Classical Event Details

Loeffler's Rediscovered Octet

Logan Center for the Arts Performance Hall in Chicago and nearby North Shore venues | Friday, October 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM CDT

When

Friday, October 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM CDT

Where

Logan Center for the Arts Performance Hall
Chicago, Chicago metro

Address

915 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

Hidden deep in the archives of the Library of Congress lay an octet, unpublished, unrecorded, and unheard since 1897, until clarinetist Graeme Steele Johnson rediscovered it in 2020. Once hailed as “the dean of American composers,” Charles Martin Loeffler’s music is brought back to life as Johnson and his ensemble reveal an octet more than worthy of resurrection. Ticket Rates (inclusive of fees) $14-$47 See Special Offers page for how to book Free Youth, $14 Student, $25 Under 35, and UChicago Faculty & Staff tickets. Sneak peek of the world-premiere recording of Charles Martin Loeffler's forgotten Octet for two clarinets, harp, string quartet and double bass, written in 1897 and left unpublished, unrecorded and unheard for over 125 years. Praise for Loeffler's Rediscovered Octet “A lost octet by a forgotten master shines new light on American music” — The Washington Post “I’ve been obsessed with this 1897 Octet by Charles Martin Loeffler for months. It’s like a gloriously happy marriage between Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet and Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro. I’m eternally grateful to clarinettist Graeme Steele Johnson, who discovered the manuscript in the Library of Congress and who leads this exquisite performance.” — Gramophone Program Francis Poulenc : Sonata for Two Clarinets, FP 7 Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet, Two Violins, Viola and Cello in B Minor, Op. 115 Charles Martin Loeffler: Octet for Two Clarinets, Harp, Two Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass