicago Ensemble.

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PIANO TRIOS FROM MOZART TO WHEELER

3 pm, Sunday, October 9, International House

7:30 pm, Tuesday, October 11, Fourth Presbyterian Church

Mathias Tacke, violin • Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano

W. A. Mozart: Trio in Bb Major, K. 502, for violin, cello and piano (21.5')

A. Copland: Vitebsk: Study on a Jewish Theme (1929), for violin, cello and piano (11.5')

Scott Wheeler: Trio No. 2 (Camera Dances) (1996, rev. 1999), for violin, cello and piano    (14')                                           
*Winner, Discover America VII Competition

L. van Beethoven: Trio No. 6 in Eb Major, op. 70 no. 2, for violin, cello and piano (30') 

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JET WHISTLE: DUETS & TRIOS

7:30 pm, Tuesday, November 29, Fourth Presbyterian Church

3 pm, Sunday, December 4, International House

Susan Levitin, flute • Paul Vanderwerf, viola • Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano

J. S. Bach: Trio-Sonata in G Major, BWV 1039 (12.5')    

Aaron Copland: Duo (1971) (14')                  

Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in Eb Major, op. 120 no. 2 (20')   
Albert Roussel: Trio, op. 40 (1929) (14.5')

Paul Hindemith: Duet (1934) (4')

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Assobio a Jato (Jet Whistle) (1950) (8')

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CROWS & CONTRASTS with CLARINET

3 pm, Sunday, February 12, International House

7:30 pm, Tuesday, February 14, Fourth Presbyterian Church

Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet • Mathias Tacke, violin • Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano

Ingolf Dahl: Concerto a Tre (1947), for clarinet, violin and cello (18.5')

Johannes Brahms: Trio in A Minor, op. 114, for clarinet, cello and piano (22.5')

Alexandra Gardner: Crows (1998), for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (18.5')

Béla Bartók: Contrasts (1938), for clarinet, violin and piano (20')

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QUARTET PHANTASIES

7:30 pm, Tuesday, April 10, Fourth Presbyterian Church

3 pm, Sunday, April 15, International House

Ricardo Castañeda, oboe • Stephen Boe, violin • Paul Vanderwerf, viola •Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano

W. A. Mozart: Quartet in F Major, K. 370, for oboe, violin, viola and cello (14')

Bohuslav Martinů: Quartet No. 1 (1942), for violin, viola, cello and piano (26')

Benjamin Britten: Phantasy Quartet, op. 2 (1932), for oboe, violin, viola and cello (13.5')

Ernest Chausson: Quartet in A Major, op. 30, for violin, viola, cello and piano (38.5')

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MERCILESS BEAUTY & OTHER SONGS

7:30 pm, Tuesday, May 29, Fourth Presbyterian Church

11:45 am*, Sunday, June 3, International House

*The regularly scheduled pre-concert reception will be a brunch buffet starting at 11:00 am, with a slightly longer intermission in celebration of the International House 80th Anniversary.

Michelle Areyzaga • Stephen Boe, violin • Mathias Tacke, violin   Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano

Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantata: Già lusingato appieno, for soprano, two violins, cello and piano (15')

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata, op. 56 (1932), for two violins (14')

Henri Duparc: Selected Songs, for soprano and piano (12')

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Merciless Beauty, for soprano, two violins and cello (7')

Dan Tucker: Selected Spanish Songs, for soprano and piano (10')

Alberto Ginastera: Pampeano No. 2, op. 21 (1950), for cello and piano (9')

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Venues

All venues are handicap-accessible.

International House
at the University of Chicago
1414 E. 59th Street, Chicago (between Dorchester and Blackstone)
Free parking is available on the streets surrounding the facility.
Metra Electric Line: One block west of the 59th Street stop.
CTA bus: Take either the #6 Jackson Park Express or #28 Stony Island Express from downtown State Street to 59th Street, then walk two blocks west.

MAP AND DIRECTIONS

Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E. Chestnut Street (at Michigan Avenue)
Parking is available at 900 N. Michigan Avenue (entrances on Rush Street and Delaware), $6/three hours with ticket validation at church reception.
CTA: Take the “El” Red Line to Chicago Avenue, then walk three blocks east/two blocks north, or take bus #10, #143, #144, #145, #146, #147 or #151.

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Pianoforte Salon

Suite 825, Fine Arts Building

410 S. Michigan Avenue

Several paid parking lots and
garages are available on S. Wabash and nearby streets. The Grant Park South garage is accessible on both northbound and southbound Michigan
Avenue. Park on the south end of the garage, by the Van Buren Street pedestrian exit.

CTA:Take the "El" Red Line to Jackson Avenue, then walk three blocks east/1.5 blocks south, or take bus #3, #4, #26, #145, #146 or #147 on Michigan Avenue.

MAP AND DIRECTIONS