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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to Present FRENCH VIRTUOSITY, 5/22

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The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will conclude the inaugural season of its critically-acclaimed three-year concert series and residency at the Harris Theater with French Virtuosity on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 7:30 pm.  Pianists Inon Barnatan & Juho Pohjonen; violinists Jessica Lee, Kristin Lee, & Elmar Oliveira; violist Beth Guterman; and cellist Andreas Brantelid will perform this exceptional all-French program that features the best known and most virtuosic works of France's most famous composers.  Saint-Saëns' timeless First Piano Trio and virtuosic First Violin Sonata, as well as Chausson's intensely passionate Concerto for Piano, Violin, and String Quartet, Op. 21 will be featured. 

Tickets, $25 - $50, are available at the Harris Theater box office located in Millennium Park at 205 E. Randolph Dr., by calling 312-334-7777 or by visiting www.harristheaterchicago.org.

This fall, the Grammy Award-winning ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock will join forces with the critically-acclaimed Sphinx Virtuosi and the internationally-renowned Chicago Children's Choir for an inspiring and uplifting performance featuring the newly-commissioned work Affirmations for a New World, a collaborative piece composed by Bill Banfield with lyrics by Ysaye M. Barnwell, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard, Louise Robinson, the members of Sweet Honey In The Rock.  

Co-commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC; the Minnesota Orchestra; and the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Affirmations for a New World will be premiered at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, April 13-14, 2012 by the National Symphony Orchestra.  The Minnesota Orchestra will next perform the work on April 21, 2012.

Composer Bill Banfield has rescored this newly-commissioned work specifically for the award-winning musicians of Sphinx Virtuosi and will conduct the work's premiere performance at the Harris Theater on Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 7:30 pm.  Further performance details, including ticket prices will be announced at a later date.

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