Part of the Unity Chamber Music Series – now offered VIRTUALLY online – UTRF presents a Valentine’s Day concert, featuring three musical duos performing music of romance. The event is offered through Zoom and will include an audience Q&A after the concert which is pre-recorded at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple.

 

Tickets are $20 per household for general admission tickets or $10 for students. The full event will be recorded and available for viewing for 48 hours after it airs.

An auto-response email confirming your registration will be sent including a Zoom link for the event.

 

       

Click the photos above for a brief concert preview.

 

PROGRAM

Liba Shacht, violin and John Sharp, cello

From Sonata for Violin and Cello, Maurice Ravel

I. Allégro

II. Très vif

Selections from Eight Duets for violin and cello, Op. 39, Reinhold Glière

 

 

Ariella Mak-Neiman, piano and Adam Neiman, piano

Salut d’amour , Edward Elgar from Walzer, Op. 39, Johannes Brahms

No. 3: G-sharp minor

No. 11: B minor

No. 13: C Major

No. 15: A Major

 

The Swan from Carnival of the Animals, Camille Saint-Saëns (arr. Jacques Durand)

Valse from Sleeping Beauty, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Sergei Rachmaninoff)

 

Duo Diorama: MingHuan Xu, violin and Winston Choi, piano

Romance for violin and piano, Op. 23, Amy Beach 

Four Souvenirs (1990), Paul Schoenfield (b. 1946)

I. Samba

II. Tango

III. Tin Pan Alley

IV. Square Dance

 

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, Oak Park Area Arts Council, and the Alphawood Foundation.