November
December
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THU C | D 7:30 FRI C 8:00 SAT B | H 8:00
CSO & The Joffrey Ballet
Stravinsky, Beethoven & Sibelius 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Harry Bicket conductor The Joffrey Ballet Ashley Wheater MBE
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thomas Søndergård conductor Francesco Piemontesi piano CSO DEBUT Chicago Symphony Chorus
The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director MOZART Symphony No. 34 RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin WAGNER Siegfried Idyll New Ballet WORLD PREMIERE
STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
Cathy Marston choreography
RAMEAU Suite from Platée New Ballet WORLD PREMIERE
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa choreography Dancers from Chicago’s world-renowned Joffrey Ballet invigorate the Symphony Center stage with two newly commissioned choreographies set to Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and Rameau’s Suite from Platée. Ravel evokes Baroque dance in Le tombeau de Couperin, with each movement becoming a touching tribute to friends who died in World War I. The program opens with the beguiling elegance of Mozart’s Symphony No. 34.
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THU B | I 7:30 FRI A 1:30 SAT D 8:00 TUE B 7:30
Sibelius’ intense love of nature is mirrored in his Second Symphony, which inhabits a world of rugged, windswept beauty. In his kaleidoscopic choral masterpiece, Stravinsky creates an otherworldly aura. Beethoven’s ebullient concerto features pianist Francesco Piemontesi in his CSO debut. “Piemontesi made a wonderful impression… [He] drew out the reflective undercurrents even while playing with grace and élan” (The New York Times).
THU B | H 7:30 FRI CSO AT WHEATON 7:30 EDMAN MEMORIAL CHAPEL SAT C 8:00 SUN A 3:00
Honeck, Capuçon & Shostakovich 5
THE JOFFREY BALLET DALIA STASEVSKA
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck conductor Gautier Capuçon cello
HILARY HAHN
GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila AUERBACH Diary of a Madman UNITED STATES PREMIERE, CSO CO-COMMISSION SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
A journey from brooding despair to rousing triumph, Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony rescued him from the grips of official Soviet disfavor. But to many listeners, it’s a more subversive critique of life under Stalin. This program, led by Manfred Honeck, also showcases the U.S. premiere of Lera Auerbach’s Diary of a Madman, composed for Gautier Capuçon.
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LAHAV SHANI
