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Hess Concerts | Pianist Leah Kang performs music by Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Marguerite Canal, and Takashi Yoshimatsu. Program: Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) - Mélancolie, FP 105 (1940) (6’) Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) - Valses nobles et sentimentales (1911) (15’) I. Modéré – très franc II. Assez lent – avec une expression intense III. Modéré IV. Assez animé V. Presque lent – dans un sentiment intime VI. Vif VII. Moins vif VIII. Épilogue: lent Marguerite Canal (1890–1978) - Jeux de soleil sur les vagues from Esquisses méditerranéennes (1930) (4’) Takashi Yoshimatsu (1953) - Pleiades Dances IX, Op. 85 (2001) (14’) I. Supple Prelude II. Little Crystal Romance III. Waltz in Obtuse Angle IV. Lullaby in the Celestial Night V. Romance on a Parabola VI. Arabesque in Dream VII. Landscape of Finale For more information, visit https://classicalmusicchicago.org/

Hess Concerts | Pianist Leah Kang performs music by Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Marguerite Canal, and Takashi Yoshimatsu.

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Hess Concerts | Leah Kang, piano

Hess Concerts | Duo Sona, made up of harpists Eleanor Kirk and Phoebe Powell, performs music by Antonio Vivaldi, Maurice Ravel, and Mikhail Mchedelov. Program: Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), arr. Kathy Bundock Moore - Concerto in D Major, RV 93 (1730-31) (10’) Allegro Moderato Largo Allegro Maurice Ravel (1875-1937); arr. John B. Escosa and Caroline Lizotte - Ma Mere L’Oye (1910) (18’) Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant Petit Poucet Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête Le Jardin Féerique Mikhail Mchedelov (1903-1974), arr. M.L. Williams - Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1962) (10’) Allegro non troppo Moderato Allegro molto Allegro Comodo Andantino Presto Allegretto - scherzando Largo Moderato maestoso For more information, visit https://classicalmusicchicago.org/

Hess Concerts | Duo Sona, made up of harpists Eleanor Kirk and Phoebe Powell, performs music by Antonio Vivaldi, Maurice Ravel, and Mikhail Mchedelov.

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Hess Concerts | Duo Sona

Hess Concerts | Violinist Nathan Meltzer and pianist Umi Garrett perform music by Bach and Brahms. Program: J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - Sonata for Violin and Keyboard No. 6 in G Major, BWV 1019 (1717-23) (16’) I. Allegro II. Largo III. Allegro IV. Adagio V. Allegro Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3, Op. 108 (1886-88) (21’) I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Un poco presto e con sentimento IV. Presto agitato For more information, visit https://classicalmusicchicago.org/

Hess Concerts | Violinist Nathan Meltzer and pianist Umi Garrett perform music by Bach and Brahms.

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Hess Concerts | Nathan Meltzer, violin & Umi Garrett, piano

Hess Concerts | Poieses Quartet performs music by Kevin Lau and Johannes Brahms. PROGRAM: Kevin Lau (b. 1982) String Quartet No. 3 (2014) (14’) I. Gliding II. Winds of Change Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 (1873) (26’) I. Allegro II. Romanze. Poco adagio III. Allegretto molto moderato e comodo IV. Allegro For more information, visit https://classicalmusicchicago.org/

Hess Concerts | Poieses Quartet performs music by Kevin Lau and Johannes Brahms.

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Hess Concerts | Poiesis Quartet

Hess Concerts | Pianist Clayton Stephenson performs music by J.S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Gershwin, Art Tatum, and Hiromi Uehara. Program: J.S. Bach (1685–1750); arr. Dame Myra Hess - “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” BWV 147 (1723) (4’) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) - Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, op. 57 (“Appassionata”) (1806) (23’) Allegro assai Andante con moto Allegro ma non troppo George Gershwin (1898–1937); arr. Fazıl Say - “Summertime” Variations (5’) Art Tatum (1909–1956) - Tea for Two (1932) (3’) Hiromi Uehara (b. 1979) - The Tom and Jerry Show (3’) For more information, visit https://classicalmusicchicago.org

Hess Concerts | Pianist Clayton Stephenson performs music by J.S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Gershwin, Art Tatum, and Hiromi Uehara.

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Hess Concerts | Clayton Stephenson, piano

Hess Concerts | Ji in Yang, violin & Wayne Weng, piano perform music by Lili Boulanger, Nikolai Medtner, and Maurice Ravel. Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) - 2 Pieces for Violin and Piano (1911/1914) (5') I. Nocturne II. Cartège Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) - 3 Nocturnes, Op. 16 (1907) (15') I. Andante con moto, sempre legato II. Largamente III. Moderato Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Violin Sonata No. 2. (1923-27) (16') I. Allegretto II. Blues: Moderato III. Perpetuum mobile: Allegro For more information, visit https://classicalmusicchicago.org/

Hess Concerts | Ji in Yang, violin & Wayne Weng, piano perform music by Lili Boulanger, Nikolai Medtner, and Maurice Ravel.

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Hess Concerts | Ji in Yang, violin & Wayne Weng, piano

Hess Concerts | Violinist Seohyun Kim and pianist Ji Yung Lee perform music by Karol Szymanowski, Maurice Ravel, Carlos Simon, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Program: Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) - Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 9 (1904) (21') I. Allegro moderato II. Andantino tranquillo e dolce III. Finale. Allegro molto quasi presto Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Tzigane (1924) (10’) Carlos Simon (b.1986) - Between Worlds (2019) (5') Sergei Rachmaninoff (arr. F. Kreisler) (1873-1943) - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18 (1934) (3') For more information, visit classicalmusicchicago.org

Hess Concerts | Violinist Seohyun Kim and pianist Ji Yung Lee perform music by Karol Szymanowski, Maurice Ravel, Carlos Simon, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

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Hess Concerts | Seohyun Kim, violin and Ji Yung Lee, piano

Hess Concerts | Ziggy and Miles Johnston perform music on guitar by Claude Debussy, Katie Jenkins, Ken Murray, and Radames Gnattali. For more information, visit https://to.wfmt.com/48xK3Zx

Hess Concerts | Ziggy and Miles Johnston perform music on guitar by Claude Debussy, Katie Jenkins, Ken Murray, and Radames Gnattali.

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Hess Concerts | Ziggy and Miles Johnston Guitar Duo

Hess Concerts | Kodachrome Saxophone Quartet performs music live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago. For more information, visit https://to.wfmt.com/486Mx0x

Hess Concerts | Kodachrome Saxophone Quartet performs music live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

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Hess Concerts | Kodachrome Saxophone Quartet

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