Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra will begin its 2015 concerts at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, with what IPO officials call “a powerful program with international flair.”
Maestro David Danzmayr and the orchestra open the evening with Gabriela Frank’s “Elegía Andina,” a Peruvian-inspired elegy to the South American Andes written in honor of Frank’s older brother, according to a news release from IPO.
Frank, a composer with multi-ethnic roots, has traveled extensively in South America, collecting local…
