The Orion Ensemble

Chamber music is known as the “music of friends.” The first publicized season of the Orion ensemble was in 1993-94. Kathryne Pirtle (clarinet), Florentina Ramniceanu (violin), Diana Schmück (piano), Judy Stone (cello) and Jennifer Marlas (viola), That is clearly a lot of friendship.

Listening to a chamber music concert is a refreshing harmonic interlude in an often disconcerting world. Spending a couple of Sunday hours with Chicago’s award-winning Orion Ensemble might delude you into thinking the world is a place of beauty and the passion of dedicated artists (instead of the messy discordant place we know it really is).

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