Chicago Philharmonic 2018-2019 Spring

4 2018-2019 SEASON | THE CHICAGO PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY 2018 2019 HEROES & LEGENDS Chicago Philharmonic Festival: Poland 2018 Celebrating Chicago’s rich cultural history, The Chicago Philharmonic Society is proud to announce its first-ever international classical music festival, joining in the worldwide celebration of 100 years of Polish independence. The Silesian Quartet Wednesday, November 7 2018, 7:30pm Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago Szymanowski String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56 Bacewicz String Quartet No. 4 Górecki String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62 (“Already it is dusk”) Penderecki String Quartet No. 3 (“Leaves of an Unwritten Diary”) Internationally renowned string ensemble The Silesian Quartet, winners of the 2017 Gramophone Classical Music Award, present an evening of powerful works from four famous Polish composers - gifted woman composer Grazyna Bacewicz, acclaimed living composer Penderecki, and Górecki and Szymanowski, whose featured compositions were both inspired by the folk traditions of the south of Poland. Piotr Orzechowski, Jazz Piano Friday, November 9 2018, 8:00pm Polish Museum of America, Chicago Orzechowski 24 Preludes and Improvisations Following the 2017 album release of the same name, “Pianohooligan” Piotr Orzechowski brings his 24 Preludes and Improvisations for the first time to Chicago. Inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Montreux Jazz Festival 1 st Prize Winner Orzechowski juxtaposes the traditions of music against the power of improvisation with his extraordinary talent and passion. e Silesian Quartet, Photo by Magdalena Jodłowska Piotr Orzechowski, Photo by Adam Golec Andrzej Białko, Organ Thursday, November 8 2018, 7:30pm St. John Cantius Church, Chicago Liszt Prelude and Fugue on B-A-C-H Anonymous from the Tablature of Jan of Lublin Salve Regina Surzy ń ski Elegy in F Sharp Minor, Op. 30 Willan Five Preludes on Plainchant Melodies Nowowiejski Polish Phantasy “Christmas Eve on Wawel Hill” Op. 9, No. 1 Łukaszewski Icon Eben “God’s Reward” from Job Kraków born organist Andrzej Białko, professor at the Academy of Music in Kraków, presents an evening of organ music from both popular and lesser-known composers including highly decorated Polish composers Nowowiejski, Łukaszewski and Surzy ń ski. Also featured in the program are works from Franz Liszt, English-Canadian Healy Willan and Czech Petr Eben. Andrzej Białko ·