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Sound Collaboration: ESO String Quartet & GBPL

Commemorate Violins of Hope & Upcoming Exhibits/Events
2023-09-13 18:30:00 2023-09-13 20:00:00 America/Chicago Sound Collaboration: ESO String Quartet & GBPL Join the ESO String Quartet in concert commemorating the extraordinary Violins of Hope exhibit. Learn about exciting new exhibits and events coming soon to the library and symphony. Please register. Main Library - Meadows Community Rooms ABC

Wednesday, September 13
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-09-13 18:30:00 2023-09-13 20:00:00 America/Chicago Sound Collaboration: ESO String Quartet & GBPL Join the ESO String Quartet in concert commemorating the extraordinary Violins of Hope exhibit. Learn about exciting new exhibits and events coming soon to the library and symphony. Please register. Main Library - Meadows Community Rooms ABC

Main Library

Meadows Community Rooms ABC

Join the ESO String Quartet in concert commemorating the extraordinary Violins of Hope exhibit. Learn about exciting new exhibits and events coming soon to the library and symphony. Please register.

Join the ESO String Quartet in concert commemorating the extraordinary Violins of Hope exhibit. Learn about exciting new exhibits and events coming soon to the library and symphony. Please register.

Program:

Lullaby, George Gershwin 

String Quartet No. 1 Op. 12, Felix Mendelssohn
I. Adagio non troppo – Allegro non tardante 

String Quartet No. 2 “Company”, Philip Glass

Selections from the Great American Songbook:
Begin the Beguine, Cole Porter 
The Way You Look Tonight, Jerome Kern
Cheek to Cheek, Irving Berlin 
Over the Rainbow, Harold Arlen 
Edelweiss, Rodgers & Hammerstein 

West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein
I Feel Pretty 
Somewhere 
America 

In the Mountains, Ernst Bloch
I. Dusk 

Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout, Gabriela Lena Frank
Coqueteos 

Violins of Hope was made possible through generous gifts from the Seigle Family Foundation, the Palmer Foundation, and the Jewish Community Center of Chicago. Programs were created and presented through The Elgin Collaborative of community partners: Chamber Music On The Fox, Congregation Kneseth Israel, Elgin History Museum, Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Gail Borden Public Library, Hemmens Cultural Center/City of Elgin, PACE, and U-46.

AGE GROUP: | Middle School | High School | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Music & Performances |

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