2008-09 concert series
The Callisto Ensemble will present a four-concert series in downtown Chicago this season, with the first concert slated for October 27, 2008. All performances will take place in the intimate setting of Darnton & Hersh Fine Violins, located at in the new Stradivari Music & Arts Center, 30 East Adams Street, Suite 1200 (12th floor). More details about these concerts will be posted soon.
Last year's season:The Ensemble's 2007-08 season continued the Callisto mission of exploring a single living composer's chamber music output in depth alongside standard and less well-known masterpieces of the repertoire. Works of acclaimed composer Bernard Rands were featured along with works of Britten, Kodaly, Vieuxtemps, Brahms, Martinu, Shostakovich, Mozart, and Ravel. Throughout each concert, members of the Callisto Ensemble provided oral program notes, further strengthening the audience's connection with the music they heard.
- Monday, October 22, 2007—7:30 pm
- Bernard Rands: Walcott Songs for female voice and cello
- Benjamin Britten: Suite for unaccompanied cello
- Kodaly: Trio for two violins and viola
- Monday, January 7, 2008—7:30 pm
- Bernard Rands: String Quartet No. 3
- Hugh Aitken: Partita for solo violin
- Vieuxtemps: Capricio for solo viola
- Brahms: Quintet in F Major
- Monday, March 3, 2008—7:30 pm
- Bernard Rands: String Quartet No. 2
- Martinu: String Trio No. 1
- Shostakovich: Quartet No. 3
- Monday, May 12, 2008—7:30 pm
- Bernard Rands: Scherzi for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
- Mozart: Kegelstatt
- Ravel: Duo