On Saturday’s broadcast, we celebrate an incredible year of music-making! We’ll feature the winner of the 2019 Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition, as well as our live broadcast from the second annual Youth Arts Showcase at Millennium Park, featuring a brass ensemble from Merit School of Music and Latin Grammy-nominated Mariachi Herencia de Mexico.
Celebrating 2019 and Ringing in 2020
Playlist
Carmen Fantasy, by Jenö Hubay
16-year-old violinist Masha Lakisova of Vernon Hills and pianist Lyudmila Lakisova
Toccata in D minor, op. 11, by Sergei Prokofiev
16-year-old pianist Yerin Yang of Mount Prospect
Fountains of Rome, by Ottorino Respighi
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra and Allen Tinkham, conductor
Viola Sonata, by Rebecca Clarke
II. Vivace
Introductions alumnus and violist Matthew Lipman and pianist Shirley Trissell
Bugler’s Holiday, by Leroy Anderson
Merit School of Music Brass Ensemble and Tim Riordan, conductor
Son de la Negra
Latin Grammy-nominated Mariachi Herencia de México
Fantaisie, by Georges Hüe
14-year-old flutist Rosie Wang of Kildeer and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Andrew Grams, conductor