LINCOLNWOOD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
CHICAGO CHOPIN SOCIETY
Saturday, September 2, 5:30PM
COPERNICUS CENTER
5216 W. LAWRENCE, CHICAGO IL 60630
LCO at Copernicus Center
Sir George Solti Memorial Festival, 2016
Philip Simmons, Music Director
The LCO returns to Taste of Polonia with a program of music of Poland and the Americas. Featuring the world premiere of “Divertimento” by Jaroslaw Golembiowski,
President of the Chicago Chopin Society.
Free admission with entrance ticket to
Taste of Polonia
Composer Jaroslaw Golembiowski
and Philip Simmons at Copernicus
CONCERT PROGRAM
Carmella Polka - Juventino Rosas
Polonaise from Quintet in G - John Frederick Peter
Andantino from String Quartet No. 2 - Jozef Elsner
Polonaise from String Serenade - Victor Herbert
Mazurka Op. 7 No. 3 - Fryderyk Chopin arr. Balakirev
Divertimento (world premiere) - Jaroslaw Golembiowski
Tatra Album - Ignacy Paderewski arr. Ilya Levinson
American Music Festivals promotES cultural exchange,
presenting concerts that celebrate diversity
and preserve orchestral heritage.
American Music Festivals reaches out to communities through orchestral concerts that bring people together to experience the fine arts and humanities. Promoting cultural exchange we embrace diversity, celebrating our differences and discovering what we share as human beings--moving forward a conversation about equity and inclusion.
American Music Festivals is committed to preserving and furthering orchestral heritage. Our music making has attracted an amazing team of musicians, community advocates, and outreach professionals to our cause. It has helped us build partnerships and professional relationships with organizations and individuals around the world. Our concerts tell a story that speaks to the power of music to move people, help change perspectives, and to challenge norms. American Music Festivals is excited to continue to help provide professional orchestral programming throughout the many communities that make up Chicagoland, and around the world.
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With Maestro Yuri Temirkonov, backstage at Chicago Symphony Center
Artistic Contributor Leonard Slatkin and Philip Simmons in Hawaii
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Sir Georg Solti Memorial Festival, April 2016
