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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Wednesdays, 8pm
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Weekly concerts from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
May 7
Guest conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi and the young German violinist
Arabella Steinbacher are both guests with the CSO on a subscription concert
from November, 2007.
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 (Arabella Steinbacher,
violin)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104
May 14
Retrospective: Remembering Carlo Maria Giulini, born May 9, 1914
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Op. 25, Classical
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759, Unfinished
Stravinsky: Suite from Petrushka (1947)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
May 21
British conductor Nicholas Kraemer is a Baroque specialist who provides
fascinating commentary to go with the music on this concert from November
2007.
Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349
Telemann: Tafelmusik III – Part I: Suite in B-flat, TWV 55:B1
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1 (Christopher
Martin, trumpet)
Haydn: Symphony No. 90 in C Major
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird (Mikko Franck, conductor)
May 28
British conductor Mark Elder does something unusual in this concert from
December 2007: he has the orchestra play Webern’s Five Pieces for
Orchestra a second time after the concert with some explanation from the
stage.
Delius: A Song of Summer
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40 (Stephen
Hough, piano)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, Op. 104
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10
Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102, Double
(Robert Chen, violin, Jan Vogler, cello)
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10
June 4
Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink leads the CSO in an all German/Austrian
program, featuring pianist Emanuel Ax.
Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 (Emanuel
Ax)
June 11
A CSO Retrospective: Guest Soloists
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 (Jacqueline du Pré,
cello; Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Vladimir
Ashkenazy, piano;
Sir Georg Solti, conductor)
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 (Jascha Heifetz,
violin; Fritz Reiner, conductor)
June 18
Lorin Maazel is best known as the Music Director of the New York Philharmonic,
but he guest-conducted the CSO in this program from February 2005.
Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16
Bartok: Two Pictures, Op. 10
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100
June 25
A much-requested concert by Daniel Barenboim.
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major for Winds, K. 297b
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major
July 2
During Riccardo Muti’s residency in the fall of 2007, he conducted
several concerts and took the orchestra on tour to Europe. This music
is from those performances.
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Hindemith: Suite from Nobilissima Visione
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, Pathétique
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
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