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The Knights and Susan Graham

September 18, 2017, 8:00 pm

The Knights (Photo: Shervin Lainez)

The Knights Chamber Orchestra is joined by mezzo-soprano Susan Graham for a special even of music from the 17th to the 21st centuries.

Playlist

Fantasy Upon One Note, by Purcell

Common Tones in Simple Time, John Adams

Excerpts from Songs of Auvergne, by Canteloube

Chamber Symphony, by John Adams

Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K 550, by Mozart

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Meet the Host

Kerry is a regular host of live concert broadcasts including Live from WFMT, concerts from the Ravinia Festival, and WFMT’s premiere visiting artist series, Impromptu. Kerry hosts many WFMT Radio Network broadcasts from such locations as the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Salzburg Festival. A native Chicagoan, Kerry grew up with WFMT. His love of music and radio played an important part in his life at Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin, where he eventually became program director of Wisconsin Public Radio. He’s always been a strong advocate of live music broadcasts, and cherishes having interviewed many of the performers he admires including Itzhak Perlman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Renée Fleming, John Adams, Leif Ove Andsnes – even the award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.

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The Knights and Susan Graham

Playlist