The Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s Listeners Club
Led by music historian Jim Kendros
At the Gail Borden Public Library
270 N. Grove Avenue, Elgin
Meeting Room #2
Have you:
Enjoyed the sound of Classical Music but don’t know much about it?
Ever felt unsure about how to listen to the music?
Wondered about the composers?
Now you can gain and broaden your understanding about orchestral music at the Gail Borden Public Library through the Elgin Symphony Orchestra's Listeners' Club.
Using the model of the familiar and ever-popular "book club," you are invited to prepare for each club meeting through recordings and related materials. Prepare as much or as little as you like. No matter your level of incoming knowledge, you are sure to learn much and enjoy the music even more.
Each meeting takes place on a Wednesday afternoon from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Wednesday, January 4
Classic 3
Forces of Nature: Water & Fire
Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major
Haydn: Symphony No. 9 in A major “Fire”
Stravinsky: The Firebird (1945 version)
Wednesday, January 25
Classic 4
My Passionate Valentine
Chabrier: Habanera
Bizet: Symphony No. 1 in C major
Turina: La Procesion del Rocio
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Ravel: Bolero
Wednesday, February 22
Classic 5
Two Titans and an Empress
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, op. 73 “Emperor”
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major
Wednesday, March 21
Classic 6
Headliners: Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Laredo
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 “Jupiter”
Wednesday April 25
Classic 7
One Thousand and One Nights
Franck: Le chasseur maudit
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 33
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, op. 35
For more information contact Wendy Evans at (847) 888-0404 or w.evans@elginsymphony.org.
