It might be said that we enter the planetarium for the same reason we enter the concert hall: to be brought in touch with the sublime and the unknown. In both places we make contact with tangible reality and imagined panoramas, and in both places our sense of perspective is expanded exponentially. Expect ENIGMA to do exactly that, and strap in for the marquee event of our 2019/20 season at Chicago’s stunning Adler Planetarium.

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It might be said that we enter the planetarium for the same reason we enter the concert hall: to be brought in touch with the sublime and the unknown. In both places we make contact with tangible reality and imagined panoramas, and in both places our sense of perspective is expanded exponentially. Expect ENIGMA to do exactly that, and strap in for the marquee event of our 2019/20 season at Chicago’s stunning Adler Planetarium.

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It might be said that we enter the planetarium for the same reason we enter the concert hall: to be brought in touch with the sublime and the unknown. In both places we make contact with tangible reality and imagined panoramas, and in both places our sense of perspective is expanded exponentially. Expect ENIGMA to do exactly that, and strap in for the marquee event of our 2019/20 season at Chicago’s stunning Adler Planetarium.

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It might be said that we enter the planetarium for the same reason we enter the concert hall: to be brought in touch with the sublime and the unknown. In both places we make contact with tangible reality and imagined panoramas, and in both places our sense of perspective is expanded exponentially. Expect ENIGMA to do exactly that, and strap in for the marquee event of our 2019/20 season at Chicago’s stunning Adler Planetarium.

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*Due to necessary precautions taken by the presenter regarding the COVID-19 virus, we are sorry to report that this concert has been cancelled*

It might be said that we enter the planetarium for the same reason we enter the concert hall: to be brought in touch with the sublime and the unknown. In both places we make contact with tangible reality and imagined panoramas, and in both places our sense of perspective is expanded exponentially. Expect ENIGMA to do exactly that, and strap in for the marquee event of our 2019/20 season at Chicago’s stunning Adler Planetarium.

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*Due to necessary precautions taken by the presenter regarding the COVID-19 virus, we are sorry to report that this concert has been cancelled*

It might be said that we enter the planetarium for the same reason we enter the concert hall: to be brought in touch with the sublime and the unknown. In both places we make contact with tangible reality and imagined panoramas, and in both places our sense of perspective is expanded exponentially. Expect ENIGMA to do exactly that, and strap in for the marquee event of our 2019/20 season at Chicago’s stunning Adler Planetarium.

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This program will be repeated on Friday, June 12. See our calendar for details.

*Due to necessary precautions taken by the presenter regarding the COVID-19 virus, we are sorry to report that this concert has been cancelled*

PROGRAM

O Magnum Mysterium (1572) – Tomás Luis de Victoria
String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, "Rosamunde" (1824) – Franz Schubert
EnigROGRAM

O Magnum Mysterium (1572) – Tomás Luis de Victoria
String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804, "Rosamunde" (1824) – Franz Schubert
Enigma (concert version) (2019) – Anna Thorvaldsdottir & Sigurdur Gudjonsson (video artist)

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*Due to necessary precautions taken by the presenter regarding the COVID-19 virus, we are sorry to report that this concert has been cancelled*

PROGRAM

O Magnum Mysterium (1572) – Tomás Luis de Victoria
String Quartet No. 1 (2013) – Eliza Brown
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 (1826) – Ludwig van Beethoven
Enigma (2019) – Anna Thorvaldsdottir

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PROGRAM

O Magnum Mysterium (1572) – Tomás Luis de Victoria
String Quartet No. 1 (2013) – Eliza Brown
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 (1826) – Ludwig van Beethoven
Enigma (2019) – Anna Thorvaldsdottir

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Tickets available soon

PROGRAM

O Magnum Mysterium (1572) – Tomás Luis de Victoria
String Quartet No. 1 (2013) – Eliza Brown
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 (1826) – Ludwig van Beethoven
Enigma (2019) – Anna Thorvaldsdottir (composer & Sigurdur Gudjonsson (video artist)

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Confront your sense of place through the spellbinding music of three exceptional composers.

We feature scores by three of our favorite composers for this enticing episode of our UChicago residency. Shulamit Ran’s virtuosic String Quartet No. 2, “Vistas,” Kotoka Suzuki’s Minyo, and the concert version of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Enigma provide the sonic escapades for this excursion into landscapes both real and imagined.

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This concert is FREE and open to the public

PROGRAM

O Magnum Mysterium (1572) – Tomás Luis de Victoria
String Quartet No. 1 (2013) – Eliza Brown
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 (1826) – Ludwig van Beethoven
Enigma (2019) – Anna Thorvaldsdottir (composer) & Sigurdur Gudjonsson (video artist)

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Tickets available now

PROGRAM

O Magnum Mysterium (1572) – Tomás Luis de Victoria
String Quartet No. 1 (2013) – Eliza Brown
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 (1826) – Ludwig van Beethoven
Enigma (Wisconsin premiere) (2019) – Anna Thorvaldsdottir

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Tickets available now

PROGRAM

O Magnum Mysterium (1572) – Tomas Luis de Victoria (arr. Spektral Quartet)
String Quartet No. 1 (2013) – Eliza Brown
String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op 135 (1826) – Ludwig van Beethoven
Enigma (world premiere) (2019) – Anna Thorvaldsdottir (composer) & Sigurdur Gudjonsson (video artist)

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