2008-09 concert series
Join the Callisto Ensemble when it unveils its new home as well as new music from Britain at the opening night of its British-themed 2008-09 concert season. Callisto's four-concert series, entitled “The British Invasion,” features eight Chicago premieres and one world premiere of music by living British composers alongside international “classics” from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Callisto’s new concert venue, overlooking the Art Institute of Chicago and Lake Michigan, is the acoustically engineered salon of Darnton & Hersh Fine Violins, in the Stradivari Music & Arts Center, 30 East Adams Street, Suite 1200 (12th floor). The intimate setting allows members of the group to provide oral "program notes" at each concert in an informal, conversational style, sharing information about the composers and their music as well as the musicians' own excitement about and passion for the works they will premiere.
The Callisto Ensemble looks forward to welcoming you to their new home!
- Monday, October 27, 2008—7:30 pm
- Rubbra: Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn, "O Quando in Cruce" for solo viola
- Peter Maxwell Davies: Lullaby for Violin and Cello Duet
- Robert Mann: Invocation for Violin and Viola
- Mozart: Quintet in C Major K.516
- Guest: Laurence Newman, viola
- Monday, December 8, 2008—7:30 pm
- David Matthews: Winter Journey for solo violin
- Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7
- John Tavener: Chant for Solo Cello
- Martinu: String Trio No. 1
- Monday, February 16, 2009—7:30 pm
- Simon Holt: Mantis, for solo viola World Premiere
- Simon Holt: Two Movements for String Quartet
- Ross Lee Finney: Variations on a Theme by Alban Berg for solo piano
- Brahms: Piano Quartet in C minor
- Guests: Simon Holt, composer and Ieva Jokubaviciute, piano
- Monday, April 13, 2009—7:30 pm
- Anthony Cheung : Piano Trio C2 World Premiere
- William Alwyn: Sonata Impromptu for violin and viola
- Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 3
- Guest: Paul Hersh, piano