2007-2008 Season Schedule

Romantic Companions

The Salt Creek Sinfonietta's regular five concert series appears below. Individual tickets are available at the door immediately before the concerts. Single tickets are $12.00 for adults, $10.00 for seniors and $5.00 for students age 21 and under. Season passes are available at the door or by mail (see below) for 45.00 for adults and $35.00 for seniors. Children under seven are free.

 

Sunday, September 16, 2007

3:00 PM  at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hinsdale

Brassy Opening

Orchestra Piece:

  • Adolf Weidig - Symphony in Eb (1890)

Featured Artists/Repertoire:

  •  Haydn - Concerto in Eb for Trumpet, HVIIe:1 (1796); Michael S Brozick, trumpet

  •  Hoffmeister - Viola Concerto in D major (c. late 18th cent.); John Nelson, viola

 

Sunday, November 11, 2007

3:00 PM  at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hinsdale

Beethoven Piano Concerto #4

Orchestra Pieces:

  •  Beethoven - Ruins of Athens Overture, op. 113 (1811)

  •  Gounod - Symphony #2 in Eb major (1856) 

Featured Artist/Repertoire:

  •  Beethoven - Concerto #4 in G major, op. 58 (1808); Sandra Carey, piano

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Special Time - 7:30 PM  at St. Lukes Lutheran Church

410 S. Rush ST.

Itasca, IL 60143

Family Christmas Concert

Our annual holiday concert featuring the Combined Church Choir of Itasca, the Combined Handbell Choir, and the Salt Creek Sinfonietta

A traditional Christmas concert, with sing-a-longs, choir, orchestra, handbell choir, and special kid’s selections. The concert is a fundraising event for area charities such as PADS, etc… To date, over $53,000 has been raised through past concerts.

Tickets at Itasca Libary and at the door. Prices for this concert are $9 for adults and $5 for children. Also note that season passes are not applicable for this concert.

Sunday, January 20,  2008

3:00 PM  at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hinsdale

Harp, the Wind Blows

Orchestra Pieces:

  •  Cherubini - Sinfonia in D (1815)

  •  Rossini - Italian in Algiers Overture (1813)

Featured Artists/Repertoire:

  •  Handel - Harp Concerto, op. 4 #6, Bb major, HWV294 (1736); Julie Barnes Spring, harp

  •  Weber - Concertino for Oboe and Winds in C major (1809); Dean Sayles, oboe

Sunday, March 9, 2008

3:00 PM  at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hinsdale

Louise Beem Women Composers

Orchestra Pieces:

  •  Debussy - Children's Corner (1908; arr. orch. 1910); Jack Zimmerman , narrator

  •  Mél Bonis - Suite in Form of Waltzes (1898)

  •  Ethel Smyth - Two Interlinked French Folk Melodies (1923)

Featured Artists/Repertoire:

  •  Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel - Hiob for Choir and Orchestra (1831) Acapellago Choir; Dennis Smith, director

  •  Unaccompanied Choir Piece TBA

Sunday, May 4, 2008

3:00 PM  at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Hinsdale

Outstanding Organists

Orchestra Piece:

  •  August Klughart - Symphony #3 in D major, op. 37 (1879)

Featured Artists/Repertoire:

  •  Hayden - Concerto in C major, H.XVIII:5 (c. 1763); Elizabeth Kahlbaugh, organ

  •  Giuseppe Sammartini - Concert#1 in A major, [op. 9 #1] (c. 1754); John Cina, organ

 

A season pass for the five concerts is available before October 15, 2007 by mail and at the door before the first two concerts. Season passes are still $45.00 for adults and $35.00 for seniors.

 

Salt Creek Sinfonietta

P.O. Box 522, Hinsdale, IL  60521

(630) 415-2899

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This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.