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JOIN IPO AS WE CELEBRATE OUR FIRST PROFESSIONAL RECORDING WITH CEDILLE RECORDS

Children’s Stories features world premieres of works based on beloved children’s literature by superstar classical composers Michael Abels (Frederick’s Fables for narrator and orchestra) and Augusta Read Thomas (Gwendolyn Brooks Settings for children’s choir and orchestra). Both pieces bring children’s literary narratives stunningly to life through music.

Making its commercial recording debut, the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of its music director, Stilian Kirov, is joined by acclaimed bass-baritone Michael Sumuel, narrating Frederick’s Fables, and youth choirs Anima – Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus and ChiArts Choir in Gwendolyn Brooks Settings.