In Flanders Fields: Songs from the Great War to Commemorate the Centennial of the Armistice
October 15, 2018
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location
Pritzker Military Museum & Library
Address
104 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603
Cost
$0
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Planned in conjunction with UIC's The War the Made Today: An Interdisciplinary Commemoration of the End of World War I program which will span the first 11 days of November, this performance from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will take place at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library and will feature two singers from Lyric Opera of Chicago’s renowned Ryan Opera Center in a recital reflecting on the patriotism and adversity of World War I. Before George Butterworth fought in The Great War, he wrote his Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad as an expression of his love for traditional English folksong. Ives’ powerful In Flanders Fields communicates the American composer’s sentiments about war, while composer and British army member Ivor Gurney’s Ludlow and Teme evokes the English town of his youth. Songs by some of America’s greatest Tin Pan Alley songwriters complete this program of extraordinary musical storytelling.
Program to Include:
- Ives In Flanders Fields
- Gurney Ludlow and Teme
- Butterworth Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
- Ives The Circus Band
- Henderson, de Sylva, and Brown Tin Pan Alley Songs TBC
For additional information about the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and this performance in particular, please visit the CSO event page.
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RSVP Deadline: Wednesday, October 10th @ 11:59pm
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Date posted
Sep 13, 2018
Date updated
Oct 10, 2018