{"id":13759,"date":"2019-05-17T14:32:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?p=13759"},"modified":"2019-05-17T14:32:57","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T19:32:57","slug":"international-music-foundation-free-weekly-classical-music-summer-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?p=13759","title":{"rendered":"International Music Foundation – Free Weekly Classical Music Summer Series!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Free Weekly Classical Music Summer Series Returns for its 20th Season.<\/p>\n

The International Music Foundation<\/a> (IMF) is proud to present the 2019 season of Rush Hour Concerts. Beginning June 4 and continuing every Tuesday through August 13, join IMF for free weekly classical music performances at St. James Cathedral located at 65 East Huron Street. Doors open at 5:00PM, pre-concert conversations begin at 5:15PM and performances begin at 5:45PM.<\/p>\n

Rush Hour Concerts revamps the traditional classical music concert format by presenting short, high-quality chamber music performances in an intimate and informal setting. Each free half-hour concert is performed by world-class musicians from Chicago ensembles including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and numerous independent chamber music groups. Prior to each concert, audience members are invited to participate in a conversation with performers and composers led by Rush Hour Concerts Artistic Director Anthony Devroye.<\/p>\n

The lineup for the twentieth anniversary season of Rush Hour Concerts emphasizes music by female composers, along with an eclectic mix of repertoire favorites and hidden gems. Every program features women composers and\/or performers, with music ranging from the 16th to 21st century.<\/p>\n

The complete 2019 Rush Hour Concert schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n

JUNE<\/p>\n

June 4 \u00a0\u2013 Season Opener
\nBrahms: Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18
\nMusicians from the Chicago Symphony and Lyric Opera Orchestra:
\nStephanie Jeong, John Macfarlane, violin
\nCarol Cook, Anthony Devroye, viola
\nBrant Taylor, Calum Cook, cello<\/p>\n

June 11 \u2013 Daughters of the Muse
\nAleotti: Miserere and Exsurgat
\nJoan Tower: Copperwave
\nStacy Garrop: Legends of Olympus
\nTania Le\u00f3n: Saoko
\nGaudete Brass Quintet<\/p>\n

June 18 \u2013 From the Creative Lab
\nNina Shekhar: Ice \u2018n\u2019 Spice
\nViet Cuong: Electric Aroma
\nSarah Snider: You Are Free
\nHolly Harrison: Lobster Tales & Turtle Soup
\nEighth Blackbird<\/p>\n

June 25 \u2013 Audience Choice: Viola Century
\nErnest Bloch: Suite (1919)
\nRebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata (1919)
\nAnthony Devroye, viola
\nDaniel Schlosberg, piano<\/p>\n

JULY<\/p>\n

July 9 \u2013 Internal Connections
\nKotoka Suzuki: Minyo
\nSchubert: Quartet in A Minor \u201cRosamunde\u201d
\nSpektral Quartet<\/p>\n

July 16 \u2013 Lyric Shorts
\nRossini: The Barber of Seville (excerpts)
\nSingers from the Patrick G. and Shirley W Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago<\/p>\n

July 23 \u2013 Night and Day
\nChen Yi: Night Thoughts
\nBeethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat Op. 11
\nCivitas Ensemble<\/p>\n

July 30 \u2013 Sijo Poetry
\nKorean art song and music inspired by Sijo poetry
\nMusicians from the Sejong Society, in collaboration with the Poetry Foundation<\/p>\n

AUGUST<\/p>\n

August 6 \u2013 Art of the Quintet
\nJS Bach: Art of the Fugue (selections)
\nShostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
\nAvalon String Quartet
\nKuang-Hao Huang, piano<\/p>\n

August 13 \u2013 Season Finale: RHC @ 20
\nEnglish Choral Music from Six Centuries: Music of Purcell, Stanford, Britten, Judith Weir and Jonathan Dove
\nStephen Buzard, conductor
\nSt James Cathedral Choir<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Free Weekly Classical Music Summer Series Returns for its 20th Season. The International Music Foundation (IMF) is proud to present the 2019 season of Rush Hour Concerts. Beginning June 4 and continuing every Tuesday through August 13, join IMF for free weekly classical music performances at St. James Cathedral located at 65 East Huron […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}