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From Chicago, For Chicago: Artists in Collaboration
Following up on his Grammy-nominated Cedille full-album debut, Songs in Flight, composer Shawn Okpebholo brings together some of Chicago’s most accomplished musicians (and Cedille artists) for a new album of chamber works. The project highlights the strong relationships and shared creativity that define the city’s music community, with many of the artists collaborating as longtime friends and partners.
Each piece is inspired by Chicago — its history, its neighborhoods, and its cultural institutions. From reflections on redlining, to the Chicago River, to a tribute to WFMT, the music connects deeply to the city and the people who shape it.
Cedille is proud to help foster these collaborations. By bringing artists together and supporting their work, Cedille plays an important role in strengthening Chicago’s musical community and sharing its distinctive voices with audiences everywhere
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From Chicago-based composter Stacy Garrop comes INVICTUS, Latin for “unconquered.” The work unfolds across four movements and an interlude, moving between lyrical introspection, fierce determination, and triumphant resolve, with Grammy-nominated pianist Marta Aznavoorian and the Chicago Philharmonic under the direction of Artistic Director Scott Speck. Available 5/8.
Haymarket Opera Company presents early-18th-century master Leonardo Vinci’s rare operatic gem, Artaserse (1730). A prominent figure of the Neapolitan School of opera, whose work influenced composers such as Johann Adolph Hasse and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Vinci’s three-act opera seria centers on the Persian prince, Artaserse, who must bring his father’s murderer to justice amidst betrayal, deceit, and mistaken identity.
To celebrate Stacy Garrop‘s piano concerto, INVICTUS (5/8 release), based on a poem about perseverance and resilience in adversity, a playlist of Cedille tracks that represent struggle against prohibitive odds — explicitly in words or as program music, or inherently in their musical nature.
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