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April 2023 Concert
Pulitzer Prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon created her opera Cold Mountain in 2015, setting it to the 1997 Civil War novel by fellow North Carolinian Charles Frazier. A consortium of orchestras including the Evanston Symphony has now commissioned an orchestral suite drawn from this opera, and its Illinois premiere will open this concert. The most popular concerto in the piano repertoire, the First Concerto of Peter Tchaikovsky, will provide the long-planned ESO debut of the Armenian-American virtuoso Kariné Poghosyan. Felix Mendelssohn’s music was banned by the Nazis due to his Jewish birth, but he actually converted to the Lutheran faith at age seven. His “Reformation” Symphony honors Martin Luther and culminates in a setting of “A Mighty Fortress is Our God.”
Program
Musical Insights Free Pre-Concert Preview the Friday before this concert.
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- Higdon
- Suite from Cold Mountain
— Illinois Premiere
- Tchaikovsky
- Piano Concerto No.1 in B Flat Minor
Kariné Poghosyan, piano
- Mendelssohn
- Symphony No. 5 in D Major “Reformation”
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
See map.
TICKETS
Buy TicketsAll tickets are assigned seating.
All patrons are required to be fully vaccinated, including a booster, and are required to show proof of vaccination (read more detail) to attend our 2022-23 subscription-series concerts. For the comfort and safety of everyone, masks also continue to be required for our performances. The ESO may make changes to vaccination/masking policies depending for future events.
Advance Sales
$34 Adult, $29 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student
Auxiliary Seating, $25
Unreserved balcony seating on side of the hall above the Orchestra: $25.
ADDITIONAL SEATING ADDED TO APRIL CONCERT
A limited number of unreserved seats are available
in the balcony above the stage at $25. See the
At the Door Sales
$39 Adult, $34 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student
Children Free
Children 12 and younger are admitted absolutely FREE, but must have an assigned seat.
Please call 847.864.8804 or email tickets@evanstonsymphony.org for all orders with
children’s tickets.
Soloist
Kariné Poghosyan, piano
Musical Insights
Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!
March 31, Friday, at 1:30 pm
Enhance your concert experience with a sneak preview — Composers come alive and their passions take center stage when ESO Maestro Lawrence Eckerling take you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behind the music.
Meet our soloist, Kariné Poghosyan, at Musical Insights. She and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling will explore the concert program in depth.
Friday, March 31 at 1:30 pm,
Merion's Crystal Ballroom at
529 Davis St, Evanston.
FREE and open to the public.
Please RSVP to 847-570-7815.
Light refreshments will be served and casual tours of apartments will be available after the program.