Join The Chicago Ensemble for its 34th season of eclectic classical chamber music performances,  featuring Gerald Rizzer, artistic director/piano, and leading Chicago artists. Every concert includes an intimate setting, complimentary reception and informal spoken program notes, providing the perfect chamber music experience. Not sure of your schedule? Tickets are good for any concert, whenever and wherever you want to experience The Chicago Ensemble.

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2009-2010 Season

7:30 pm, Tuesday, Oct. 6, Fourth Presbyterian
3 pm, Sunday, Oct. 11, International House

Mathias Tacke, violin • Paul Vanderwerf, viola
Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano

Mozart: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478
Swafford: They Who Hunger (1990)
  Winner, Discover America I Competition for
  New Chamber Works
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, op. 15

7:30 pm, Tuesday, Nov. 24, Fourth Presbyterian
3 pm, Sunday, Nov. 29, International House

Olga Kaler, violin • Andrew Snow, cello
Gerald Rizzer, piano

Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, op. 1, no. 2
Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2, op. 67 (1944)
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor, op. 65

3 pm, Sunday, Feb. 21, International House
7:30 pm, Tuesday, Feb. 23, Fourth Presbyterian

Michelle Areyzaga, soprano• Stacy Eckert,
mezzo-soprano • Susan Levitin, flute
Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet • Gerald Rizzer, piano

Bach: Cantata Arias, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute and piano
Mozart: Aria: "Parto! Ma tu ben mio" from La Clemenza di Tito, for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and piano
Copland: As It Fell Upon a Day (1923), for soprano,
flute and clarinet
Roussel: Joueurs de Flûte, op. 27 (1924), for flute
and piano
Berg: Four Pieces, op. 5 (1913), for clarinet and piano
Arr. M. Valls and L. Algazi: Songs of the Sephardic Jews,
for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet and piano
Mendelssohn: Selected Duets, for soprano, mezzo-
soprano and piano
Seiber: Drei Morgenstern Lieder (1929), for mezzo-
soprano and clarinet
Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D.965, for soprano,
clarinet and piano

3 pm, Sunday, Mar. 21, St. Paul and The Redeemer
7:30 pm, Tuesday, Mar. 23, Fourth Presbyterian

Susan Levitin, flute • Stephen Boe, violin
Mathias Tacke, violin • Paul Vanderwerf, viola
Andrew Snow, cello • Gerald Rizzer, piano

Bach: Suite No 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067, for flute,
strings and piano
Irvine Fine: Fantasia (1957), for violin, viola and cello
Martinů: Madrigal Sonata (1942), for flute, violin and piano
Brahms: Quintet in F Minor, op. 34, for two violins, viola, cello and piano

7 pm, Sunday, April 18 International House,
 with Pre-Concert Dinner
7:30 pm, Tuesday, April 20, Fourth Presbyterian

Susan Levitin, flute • Ricardo Casteñeda, oboe
Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet
Jill Dispenza, bassoon • Neil Kimel, horn
Gerald Rizzer, piano

Telemann: Trio-Sonata for flute, oboe, bassoon and piano
Mozart: Quintet on Eb Major, K. 452, for oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon
Piston: Three Pieces (1926), for flute, clarinet and bassoon
Poulenc: Sextet (1932), for flute, oboe, clarinet, french
horn, bassoon and piano

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Venues

All venues are handicap-accessible.

International House
at the University of Chicago
1414 E. 59th Street, Chicago (between Dorchester and Blackstone)
Free parking is available on the streets surrounding the facility.
Metra Electric Line: One block west of the 59th Street stop.
CTA bus: Take either the #6 Jackson Park Express or #28 Stony Island Express from downtown State Street to 59th Street, then walk two blocks west.

MAP AND DIRECTIONS

Fourth Presbyterian Church
126 E. Chestnut Street (at Michigan Avenue)
Parking is available at 900 N. Michigan Avenue (entrances on Rush Street and Delaware), $6/three hours with chaser ticket available at church reception.
CTA: Take the “El” Red Line to Chicago Avenue, then walk three blocks east/two blocks north, or take bus #10, #143, #144, #145, #146, #147 or #151.

MAP AND DIRECTIONS

St. Paul and The Redeemer Church
4945 S. Dorchester Ave., Chicago
Free parking is available behind the church and in the school lot at 50th and Blackstone Avenue.
Metra Electric Line: From the 53rd Street stop, exit at 51st Street, walk west one block to Blackstone Avenue, turn right/north, walk one block to 50th Street and turn left.
CTA bus: Take the #6 bus to 51st Street, walk west one block to Blackstone Avenue, turn right/north and walk one block to 50th Street, and turn left.

MAP AND DIRECTIONS