James Conlon, host/conductorT. Daniel ProductionsThe Chicago Chamber MusiciansRonnita Miller, mezzo sopranoBrian Mulligan, baritoneDi Wu, piano
Program to include: Milhaud's The Ox On The Roof, a surrealist pantomime farce boasting a spirited score by Darius Milhaud inspired by brazilian popular music and a scenario by Jean Cocteau.
A brilliantly inventive mime production by T. Daniel Productions comes to Ravinia with the work’s full original instrumentation.
Cocteau/Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toit, Op. 85 (“The Ox on the Roof”)Grosz: Afrika Songs Op. 29Schulhoff: Selections for solo piano