2011–2012 Season: A Season of Festivals
On the 10 year anniversary of 9/11/01
“This will be our reply to violence: to make
music more intensely, more beautifully,
more devotedly than ever before.”
—Leonard Bernstein
Every Lake Forest Symphony season presents an opportunity to celebrate great music in great performances by our brilliant ensemble of professional musicians, a gift from Lake Forest to the broader audiences of Lake County. The 2011- 2012 season brings together our connections to the local community and our commitment to presenting music of the most beloved masters. We begin and end with solo appearances by our virtuoso concertmaster, Ilya Kaler, ranging from the technical fireworks of Saint-Saens to a performance of the Beethoven concerto, widely regarded as the most demanding measure of any violinist's true musical prowess. In that all-Beethoven season-finale blockbuster, Ilya will be joined by the other members of his own trio in the beloved “Emperor” and “Triple” concertos. In further celebration of the genius of Beethoven, we will celebrate nature and beauty with two favorite symphonies, the “Pastorale” and the “Fifth.”
Lake County’s only professional orchestra
Connections to our local community will be a focus of every program: the October concerts will be dedicated to area Open Lands, Conservancy and Gardening organizations; the January concerts will present a rising star of the international guitar world, Lake Forest product Adam Levin; the March concerts will include the winner of the Music Institute of Chicago Competition; the May concerts, as already mentioned, will feature our own concertmaster; and the opening concerts in September will inaugurate our official affiliation with Lake Forest Composer-in-Residence, James Stephenson. Few orchestras such as ours are able to boast of a relationship with a composer of international stature, and we look forward to hearing much of his music in the coming seasons.
These programs, given in the splendid acoustics and intimate atmosphere of the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts in Grayslake, afford residents of the northern suburbs a remarkable opportunity to get close to the music and to these gifted professional musicians. Every concert includes engaging pre-concert lectures by Jim Kendros, enlightening and entertaining introductions from Maestro Heatherington and postconcert receptions with the conductor, guest artists and musicians.
Become a part of the Lake Forest Symphony experience this season and see for yourself why the orchestra is widely regarded as a regional treasure!
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