The fabulous bassist Edgar Meyer will be in Chicago for an event-packed weekend of bass festivities later this month. If you’re in the greater Chicago area or can swing a trip up to the Windy City, this would be a great opportunity to check out one of the greatest bassists active today.
Bassist Kirsten Paige sent me the following details about these events. I’ll be at the concert on the 24th–if you make it to the event, be sure to say hi!
The University of Chicago Department of Music and Chicago Presents, the University’s performance series, would like to announce that Edgar Meyer will be at the University of Chicago this month for the following events:
April 22, 7:30-10:00 at Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club – Open Rehearsal for 4/25 concert
April 23, Time and Location TBA – Masterclass with Edgar Meyer
Andrew Harmon, University of Chicago Booth School of Business – Koussevitzsky, Concerto, mvt. 1
Kirsten Paige, University of Chicago, Undergraduate, 2011 – Bottesini, Concerto Nr. 1, mvt. 1
(Roger Moseley, University of Chicago Harper Postdoctoral Fellow in Music – piano accompanist)
April 23, 7:30-10:00 at Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club – Open Rehearsal for 4/25 concert
April 24, 7:30-9:00 at Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club – Recital with Amy Dorfman
Program:
Haydn: Divertimento in D major (arr. Piatigorsky)Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D. 821, “Arpeggione”Edgar Meyer: CanonEdgar Meyer: The Great Green Sea SnakeJ.S. Bach: Unaccompanied Suite No. 1, BWV 1007Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, op. 83Bottesini: Fantasia Cerrito
Tickets: $32 general/$5 students
April 25, 8:00 at Mandel Hall, Reynolds Club – Concert with the University Symphony
Brahms, Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Bottesini, Concerto Nr. 2
Meyer, Concerto Nr. 1
Tickets: $15 general/$5 students
More information here:
http://chicagopresents.uchicago.edu/series/edgarmeyer/
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Thanks for the concert info. I’m a fan of the bass and many of my colleagues that travel to the States want this type of information.
My program in Chicago soon is Cirque Du Soleil Banana Shpeel show coming to the Chicago Theatre
Oh that’s great! Any discounts available for the tickets?