Sunday, November 9, 2008, 3:00 PM       
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston

Mallory Thompson conductor
Debra Richtmeyer saxophone

We will take advance reservations for this concert through 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, November 6. After that, all ticket purchases must be made at the box office on Sunday, November 9. The box office will open at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 9. Thank you.

This spectacular international program includes Music for Prague 1968, one of the landmark works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Karel Husa; the bright, colorful and Medieval-inspired Homage to Perotin; and a special arrangement of Greensleeves. The guest soloist is Debra A. Richtmeyer, professor of saxophone at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and one of the nation’s leading saxophone pedagogues.

Program to include: Ron Nelson Homage to Perotin from Medieval Suite Alfred Reed Greensleeves Paul Creston Concerto for Alto Saxophone Debra A. Richtmeyer saxophone Brian Balmages Fanfare Canzonique Karel Husa Music for Prague 1968   Purchase NCB recordings