The world premiere of Chicago Bagatelles Project features twelve short works for solo saxophone performed by Phil Pierick and commissioned by Chicago-based composers who have drawn inspiration from the arts, science, nature, and the city itself. Contributing composers are Carlos Bandera, Baldwin Giang, Jonathan Hannau, Molly Jones, David Clay Mettens, Osnat Netzer, Paul Novak, Shawn Okpebholo, Sean Shepherd, Phil Pierick, Augusta Read Thomas, and Ania Vu. Alongside the Bagatelles, the program is completed with chamber works featuring soprano Kristina Bachrach (the Chicago premiere of Rädda mig ur dyn by Karin Rehnqvist), flutist Sasha Ishov (in Marcos Balter’s Strohbass), and the other half of Isotope Duo, percussionist Kyle Flens (in Amy Williams’ Child’s Play) as well as an audience-participation “sing-along” version of Luciano Berio’s Sequenza VIIb filling acoustic of the museum’s Hall of Immortals.

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