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TUESDAY A
Tuesday A 1 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
Experience some of music’s greatest treasures in the Tuesday A1 series.
Riccardo Muti conducts Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird and Brahms’ Second Symphony, and Daniel Harding leads Holst’s The Planets. Prepare to be thrilled by soloists Martin Helmchen in Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto, Behzod Abduraimov in Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto and Gil Shaham in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.
Sep 26 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Muti Conducts The Firebird
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti CONDUCTOR
LIADOV The Enchanted Lake
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Riccardo Muti conducts Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird — a highlight of his tenure as the CSO’s 10th music director.
Nov 7
The Planets
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding CONDUCTOR
Chicago Symphony Chorus
SCHUMANN Overture to Manfred, Op. 115
BRAHMS Schicksalslied
HOLST The Planets
Feb 27
Tchaikovsky & Shostakovich
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu CONDUCTOR
Behzod Abduraimov PIANO
SAARIAHO Ciel d’hiver
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
MUSSORGSKY (ORCH. SHOSTAKOVICH)
Prelude to Khovanshchina
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9
Mar 12
Gil Shaham Plays Mendelssohn
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša CONDUCTOR
Gil Shaham VIOLIN
R. STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra
May 21
Helmchen Plays Beethoven
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada CONDUCTOR
Martin Helmchen PIANO
TAKEMITSU How slow the Wind
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
FRANCK Symphony in D Minor
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DANIEL HARDING
KAZUKI YAMADA
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Tuesday A 2 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
Anchored by Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt, the Tuesday A2 series is a wonderfully varied portrait of the CSO. Hear Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, a journey through Bach’s instrumental music, an allFrench program featuring Ravel’s Boléro and Debussy’s Ibéria and jewels by Mozart and Brahms, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
Dec 5 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
MTT Conducts Mozart
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas CONDUCTOR
Orion Weiss PIANO
MOZART Six German Dances, K. 509
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
BRAHMS (ORCH. SCHOENBERG) Piano Quartet No. 1
Michael Tilson Thomas leads the CSO in its first performance of Mozart’s Six German Dances.
Oct 24
Gershwin & Bernstein
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan CONDUCTOR
Conrad Tao PIANO
BARBER
The School for Scandal Overture
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
REVUELTAS Sensemayá
Mar 5
Blomstedt Conducts
Beethoven 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt CONDUCTOR
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Apr 2
The Music of Bach
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Robert Chen LEADER AND VIOLIN
William Welter OBOE
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
J.S. BACH Violin Concerto in E Major
C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia in E-flat Major
J.S. BACH Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor
J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1
June 11
Ravel Boléro
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève CONDUCTOR
Jean-Yves Thibaudet PIANO
BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 (Egyptian)
DEBUSSY Ibéria
RAVEL Boléro
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ORION WEISS
CONRAD TAO
JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET
THURSDAY A
Thursday A 1 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
The Thursday A1 series is rich in dazzling and sublime pieces. Hear Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra — with its iconic “sunrise” opening — Franck’s radiant Symphony in D Minor, Bartók’s electrifying Second Piano Concerto with soloist Yuja Wang, Mahler’s heroic First Symphony and Handel’s Messiah with the Chicago Symphony Chorus.
Mar 14 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Also sprach Zarathustra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša CONDUCTOR
Josef Špaček VIOLIN
R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
MARTINŮ Violin Concerto No. 1
BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
Violinist Josef Špaček makes his Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut in Martinů’s vivacious Violin Concerto No. 1.
Oct 26
Mahler 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider CONDUCTOR
Jian Wang CELLO
MAHLER Blumine
BLOCH Schelomo
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Dec 21
Sir Andrew Conducts
Handel’s Messiah
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis CONDUCTOR
Joélle Harvey SOPRANO
Jennifer Johnson Cano MEZZO-SOPRANO
Matthew Polenzani TENOR
John Relyea BASS
Chicago Symphony Chorus
HANDEL (ORCH. DAVIS) Messiah
Apr 4
Klaus Mäkelä & Yuja Wang
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä CONDUCTOR
Yuja Wang PIANO
ZINOVJEV Batteria
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
May 16
Helmchen Plays Beethoven
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada CONDUCTOR
Martin Helmchen PIANO
TAKEMITSU How slow the Wind
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
FRANCK Symphony in D Minor
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JAKUB HR ŮŠ A
CHICAGO SYMPHONY CHORUS
MARTIN HELMCHEN
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Thursday A 2 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, an emblem of humanity’s defiant spirit, leads the Thursday A2 series in commanding fashion. Celebrate Rachmaninov’s 150th anniversary year with his Third Symphony and witness the CSO debut of star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason in Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Other highlights include Ravel’s Boléro and a rousing, jazz-meets-classical event featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
Apr 25 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
CSO x Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Giancarlo Guerrero CONDUCTOR
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Wynton Marsalis TRUMPET
JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances
SHOSTAKOVICH Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1
MARSALIS All-American Pep from Swing Symphony
PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet
The CSO and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis join forces in a selection from Marsalis’ Swing Symphony.
Oct 12
Jaap van Zweden Conducts
Beethoven 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden CONDUCTOR
Christian Gerhaher BARITONE
SHEKHAR Lumina
MAHLER Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Nov 9
Rachmaninov 3
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds CONDUCTOR
Stephen Williamson CLARINET
SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter
THEOFANIDIS Indigo Heaven
WORLD PREMIERE, CSO COMMISSION
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3
Feb 15
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Plays Elgar
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi CONDUCTOR
Sheku Kanneh-Mason CELLO
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
ELGAR Cello Concerto
NIELSEN Symphony No. 5
June 6
Ravel Boléro
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève CONDUCTOR
Jean-Yves Thibaudet PIANO
BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 (Egyptian)
DEBUSSY Ibéria
RAVEL Boléro
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PAAVO J Ä RVI
ST ÉPHANE DENÈVE
WYNTON MARSALIS
THURSDAY B
Thursday B 1 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
The Thursday B1 series opens with Riccardo Muti conducting Italian-themed works by Richard Strauss and Mendelssohn and concludes with Esa-Pekka Salonen leading Mahler’s towering Resurrection Symphony. Experience Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with soloist Gil Shaham and Tchaikovsky’s Winter Dreams Symphony along the way.
Mar 7 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Gil Shaham Plays Mendelssohn
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša CONDUCTOR
Gil Shaham VIOLIN
R. STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra
The “brilliant and incisive” (Chicago Tribune) Gil Shaham performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto — ever popular for its mix of vigor and finesse.
Sep 28
Muti, Glass & Mendelssohn Italian
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti CONDUCTOR
GLASS The Triumph of the Octagon
WORLD PREMIERE, CSO COMMISSION
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
R. STRAUSS Aus Italien
Nov 16
The Rite of Spring & Kavakos
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Jordan CONDUCTOR
Leonidas Kavakos VIOLIN
MUSSORGSKY
A Night on Bald Mountain
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Apr 18
Chopin & Tchaikovsky
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev CONDUCTOR
Yulianna Avdeeva PIANO
PANUFNIK Heroic Overture
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 1 (Winter Dreams)
May 23
Salonen Conducts
Mahler Resurrection
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen CONDUCTOR
Mari Eriksmoen SOPRANO
Karen Cargill MEZZO-SOPRANO
Chicago Symphony Chorus
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
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PHILIPPE JORDAN
GIL SHAHAM
YULIANNA AVDEEVA
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Thursday B 2 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
Prepare to be thrilled by glittering masterworks, including Holst’s The Planets and Rimsky-Korsakov’s sumptuous Sheherazade. Brahms’ ardent Violin Concerto brings the remarkable Hilary Hahn to the stage, and Mason Bates’ kaleidoscopic Piano Concerto features soloist Daniil Trifonov. Landmark pieces by Bach, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius round out this series.
Mar 28 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
The Music of Bach
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Robert Chen LEADER AND VIOLIN
William Welter OBOE
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
J.S. BACH Violin Concerto in E Major
C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia in E-flat Major
J.S. BACH Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor
J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1
Nov 2
The Planets
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding CONDUCTOR
Chicago Symphony Chorus
SCHUMANN Overture to Manfred, Op. 115
BRAHMS Schicksalslied
HOLST The Planets
Dec 7
Hilary Hahn Plays Brahms
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mikko Franck CONDUCTOR
Hilary Hahn VIOLIN
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
WAGNER Prelude to Tristan und Isolde
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen and Principal Oboe William Welter are featured as soloists in an all-Bach program, offering the opportunity to experience the individual virtuosity and combined brilliance of these CSO musicians.
May 2
Sheherazade
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan CONDUCTOR
Paul Jacobs ORGAN
WEBER Overture to Der Freischütz
BARBER Toccata festiva
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherazade
June 20
Tchaikovsky Pathétique & Trifonov
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani CONDUCTOR
Daniil Trifonov PIANO
RACHMANINOV (ORCH. STOKOWSKI)
Prelude in C-sharp Minor
BATES Piano Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
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ELIM CHAN
DANIIL TRIFONOV
ROBERT CHEN
WILLIAM WELTER
THURSDAY C
Thursday C 1 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
Luxuriate in the genius of Mozart via the Thursday C1 series, which features his thrilling Prague Symphony, elegant Piano Concerto No. 12 with pianist Orion Weiss and exuberant Six German Dances. Other highlights include Bruckner’s enthralling Seventh Symphony and Stravinsky’s brilliant suites from Pulcinella and The Firebird
Feb 8 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Seong-Jin Cho Plays Beethoven
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New CONDUCTOR
Seong-Jin Cho PIANO
KERNIS Musica Celestis
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)
Seong-Jin Cho makes his CSO debut in Beethoven’s dark and restless Piano Concerto No. 3.
Sep 21
Muti Conducts The Firebird
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti CONDUCTOR
LIADOV The Enchanted Lake
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Nov 30
MTT Conducts Mozart
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas CONDUCTOR
Orion Weiss PIANO
MOZART Six German Dances, K. 509
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
BRAHMS (ORCH. SCHOENBERG)
Piano Quartet No. 1
May 9
Mozart & Stravinsky
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
CONDUCTOR AND VIOLIN
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 2
KREISLER Liebesleid
STRAVINSKY Suite from Pulcinella
MOZART Symphony No. 38 (Prague)
May 30
Montgomery & Bruckner 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck CONDUCTOR
Cynthia Yeh PERCUSSION
MONTGOMERY Percussion Concerto
WORLD PREMIERE, CSO COMMISSION
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7
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GEMMA NEW
NIKOLAJ SZEPS-ZNAIDER
MANFRED HONECK
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Thursday C 2 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
The Thursday C2 series offers a quintessential CSO experience with works by Gershwin and Bernstein and symphonies by Brahms and Mahler. Bask in the choral glories of Elijah, Mendelssohn’s most enduring oratorio, and discover the intriguing world of The Elements, in which soloist Joshua Bell performs a cycle of five pieces for violin and orchestra by five leading American composers.
Mar 21 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Mahler 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Susanna Mälkki CONDUCTOR
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson FLUTE Ying Fang SOPRANO
WAGNER Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
LIEBERMANN Flute Concerto No. 2
WORLD PREMIERE, CSO COMMISSION
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
CSO Principal Flute Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson solos in the world premiere of a newly commissioned concerto written for him by the esteemed Lowell Liebermann.
Oct 19
Gershwin & Bernstein
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan CONDUCTOR
Conrad Tao PIANO
BARBER
The School for Scandal Overture
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
REVUELTAS Sensemayá
Dec 14
Bychkov Conducts Brahms
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov CONDUCTOR
Renaud Capuçon VIOLIN
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Apr 11
Mendelssohn Elijah
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon CONDUCTOR
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha SOPRANO
Ashley Dixon MEZZO-SOPRANO
Issachah Savage TENOR
Lucas Meachem BARITONE
Chicago Symphony Chorus
MENDELSSOHN Elijah
June 13
The Elements with Joshua Bell
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha CONDUCTOR
Joshua Bell VIOLIN
WEBER Overture to Oberon
HEGGIE, HIGDON, MEYER, MONTGOMERY, PUTS The Elements
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
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SEMYON BYCHKOV YING FANG JURAJ
VAL Č UHA
STEFÁN RAGNAR HÖSKULDSSON
FRIDAY A
Friday A 1 | 8 CONCERTS AT 1:30
Sep 29
Muti, Glass & Mendelssohn Italian
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti CONDUCTOR
GLASS The Triumph of the Octagon WORLD PREMIERE, CSO COMMISSION
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
R. STRAUSS Aus Italien
Oct 27
Mahler 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider CONDUCTOR
Jian Wang CELLO
MAHLER Blumine
BLOCH Schelomo
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Dec 1
MTT Conducts Mozart
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas CONDUCTOR
Orion Weiss PIANO
MOZART Six German Dances, K. 509
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in
A Major, K. 414
BRAHMS (ORCH. SCHOENBERG)
Piano Quartet No. 1
Dec 15
Bychkov Conducts Brahms
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov CONDUCTOR
Renaud Capuçon VIOLIN
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Mar 1 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Blomstedt Conducts Beethoven 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt CONDUCTOR
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Herbert Blomstedt takes the podium in Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony — a piece treasured by generations of music fans for its whirling dance rhythms and majestic second movement.
Mar 15
Also sprach Zarathustra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša CONDUCTOR
Josef Špaček VIOLIN
R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
MARTINŮ Violin Concerto No. 1
BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
Mar 29
The Music of Bach
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Robert Chen LEADER AND VIOLIN
William Welter OBOE
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
J.S. BACH Violin Concerto in E Major
C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia in E-flat Major
J.S. BACH Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor
J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1
June 21
Tchaikovsky Pathétique & Trifonov
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani CONDUCTOR
Daniil Trifonov PIANO
RACHMANINOV (ORCH. STOKOWSKI)
Prelude in C-sharp Minor
BATES Piano Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
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Friday A 2 | 8 CONCERTS AT 1:30
Oct 13
Jaap van Zweden Conducts
Beethoven 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden CONDUCTOR
Christian Gerhaher BARITONE
SHEKHAR Lumina
MAHLER Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Nov 10
Rachmaninov 3
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds CONDUCTOR
Stephen Williamson CLARINET
SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter
THEOFANIDIS Indigo Heaven
WORLD PREMIERE, CSO COMMISSION
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3
Dec 8 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Hilary Hahn Plays Brahms
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mikko Franck CONDUCTOR
Hilary Hahn VIOLIN
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
WAGNER Prelude to Tristan und Isolde
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
Musical America’s 2023 Artist of the Year and CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn
illuminates Brahms’ Violin Concerto, with its ardent beauty and fiery finale.
Dec 22
Sir Andrew Conducts
Handel’s Messiah
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis CONDUCTOR
Joélle Harvey SOPRANO
Jennifer Johnson Cano MEZZO-SOPRANO
Matthew Polenzani TENOR
John Relyea BASS
Chicago Symphony Chorus
HANDEL (ORCH. DAVIS) Messiah
Mar 8
Gil Shaham Plays Mendelssohn
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša CONDUCTOR
Gil Shaham VIOLIN
R. STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra
May 17
Helmchen Plays Beethoven
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada CONDUCTOR
Martin Helmchen PIANO
TAKEMITSU How slow the Wind
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
FRANCK Symphony in D Minor
May 31
Montgomery & Bruckner 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck CONDUCTOR
Cynthia Yeh PERCUSSION
MONTGOMERY Percussion Concerto WORLD PREMIERE, CSO COMMISSION
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7
June 14
The Elements with Joshua Bell
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha CONDUCTOR
Joshua Bell VIOLIN
WEBER Overture to Oberon
HEGGIE, HIGDON, MEYER, MONTGOMERY, PUTS The Elements
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
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HILARY HAHN
FRIDAY B
Friday B1 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
NEW TIME
Treat yourself to some of music’s most evocative classics with the Friday B1 series. The series includes Stravinsky’s sumptuous suite from The Firebird, Ravel’s timeless Boléro and Mussorgsky’s radiant Prelude to Khovanshchina. Mendelssohn’s stunning oratorio Elijah and a special collaboration with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra complete the series.
Apr 12 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Mendelssohn Elijah
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon CONDUCTOR
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha SOPRANO
Ashley Dixon MEZZO-SOPRANO
Issachah Savage TENOR
Lucas Meachem BARITONE
Chicago Symphony Chorus
MENDELSSOHN Elijah
Sep 22
Muti Conducts The Firebird
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti CONDUCTOR
LIADOV The Enchanted Lake
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Feb 23
Tchaikovsky & Shostakovich
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu CONDUCTOR
Behzod Abduraimov PIANO
SAARIAHO Ciel d’hiver
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
MUSSORGSKY (ORCH. SHOSTAKOVICH)
Prelude to Khovanshchina
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9
Chicago favorite Lucas Meachem sings the mighty title role in Elijah, Mendelssohn’s most enduring oratorio, sung here in English.
Apr 26
CSO x Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero CONDUCTOR
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Wynton Marsalis TRUMPET
JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances
SHOSTAKOVICH
Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1
MARSALIS All-American Pep from Swing Symphony
PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet
June 7
Ravel Boléro
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève CONDUCTOR
Jean-Yves Thibaudet PIANO
BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 (Egyptian)
DEBUSSY Ibéria
RAVEL Boléro
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RICCARDO MUTI
LUCAS MEACHEM
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The Friday B2 series highlights a marvelously diverse selection of 20th-century classics including Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F featuring soloist Conrad Tao, Holst’s The Planets, Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite and Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the exuberant Yuja Wang as soloist. Mahler’s stunning Resurrection Symphony completes this series.
Apr 5 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Klaus Mäkelä & Yuja Wang
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä CONDUCTOR
Yuja Wang PIANO
ZINOVJEV Batteria
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
Electric conductor Klaus Mäkelä leads a program with Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto featuring pianist Yuja Wang, “the most … gifted pianist in the world today” (The San Francisco Chronicle)
Oct 20
Gershwin & Bernstein
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan CONDUCTOR
Conrad Tao PIANO
BARBER
The School for Scandal Overture
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
REVUELTAS Sensemayá
Nov 3
The Planets
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding CONDUCTOR
Chicago Symphony Chorus
SCHUMANN Overture to Manfred, Op. 115
BRAHMS Schicksalslied
HOLST The Planets
May 10
Mozart & Stravinsky
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
CONDUCTOR AND VIOLIN
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 2
KREISLER Liebesleid
STRAVINSKY Suite from Pulcinella
MOZART Symphony No. 38 (Prague)
May 24
Salonen Conducts
Mahler Resurrection
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen CONDUCTOR
Mari Eriksmoen SOPRANO
Karen Cargill MEZZO-SOPRANO
Chicago Symphony Chorus
MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
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YUJA WANG
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SATURDAY A
Saturday A 1 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
Enjoy symphonic blockbusters in the Saturday A1 series, including Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with soloist Behzod Abduraimov and Franck’s Symphony in D Minor. The mighty Chicago Symphony Chorus is featured in Mendelssohn’s stirring oratorio Elijah
Nov 18 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
The Rite of Spring & Kavakos
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Jordan CONDUCTOR
Leonidas Kavakos VIOLIN
MUSSORGSKY A Night on Bald Mountain
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Philippe Jordan conducts the CSO in Stavinsky’s The Rite of Spring, a panorama of ancient pagan rituals.
Oct 14
Jaap van Zweden Conducts
Beethoven 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden CONDUCTOR
Christian Gerhaher BARITONE
SHEKHAR Lumina
MAHLER Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Feb 24
Tchaikovsky & Shostakovich
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu CONDUCTOR
Behzod Abduraimov PIANO
SAARIAHO Ciel d’hiver
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
MUSSORGSKY (ORCH. SHOSTAKOVICH)
Prelude to Khovanshchina
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9
Apr 13
Mendelssohn Elijah
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon CONDUCTOR
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha SOPRANO
Ashley Dixon MEZZO-SOPRANO
Issachah Savage TENOR
Lucas Meachem BARITONE
Chicago Symphony Chorus
MENDELSSOHN Elijah
May 18
Helmchen Plays Beethoven
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada CONDUCTOR
Martin Helmchen PIANO
TAKEMITSU How slow the Wind
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
FRANCK Symphony in D Minor
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Variety is the essence of the Saturday A2 series, leading with Holst’s The Planets and the fourth symphonies of Mahler and Brahms. Be captivated by Saint-Saëns’ Egyptian Concerto, featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and his Violin Concerto No. 3 with violinist Renaud Capuçon. Other highlights include Stéphane Denève conducting Ravel’s Boléro and a rousing concert featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
June 8 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Ravel Boléro
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève CONDUCTOR
Jean-Yves Thibaudet PIANO
BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 (Egyptian)
DEBUSSY Ibéria
RAVEL Boléro
Nov 4
The Planets
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding CONDUCTOR
Chicago Symphony Chorus
SCHUMANN Overture to Manfred, Op. 115
BRAHMS Schicksalslied
HOLST The Planets
Dec 16
Bychkov Conducts Brahms
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov CONDUCTOR
Renaud Capuçon VIOLIN
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs Ravel’s ever-popular Boléro, with its sensuously hypnotic theme that builds to a volcanic climax.
Mar 23
Mahler 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki CONDUCTOR
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson FLUTE
Ying Fang SOPRANO
WAGNER Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
LIEBERMANN Flute Concerto No. 2
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Apr 27
CSO x Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero CONDUCTOR
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Wynton Marsalis TRUMPET
JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances
SHOSTAKOVICH
Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1
MARSALIS All-American Pep from Swing Symphony
PROKOFIEV
Selections from Romeo and Juliet
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SATURDAY B
Saturday B 1 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
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The Saturday B1 series pairs cherished classics with recently minted scores. Hear Mendelssohn’s Italian, Mozart’s Prague and Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique symphonies, as well as Elgar’s soulful Cello Concerto featuring the CSO debut of Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Mason Bates’ Piano Concerto with soloist Daniil Trifonov and a Philip Glass world premiere complete the package.
Sep 30 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Muti, Glass & Mendelssohn Italian
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti CONDUCTOR
GLASS The Triumph of the Octagon
WORLD PREMIERE, CSO COMMISSION
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
R. STRAUSS Aus Italien
Dec 2
MTT Conducts Mozart
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas CONDUCTOR
Orion Weiss PIANO
MOZART Six German Dances, K. 509
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
BRAHMS (ORCH. SCHOENBERG)
Piano Quartet No. 1
Feb 17
Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Plays Elgar
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi CONDUCTOR
Sheku Kanneh-Mason CELLO
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
ELGAR Cello Concerto
NIELSEN Symphony No. 5
Riccardo Muti opens this program with the world premiere of The Triumph of the Octagon by venerable American composer Philip Glass.
May 4
Sheherazade
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan CONDUCTOR
Paul Jacobs ORGAN
WEBER Overture to Der Freischütz
BARBER Toccata festiva
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherazade
June 22
Tchaikovsky Pathétique & Trifonov
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani CONDUCTOR
Daniil Trifonov PIANO
RACHMANINOV (ORCH. STOKOWSKI)
Prelude in C-sharp Minor
BATES Piano Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
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PAUL JACOBS
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The effusive first symphonies of Mahler and Tchaikovsky headline the Saturday B2 series, as well as Chopin’s First Piano Concerto with Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva. Handel’s Messiah and Richard Strauss’ Death and Transfiguration probe life’s big questions while Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony awes with its rapturous intensity.
June 1 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Montgomery & Bruckner 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck CONDUCTOR
Cynthia Yeh PERCUSSION
MONTGOMERY Percussion Concerto
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BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7
CSO Principal Percussion Cynthia Yeh takes the spotlight in the world premiere of a new concerto, written for her by Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery.
Oct 28
Mahler 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider CONDUCTOR
Jian Wang CELLO
MAHLER Blumine
BLOCH Schelomo
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
Dec 23
Sir Andrew Conducts
Handel’s Messiah
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis CONDUCTOR
Joélle Harvey SOPRANO
Jennifer Johnson Cano MEZZO-SOPRANO
Matthew Polenzani TENOR
John Relyea BASS
Chicago Symphony Chorus
HANDEL (ORCH. DAVIS) Messiah
Mar 9
Gil Shaham Plays Mendelssohn
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša CONDUCTOR
Gil Shaham VIOLIN
R. STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra
Apr 20
Chopin & Tchaikovsky
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev CONDUCTOR
Yulianna Avdeeva PIANO
PANUFNIK Heroic Overture
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 1 (Winter Dreams)
CSO.ORG 21
SIR ANDREW DAVIS
JIAN WANG
TUGAN SOKHIEV
CYNTHIA YEH
JESSIE MONTGOMERY
SATURDAY C
Saturday C 1 | 5 CONCERTS AT 7:30
The Saturday C1 series features several great American works, including Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Barber’s The School for Scandal Overture and Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F with soloist Conrad Tao. Also hear Hilary Hahn perform Brahms’ Violin Concerto and see Herbert Blomstedt conduct Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony.
June 15 SERIES
HIGHLIGHT
The Elements with Joshua Bell
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha CONDUCTOR
Joshua Bell VIOLIN
WEBER Overture to Oberon
HEGGIE, HIGDON, MEYER, MONTGOMERY, PUTS The Elements SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
Oct 21
Gershwin & Bernstein
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan CONDUCTOR
Conrad Tao PIANO
BARBER
The School for Scandal Overture
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
REVUELTAS Sensemayá
Dec 9
Hilary Hahn Plays Brahms
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mikko Franck CONDUCTOR
Hilary Hahn VIOLIN
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
WAGNER Prelude to Tristan und Isolde
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
Mar 2
Blomstedt Conducts
Beethoven 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt CONDUCTOR
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
May 11
Mozart & Stravinsky
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider
CONDUCTOR AND VIOLIN
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 2
KREISLER Liebesleid
STRAVINSKY Suite from Pulcinella
MOZART Symphony No. 38 (Prague)
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HERBERT BLOMSTEDT
Acclaimed violinist Joshua Bell presents The Elements, a suite of five pieces for violin and orchestra by leading American composers.
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Plan unforgettable nights out with the Saturday C2 series. Hear Mahler’s epic Resurrection Symphony and Strauss’ blazing Also sprach Zarathustra. Star pianists Yuja Wang and Seong-Jin Cho perform concertos by Bartók and Beethoven, while diverse symphonies by Mendelssohn, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich complete the package.
Nov 11 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Rachmaninov 3
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds CONDUCTOR
Stephen Williamson CLARINET
SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter
THEOFANIDIS Indigo Heaven
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RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3
CSO
Williamson solos in the world premiere of a new concerto by celebrated American composer Christopher
Feb 10
Seong-Jin
Cho Plays Beethoven
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New CONDUCTOR
Seong-Jin Cho PIANO
KERNIS Musica Celestis
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)
Mar 16
Also sprach Zarathustra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša CONDUCTOR
Josef Špaček VIOLIN
R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
MARTINŮ Violin Concerto No. 1
BARTÓK
Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
Apr 6
Klaus Mäkelä & Yuja Wang
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä CONDUCTOR
Yuja Wang PIANO
ZINOVJEV Batteria
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
May 25
Salonen Conducts
Mahler Resurrection
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen CONDUCTOR
Mari Eriksmoen SOPRANO
Karen Cargill MEZZO-SOPRANO
Chicago Symphony Chorus
MAHLER Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
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MARI ERIKSMOEN
Principal Clarinet Stephen
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STEPHEN WILLIAMSON
JAKUB HR ŮŠA
SUNDAY A | 6 CONCERTS AT 3:00
The Sunday series features distinctive soloists and an expansive repertoire. Leonidas Kavakos performs Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 2, Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Elgar’s Cello Concerto, CSO Principal Flute Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson presents the world premiere of Liebermann’s Flute Concerto No. 2 and Daniil Trifonov delivers Bates’ Piano Concerto. Jaap van Zweden conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Tugan Sokhiev leads the CSO in Tchaikovsky’s First Symphony, Winter Dreams
Oct 15
Jaap van Zweden Conducts
Beethoven 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden CONDUCTOR
Christian Gerhaher BARITONE
SHEKHAR Lumina
MAHLER Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Nov 19
The Rite of Spring & Kavakos
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Jordan CONDUCTOR
Leonidas Kavakos VIOLIN
MUSSORGSKY
A Night on Bald Mountain
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Feb 18 SERIES HIGHLIGHT
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Plays Elgar
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi CONDUCTOR
Sheku Kanneh-Mason CELLO
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
ELGAR Cello Concerto
NIELSEN Symphony No. 5
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, hailed by The New Yorker as “a cellist of blazing sensitivity,” makes his CSO debut in Elgar’s rhapsodic Cello Concerto.
Mar 24
Mahler 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki CONDUCTOR
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson FLUTE
Ying Fang SOPRANO
WAGNER Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
LIEBERMANN Flute Concerto No. 2
WORLD PREMIERE, CSO COMMISSION
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Apr 21
Chopin & Tchaikovsky
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev CONDUCTOR
Yulianna Avdeeva PIANO
PANUFNIK Heroic Overture
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 1 (Winter Dreams)
June 23
Tchaikovsky Pathétique & Trifonov
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani CONDUCTOR
Daniil Trifonov PIANO
RACHMANINOV (ORCH. STOKOWSKI)
Prelude in C-sharp Minor
BATES Piano Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
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Capathia Jenkins VOCALS
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