February 2, 2025 | 3:00PM
Mandel Hall
Danny Yehun Jin, violin
Qing Hou, violin
Lawrence Neuman, viola
John Sharp, cello
Stephen Williamson, clarinet
Umi Garrett, piano
Music in Times of Crisis
In a program investigating how artists respond to catastrophe, musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform Mozart’s Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major – a masterful work that features a wistful Larghetto movement as its crown jewel – and Messiaen’s haunting Quartet for the End of Time, written and premiered while the composer was in a German prisoner-of-war camp.
Join us in exploring Music in Times of Crisis during a pre-concert lecture (2:00 PM) with Associate Professor Steven Rings and post-concert discussion with the artists moderated by Professor Rings.