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Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra Announces Series of Socially Distanced Summer Concerts
The final stream of IPO’s reimagined season streaming free from May 28 – June 13 is Fanfare for the Common Man and Uncommon Woman.by BWW News Desk
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra has announced the return of their Socially Distanced Summer in-person concerts at Olympia Fields Country Club on May 19, June 23, July 14 and August 4, at 6:15 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., plus the streaming of the final concert of the IPO Reimagined season, Fanfare for the Common Man and Uncommon Woman, featuring IPO s world-class woodwind, brass and percussion musicians filmed performing at Ozinga Chapel at Trinity Christian College, streaming for 17 days only May 28-June 13 for free via youtube.com/ilphilorch. Tickets for Socially Distanced Summer begin at $37, with subscription packages available at ipomusic.org.
What makes for a truly magical moment at a concert?
What makes that moment unforgettable, regardless of whether you are in the front row or back, listening to a recording, or watching in a movie theater, on TV, or on a phone?
Depending on your age and aesthetic preferences, the answers could range from Jim Hendrix boldly reinventing “The Star Spangled Banner” at the 1969 Woodstock festival or Michael Jackson moonwalking for the first time at the televised “Motown 25th Anniversary Special” in 1983 to Prince blazing through “Purple Rain”
during a downpour at the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show.
Or maybe it was Duke Ellington Orchestra star Paul Gonsalves soaring in his monumental, 27-chorus tenor sax solo at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival, or the members of Nine Inch Nails taking to the Woodstock 1994 stage covered head to toe in mud, or Beyoncé segueing from “Lift Every Voice And Sing” into “Formation” at the 2018 Coachella festival in Indio.
Long Play on the Nightside with Andy O’ Share
It’s called “Long Play” and it gives Nightside host Andy O’ the opportunity to explore the longest tracks of the vast KUVO library…
“Concierto de Aranjuez” (19:05) written by Joaquin Rodrigo performed by The Jim Hall Sextet. Jim Hall-Guitar, Paul Desmond-Alto Saxophone, Chet Baker-Trumpet, Sir Roland Hanna-Piano, Ron Carter-Upright Bass, and Steve Gadd-Drums. Written in 1939 for classical guitar and subsequently performed by Miles Davis on his masterpiece recording “Sketches of Spain” and later adapted for Chick Corea’s song “Spain”. This recording was made in 1975 and is a masterwork all its own. The subtle interplay between the musicians informs this version and can be found on Hall’s recording “Concierto”