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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wednesdays, 8pm
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Weekly concerts from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
February 24
Markus Stenz conducts Mahler’s “heavenly” Fourth
Symphony, with excerpts from the CSO’s Beyond the Score presentation.
Works by Mendelssohn and Wagner round out the program.
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor (Markus Stenz, conductor; Viviane
Hagner, violin)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Markus Stenz, conductor; Nicole Cabell,
soprano) Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (Bernard Haitink, conductor)
March 3
Bernard Labadie conducts and Benedetto Lupo is the soloist in
this concert of Haydn and Mozart from May 2009.
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major (Surprise) (Bernard Labadie, conductor)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat Major (Bernard Labadie, conductor;
Benedetto Lupo, piano)
Mozart: Ballet Music from Idomeneo, rè di Creta: Chaconne (Bernard
Labadie, conductor)
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major (Bernard Labadie, conductor)
Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso (Mark Elder, conductor)
March 10
Stephen Hough is a scholar as well as a pianist. Hear a fascinating
interview with him about Rachmaninov’s unusual Fourth Piano Concerto,
plus a performance by cellist Lynn Harrell of the Elgar Cello Concerto
and 20th century Czech music, all conducted by Mark Elder.
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 (Lynn Harrell, cello)
Janácek: Jealousy
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40 (Stephen Hough, piano)
Kancheli: …à la Duduki
Janácek: Taras Bulba
March 17
Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink leads a performance of Haydn’s
Sinfonia Concertante featuring four CSO principals: Eugene Izotov, David
McGill, Robert Chen, and John Sharp, plus the final symphonies of twentieth-century
composers Witold Lutoslawski and Anton Bruckner.
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat Major (Eugene Izotov, oboe; David
McGill, bassoon; Robert Chen, violin; John Sharp, cello)
Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 4
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
March 24
Retrospective: Conductor Emeritus Pierre Boulez turns 85 this
month. This features his CSO Resound recording of Stravinsky’s Four
Studies and Pulcinella, released in January.
Stravinsky: Four Studies for Orchestra (Pierre Boulez, conductor)
Stravinsky: Excerpts from Pulcinella (Pierre Boulez, conductor)
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Pierre Boulez, conductor)
March 31
The celebration of Pierre Boulez’s 85th birthday continues
with highlights from his Chicago residency in January.
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Bartok: Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra (Pierre Laurent
Aimard, piano; Tamara Stefanovich, piano)
Dalbavie: Flute Concerto (Mathieu Dufour, flute)
Stravinsky: The Firebird
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