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Lyric Opera of Chicago
Wed., Nov. 19, 7 p.m., Sat., Nov. 22, 7 p.m., Tue., Nov. 25, 7 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 30, 2 p.m.
312-332-2244Classical
Alan Berg's Lulu; Sir Andrew Davis, conductor.
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Fri., Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m., Sun., Nov. 23, 2 p.m., Wed., Nov. 26, 2 p.m., Sat., Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m., Wed., Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m., Fri., Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., Sat., Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., Tue., Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m., Fri., Dec. 12, 7:30 p.m., Mon., Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m., Tue., Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m., Thu., Dec. 18, 2 p.m. and Fri., Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m. 312-332-2244Classical
George & Ira Gershwin and DuBose & Dorothy Heyward's Porgy and Bess; John DeMain, conductor.
Apollo Trio, Matthew Coley & Christopher Riggs, Tiny Mahler Orchestra
Wed., Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. and Thu., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. 312-427-6267Classical
Part of the Sonic Inertia concert series (Ewazen, Morag, Debussy, Berlioz).
Baroque Band
Wed., Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. 312-294-3000Classical
"The Temple of Apollo" (Bononcini, Festing, Erskine, Oswald).
Baroque Band
Thu., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. 847-905-1500Classical
"The Temple of Apollo" (Bononcini, Festing, Erskine, Oswald).
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thu., Nov. 20, 8 p.m., Fri., Nov. 21, 8 p.m., Sat., Nov. 22, 8 p.m. and Tue., Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m. 312-294-3000Classical
Featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus; Bernard Haitink, conductor (Mahler).
Fernando Cruz, Nemanja Ospijic, Yeon Ji Yun
Thu., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. 312-335-1996Classical
(Albeniz, Turina, Falla).
International Contemporary Ensemble
Thu., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. 847-467-4000Classical, Experimental Concerts
Last fall Lee Hyla, one of the country’s most curious and broad-minded contemporary composers, was named the Harry N. and Ruth F. Wyatt Chair in Music Composition and Theory at Northwestern, and his presence in town has created an uptick in local performances of his work. Perhaps his most enthusiastic champion has been the International Contemporary Ensemble, a daring new-music collective currently in residence at Northwestern. This ICE program features works by four members of the school’s faculty—Hyla, Jason Eckardt, Jay Alan Yim, and Hans Thomalla—including Hyla’s Amnesia Variance (1989). A tightly coiled piece for violin, viola, cello, clarinet, piano, and hammered dulcimer, it uses the dry, brittle tones of the dulcimer to create an agitated overlay that cranks up the tension in the richly colored, abruptly shifting figures played by the other instruments. On Sunday, November 30, at the Chicago Cultural Center, Dal Niente will perform Hyla’s Amnesia Redux (2002). —Peter Margasak $7, $4 for students
