Special Event:
Spring Benefit Dinner

Join us on May 22nd for a fascinating and delightful evening of cocktails and dinner topped off with a performance by the Chicago Harp Quartet and the presentation of the 2014 Award for Excellence to Dr. Mead Killion and Gail Gudmundsen for their pioneering work in hearing protection and enhancement for musicians.

$225.00/person at the Exmoor Country Club
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On Stage
with Maestro Alan Heatherington, David Taylor and Ilya Kaler

Join us for our second annual ON STAGE dinner following the March 1st concert. We will gather in the lobby briefly after the concert and then re-enter the auditorium and proceed
On Stage
for an buffet dinner.

Enjoy a panel discussion with Maestro Heatherington and our spectacular violin soloists, David Taylor and Ilya Kaler!

$90.00/person; Seating is limited.
Reservations required — reply by February 13th with this mail-in form.

Music at Michael

We are pleased to announce the continuation of our Music at Michael lunches this season! We are hosting three of these lovely events Sundays at 1:00 p.m. during the 2014–2015 season. Join us for a Sunday afternoon of wonderful food and a private performance by our Ars Viva musicians at Restaurant Michael in Winnetka. Reserve a place at the final luncheon for this season right now.

Sunday, March 29, 2015
Ars Viva principal percussionist, Patsy Dash and MIC concerto competition winner

Because of its popularity and limited seating, you will want to make your reservations for Music at Michael now!

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Concert 1: DAVID TAYLOR

DAVID TAYLOR

Sunday, September 28, 2014 • 3:00 p.m.

We are delighted to open the 2014-2015 season with our beloved and brilliant concertmaster David Taylor playing the seldom heard and colorful Symphonie Espanoale of Eduardo Lalo. The program gets off to a lively start with Dvorak’s Carnival Overture, the second in a trilogy celebrating “nature,” “life” and “love” (come back in May for “love”). Completing the program is the last of the great Brahms symphonies, sure to please every performer and listener.

Concert 2: ALON GOLDSTEIN

ALON GOLDSTEIN

Sunday, December 7, 2014 • 3:00 p.m.

It long has been our wish to have Israeli pianist Alon Goldstein as soloist with Ars Viva, and it could not be fulfilled more splendidly than with this Beethoven concerto, regarded by nearly all musicians as one of the greatest of all piano concerti. Toss in a dramatic overture and one of the most unjustly neglected of his symphonies, and this all-Beethoven concert will brighten the holiday season.

Concert 3: TAYLOR vs KALER

David Taylor and Ilya Kaler

Sunday, March 1, 2015 • 3:00 p.m.

There may not be a more engaging and accomplished first stand of violinists in the world than we have at Ars Viva. David Taylor and Ilya Kaler will duel their way through two delightful concerti — an occasion not to be missed. Add in the lush music of Grieg and Dvořák and this program will bring pure joy.

Concert 4: RISING STAR

MIC COMPETITION WINNER

Sunday, April 12, 2015 • 3:00 p.m.

What a grand triple celebration: the sesquicentennial of nielsen, the winner of the prestigious Ars Viva/Music Institiute of Chicago Concerto Competition and, in Maestro Heatherington’s opinion, perhaps the most infectiously beautiful symphony ever written! Come and revel in these delights and leave feeling better about the beauty that surrounds us in this world.

Concert 5: SHAKESPEARE

Sunday, May 17, 2015 • 3:00 p.m.

Not surprisingly, the incomparable genius of Shakespeare has inspired countless great musical works written either for performances of the plays or simply as allusions to their dramatic qualities. Closing out the season will be the first in a series of Ars Viva concerts devoted to these works. Enjoy well-known composers Schumann and Dvorak paired with three supremely gifted Jewish-American composers in music inspired by five of the master’s great plays.

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