GRIEG Piano Concerto PROKOFIEV Symphony No

10 THU C | D 7:30 11 FRI C 8:00 12 SAT B | H 8:00

CSO & The Joffrey Ballet

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Harry Bicket conductor The Joffrey Ballet Ashley Wheater MBE

The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director MOZART Symphony No. 34 RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin WAGNER Siegfried Idyll

New Ballet WORLD PREMIERE

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.

1THU B | I 7:30 2 FRI A 1:30 3 SAT D 8:00 6 TUE B 7:30

Stravinsky, Beethoven & Sibelius 2

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thomas Søndergård conductor Francesco Piemontesi piano CSO DEBUT Chicago Symphony Chorus STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 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).

17 THU B | H 7:30 18 FRI CSO AT WHEATON 7:30 EDMAN MEMORIAL CHAPEL 19 SAT C 8:00 20 SUN A 3:00

Honeck, Capuçon & Shostakovich 5

THE JOFFREY BALLET

DALIA STASEVSKA

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck conductor Gautier Capuçon cello 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.

HILARY HAHN

8THU A | G 7:30 9 FRI B 1:30 10 SAT B | G 8:00

Hilary Hahn, Tchaikovsky & Bartók

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Dalia Stasevska conductor CSO DEBUT Hilary Hahn violin TARRODI Birds of Paradise II

FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Dalia Stasevska surveys three concertos, from Bartók’s glittering late masterpiece — which shows off every section of the orchestra — to the scampering, playful sounds of Tarrodi’s Birds of Paradise II. CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn joins the Orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s thrilling and tender Violin Concerto.

15 THU C | E 7:30 16 FRI A 1:30 17 SAT A | E 8:00 18 SUN A 3:00

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice & Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bramwell Tovey conductor Cameron Carpenter organ CSO DEBUT DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice POULENC Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3 (Organ) Iconoclastic organist Cameron Carpenter, “one of the rare musicians who changes the game of his instrument” (Los Angeles Times), takes on Poulenc’s sparkling, Baroque-infused concerto, followed by the elegance and floor-shaking grandeur of Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony.

6FRI D 8:00 7 SAT A | F 8:00

Alsop Conducts Wolfe: Her Story

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop conductor Lorelei Ensemble CSO DEBUT

CLYNE This Midnight Hour MONTGOMERY Rounds WOLFE Her Story

CSO CO-COMMISSION FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE

Conductor Marin Alsop leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in three pivotal works by 21st-century women composers. This Midnight Hour, a single-movement orchestral composition by former Mead Composer-in-Residence Anna Clyne, evokes a visual journey for the listener. Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds, commissioned for and performed by pianist Awadagin Pratt, is inspired by the constancy, rhythms and duality of life that impact all living things. Closing the program is Her Story, a CSO co-commission by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe that captures the passion and perseverance of women who have led the fight for representation and gender equality. A 40-minute theatrical experience for orchestra and women’s vocal ensemble, the piece is the latest in a series of compositions by Wolfe that highlight monumental and turbulent moments in american history.

MARIN ALSOP