CUSO LIVE! POPS CONCERT - FAVORITES FROM THE STAGE AND SCREEN
Sunday, September 12, 2021 | 4:30 p.m.
Heritage Hall, I Hotel and Conference Center, Champaign
Come celebrate the return of live CUSO concerts with music you love! Enjoy the big sound of more than 50 CUSO musicians performing lush orchestral arrangements of some of the greatest hits from stage and screen. Heritage Hall will be alive with The Sound of Music and other favorites from Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story, and music made famous in film—including selections from John William’s popular music for Star Wars. This family-friendly concert will give our youngest audience members shakers to decorate and shake on Maestro’s cue for Mambo! Kids can also put their names in a hat for the drawing to conduct CUSO’s rousing finale, Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever.
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RODGERS and HAMMERSTEIN arr. BENNETT: The Sound of Music: Selection for Orchestra
BOCK arr. RAPLEY: Selections from Fiddler on the Roof
WAGNER ed. HUTSCHENRUYTER: Ride of the Valkyries
BERNSTEIN arr. PERESS: Overture to West Side Story
MASCAGNI: “Intermezzo Sinfonico” from Cavalleria Rusticana
WILLIAMS: Star Wars Suite
The Imperial March
Princess Leia’s Theme
Throne Room & End Title
SOUSA arr. STOKOWSKI: The Stars and Stripes Forever
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VIP Section (closest to the stage)
$40 adults
$5 youth
(high school and younger) with purchase of $40 adult ticket
General Admission
$20 adults
$5 students of any age
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Buy tickets by phone: call CUSO at 217-351-9139.
I Hotel Heritage Hall lobby doors open at 3:30 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Heritage Hall doors open for concert seating at 4:00 p.m. Concert begins at 4:30 p.m. Approximate program length is 70 minutes.
COVID-19 SAFETY
As we gather together to share the joy of music, orchestra and audience safety is a priority. Consistent with the current State of Illinois COVID-19 guidelines, all persons attending the concert, including children, will be required to wear a mask.
While social distancing is not a mandated public health requirement, maximum audience seating will be provided, to enable patrons to choose their seats and allow space between patron groups.
BAROQUE BRILLIANCE
Saturday, November 6, 2021 | 7:30 p.m.
Faith United Methodist Church
1719 S. Prospect Ave., Champaign
Jennifer Brown, Tracy Parrish, and Robin Heltsley, trumpet
John Dee, oboe
Stephen Alltop, conductor and harpsichord
Baroque music lovers, rejoice! Seven talented soloists from the orchestra will be featured in an array of popular 18th century “hits,” such as Pachelbel’s Canon, Vivaldi’s Oboe Concerto in A Minor, and Telemann’s Concerto for Three Violins. The majestic sonorities of trumpets, oboes, and timpani will resound in thrilling works by Caldara, Telemann, and Rameau.
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CALDARA: Sinfonia in C
PACHELBEL: Canon and Gigue
VIVALDI: Oboe Concerto in A Minor, RV 461
TELEMANN: Concerto for Three Trumpets, Two Oboes, and Timpani, TWV 54:D4
TELEMANN: Concerto For Three Violins, TWV 53:F1
RAMEAU: Overture to Naïs
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VIP Section (rows closest to the orchestra)
$40 adults
$10 youth
(high school and younger) with purchase of $40 adult ticket
General Admission
$25 adults
$10 students of any age
BUY TICKETS ONLINE:
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Buy Nov. 6 concert tickets by mail: download the order form here.
Buy the complete season by mail: download the season subscription order form here.
Buy tickets by phone: call CUSO at 217-351-9139.
Church doors open at 6:15 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Sanctuary doors open for concert seating at 7:00 p.m. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Approximate program length is 70 minutes.
COVID-19 SAFETY
As we gather together to share the joy of music, orchestra and audience safety is a priority. Consistent with the current State of Illinos COVID-19 guidelines, all persons attending the concert, including children, will be required to wear a mask.
While social distancing is not a mandated public health requirement, audience seating in pews will enable patrons to sit comfortably spaced.
WELCOME JOY!
Thursday, December 9, 2021 | 7:30 p.m.
in Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Carl Alexander, countertenor
Central Illinois Youth Chorus, Andrea Solya, Conductor
The holiday season begins with CUSO’s joyful return to Foellinger Great Hall at Krannert Center. This year’s holiday concert welcomes families to enjoy carol arrangements new and old, and a variety of vocal masterpieces. CUSO is joined by the beautiful voices of the Central Illinois Youth Chorus and outstanding soloists, performing magnificent music to lift your spirits. As always, we expect a visit by Santa Claus himself!
FRIEDMAN and WENDEL: A Chanukah Overture
HANDEL: Sonata from Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità
CACCINI: Ave Maria
GABRIELI: Canzon septimi toni à 8, Ch. 172
arr. NAUGHTIN: A Christmas Feast (Five Ancient Carols)
MOZART: Exsultate jubilate, K. 165
TYZIK: The Twelve Gifts of Christmas
BARKER: Nollaig (Celtic Christmas)
arr. FRY: Go Tell It on the Mountain
ANDERSON: Sleigh Ride
arr. NAUGHTIN: Christmas Angels Sing-Along
TICKETS
$40 standard/$36 senior/$10 student & youth
Tickets on sale now through CUSO!
Buy tickets by mail: download the order form here.
Buy tickets by phone: call CUSO at 217-351-9139.
A CHILD OF OUR TIME
Saturday, March 5, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.
in Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Andrew Megill, conductor
University of Illinois Oratorio Society and Chamber Singers, Andrew Megill, Conductor
Molly Madden, harp
Sir Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time is a work of surpassing depth and beauty. Written at the start of World War II, the work weaves American spirituals throughout a gripping musical tapestry, tracing an arc from oppression to a message of hope and reconciliation for humanity. Complementing this landmark choral work will be the scintillating Starburst, composed by rising star Jessie Montgomery, and Ennanga by William Grant Still, a showcase for solo harp, piano, and strings.
MONTGOMERY: Starburst
STILL: Ennanga
TIPPETT: A Child of Our Time
TICKETS
$40 standard/$36 senior/$10 student & youth
Tickets on sale now through CUSO!
Buy tickets by mail: download the order form here.
Buy tickets by phone: call CUSO at 217-351-9139.
FROM ITALY WITH LOVE
Saturday, April 23, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.
in Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra, Kevin Kelly, Music Director
The CUSO season concludes with orchestral passion and power. This Italian journey begins with Tchaikovsky’s arch-romantic music inspired by Romeo and Juliet, performed by CUSO and the talented young musicians of the East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra. The virtuosity of pianist Adam Neiman will astound you in Rachmaninoff’s brilliant variations on Paganini’s 24th Caprice. Our grand finale is Pines of Rome, Respighi’s tone poem of sumptuous orchestral color that will transport you in surround-sound splendor.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
RESPIGHI: Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)
TICKETS
$40 standard/$36 senior/$10 student & youth
Tickets on sale now through CUSO!
Buy tickets by mail: download the order form here.
Buy tickets by phone: call CUSO at 217-351-9139.