• An Evanston Symphony Christmas

    Sunday, December 8, 2013 — 3:00 pm

    Make sure your holiday season starts with the best holiday event in Evanston!

    Special rates for a family package of 2 adult tickets and 3 children’s tickets.

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  • Holiday Bazaar

    Sunday, December 8, 2013 — 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

    Come to the concert early (or stay after) to purchase unique gifts sold by artisans from the Homegrown Artists Guild and other local businesses.

     

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  • Our Next Series Concert
    Hungarian Connection

    Bartok

    Liszt

    Sibelius

    with Gleb Ivanov, piano

     

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2013–2014 CONCERT SERIES: CELEBRATE EVANSTON!

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Musical Insights

Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!

Enhance your concert experience with a sneak preview — Composers come alive and their passions take center stage when ESO General Manager David Ellis and ESO Maestro Lawrence Eckerling take you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behind the music.

Maestro Lawrence Eckerling and David Ellis will explore the concert program in depth.

North Shore Retirement Hotel
Friday, at 1:30 pm,
North Shore Retirement Hotel
1611 Chicago Avenue, Evanston.
FREE and open to the public.

New This Year

Holiday Bazaar!

This year we're featuring local artisans and other merchants with wonderful gift items for sale in conjunction with our holiday concert. Starting an hour before An Evanston Symphony Christmas concert at 2 p.m., and open during intermission as well as after the concert, the Bazaar takes place in the Michael Cafeteria steps from the auditorium at Evanston Township High School. Admission is free and open to the public.

A special Holiday Bazaar Exhibitors

This year we add yet another exciting feature — a festive Holiday Bazaar. Local artisans from Evanston’s Homegrown Artists and other local businesses will be selling Christmas gift items before and after the Concert — as well as during the Intermission. The Bazaar is conveniently located in the Michael Cafeteria at ETHS, and admission to the shopping area is free.

HOLIDAY BAZAAR EXHIBITORS

AnoMalY by Amy
Local handmade jewelry in a variety of medias

Art by Katian
Chinese brush paintings and notecards

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Spaces Available for Artist Vendors at Holiday Bazaar

This year’s Holiday Bazaar will be held at ETHS in conjuction with the Evanston Symphony Orchestra’s holiday concert on Sun., Dec. 8. The Holiday Bazaar will be open for shopping before, during and after the program. The Symphony projects to sell over 1,000 tickets to their program. Interested artists should contact Myra Gorman at 847-448-8045 or mgorman@cityofevanston.org. The artist vendor fee is $80 (includes one 8- ft. table and 2 chairs). Vendors will be accepted until Dec. 4.

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Symphony Soundbites

Welcome to the opening concert of the ESO’s 68th season, with its theme of Celebrate Evanston! Please see “Behind the Scenes” by Maestro Eckerling, which details how he arrived at the program for our “Evanston 150” opening concert, and explains the origin of the Evanston Fanfare by Mark Gresham.

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Musical Parody in Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals

The French composer Camille Saint-Saëns created his famous Carnival of the Animals in 1886 as a humorous work for his students at École Niedermeyer. Carnival of the Animals was only performed privately during Saint-Saëns’ lifetime and published posthumously because he did not regard it as a serious work. The original score requires 11 instruments and the work’s 14 movements represent different animals, including piano students!

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