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Concerts & Music Programs

  • Join us for a wide variety of concerts and musical events, including the Fine Arts Fall series on Sundays at 2 pm, and our popular Parisian Salon Concerts on the first Friday of every month at 7:30 pm.

  • Chicago Trombone Quartet
    Sun, 02/05/2012 - 2:00pm
    Third floor

    The Chicago Trombone Quartet will perform works by Bach, Telemann and Gabrieli as part of our Concerts on 3 series.

    Program:

    Achieved is the Glorious Work, from The Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn

    Ricercare del duodecimi tono by Andrea Gabrieli

    Morgenmusik by Paul Hindemith

    Sonata for four trombones by Daniel Speer

    Doppelfuge by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

    It's Only a Paper Moon by Harold Arlen

    Scarborough Fair

    Shadow of Your Smile by Johnny Mandel

    It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't That Swing by Duke Ellington & Irving Mills

    This winter concert series will brighten the cold winter days with classical performances every Sunday in February in the Multimedia Department on the 3rd floor. The location not only provides listeners with a more relaxed concert setting, but a spectacular winter view as well.

  • Guitarist Christopher Laughlin
    Sun, 02/12/2012 - 2:00pm
    Third Floor

    Guitarist Christopher Laughlin will perform works by Frescobaldi, Domeniconi and Rodrigo as part of our Concerts on 3 series.

    This winter concert series will brighten the cold winter days with classical performances every Sunday in February in the Multimedia Department on the 3rd floor. The location not only provides listeners with a more relaxed concert setting, but a spectacular winter view as well.

  • Jazz Film Forum
    Tue, 02/14/2012 - 1:00pm
    Auditorium

    Honoring Black History month, the Jazz Film Forum will focus on performances featuring African American jazz greats.

    Performances include Don Redman and his Orchestra from 1934, classic Cab Calloway performances from the '40s including "Minnie the Moocher" and "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" featuring Jonah Jones, Count Basie's Big Band from the '50s performing hits like "April in Paris", plus performances by Sidney Bechet, Henry "Red" Allen, Herb Jeffries, Duke Ellington, plus the Incomperable Louis Jordan short "Caldonia" featuring Louis and his Tympany Five from 1945.

  • Jazz Film Forum
    Tue, 02/14/2012 - 7:30pm
    Auditorium

    Honoring Black History month, the Jazz Film Forum will focus on performances featuring African American jazz greats.

    Performances include Don Redman and his Orchestra from 1934, classic Cab Calloway performances from the '40s including "Minnie the Moocher" and "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" featuring Jonah Jones, Count Basie's Big Band from the '50s performing hits like "April in Paris", plus performances by Sidney Bechet, Henry "Red" Allen, Herb Jeffries, Duke Ellington, plus the Incomperable Louis Jordan short "Caldonia" featuring Louis and his Tympany Five from 1945.

  • Calumet Chamber Musicians
    Sun, 02/19/2012 - 2:00pm
    Third Floor

    The Calumet Chamber Musicians will perform works by Telemann, Muczynski, Dring, Gaubert, Perilhou, and Pepusch as part of our Concerts on 3 series.

    This winter concert series will brighten the cold winter days with classical performances every Sunday in February in the Multimedia Department on the 3rd floor. The location not only provides listeners with a more relaxed concert setting, but a spectacular winter view as well.

  • Opera Lecture: Rinaldo
    Sun, 02/26/2012 - 2:00pm
    Auditorium

    A lecture on Rinaldo by Handel including composer information, story insights, music history, and musical highlights will be presented by Karen Jared of the Lyric Opera Lecture Corps.

  • Vienna Waltz Ensemble
    Sun, 02/26/2012 - 2:00pm
    Third Floor

    The Vienna Waltz Ensemble will perform as part of our Concerts on 3 series. Their program will include dances by Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Johann Strauss Jr., Johann Strauss Sr., Gioachino Rossini, Michael Pamer, and other equally delightful but lesser known composers.

    This winter concert series will brighten the cold winter days with classical performances every Sunday in February in the Multimedia Department on the 3rd floor. The location not only provides listeners with a more relaxed concert setting, but a spectacular winter view as well.

  • Salon Concert
    Fri, 03/02/2012 - 7:30pm
    Auditorium

    An evening of great music and delightful conversation with hosts Didier and Jane Lepauw.

  • 2 Pianos/4 Hands Concert
    Sun, 03/04/2012 - 2:00pm
    Auditorium

    Susan Merdinger and Irina Feoktistova will perform as part of our 2 Pianos/4 Hands concert series.

  • 2 Pianos/4 Hands Concert
    Sun, 03/11/2012 - 2:00pm
    Auditorium

    Adam Kromelow and Angelo Di Loreto play the music of Genesis on two pianos as part of our 2 Pianos/4 Hands concert series.

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Chicago Trombone Quartet

Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 2:00pm

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