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- Sep 22-27 - Muti Conducts Strauss and BrucknerRiccardo Muti opens the concert with Mussorgsky's tone poem A Night on Bald Mountain, followed by Strauss' orchestral showpiece Don Juan. Bruckner's Seventh Symphony, one of his most popular, completes the concert.15 min
- Jun 23-26 - Muti Conducts BrucknerWelcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO Jun 23-26. Riccardo Muti closes the CSO's 125th season with awe-inspiring power and grace. Bruckner's mighty Te Deum mixes granite-like choral utterances with some of his most beautiful music. Bruckner, who left his last Symphony incomplete at his own death in 1896, regarded its noble slow third movement as his own "farewell to life."17 min
- Jun 16-21 - Muti Conducts Beethoven and BrahmsWelcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO Jun 16-21. Celebrated violinist Julia Fischer joins Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to perform Beethoven's serenely beautiful Violin Concerto. Brahms' richly lyrical Serenade No. 1 concludes a program of Romantic masterpieces.18 min
- Jun 9-11 - Mozart's Jupiter Symphony and Piano Concerto No. 2Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts stirring works from the Classical and early Romantic era. Mozart's mighty and joyous final symphony, the Jupiter, crowns a program that opens with his Symphony No. 25, composed when he was just 17. Rising star Martin Helmchen tames the furies in Beethoven's poetic Second Piano Concerto.13 min
- Jun 2-7 - Edo de Waart conducts Mozart and BeethovenWelcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO Jun 2-7. Edo de Waart pairs Beethoven's Second Symphony with two of Mozart's most charming and inventive scores-the Horn Concerto No. 3, performed by CSO horn player Daniel Gingrich, and Prague Symphony. One of Beethoven's most uplifting and beautiful works, the Second Symphony eloquently demonstrates the composer's strength amid increasing deafness.13 min
- May 26-31 - Holst's The PlanetsWelcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 26-31. Cristian Macelaru is joined by internationally acclaimed American cellist Alisa Weilerstein for a specially commissioned concerto by Pascal Dusapin. Ibert's scintillating Bacchanale and Gustav Holst's stunning and spectacular The Planets complete what will be an exhilarating concert.19 min
- May 12-14 - Nights in the Gardens of SpainWelcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 12-14. Charles Dutoit conducts two enchanting scores by Manuel de Falla. One of Spain's most exciting young artists, Javier Perianes is the soloist for the atmospheric Nights in the Gardens of Spain, and the concert ends with charming music from Falla's humorous ballet The Three-Cornered Hat. Ravel's zesty Alborada del gracioso and Dukas' ever-popular The Sorcerer's Apprentice complete this vibrant program.12 min
- May 5-10 - Elgar's Enigma VariationsWelcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 5-10. Scottish conductor Donald Runnicles was praised for his "masterful leadership of the orchestra" (The News-Gazette) after concerts with the CSO in October 2014. He returns to Symphony Center to lead a program including Richard Strauss' spectacular and brilliant tone poem Death and Transfiguration. Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da requiem paves the way for fellow Englishman Edward Elgar's popular Enigma Variations, 14 intriguing musical portraits of the composer's friends and family.29 min
- Apr 28-30 - Haitink Conducts An Alpine SymphonyWelcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO Apr 28-30. Former CSO Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink returns to Symphony Center with a program including Till Fellner as soloist in Mozart's sunny Piano Concerto No. 22. Haitink, an eminent Strauss conductor, also leads the Orchestra in a majestic performance of Strauss' epic An Alpine Symphony.14 min
- Apr 21-26 - Muti Conducts Verdi's FalstaffWelcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO Apr 21-26. Riccardo Muti's cycle of Giuseppe Verdi's three Shakespeare operas culminates in performances of Falstaff. With his incomparable musicianship, command of style and unique understanding of Verdi's genius, Maestro Muti will make Falstaff both a memorable highlight of the season and a crowning achievement of his Verdi performances in Chicago. Singing the title role is Ambrogio Maestri, "the most sought after Falstaff singer of his time" (The New York Times).22 min
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Founded in 1891, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. In collaboration with the best conductors and guest artists on the international music scene, the CSO performs well over one hundred concerts each year at its downtown home, Symphony Center, and at the Ravinia Festival on Chicago’s North Shore, where it is in residency each summer. Music lovers outside Chicago enjoy the sounds of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through best-selling recordings and frequent sold-out tour performances in the United States and around the globe.
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