Symphonic Wind Ensemble: Love and Loss
When:
Friday, February 14, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CT
Where: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Bienen School of Music, 50 Arts Circle Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for students with valid ID.
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Robert Taylor, conductor; Imran Amarshi and Sheldon Frazier, doctoral assistant conductors; Philip Kleutgens, saxophone (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner)
The Symphonic Wind Ensemble’s Valentine’s Day concert explores themes of joy, love, and loss, with music by Xi Wang, Viet Cuong, and John Mackey.
Leonard Bernstein (trans. Clare Grundman), Overture to Candide
John Mackey, Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
Viet Cuong, Heart on Fire
Xi Wang, Winter Blossom
Richard Wagner (trans. Lucien Cailliet), “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” from Lohengrin