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“A Far Cry” Chamber Orchestra

August 12, 2024, 8:00 pm

A group of orchestral musicians playing chamber music, dressed in black. In the center is a soloist in a purple shirt playing at the piano, surrounded by the ensemble.

A Far Cry performing with Kinan Azmeh and Dinuk Wijeratne at Rockport Music Festival. (Photo Credit: Rory Crater; courtesy of Rockport Music)

A program of works that explore themes of home, travel, and migration, performed at Ravinia on July, 2024. Enjoy the chamber orchestra “A Far Cry” in a performance alongside Canadian pianist Dinuk Wijeratne and Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh.

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All performances feature A Far Cry chamber orchestra, Kinan Azmeh on clarinet, and Dinuk Wijeratne on piano

Kareem Roustom: Dabke for string orchestra

Kinan Azmeh: Ibn Arabi Postlude

Dinuk Wijeratne: Clarinet Concerto

Leoš Janáček: Idyll for string orchestra

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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.

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree

“A Far Cry” Chamber Orchestra

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