Black Oak Ensemble
Black Oak Ensemble

Black Oak Ensemble

Fall Spring Series
Sun, May 4, 2025 3:00 PM Tickets

Know Before You Go

Getting Here

Free Parking | No Park and Ride | Metra UP-N

Park in the South Parking Lot at 201 St. Johns Avenue. The lot opens 30 minutes before the gate opening time listed above. The West Parking Lot is closed and Park and Ride shuttles are not running for this event. 

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Ride the Metra Union Pacific North Line train to and from Braeside station, a 5-minute walk from Ravinia’s South Entrance. 

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Views of the Stage

Bennett Gordon Hall is an indoor venue. The stage is not visible from any location on the Lawn, nor is audio from the performance broadcast to the Lawn.

About the Performance

Performers

Black Oak Ensemble

Desirée Ruhstrat, violin
Aurélien Fort Pederzoli, viola
David Cunliffe, cello

Program

Dance of the Night Sky
Music by British women composers

Sally Beamish: Pavana (mvt. III) from The King’s Alchemist
Errollyn Wallen: Making Hay
Freya Waley-Cohen: Conjure
Carol Jones: bulawayo railway
Grace Evangeline Mason: Into the Abyss, I Throw Roses
Dobrinka Tabakova: Insight
Judith Weir: The Bagpiper’s String Trio
Shirley J. Thompson: Dance of the Night Sky
–No Intermission–

Celebrating the release of Black Oak Ensemble’s latest album on Cedille Records