To accommodate a younger audience, the matinee performance begins at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10-57 and are available at http://ipomusic.org.
Under the direction of IPO music director Stilian Kirov, the orchestra will perform Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird Suite, a proven crowd pleaser featuring music used in the Disney film Fantasia 2000. The revered work was also used during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics for the Cauldron Lighting Segment.
The program also features Abels’ fantastical Frederick’s Fables, based upon the children’s stories of Leo Lionni, which Abels will narrate during the concert.
Rounding out the program is Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite with movements based on various fairytales and nursery rhymes from the Mother Goose collection.
About The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Named “Illinois Professional Orchestra of the Year” for the third time in 2020 by the Illinois Council of Orchestras, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra celebrates its 44th Season in 2021-2022. From its community orchestra roots in Park Forest, the 69-member orchestra has grown into a critically acclaimed professional regional orchestra. Under the leadership of Music Director Stilian Kirov and Executive Director Christina Salerno, the mission of IPO is to provide concerts of compelling professional symphonic music, support music education, and expand audience awareness of musical excellence for the diverse communities of the greater Chicago region.
Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra is supported in part by: Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, Ozinga Foundation, Michuda Construction, the Illinois Arts Council Agency and National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information, visit http://ipomusic.org or call 708-481-7774.