RUSH HOUR CONCERTS
A FREE concert series on Tuesdays
June through August
TIME: 5:45 pm
LOCATION: James Cathedral
65 E Huron St
Chicago, IL 60611-2728
2022 SEASON
JUNE 7 - SEASON OPENER
Kontras Quartet
Eleanor Bartsch and Francois Henkins, violins
Ben Weber, viola
Jean Hatmaker, cello
Bongani Ndodana-Breen – Apologia at Umzimvubu
Florence Price – String Quartet No. 2
JUNE 14 - Brahms’ Piano Quintet
Robert Chen and Laura Park Chen, violins
Beatrice Chen, viola
Noah Chen, cello
Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
Zell Family Foundation.
JUNE 21 - St. James Cathedral Choir
Maurice Duruflé – Requiem
JUNE 28 - Vignettes for Piano Quartet
Anthony Devroye, viola
Nicholas Photinos, cello
Winston Choi, piano
Paul Novak – interlocutor
Julie Doiron: arr. Andrew Creeggan – Blessed
Joaquín Turina – Piano Quartet in A Minor, Op. 67
JULY 5 - Trios by Farrenc and Brahms
Louise Farrenc – Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 44
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
JULY 12 - Rising Stars: Alexander Hersh, cello and Tom Hicks, piano
Tom Hicks, piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Variations Concertantes, Op. 17
Nadia Boulanger – trois pièces
Augusta Read Thomas – Incantation for solo cello
Benjamin Britten – Sonata for Cello and Piano
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances
JULY 19 - French Wind Music
William Welter, oboe and english horn
Susan Warner, clarinet
David Grif in, horn
Dennis Michel, bassoon
Mio Nakamura, piano
JULY 26 - The Lincoln Trio
August 2 - Deborah Sobol Memorial
AUGUST 9 - Axiom Brass: Love, Mystery and Despair
Astor Piazolla; trans. D. Puccini – Escualo
AUGUST 16 - Music for flute, viola and harp
Amy Hess, viola
Eleanor Kirk, harp
Mel Bonis – Scènes de la Forêt
Claude Debussy – Sonata for flute, viola and harp
AUGUST 23 - SEASON FINALE
The Early Piano Quintets of
Coleridge-Taylor and Dvorak
John Macfarlane, violin
Eoin Andersen, violin
Aurelien Fort Pederzoli, viola
David Cunliffe, cello
Victor Santiago Asunción, piano
ABOUT RUSH HOUR CONCERTS
Rush Hour Concerts exists to provide “great music for busy lives” free of charge every Tuesday evening, June through August, at 5:45pm in historic St. James Cathedral in downtown Chicago. In the Summer of 2000, concert pianist and civic leader Deborah Sobol founded the Rush Hour Concert series to reinvent the traditional classical music concert format by presenting chamber music masterworks in an engaging setting, accessible to all. These 45-minute concerts offer unparalleled access to repertoire spanning 700 years, performed by world-class musicians from Chicago’s leading ensembles including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago and independent chamber music groups. Informal education via pre-concert conversations about the music with artists, composers and other members of Chicago’s vibrant classical music scene and post-concert opportunities to interact with the performers make for an inviting and invigorating cultural experience.
LISTEN
We have a large selection of pieces on our SoundCloud account, we invite you to take a listen.