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CHANTICLEER
Taking its name a er the “clear-singing” rooster
in Chaucer’s
Canterbury Tales
, Chanticleer com-
prises male singers who cover the entire vocal
range, earning it an international reputation as
“an orchestra of voices” with a repertoire that
ranges from the Renaissance to jazz, gospel, and
new music. Founded in
and based out of
San Francisco, the chorus regularly gives a series
of concerts in the Bay Area, across the United
States, and on international tours, and its an-
nual Christmas concerts are also broadcast na-
tionwide on public radio. Chanticleer’s
–
season is its third under music director William
Fred Scott. In addition to tonight’s “ en and
ere, Here and Now” program, its season in-
cluded programs entitled “Heart of a Soldier,”
which featured new compositions by Mason
Bates and John Musto among songs about the
art of soldiering, the pageant of war, the ab-
surdity of battle, the loves le behind, and the
hope of peace, and “Saints Alive,” a celebration
of the chorus’s years performing early music,
especially music written for the missions of New
Spain. Since
Chanticleer has made dozens
of recordings, including the Grammy-winning
albums
Colors of Love
(
)—featuring works
by Augusta Read
omas, Steven Stucky, John
Tavener, and Bernard Rands—and
John Tavener:
Lamentations and Praises
(
). e ensemble
has commissioned over composers for new
works in its history—including from Mark Ada-
mo, Mason Bates, Stacy Garrop, Jake Heggie,
Stephen Paulus, and Shulamit Ran—and has
earned both the inaugural Dale Warland/Cho-
rus America Commissioning Award and the AS-
CAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous
Programming.
e group was named
Musical
America
’s Ensemble of the Year in
, and its
former director Joseph Jennings was conferred
Chorus America’s inaugural Brazeal Wayne
Dennard Award for his work with Chanticleer
in contributing to the African-American choral
tradition. Chanticleer is making its th appear-
ance at Ravinia, where it rst performed in
.
Eric Alatorre occupies
e Eric Alatorre Chair given by
Peggy Skornia. Brian Hinman occupies the Tenor Chair,
given by an anonymous donor. Gerrod Pagenkopf occupies
e Ning G. Mercer Chair for the Preservation of the Chan-
ticleer Legacy, given by Ning and Stephen Mercer.
8:00 PM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018
PAVILION
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
EMIL DE COU,
conductor
A STEVEN SPIELBERG Film
DEE WALLACE
PETER COYOTE
HENRY THOMAS as ELLIOTT
Music by
JOHN WILLIAMS
Written by
MELISSA MATHISON
Produced by
STEVEN SPIELBERG and KATHLEEN KENNEDY
Directed by
STEVEN SPIELBERG
A UNIVERSAL PICTURE
Tonight’s program is a presentation of the complete lm
E.T. e Extra-Terrestrial
with a live performance of the lm’s entire score, including music played by the orchestra
during the end credits. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members,
please remain seated until the conclusion of the credits.
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Available on Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
Ravinia expresses its appreciation for the generous support of
Program Sponsors
Elizabeth Crown and Bill Wallace, in loving memory of Catherine Crown Sanders,
and
Lori Ann Komisar and Morris Silverman
.
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