Chicago Philharmonic Gives The Gift of Music This Valentine's with A Mix-Tape Program

Experience all of the romance and drama of a love story told from beginning to end by the Chi Phil Chamber Players in Mix-Tape Romance. With selections that range from pop hits to classical masterpieces, this love story is told with humor, passion, and lots of music.

Join the Chamber Players this Valentine's Day weekend as they tell a tale of Frank's clumsy search for love through unexpected musical selections. This performance, a witty and entertaining ode to romance, can be enjoyed by audiences indulging in a glass of wine or beautiful brunch available for purchase from City Winery Chicago.

Chicago Philharmonic will also be giving away a VIP experience for one lucky couple at Mix-Tape Romance, inclusive of reserved seating, brunch and beverages, dessert and gifts. To enter, entrants email community@chicagophilharmonic.org with their top three mix-tape selections. Prize is drawn Monday Feb 5. Details available here

Mix-Tape Romance

Vino and a Valentine's Tale

Sunday, February 11 2018, 12pm

City Winery Chicago

Haydn String Quartet No. 3 (Emperor), Presto

Radiohead Creep

Schumann String Quartet No. 3, Finale: Allegro molto vivace

Tears For Fears Mad World

Hugo Wolf Italian Serenade

Gershwin Someone To Watch Over Me

Shostakovich Quartet No. 8, Largo

John Lennon/Paul McCartney In My Life

Mozart String Quintet No. 2, Andante

Renée-Paule Gauthier, violin

Karl Davies, violin

Aurelien Pederzoli, viola

Margaret Daly, cello

Frank Babbitt, narrator

Approximate running time 1 hour.
Doors open at 10:30am.

Tickets $25, Students $10

Mix-Tape Romance is the second of three concerts of the Chi Phil Chamber Players Spring 2018 Series at City Winery Chicago. The chamber music series finale, Kings, Queens and Rebels, will take place on Sunday, March 18, presenting a collection of covers with a classical twist. See chicagophilharmonic.org/chamber-players-at-city-winery for more details.

For more information, visit chicagophilharmonic.org.

About The Chicago Philharmonic Society

The Chicago Philharmonic Society is a collaboration of over 200 of the highest-level classical musicians performing in the Chicago metropolitan area. Governed under a groundbreaking structure of musician leadership, the Society presents concerts at venues throughout the Chicago area that cover the full spectrum of classical music, from Bach to Britten and beyond. The Society's orchestra, known simply as the Chicago Philharmonic, has been called "one of the country's finest symphonic orchestras" (Chicago Tribune), and its unique chamber music ensembles, which perform as the Chicago Philharmonic Chamber Players, draw from its vast pool of versatile musicians. The Society's outreach programs connect Chicago-area youth to classical music and provide performance opportunities for members of the community. Founded 26 years ago by principal musicians from the Lyric Opera Orchestra, the Chicago Philharmonic currently serves as the official orchestra of the Joffrey Ballet, continues its decades-long association with the Ravinia Festival, and presents symphonic concerts in Chicago's North Shore region and, since May 2016, at the Harris Theater.

About The Performers

Renée-Paule Gauthier, violin

An accomplished and sought after soloist, chamber musician, teacher, and orchestra leader, Gauthier has won awards in several competitions, including the exclusive three-year loan of the Taft Stradivari violin through the 2009 edition of the Canada Council for the Arts' Musical Instrument Bank Competition. She made her Kennedy Center solo debut in April 2014. A passionate and dedicated teacher, Renée-Paule Gauthier teaches at North Park University, and is Co-director of the Chamber Music Program, and String Area Coordinator. She is also part of the faculties of North Central College, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Birch Creek Performance Center, and the Camp Musical Père Lindsay as a violin instructor, string pedagogy teacher, and chamber music coach. A graduate of the University of Montreal, the Eastman School of Music, and Northwestern University, she is currently is a member of the Chicago and Illinois Philharmonic orchestras, Elgin Symphony, is Principal Second Violin with the Northwest Indiana Symphony, plays with the Lyric Opera, and often performs as guest Concertmaster. She was Concertmaster of the New World Symphony, in the first violin section of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Assistant Concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic, and is the Founding Artistic Director of the Rendez-vous Musical de Laterrière, a chamber music festival in the province of Québec.

Karl Davies, violin, a native of Wales, began his violin studies in Cardiff and London. He completed his studies in Freiburg, Germany and went on to postgraduate work with Joseph Suk in Vienna. He has played in the Theater Orchestras in both Freiburg and Passau in Germany and is now a member of Chicago Philharmonic, the Grant Park Symphony in Chicago (violin) and the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra (viola). He is also a sought-after teacher of both instruments. Karl has performed in chamber settings extensively both in live performances and Radio stations around the USA. He has been a member of Chicago Philharmonic since it began.

Aurelien Pederzoli, viola, is a member of the innovative Black Oak Ensemble and a substitute violist for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. A deft collaborator, Pederzoli works with a variety of other musicians including members of Eighth Blackbird, bassist Matt Ulery, Flutist Timothy Munro, composer/pianist Fernando Otero, the Lincoln Trio, accordionist Julien Labro, violinist Rachel Kolly d'Alba, pianist Christian Chamorel and composer/saxophonist Miguel Zenon. He was a founding member of Spektral Quartet in 2010 and played with the ensemble until 2014. He has worked with many leading composers, premiering and recording works by Lee Hyla, Hans Thomalla, Gunter Schuller, Robert Dillon, Augusta Read Thomas, Bernard Rands, Mason Bates, Shulamit Ran, Sarah Ritch, Jennifer Higdon, Marc Mellitts and Nico Muhly. Pederzoli was born in France and graduated from the Paris Conservatory and the Bern Hochschule before moving to Chicago. He was a finalist in the 2015 International Hugo Kauder Competition for Viola at Yale University. Pederzoli can be heard on the Azica, Parlour Tapes+, Cedille, Southport, and Aparte labels.

Margaret Daly, cello, is a freelance cellist who has been with the Chicago Philharmonic since its inception. She is a member of the Lake Forest Symphony and the Park Ridge Civic Orchestra. She also plays with many area groups including Chamber Opera Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater and Grant Park Festival Orchestra.

Frank Babbitt, narrator

Musician/Singer/Actor Frank Babbitt is a member of the Lyric Opera Orchestra and has performed with the Chicago Philharmonic since its earliest days. Frank has appeared as narrator with many notable ensembles including the Grant Park Symphony, Fulcrum Point and the Rembrandt Chamber Players. He has also been a member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus and has appeared as soloist and in recital. Each December he performs a solo dramatic reading of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" to benefit charitable organizations, a performance Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun Times called "an extraordinary, intimate evening of live storytelling and music.

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