Tower, Walker, Milhaud & Tchaikovsky
CSO Sessions: Episodes • 03-Dec-2020
CSO musicians present a feast of music for chamber orchestra, opening with Joan Tower’s first Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, written for large brass ensemble and percussion and dedicated to conductor Marin Alsop. George Walker’s serene Lyric for Strings and Darius Milhaud’s musical homage to his homeland in the south of France round out a program that culminates in Tchaikovsky’s enchanting Serenade for Strings.
PROGRAM
TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1
WALKER Lyric for Strings
MILHAUD The Chimney of King René
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings
SPONSORS
Sponsorship support for CSO Sessions is generously provided by the Zell Family Foundation; an anonymous donor; Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund; JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation; the Julian Family Foundation, in honor of Cristina Rocca; Cynthia M. Sargent; Megan and Steve Shebik; Betty W. Smykal; TAWANI Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; ITW, and PNC.
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