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8:00 PM MONDAY, JULY 23, 2018
PAVILION
CELEBRATING LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MARIN ALSOP,
conductor
MAKOTO OZONE,
piano
†
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring
GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue
Makoto Ozone
–Intermission–
STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring
Part One: The Adoration of the Earth
Introduction
Harbingers of Spring: Dance of the Adolescents
Abduction
Spring Rounds
Games of the Rival Towns
The Procession of the Wise Man
Dance of the Earth
Part Two: The Sacrifice
Introduction
Mysterious Circles of the Adolescents
Glorification of the Chosen One
Evocation of the Ancestors
Ritual of the Ancestors
The Sacrificial Dance of the Chosen One
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Ravinia debut
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KIT POLEN,
double bass
Bassist Kit Polen performs regularly with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Sym-
phony Orchestra, and Chicago Philharmonic.
He currently holds positions with the Quad
City Symphony Orchestra, Rockford Sympho-
ny Orchestra, and has been appointed Principal
Bass in the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra for
the 2018–19 season. As a chamber musician, he
has performed with such ensembles as Cam-
erata Chicago, Chai Collaborative Ensemble,
and Orchestra Iowa. Equally comfortable out-
side the traditional symphonic setting, Polen
has collaborated with the CSO’s MusicNOW
series and the Chicago Composer’s Orchestra,
and he has also been a part of multiple Gram-
my-nominated R&B recordings. Polen has been
based in Chicago since 2011, when he joined the
Civic Orchestra of Chicago as Assistant Princi-
pal Bass. Prior to moving to Chicago, he earned
his Master of Music from Indiana University
and his Bachelor of Music from the University
of North Carolina–Greensboro, near his home-
town of Hickory, NC. He has spent summers
studying and performing at multiple festivals,
including Aspen Music Festival, Chautauqua
Music Festival, and Brevard Music Festival. His
most influential teachers and mentors include
Bruce Bransby, Lawrence Hurst, Craig Brown,
Andrew Raciti, and Alexander Hanna.
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