2022/23 Season Catalog by Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RICCARDO MUTI ZELL MUSIC DIRECTOR

SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS

CSO photography by Todd Rosenberg

WELCOME to the 2022/23 Season

“Culture affects our soul, our mind and the interrelationship between people… We are here to give you emotions, to give you the sound of beauty, of harmony — that sound that the world is forgetting. So, I am so happy to see all of you in this historic hall, in front of an orchestra that is more than 130 years old, that has given beauty and music and enrichment to many generations. “

RICCARDO MUTI, ZELL MUSIC DIRECTOR CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

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MUTI & THE CSO: VISION

CSO: Revisiting the Works That Defined a Century

Symphony Center Presents

MUTI & THE CSO: COMMITMENT

Series at a Glance

Season Calendar

Subscriber Rewards

Discover Your Perfect Series

How to Subscribe

Season Grid

Support the CSO

MUTI & THE CSO: PRIDE

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VISION

Celebrating the Legacy of Riccardo Muti and the CSO

Riccardo Muti’s final season as music director pays tribute to his remarkable bond with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and celebrates the communicative power of his musicmaking that has galvanized Chicago audiences over these past 13 years. Muti’s concerts combine classics with discoveries, and reunite him with longtime colleagues and friends. Each program highlights a different aspect of the acclaimed Muti-Chicago Symphony partnership, now at its peak after playing some 500 concerts together — reviving signature pieces, showcasing the Orchestra’s principal players and inviting beloved guest artists back to our stage. Throughout the season, Muti will play key works from his Chicago years — Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition, which capped his first concert with the Orchestra 50 years ago next summer, and Respighi’s Pines of Rome, the dazzling finale of his first concert as music director, in Millennium Park in 2010. Muti will return to music by Schubert and Tchaikovsky, whose complete symphonies he surveyed so memorably with the Orchestra. And reunites with pianist Yefim Bronfman, violinist Julia Fischer and pianist Maurizio Pollini, who makes his first appearance with the Orchestra in a decade. Continuing his annual tradition of showcasing the Orchestra’s first-chair players, Muti joins Concertmaster Robert Chen in Mozart, longtime Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny in the concerto Lalo Schifrin wrote with him in mind and David Herbert, one of Muti’s earliest principal appointments, in William Kraft’s First Timpani Concerto.

JESSIE MONTGOMERY

SERGEI RACHMANINOV

DAVID HERBERT

MILLENNIUM PARK, SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

GENE POKORNY SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR

ROBERT CHEN

For the first time in Chicago, Muti will lead Rachmaninov’s haunting Second Symphony and Prokofiev’s dazzling Fifth. He will give the U.S. premiere of the recently discovered Solemn Prelude by the British composer of African descent Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and unveil a new work by Jessie Montgomery, the sixth Mead Composer-in-Residence to be appointed by Muti. At the season’s end, he will lead his first Chicago performances of Beethoven’s sublime Missa solemnis, a towering work of sacred vocal music that is a testament to the very soul and spirit of music. Program after program is designed to demonstrate our 10th music director’s unique passion for communicating the solace and joy that music alone can deliver. In Muti’s hands, these are pieces that draw us in with their quiet depth, or thrill us with unexpected drama and lyrical power. With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at his fingertips, Muti makes music soar and sing as only the greatest of musical partnerships can. Muti’s last year as music director offers a panoramic view of music that reflects our complex world and speaks to the very qualities that make us human. With these unmissable programs, Riccardo Muti concludes one of the most extraordinary chapters in our Orchestra’s history. BY PHILLIP HUSCHER, THE CSO'S SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE AND PROGRAM ANNOTATOR

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CSO: Revisiting the Works That

Defined a Century

Performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra have shaped generations of music lovers. Its performances and recordings are legendary and have set the standard by which other interpretations are measured. And yet, the power and beauty of its sound is a vibrant force that is ever evolving. The Orchestra came of age during the 20th century, a period that overlaps with the majority of the ensemble’s more than 130-year history. The major forces that changed the world during that time — war, politics, technology, industrialization, globalization, modernism — led to the emergence of bold and insightful compositional voices. During the 2022/23 Season, the CSO presents fresh interpretations of signature symphonic works from the last century, interpreted by the finest musicians of today. Hear the CSO reinterpret works by these modern masters and more in the 2022/23 Season.

Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 September 29-Oct 1 Symphony No. 6 October 27-November 1 Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 November 17-20 Symphony No. 7 April 27-29 Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 5 November 3-5 Symphony No. 7 April 27-29 Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms December 1-6 Petrushka April 20-23 Bartók Concerto for Orchestra December 8-10 Orff Carmina burana March 16-18 Copland Clarinet Concerto March 23-26 Janácek Taras Bulba April 6-11 R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite April 13-15 Respighi Pines of Rome May 25-27 Debussy La mer June 1-6 Ravel La valse June 1-6

Symphony Center Presents October 4, 2022, marks the 25th anniversary of the opening of Symphony Center. After more than three years of planning, building and fine-tuning, Symphony Center — a new music complex that included a facility expansion and the beautifully restored and acoustically renovated Orchestra Hall — opened its doors to the public on October 4, 1997, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performing Bruckner’s Te Deum, led by Music Director Daniel Barenboim. To match this state-of-the-art facility, the long-standing presentation series first established as Allied Arts in 1930 was renamed Symphony Center Presents (SCP). In the weeks following that opening concert, the series presented an Inaugural Festival with performances by Barenboim and Itzhak Perlman, Maurizio Pollini, and jazz legends Dave Brubeck, Joe Williams and Oscar Peterson. Adding to the series’ prestigious and legendary history, that SCP inaugural season ushered in a new era with over 70 concerts by more than 90 artists and ensembles who came to perform in “The Musical Heart of Chicago,” as the new facility was billed.

JOSHUA BELL

DANIIL TRIFONOV

The 2022/23 Season of Symphony Center Presents welcomes the world’s leading musicians and ensembles to Chicago through the return of its world-renowned Orchestra series, intimate chamber music performances, virtuoso piano soloists and iconic jazz musicians. The series also prides itself on introducing debut artists as well as collaborations between star performers in programs that reflect the artists’ passions for repertoire of personal significance. Returning this season are series favorites who appeared during the 1997/98 reimagined SCP season: the esteemed Emerson String Quartet, jazz legend Wynton Marsalis violinists Anne-Sophie Mutter, Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman. These exceptional concerts comprise thoughtfully curated series that are designed with the avid music lover in mind.

WYNTON MARSALIS

2022/23 Season Highlights

ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER

Chucho Valdés: The Creation October 18

Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter Virtuosi February 5

Berliner Philharmoniker November 16

Joshua Bell & Daniil Trifonov March 2

Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler’s House December 4

Evgeny Kissin April 16

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis January 27-28

Víkingur Ólafsson May 7

SCP DEBUT

Emerson String Quartet & Emanuel Ax June 4

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CSO: Anything but Ordinary HILARY HAHN

Introducing new music to to CSO audiences has been an important part of Riccardo Muti's legacy as music director. With the CSO, he has conducted numerous world premieres by distinguished American and international composers as well as those by the six CSO Mead Composers-in-Residence he has appointed during his tenure. He has been a champion of diverse compositional voices of our own time, and his advocacy carries across the CSO's programs. This season brings several opportunities to hear the achievements of women composers who are increasingly shaping the future of classical music. Among them is Jessie Montgomery, the CSO’s current Mead Composer-in-Residence. A New York City native who is also an active violinist, Montgomery is a fresh, compelling voice of the millennial generation. As a New York Times headline recently declared, “The Changing American Canon Sounds Like Jessie Montgomery.” Trailblazing conductor Marin Alsop will lead a program dedicated to female composers, anchored by Julia Wolfe’s Her Story, a work that honors women who stand up to prejudice and entrenched power structures. Wolfe’s potent, richly textured music has won numerous accolades including the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Other discoveries include a U.S. premiere by composer Lera Auerbach and Primal Message by Nokuthula Ngwenyama, who was born of Zimbabwean Japanese parentage in Los Angeles. The season also offers a chance to hear instruments that rarely bask in the solo spotlight. Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny introduces a tuba concerto by Lalo Schifrin, the celebrated composer of stage, screen and concert hall (a reminder that his career has stretched well beyond the Theme from Mission: Impossible). And Principal Timpani David Herbert breaks out from the percussion section to star in William Kraft’s bracing Timpani Concerto No. 1. The entire orchestra gets to shine in a new work by Jimmy López, the Peruvian American composer whose opera Bel Canto premiered at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2015. In her second season as the CSO’s Artist-in-Residence, violinist Hilary Hahn shares with CSO audiences one of the many works her musicianship has inspired: Rautavaara’s Deux Sérénades. Revealed to Hahn after his death in 2016, the two serenades — one addressed to love, the other to life — are the Finish composer’s final works and are a gift treasured by Hahn, who describes receiving the lush score as “a letter from the beyond.”

Coleridge-Taylor Solemn Prelude September 22-27 UNITED STATES PREMIERE

Amadeus October 13-16 Ngwenyama Primal Message October 27- November 1 CSO & The Joffrey Ballet November 10-12 WORLD PREMIERE CHOREOGRAPHY

Auerbach Diary of a Madman November 17-20 UNITED STATES PREMIERE, CSO CO-COMMISSION

Wolfe Her Story January 6-7 CSO CO-COMISSION

López Aino February 16-18 UNITED STATES PREMIERE, CSO CO-COMMISSION

Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus March 16-18 Rautavaara/Aho Deux Sérénades April 13-15

JULIA WOLFE

Montgomery New Work May 11-16

NOKUTHULA NGWENYAMA

Kraft Timpani Concerto No. 1 May 25-27 Schifrin Tuba Concerto June 15-17

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Series at a Glance Explore the 2022/23 Season lineup and discover what concert experiences await you at Symphony Center! Join as a curated series subscriber to secure the best seats at the best prices. You will enjoy the same seat for every concert, and you will have the opportunity to renew your seats year after year. (See page 35 for details.) Or, you can mix and match any combination of three of more performances to build a Create Your Own series package that perfectly fits your concertgoing lifestyle.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Center Presents

The most exciting and dynamic classical music performed by the world’s finest musicians.

Leading artists in touring ensembles, chamber music, piano recitals and engaging jazz performances.

CSO CLASSICAL Evenings 5 Concerts 10 Concerts

CHAMBER MUSIC | 3- or full 6-concert series Intimate chamber music performances of well-loved works and modern masterpieces.

Tuesdays at 7:30 Thursdays at 7:30 Fridays at 8:00 Saturdays at 8:00 Matinees

A & B D–I A–C C & D C–H A & B

6 Concerts 8 Concerts

Fridays at 1:30 Sundays at 3:00

- A & B A -

CSO AT THE MOVIES 4 Fridays at 7:30 Blockbuster favorites with live music performed by the CSO. CSO AT WHEATON 3 Fridays at 7:30 CSO concerts in the heart of the western suburbs at Wheaton College’s Edman Memorial Chapel. CSO MUSICNOW - at Symphony Center 4 Mondays at 7:00 Cutting-edge works curated by Mead Composer-inResidence Jessie Montgomery and performed by musicians from the CSO. CSO FOR KIDS: ONCE UPON A SYMPHONY Select Saturdays at 10:00 or 11:45 Playful concert experiences that combine vibrant music, storytelling and enchanting visuals. Perfect for ages 3-5. CSO FOR KIDS: FAMILY MATINEES 3 Saturdays at 11:00 or 12:45 Fun and engaging CSO performances for children ages 5 and up.

ORCHESTRAS | 2-concert series | Weekdays at 8:00 Bringing exceptional orchestras from around the world to Symphony Center. PIANO | 4- or full 8-concert series | Sundays at 3:00 Dazzling displays of virtuosity from internationally acclaimed pianists in recital. JAZZ | 4- or full 8-concert series | Fridays at 8:00 Today’s premier jazz artists at “Chicago’s most prestigious musical address” (Chicago Tribune).

2022/23 Season Calendar September/October 22 23 27

THU A | G 7:30 FRI B 1:30 TUE A 7:30

Muti & Bronfman Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor Yefim Bronfman piano COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Solemn Prelude UNITED STATES PREMIERE BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2

(Little Russian)

A new season begins as dazzling pianist Yefim Bronfman joins Riccardo Muti and the CSO in Brahms’ unabashedly vigorous and stirring First Piano Concerto. Tchaikovsky’s joyful Second Symphony quotes folk melodies from Ukraine. The program opens with the U.S. premiere of a long-lost and recently discovered score by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a British composer of African descent.

SAT 6:30

Symphony Ball

with red carpet and champagne reception Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor Yefim Bronfman piano COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Solemn Prelude MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture Riccardo Muti conducts a rousing start to the 2022/23 Season. After opening with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lush Solemn Prelude, the CSO is joined by the formidable Yefim Bronfman in Mozart’s joyous and richly scored piano concerto. The evening ends with a knockout finale: Tchaikovsky’s brilliant 1812 Overture. Enhance your experience with a gala package including a preconcert private reception in Buntrock Hall and post-concert dinner and dancing at The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago. For more information, please email symphonyball@cso.org or call 312-294-3185.

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THU B | H 7:30 FRI A 1:30 SAT A | F 8:00

Muti Conducts Mozart & Prokofiev Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor ROSSINI Overture to Il viaggio a Reims MOZART Symphony No. 39 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 The 2022/23 Season will mark 70 years since Sergei Prokofiev’s death. Riccardo Muti conducts Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, composed in 1944, which ranks among his greatest achievements. Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 has grandeur and intensity that foreshadows the mature symphonies of Beethoven. The overture to Rossini’s Journey to Reims gathers several of the composer’s buoyant and picturesque themes.

RICCARDO MUTI

SYMPHONY BALL

YEFIM BRONFMAN

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THU C | E 7:30 FRI C 8:00 SAT D 8:00

Muti, Pollini & Pictures from an Exhibition Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor Maurizio Pollini piano FRANCK Le chasseur maudit MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 MUSSORGSKY (ORCH. RAVEL)

Pictures from an Exhibition Mussorgsky, shaken by the passing of his friend, the artist Victor Hartmann, turned his grief into music, composing his lavishly evocative 10-movement suite inspired by Hartmann’s sketches. Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Ravel’s iconic orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition. Renowned pianist Maurizio Pollini makes his long-awaited return to the stage with the CSO in Mozart’s dark-hued final piano concerto. The program opens with Franck’s supernatural thriller The Accursed Huntsman.

Did you know? Riccardo Muti made his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival on July 25, 1973, leading Rossini’s Overture to Semiramide, Schumann’s Piano Concerto with Christoph Eschenbach (the festival’s future music director, in his Ravinia debut) and Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition.

MAURIZIO POLLINI

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THU A | F 7:30 FRI CSO MOVIES 7:30 SAT C 7:30 NOTE START TIME SUN 3:00

Amadeus Chicago Symphony Orchestra Constantine Kitsopoulos conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus Experience the Academy Award®-winning 1984 film on screen while Mozart’s celebrated works are performed live by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. This riveting film classic tells a story of envy between Vienna court composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) and the raffish but gifted young Mozart (Tom Hulce).

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THU C | D 7:30 FRI D 8:00 SAT B | G 8:00 TUE B 7:30

Thielemann Conducts Bruckner 8 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Christian Thielemann conductor BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8

AMADEUS LIVE IS A PRODUCTION OF AVEX CLASSICS INTERNATIONAL

Bruckner’s last completed symphony is a majestic statement in which every theme feels like a sacred offering. Bruckner signed the score “Hallelujah,” and eagerly declared “The finale is the most important movement of my life.” Christian Thielemann, “the most admired of today’s German conductors” (Los Angeles Times), leads the CSO on this sweeping journey.

TUE SCP JAZZ E | B 8:00

Chucho Valdés: The Creation SCP JAZZ CO-COMMISSION

Great Cuban pianist and composer Chucho Valdés presents La Creación (The Creation), for big band, Afro-Cuban percussion and vocals. The four-movement suite explores the story of creation according to the Afro-Cuban Santería religion and includes elements of African music, the blues and what Valdés describes as “an atmosphere in the style of Miles Davis’ 'Bitches Brew'.”

SUN SCP CHAMBER E | A 3:00

Midori & Jean-Yves Thibaudet Midori violin Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata in A Major,

Op. 12, No. 2

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata in E-flat Major,

Op. 12, No. 3

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata in A Major,

Op. 47 (Kreutzer)

Master violinist and educator Midori has been a force in classical music for almost 40 years. This season she collaborates with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, celebrated for his “trademark elegance” (The New York Times), on three Beethoven sonatas. Anchoring the recital is the exhilarating Kreutzer, which — as interpreted by Midori — promises “a stunning performance of one of Beethoven’s most famous works” (South Florida Classical Review).

MIDORI

November 24

MON 7:00 NOTE LOCATION: CSO MusicNOW RETURNS TO SYMPHONY CENTER IN 2022/23!

CSO MusicNOW Curated by Mead Composer-inResidence Jessie Montgomery The best way to experience new music in Chicago. Program to be announced.

27 THU B | I 7:30 28 FRI A 1:30 Nov 1 TUE A 7:30 Grieg Piano Concerto & Prokofiev 6 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Xian Zhang conductor Simon Trpčeski piano NGWENYAMA Primal Message FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE GRIEG Piano Concerto PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6

Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony was a risky undertaking in post-World War II Russia: a personal meditation on suffering and loss that he described as agitated, lyrical and austere. Pianist Simon Trpčeski animates the romantic flourishes of Grieg’s Piano Concerto, while Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Primal Message is a fantasia inspired by the 1974 Aricebo interstellar radio transmission.

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THU A | F 7:30 FRI D 8:00 SAT A | E 8:00

Wagner, Bartók & Vaughan Williams Chicago Symphony Orchestra Edward Gardner conductor Christian Tetzlaff violin WAGNER Prelude to Act 3 of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5 As Great Britain endured the Blitz in 1943, the 71-year-old Vaughan Williams produced his Fifth Symphony. To celebrate 150 years since the composer’s birth, Edward Gardner conducts this work of warmth and gentle contemplation. Christian Tetzlaff, “a meticulous and refined virtuoso” (The New York Times), presents Bartók’s rhapsodic Second Violin Concerto. Wagner’s serene and somber prelude to Act 3 of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg opens the program.

XIAN ZHANG

SUN SCP PIANO E | B 3:00

David Fray piano SCHUBERT Three Piano Pieces, D. 946 SCHUBERT Wanderer Fantasy LISZT Sposalizio from Années de

pèlerinage, Deuxième année, Italie

LISZT Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104 from

Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année, Italie LISZT Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este from Années de pèlerinage, Troisième année LISZT Après une lecture du Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata) from Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième année, Italie French pianist David Fray, whose 2016 Symphony Center recital was “as intelligently selected as it was expressively played” (Chicago Tribune), returns with another illuminating program. Pieces from Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) are juxtaposed with two exhilarating works by Schubert, including his Wanderer Fantasy.

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THU C | D 7:30 FRI C 8:00 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

THE JOFFREY BALLET

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 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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WED SCP ORCHESTRAS 8:00

Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko conductor SCP DEBUT MAHLER Symphony No. 7

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THU B | H 7:30 FRI CSO AT WHEATON 7:30 EDMAN MEMORIAL CHAPEL

CSO MusicNOW

SAT C 8:00 SUN A 3:00

Curated by Mead Composer-inResidence Jessie Montgomery

In his Seventh Symphony, Mahler evokes alternately gentle and menacing visions of nature using a rich tonal palette that includes blazes of brass, pealing bells, mandolin and guitar. Kirill Petrenko makes his first Chicago appearance as chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker — which itself last performed here in 2009 — building on the orchestra’s celebrated Mahler tradition.

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Did you know?

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.

The Berliner Philharmoniker under guest conductor Herbert von Karajan first traveled to the United States in the spring of 1955, and their tour — including three concerts in Orchestra Hall — was a tremendous success. The following year, the musicians elected Karajan principal conductor, a post he would hold until his death in 1989.

The best way to experience new music in Chicago. Program to be announced.

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

Did you know? The MusicNOW series was inaugurated on December 9, 1998, with the Arditti Quartet and pianist Ursula Oppens performing in Buntrock Hall at Symphony Center. The program included Elliott Carter’s Fifth String Quartet, Charles Ives’ Five Pieces for Piano and String Quartet and Conlon Nancarrow’s Two Canons for Ursula and Third String Quartet.

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FRI CSO MOVIES 7:30 SAT 7:30 SUN 3:00

The Princess Bride SAT 11:00 FAMILY A | 12:45 FAMILY B

Exploring the Orchestra: A Universe of Music Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Andrew Grams conductor Justin Roberts co-host Program to include music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Duke Ellington and John Williams Join guest conductor Andrew Grams and members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, along with Grammy® nominated children’s rocker Justin Roberts, as they explore the rich and diverse universe of orchestral music from classical to film scores, jazz and beyond.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Richard Kaufman conductor KNOPFLER The Princess Bride Adapted from the 1973 novel by William Goldman, Rob Reiner’s iconic film The Princess Bride brings the swashbuckling fights, giant monsters and sweeping romance of classic fairy tales to a modern audience. A farmhand named Westley must rescue his true love, Princess Buttercup, from the odious Prince Humperdinck, making new friends — and a few enemies — along the way. Experience one of the most treasured films of the last few decades at Symphony Center as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs Mark Knopfler’s evocative score.

BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER

GAUTIER CAPUCON

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THU B | I 7:30 FRI A 1:30 SAT D 8:00 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).

THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD

FRI SCP JAZZ E | A 8:00

Brubeck Brothers Tribute to Dave Brubeck with special guests Catherine Russell, Joey DeFrancesco and Camille Thurman The Dave Brubeck Quartet made a splash in the jazz world of the 1950s with a singular style that put swing into classical music and defined the sound of West Coast cool jazz. More than a hundred years after Brubeck’s birth, the Brubeck Brothers Quartet salutes the legendary pianist and bandleader with the help of special guests vocalist Catherine Russell, Hammond B-3 organist Joey DeFrancesco and tenor saxophonist Camille Thurman.

SAT 10:00 and 11:45 BUNTROCK HALL AT SYMPHONY CENTER

Once Upon a Symphony: Stone Soup Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra A hungry traveler arrives at a village with nothing except an old cooking pot, arousing the curiosity of the townsfolk when he begins to make a pot of “stone soup.” One by one, the villagers contribute to the broth and find musical harmony as they enjoy the most delicious soup they have ever tasted. Produced and presented in partnership with Chicago Children’s Theatre. Perfect for ages 3-5. NOTE: This program will also be performed on January 7 and February 25, 2023, at the same times listed above.

SUN 7:00

Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler’s House Itzhak Perlman violin Hankus Netsky music director, saxophone and piano Andy Statman clarinet and mandolin Members of the Brave Old World and Klezmer Conservatory Band Itzhak Perlman, reigning virtuoso of the violin, presents his collection of traditional klezmer music, In the Fiddler’s House. Released more than 25 years ago, the album became a PBS special that earned Perlman his third Emmy Award. Now, Perlman returns to this project, offering the opportunity to witness not only his masterful technique and remarkable artistry, but also “to see and hear a gifted musician experiencing the pleasure of getting in contact with his roots” (Los Angeles Times).

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TUE 7:30 WED 7:30

A Chanticleer Christmas FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 126 E. CHESTNUT ST.

The beloved, Grammy®-winning men’s chorus brings its “rich, intricately blended sound” (Washington Post) to its signature holiday celebration. The centuries-spanning program, ranging from Renaissance polyphony to jazz and spirituals, will be performed at Chicago’s Fourth Presbyterian Church, known for its striking Gothic Revival architecture.

ITZHAK PERLMAN

BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET

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THU A | G 7:30 FRI B 1:30 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-inResidence Hilary Hahn joins the Orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s thrilling and tender Violin Concerto.

THU C | E 7:30 FRI A 1:30 SAT A | E 8:00 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.

Did you know?

DALIA STASEVSKA

Founder and first music director Theodore Thomas led the Orchestra in the U.S. premiere of Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice on January 13, 1899, at the Auditorium Theatre. Forty years later in Disney’s Fantasia, the work would forever be linked to Mickey Mouse as the apprentice, tormented by his inability to control an onslaught of brooms and buckets of water.

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FRI 7:30 SAT 3:00 TUE 7:30 WED 3:00 THU 7:30 FRI 1:30

Merry, Merry Chicago! Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Alastair Willis conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus Symphony Center’s joyous musical celebration of the season is the perfect holiday tradition for the entire family. Join members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Chorus for a program of traditional carols and festive holiday songs.

SUN 7:30

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass Internationally recognized for its clarion power and gleaming brilliance, the legendary CSO brass section presents a virtuosic showcase of traditional favorites and symphonic masterworks arranged for brass ensemble.

BRAMWELL TOVEY

CSO BRASS

CAMERON CARPENTER

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Alsop Conducts Wolfe: Her Story Chicago Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop conductor Lorelei Ensemble CSO DEBUT Program to include: WOLFE Her Story CSO CO-COMMISSION FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE

Marin Alsop shines a light on the rich panorama of women composers. The program includes Her Story by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe. Says Wolfe, "From Abigail Adams, to Soujourner Truth, to a multitude of contemporary voices, Her Story captures the passion and perseverance of women demanding representation and leading the fight for equality. Ten female singers of the Lorelei ensemble team up with the Chicago Symphony to tell this important part of American political history.”

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FRI SCP JAZZ E | A 8:00 SAT SCP SPECIAL 8:00

Anne-Sophie Mutter & Mutter Virtuosi

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Wynton Marsalis trumpet Versatile, spontaneous and hard-swinging as ever, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra comprises 15 of the finest ensemble players in jazz today. Artistic director Wynton Marsalis, whose vast repertoire includes everything from new commissions to masterworks by Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Thelonious Monk, returns with the band for a two-concert residency, which also features educational activities.

SUN SCP PIANO E | A 3:00

Leif Ove Andsnes piano

Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Mutter Virtuosi VIVALDI Concerto for Four Violins in B Minor BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 SAINT-GEORGES Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5, No. 2 CHIN Gran Cadenza VIVALDI The Four Seasons The eminent German violinist arrives with her Mutter Virtuosi, an ensemble comprised chiefly of current and former scholarship recipients of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation. The emerging string stars present Vivaldi’s beloved Four Seasons, along with concertos by Bach and Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Unsuk Chin’s Gran Cadenza, a virtuoso duo for violins.

JANÁČEK Sonata

(From the Street, October 1, 1905)

VUSTIN Lamento BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 31 in

MARIN ALSOP

SUN SCP CHAMBER E | B 3:00

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA with WYNTON MARSALIS

A-flat Major, Op. 110 DVOŘÁK Poetic Tone Pictures Leif Ove Andsnes, “one of the most eloquent and incisive keyboardists of our time” (Chicago Sun-Times), frames Beethoven’s transcendent Op. 110 sonata with two jewels of the Czech repertoire. Dvořák’s 13-part cycle ranges in mood from the dreamlike to cheerfully folkloric, while Janáček’s sonata pays tribute to a worker who was killed during a protest in 1905.

TUE 7:30

Juan Diego Flórez tenor Vincenzo Scalera piano

SCP DEBUT

Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez brings his signature virtuosity, elegance and boundless charm to a selection of favorite opera arias and songs. Find out why Opera News likened his voice to “the engine in a Porsche 911; when you hear it, you know you’re in the presence of something finely tuned and luxurious.”

JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ

LEIF OVE ANDSNES

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

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SAT 11:00 FAMILY A | 12:45 FAMILY B

In Pursuit of Dreams

Shani Conducts Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Chicago Symphony Orchestra Lahav Shani conductor CSO DEBUT Beatrice Rana piano CSO DEBUT PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 (Classical) RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances In a program celebrating the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninov’s birth, Lahav Shani conducts the composer’s Symphonic Dances, which marries diabolical, jazzy melodies with plush, old-world grandeur. Italian pianist Beatrice Rana is soloist in Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody, a set of 24 variations that crackle with wit and furious energy. Prokofiev’s delightful Classical Symphony opens the program.

Did you know? On December 16 and 17, 1921, Sergei Prokofiev made his second appearance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Orchestra Hall, as soloist in the world premiere of his Third Piano Concerto (Frederick Stock conducting) and on the podium as conductor of his First Symphony (Classical).

Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tania Miller conductor Jessie Montgomery special guest Program to be announced

Mäkelä Conducts López & Mahler 5

Where do you find inspiration? How do you set out in pursuit of your dreams and overcome the obstacles in your path? This program, led by guest conductor Tania Miller and with a special guest appearance by CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery, takes listeners on a journey and shows that although life has many challenges, we all have the potential to find our own way.

THU A | F 7:30 FRI B 1:30 SAT D 8:00

TUE SCP ORCHESTRAS 8:00

Toronto Symphony Orchestra Gustavo Gimeno conductor SCP DEBUT María Dueñas violin SCP DEBUT MOUSSA Elysium for Orchestra LALO Symphonie espagnole PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Klaus Mäkelä conductor LÓPEZ Aino UNITED STATES PREMIERE, CSO CO-COMMISSION MAHLER Symphony No. 5

In his Fifth Symphony, Mahler embraces the whole panorama of life. After a tumultuous funeral march, the work’s five movements include folk-inspired dances, a tender love song and a boisterous finale. Noted for his “great affinity with Mahler” (Le Monde), Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä pairs the composer’s Fifth Symphony with the U.S. premiere of Aino by Peruvian American composer Jimmy López.

Perfect for Valentine’s Day, selections from Prokofiev’s masterpiece about Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers are paired with Lalo’s salute to the sultry dance rhythms of Spain, featuring Menuhin Competition winner María Dueñas as soloist. Celebrating its centennial season, the Toronto Symphony makes its Symphony Center debut with its dynamic new music director, Gustavo Gimeno.

KLAUS MÄKELÄ

LAHAV SHANI

JIMMY LÓPEZ

TANIA MILLER

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March

MON 7:00 NOTE LOCATION: SYMPHONY CENTER

Joshua Bell & Daniil Trifonov

CSO MusicNOW

Joshua Bell violin Daniil Trifonov piano BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 12, No. 1 PROKOFIEV Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80 FRANCK Violin Sonata

Curated by Mead Composer-inResidence Jessie Montgomery The best way to experience new music in Chicago. Program to be announced.

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THU B | H 7:30 FRI A 1:30 SAT C 8:00

Two luminaries of their instruments team up for this joint recital at Symphony Center. Bell, whose recent Chicago performance was “profoundly lyrical and unflagging in emotional intensity” (Chicago Tribune), finds an ideal partner in Trifonov, “a remarkable artist” whose playing is “by turns daring and sensitive, impassioned and poetic” (The New York Times).

Muti, Fischer & Tchaikovsky Manfred Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor Julia Fischer violin SCHUMANN Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony

Tchaikovsky’s turbulent Manfred Symphony takes its inspiration from Lord Byron’s dramatic poem about a world-weary traveler who wanders the Alps and is bewitched by supernatural forces. German violinist Julia Fischer, acclaimed for her “pure and fine-spun tone” (Chicago Tribune), joins Riccardo Muti and the CSO for Schumann’s poetic and autumnal Violin Concerto.

THU SCP CHAMBER E | B 8:00

SUN 3:00

Kodo One Earth Tour 2023: Tsuzumi Experience the primal power and majesty of taiko drumming as Japan’s pioneering Kodo brings this centuries-old art form to Symphony Center. Since its debut in 1981, this 15-member troupe has traveled the globe, offering performances of emotional depth and thrilling, visceral physicality.

THU B | I 7:30 SAT A | E 8:00 SUN A 3:00

Blomstedt Conducts Dvořák 8 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Herbert Blomstedt conductor Andrei Ioniță cello CSO DEBUT DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 Eminent Swedish American conductor Herbert Blomstedt leads two Dvořák landmarks — the restless, bucolic Eighth Symphony and the impassioned Cello Concerto — each imbued with the composer’s hallmark warmth and Bohemian charm. Joining the CSO is the young Romanian Andrei Ioniţă, “one of the most exciting cellists to have emerged for a decade” (The Times of London).

Did you know? On August 12, 1893, 8,000 people packed into the Festival Hall during the World’s Columbian Exposition to hear the Exposition Orchestra — the Chicago Orchestra expanded to 114 players — under the baton of Antonín Dvořák leading his Slavonic Dances, the overture My Country and his Eighth Symphony.

SUN SCP PIANO E | B 3:00

Marc-André Hamelin piano

KODO

DUKAS Sonata in E-flat Minor BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 29 in

B-flat Major, Op. 106 (Hammerklavier)

The intrepid Marc-André Hamelin offers a characteristically fascinating program, pairing Beethoven’s olympian Hammerklavier Sonata with Dukas’ monumental sonata of 1901. The Guardian calls Dukas’ work “one of the underappreciated masterpieces of the French piano repertoire” and “a perfect showcase for Hamelin’s extraordinary keyboard talent.”

JULIA FISCHER

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FRI SCP JAZZ E | B 8:00

SUN SCP CHAMBER E | A 3:00

FRI CSO MOVIES 7:30

Maria Schneider Orchestra: Data Lords

Hilary Hahn violin

An Evening with John Williams

BACH Selected Sonatas and Partitas

Composer, bandleader and NEA Jazz Master Maria Schneider makes a highly anticipated return to Symphony Center with her genredefying, 18-piece orchestra. Her latest work, Data Lords, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a winner of two Grammy Awards and was named Jazz Album of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association.

CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn returns to Symphony Center with a recital featuring selected Bach Sonatas and Partitas, highlighting the depth and versatility of her musicianship. Following her performances of Dvořák’s Violin Concerto in 2021, the Chicago Classical Review declared, “Hilary Hahn is one of those rare musicians who brings not just sterling technical gleam but individuality and communicative expression to every performance.”

Chicago Symphony Orchestra John Williams conductor

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

John Williams is an inimitable musical icon. He has taken us to galaxies far, far away. He has conjured up wizards, helped the Man of Steel fly above Metropolis and, with two notes, made beachgoers terrified of entering the water. Williams leads the CSO in an evening of highlights from his landmark film scores.

THOMAS WILKINS

Carmina burana Chicago Symphony Orchestra Osmo Vänskä conductor Joélle Harvey soprano Reginald Mobley countertenor Elliot Madore baritone CSO DEBUT Chicago Symphony Chorus Chicago Children’s Choir Josephine Lee artistic director MONTGOMERY Banner RAUTAVAARA Cantus Arcticus FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE ORFF Carmina burana

Carl Orff’s choral celebration of love, lust and youthful excess in medieval times is as iconic as ever — at once gloriously bawdy and touchingly beautiful. Rautavaara’s ethereal “concerto for birds and orchestra” features bird calls recorded in arctic Finland. Banner, by CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery, is a vibrant rhapsody on The Star-Spangled Banner.

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Coleridge-Taylor, Copland & Dvořák 9 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thomas Wilkins conductor Stephen Williamson clarinet COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Hiawatha Suite FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE COPLAND Clarinet Concerto DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9

(From the New World)

Thomas Wilkins conducts three works featuring unique musical visions of America, capped with Dvořák’s majestic New World Symphony, which draws on African American and Native American source materials. Coleridge-Taylor’s ballet suite captures the spirit of Longfellow’s epic poem The Song of Hiawatha. CSO Principal Clarinet Stephen Williamson performs Copland’s Clarinet Concerto, premiered by Benny Goodman, which features a rollicking blend of jazz and classical sounds.

STEPHEN WILLIAMSON

HILARY HAHN

JOHN WILLIAMS

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THU A | G 7:30 FRI CSO AT WHEATON 7:30 EDMAN MEMORIAL CHAPEL 1 SAT B | H 8:00 4 TUE A 7:30

Boccherini, Vivaldi & Mozart 40 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bernard Labadie conductor Pablo Sáinz-Villegas guitar BOCCHERINI Symphony No. 26 in C Minor VIVALDI Guitar Concerto in D Major, RV 93 BOCCHERINI Fandango from Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D Major FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE MOZART Symphony No. 40

In his 2019 CSO debut, Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas thrilled with “the profundities of his art,” along with “the sheen of his tone and the nobility of his rhythms,” wrote the Chicago Tribune. Sáinz-Villegas returns in two pieces with bright Mediterranean character. Bernard Labadie, making a welcome return to the CSO, conducts the program, which also features dark-hued symphonies by Mozart and Boccherini.

PABLO SÁINZ-VILLEGAS

Mar 31

FRI SCP JAZZ E | A 8:00

Danilo Pérez’s Global Messengers & Children of the Light with John Patitucci and Brian Blade

SUN SCP PIANO E | A 3:00

Emanuel Ax piano Program to include: SCHUBERT Sonata in A Major, D. 664 SCHUBERT Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960

Panamanian-born Danilo Pérez is “practically peerless” (NPR) as a bandleader and composer, distinguished as the choice pianist for such jazz legends as Wayne Shorter and Dizzy Gillespie. He returns to Symphony Center to lead two groups that showcase the expansiveness of his artistry: the nimble trio Children of the Light with bassist John Patitucci and drummer Brian Blade and his popular, multinational Global Messengers sextet.

SAT 10:00 and 11:45 BUNTROCK HALL AT SYMPHONY CENTER

Once Upon a Symphony: The Elves and the Shoemaker Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra The poor shoemaker and his wife have enough leather to make only one last pair of shoes. While the shoemaker sleeps, someone fashions the most perfect pair of shoes imaginable — and a delighted customer pays twice the asking price. Who could have done such marvelous work? And will the magic continue? We all need help at times, and when we receive it, we strengthen our connections with one another. Produced and presented in partnership with Chicago Children’s Theatre. Perfect for ages 3-5.

An audience favorite since winning the Arthur Rubinstein Competition in 1974, Emanuel Ax brings his signature eloquence and insight to a program of early Romantic repertory. The Guardian said of Ax, “every phrase [was] perfectly conceived and balanced, his warm, velvety tone never threatening to become strident.”

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Adès Conducts Adès with Gerstein Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thomas Adès conductor CSO DEBUT Kirill Gerstein piano LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1 ADÈS Piano Concerto FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE SIBELIUS Overture and Suite No. 1

from The Tempest

JANÁČEK Taras Bulba

Come along for an engrossing program of musical storytelling as Thomas Adès conducts Liszt’s swirling treatment of the Faust legend, Janáček’s depiction of a 17th-century Cossack warrior and Sibelius’ incidental music to Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Kirill Gerstein presents Adès’ own Piano Concerto, “an affectionate, joyous, remarkably uncomplicated tribute to tradition” (The New York Times).

NOTE: This program will also be performed on April 29 and May 20 at the same times listed above.

EMANUEL AX

DANILO PÉREZ

THOMAS ADÈS

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FRI 8:00

Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion Zakir Hussain is the “indisputable tabla maestro” (Gramophone), taking his instrument to the frontiers of Indian classical music while vastly expanding its presence on the world stage. For his long-running Masters of Percussion program, Hussain is joined by drumming virtuosos representing multiple cultures, genres, ages and instruments.

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THU C | D 7:30 FRI A 1:30

SAT B | G 8:00

FRI SCP JAZZ E | B 8:00

SUN SCP PIANO E | B 3:00

Evgeny Kissin piano

Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour: Celebrating 65 Years

BACH Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue

in D Minor, BWV 903

MOZART Sonata in D Major, K. 311 DEBUSSY Estampes RACHMANINOV Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5 RACHMANINOV Prelude in A Minor,

One of the longest-running musical events, the Monterey Jazz Festival celebrates its 65th year with a once-in-a-lifetime ensemble. Featuring Tony and Grammy® Awardwinning NEA Jazz Master vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater alongside Grammy® Awardwinning vocalist Kurt Elling and critically acclaimed rising star saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, this stellar band is directed by visionary pianist Christian Sands and anchored by his longtime rhythm section, bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer Clarence Penn.

Op. 32, No. 8

RACHMANINOV Prelude in G-flat Major,

Op. 23, No. 10

RACHMANINOV Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33

Chicago welcomes back Evgeny Kissin, “the master of the fiery grand gesture” (The New York Times), whose recitals are inevitably major events “filled with probing musical insights and beautiful tonal finish” (Chicago Tribune). The epoch-spanning program begins with J.S. Bach and ends with four selections to mark Rachmaninov's 150th birthday in April 2023.

Mikko Franck & Hilary Hahn Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mikko Franck conductor Hilary Hahn violin R. STRAUSS Don Juan RAUTAVAARA/AHO Deux Sérénades

Did you know?

FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE SARASATE Carmen Fantasy R. STRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Three days before his 19th birthday, Evgeny Kissin made his debut on the Allied Arts, now known as Symphony Center Presents, piano series, opening the season on October 7, 1990, with a performance of Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes and Abegg Variations, Prokofiev’s Sixth Sonata and Liszt’s Rhapsodie espagnole and Liebestraum.

CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn returns for Sarasate’s brilliant and sultry arrangement of Bizet’s Carmen and two beguiling serenades by the late Finnish master Einojuhani Rautavaara. Mikko Franck frames the program with two works by Richard Strauss: his thrilling portrait of the notorious Spanish libertine and his loving and graceful tribute to the Viennese waltz.

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER

EVGENY KISSIN

ZAKIR HUSSAIN

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“Mozart said that the most profound music is the one that hides between the notes. It’s an incredible idea: between two notes, even if closely linked, there is infinity. The mystery is there, in that space that encloses the universe. The task of the musician and therefore of the conductor of the orchestra is precisely that, to be able to give voice and interpret the music that exists between two notes: in short, to bring out what is not written followed rigorously by what is. It is a great responsibility.” — FROM THE BOOK L’INFINITO TRA LE NOTE BY RICCARDO MUTI

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THU A | F 7:30 FRI CSO AT WHEATON 7:30 EDMAN MEMORIAL CHAPEL 22 SAT A | E 8:00 23 SUN A 3:00

Trifonov Plays Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

24 MON 7:00 NOTE LOCATION: SYMPHONY CENTER CSO MusicNOW Curated by Mead Composer-inResidence Jessie Montgomery The best way to experience new music in Chicago. Program to be announced.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Fabien Gabel conductor CSO DEBUT Daniil Trifonov piano LIADOV Kikimora STRAVINSKY Petrushka RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3

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“Peerless today as a Rachmaninov interpreter” (The Guardian) and in possession of “monstrous technique and lustrous tone” (The New Yorker), pianist Daniil Trifonov performs Rachmaninov’s electrifying Third Piano Concerto. Russian folklore animates Stravinsky’s magical world of Petrushka and Liadov’s dark and fantastical Kikimora.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Vladimir Jurowski conductor SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad)

Did you know? Sergei Rachmaninov performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on numerous occasions, and he was soloist in his Third Piano Concerto on two subscription weeks — in 1920 and 1932 — under the baton of second music director Frederick Stock.

VLADIMIR JUROWSKI

THU B | I 7:30 FRI D 8:00 SAT B | H 8:00

Jurowski Conducts Shostakovich 7

Vladimir Jurowski marks his return to Symphony Center with Shostakovich’s monumental Leningrad Symphony, a loving hymn to the composer’s native city and its heroism amid the 900-day siege during World War II. The vivid Seventh Symphony reverberates with the echoes of war, from the relentless, mechanized rhythms of the first movement to the fragile, victorious strains of the finale.

SUN SCP CHAMBER E | A 3:00

Jerusalem Quartet with Pinchas Zukerman & Amanda Forsyth DANIIL TRIFONOV

Jerusalem Quartet Pinchas Zukerman violin and viola Amanda Forsyth cello BRUCKNER Adagio from String Quintet in F Major DVOŘÁK String Sextet in A Major, Op. 48 BRAHMS String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18 The distinguished violinist and violist Pinchas Zukerman joins forces with cellist Amanda Forsyth and the Jerusalem Quartet in Dvořák’s enchanting String Sextet, Brahms’ String Sextet No. 1 and Bruckner’s Adagio. The ensemble plays this repertory with “a beguiling warmth and soaring cantabile to ravish the senses” (The Strad).

AMANDA FORSYTH

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THU C | E 7:30 FRI C 8:00 SAT A | F 8:00 TUE A 7:30

SAT 11:00 FAMILY A | 12:45 FAMILY B

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Giovanni Antonini conductor Amanda Forsythe soprano Yulia Van Doren soprano Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Chicago Symphony Chorus VIVALDI Sinfonia from La Senna festeggiante

FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE VIVALDI Magnificat VIVALDI Kyrie FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE VIVALDI Gloria

Experience the uplifting power of Antonio Vivaldi’s joyous Gloria, with its gleaming vocal fireworks and richly embroidered orchestral passages. Early-music specialist Giovanni Antonini conducts this and other Vivaldi treasures, including the Magnificat, in all its variety and invention; the luminous nobility of La Senna festeggiante, and the poignant Kyrie.

SUN SCP PIANO E | A 3:00

Víkingur Ólafsson piano

Downtown Sounds

Vivaldi Gloria

SCP DEBUT

Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Scott Speck conductor Program to include: GERSHWIN An American in Paris MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture

GALUPPI Sonata No. 9 in F Minor MOZART Rondo in F Major, K. 494 BACH Rondo in D Minor CIMAROSA (ARR. ÓLAFSSON)

Sonata No. 42 in D Minor

What does your neighborhood or town sound like? Many composers have written music about their favorite places, using melodies and rhythms to portray city streets and bustling neighborhoods. Be transported around Chicago without leaving Orchestra Hall in this program featuring music by Gershwin, Márquez and Tchaikovsky.

Did you know? During the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 29th season in 1919/20, second music director Frederick Stock inaugurated three major and ongoing initiatives to cultivate future generations of musicians and concertgoers: a regular series of Children’s Concerts, Youth Auditions and the Civic Music Student Orchestra, now known as the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.

MOZART Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397 MOZART Rondo in D Major, K. 485 CIMAROSA (ARR. ÓLAFSSON)

Sonata No. 55 in A Minor

HAYDN Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI:32 MOZART Kleine Gigue in G Major, K. 574 MOZART Sonata in C Major, K. 545 MOZART Adagio from

String Quintet No. 3 in G Minor, K. 516

GALUPPI Sonata No. 34 in C Minor MOZART Sonata in C Minor, K. 457 MOZART Adagio in B Minor, K. 540 MOZART (TRANS. LIZST)

Ave verum corpus, K. 618 Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, “an arresting artist who in concert creates unique aural landscapes” (Los Angeles Times), in his Symphony Center Presents debut, intersperses Mozart’s keyboard works with music by four contemporaries, C.P.E. Bach, Cimarosa, Galuppi and Haydn.The program includes Liszt’s sublime transcription of Mozart’s Ave verum corpus.

VÍKINGUR ÓLAFSSON

GIOVANNI ANTONINI

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

Muti, Montgomery & Rachmaninov 2 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser MONTGOMERY New Work CSO COMMISSION, WORLD PREMIERE

RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2

Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony marked a personal comeback after a debilitating crisis of confidence. In the spring of 2023, a century and a half after the composer’s birth, Riccardo Muti conducts this sumptuous score, along with a world premiere by Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery, who writes with “a Technicolor brilliance and harmonic plushness perfect for the CSO’s own heart-on-its-sleeve proclivities” (Chicago Tribune).

FRI SCP JAZZ E | A 8:00

An Evening with Dave Holland featuring Kenny Barron, Kevin Eubanks & Obed Calvaire NEA Jazz Master Dave Holland has long been considered as one of the most forwardthinking, experimental bassists, breaking new ground for the acoustic and electric bass beginning in the late 60s. He assembles a true all-star group of jazz heavyweights and frequent collaborators comprised of pianist and fellow NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron, guitarist Kevin Eubanks and drummer Obed Calvaire, for a single evening of unforgettable music.

SUN 3:00

Renée Fleming & Evgeny Kissin Legendary soprano Renée Fleming and world-renowned pianist Evgeny Kissin join forces for an extraordinary event. Fleming’s sumptuous voice and Kissin’s virtuosity shine in a program featuring songs by Rachmaninov. Experience this dream pairing of megastars at Symphony Center! A SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS AND LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO COLLABORATION

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Muti, Chen & Mozart Gran Partita Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor Robert Chen violin CIMAROSA Overture to Il matrimonio segreto MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4 MOZART Serenade No. 10 (Gran Partita) In his Gran Partita for 13 instruments, Mozart achieves a sublime combination of grandeur, complexity and sunny charm. CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen presents the composer’s stately and rustic Violin Concerto No. 4, a product of his Salzburg years. Riccardo Muti opens the concert with Cimarosa’s overture, which echoes Mozart’s comic vein and abounds in freshness and invention. RENÉE FLEMING

SUN SCP PIANO E | B 3:00

Seong-Jin Cho piano

SCP DEBUT

HANDEL Suite in E Major GUBAIDULINA Chaconne BRAHMS Handel Variations BRAHMS Selected Piano Pieces, Op. 76 SCHUMANN Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13

Seong-Jin Cho, making his Symphony Center Presents debut, brings “world-class technique, polished to a high sheen of expression” (Los Angeles Times) to a wide-ranging program pairing Handel’s E Major Suite with Brahms’ Handel Variations. The afternoon culminates in Schumann’s mercurial Symphonic Etudes.

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Muti, Herbert & Pines of Rome Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor David Herbert timpani CSO SOLO DEBUT MOZART Divertimento in F Major, K. 138 KRAFT Timpani Concerto No. 1 FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances,

Suite I

RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

Riccardo Muti conducts two of Respighi’s vibrant orchestral tapestries: his sumptuous homage to Rome’s iconic neighborhoods and pine groves and his masterful evocation of Renaissance lute music. The program includes the vivid First Concerto for Timpani by American composer William Kraft, featuring CSO Principal Timpani David Herbert.

Did you know? On January 29 and 30, 1926, Ottorino Respighi made his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as piano soloist in his Concerto in the Mixolydian Mode for Piano and Orchestra (Frederick Stock conducting) and as guest conductor leading the second suite from his Ancient Airs and Dances and Pines of Rome.

SEONG-JIN CHO

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Maria João Pires piano Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires has been hailed as “an elegant technician and probing interpreter” (The New York Times), whose playing is “modest in scale, gloriously immodest in its beauty” (Financial Times). Acclaimed for her recordings of music by Mozart, Chopin and Schubert, Pires makes a rare Chicago recital appearance.

Did you know? Maurice Ravel appeared as guest conductor on January 20 and 21, 1928, leading the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a program of his works, including Sheherazade (with mezzo-soprano Lisa Roma), Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2, Le tombeau de Couperin, La valse and his orchestration of Debussy’s Sarabande and Dance.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra David Afkham conductor Vadim Gluzman violin RAVEL Menuet antique SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 DEBUSSY La mer RAVEL La valse David Afkham conducts landmarks of early 20th-century French music, including Debussy’s La mer, a shimmering depiction of the sea and its many moods, and Ravel’s La valse, in which a misty waltz morphs into a delirious portrait of a vanished age. Turning to Russia, Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman takes on Shostakovich’s alternately biting and poignant First Violin Concerto.

Emerson String Quartet Emanuel Ax piano WALKER Lyric for Strings SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 12 DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet No. 2 In this farewell concert, the Emerson Quartet performs one final time for Chicago audiences before retiring from the concert stage in the fall of 2023. In what promises to be an unforgettable afternoon, the celebrated quartet presents cherished repertoire from its 47-year career with a special guest appearance by longtime collaborator Emanuel Ax.

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

Hrůša Conducts Mahler 9 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Jakub Hrůša conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 9

FRI SCP JAZZ E | B 8:00

An Evening with Branford Marsalis Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, one of jazz’s most revered musicians, has become an avatar of contemporary artistic excellence. For more than 40 years, he has expanded his vision as an instrumentalist, composer, bandleader and educator, crossing stylistic boundaries while maintaining an unwavering creative integrity, and has reached “the highest echelon of jazz tenor saxophonists” (Los Angeles Times). Don’t miss an evening of virtuosic improvisations and stunning melodies that brings the 2022/23 SCP Jazz series to a close.

JAKUB HRŮŠA

SUN SCP CHAMBER E | B 3:00

Emerson String Quartet & Emanuel Ax

Debussy La mer & Ravel La valse

2 MARIA JOÃO PIRES

THU C | E 7:30 FRI B 1:30 SAT A | F 8:00 TUE B 7:30

BRANFORD MARSALIS

Mahler “peacefully bids farewell to the world” is how the composer’s protégé Bruno Walter described the finale to his Ninth Symphony. This valedictory score contains the many hallmarks of Mahler’s symphonies — their grand scale, profound emotions and folk-dance themes — capped by an ethereal finale that achieves a sense of transcendent rapture.

Did you know? The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has recorded Mahler’s Ninth Symphony on three occasions: in 1976 under Carlo Maria Giulini, in 1982 with Sir Georg Solti, and in 1998 under Pierre Boulez. Each of the three recordings won Grammy awards for Best Orchestral Performance.

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Muti, Pokorny & Schubert 9 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor Gene Pokorny tuba J. STRAUSS, JR. Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves SCHIFRIN Tuba Concerto

FIRST CSO PERFORMANCE SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 (Great)

Schubert’s magnificent final symphony and Johann Strauss Jr.’s Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves bookend this program with distinctive Viennese touches. CSO Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny takes the spotlight in a concerto written for him by Lalo Schifrin (best known for his Mission: Impossible theme), which incorporates Baroque and jazz influences.

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Muti Conducts Beethoven Missa solemnis

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor Erin Morley soprano Alisa Kolosova mezzo-soprano Giovanni Sala tenor Ildar Abdrazakov bass Chicago Symphony Chorus BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis

Chicago Symphony Orchestra David Newman conductor WILLIAMS The Force Awakens

Few mass settings pose more questions of listeners than Beethoven’s Missa solemnis. A fervent meditation on faith and doubt, the piece spans moments of ecstasy and angst, soaring beauty and near-operatic theatricality. Riccardo Muti leads this rarely performed score with a thrilling quartet of international singers and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.

The iconic music of John Williams weaves together a nine-film saga that spans half a century. Released over four decades after the original film in 1977, The Force Awakens brought Star Wars and the magic of Williams’ music to a new generation. Set 30 years after the defeat of Emperor Palpatine, this exciting seventh installment launches a new chapter in the Skywalker saga. Experience it on the big screen as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs John Williams’ epic score. ©2015 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. © DISNEY. PRESENTATION LICENSED BY DISNEY CONCERTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH 20TH CENTURY FOX, LUCASFILM LTD. AND WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC.

Did you know? Riccardo Muti began his tenure as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 10th music director on September 19, 2010, conducting a free concert in Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Before a crowd of more than 25,000 people, he led the Orchestra in Verdi’s Overture to La forza del destino, Liszt’s Les préludes, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet and Respighi’s Pines of Rome.

EMERSON STRING QUARTET CHICAGO SYMPHONY CHORUS

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Classical

Thursday Evenings at 7:30

Thursday A

Thursday C

The Thursday A series offers a grand tour of orchestral landmarks including Schubert’s Ninth and Mahler’s Fifth symphonies, Orff’s Carmina burana, Respighi’s Pines of Rome and Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto featuring CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn. Get started with a live-with-orchestra screening of the film classic Amadeus.

Dance rhythms invigorate the Thursday C series, including the voluptuous, old-world grandeur of Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances and Ravel’s swirling La valse. Dancers from Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet illuminate music by Wagner and Rameau. Also hear symphonies by Bruckner, Dvořák and SaintSaëns, along with Riccardo Muti conducting Mussorgsky’s stunning Pictures from an Exhibition.

A Full 10-concert series F 5-concert selection G 5-concert selection

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Muti & Bronfman Amadeus Wagner, Bartók & Vaughan Williams Hilary Hahn, Tchaikovsky & Bartók Mäkelä Conducts López & Mahler 5 Carmina burana Boccherini, Vivaldi & Mozart 40 Trifonov Plays Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 Muti, Herbert & Pines of Rome Muti, Pokorny & Schubert 9

C Full 10-concert series D 5-concert selection E 5-concert selection

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10/6 E Muti, Pollini & Pictures from an Exhibition 10/20 D Thielemann Conducts Bruckner 8 11/10 D CSO & The Joffrey Ballet 12/15 E 2/9 3/23 4/13 5/4 5/18 6/1

Thursday B Vivid masterworks highlight the Thursday B series. Prokofiev’s Fifth and Sixth symphonies and Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony are distinctive reflections on wartime. Riccardo Muti conducts Rachmaninov’s rapturous Second Symphony and Tchaikovsky’s turbulent Manfred Symphony. In contrast, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms conveys a ritualistic serenity.

B Full 10-concert series H 5-concert selection I 5-concert selection

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Muti Conducts Mozart & Prokofiev Grieg Piano Concerto & Prokofiev 6 Honeck, Capuçon & Shostakovich 5 Stravinsky, Beethoven & Sibelius 2 Muti, Fischer & Tchaikovsky Manfred Blomstedt Conducts Dvořák 8 Adès Conducts Adès with Gerstein Jurowski Conducts Shostakovich 7 Muti, Montgomery & Rachmaninov 2 Hrůša Conducts Mahler 9

RICCARDO MUTI

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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice & Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony Shani Conducts Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Coleridge-Taylor, Copland & Dvořák 9 Mikko Franck & Hilary Hahn Vivaldi Gloria Muti, Chen & Mozart Gran Partita Debussy La mer & Ravel La valse

Classical

Friday Matinees at 1:30

Friday A

Friday B

Variety is the spice of this “TGIF” series. Experience robust and impassioned symphonies by Rachmaninov, Sibelius and Prokofiev, tour Italian landscapes in Respighi’s vivid Pines of Rome and hear beloved piano concertos by Beethoven and Grieg, featuring Francesco Piemontesi and Simon Trpčeski.

The gleaming virtuosity of the CSO is on full display in this series, which gathers Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra and Orff’s Carmina burana with the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Concertos spotlight CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen, Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny and CSO Artist-in-Residence Hilary Hahn.

8-concert series

9/30 10/28 12/2

Muti Conducts Mozart & Prokofiev Grieg Piano Concerto & Prokofiev 6 Stravinsky, Beethoven & Sibelius 2

12/16

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice & Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

2/24 4/14 5/12 5/26

Muti, Fischer & Tchaikovsky Manfred Mikko Franck & Hilary Hahn Muti, Montgomery & Rachmaninov 2 Muti, Herbert & Pines of Rome

Classical

9/23 12/9 2/17 3/17 4/7 5/19 6/2 6/16

Muti & Bronfman Hilary Hahn, Tchaikovsky & Bartók Mäkelä Conducts López & Mahler 5 Carmina burana Adès Conducts Adès with Gerstein Muti, Chen & Mozart Gran Partita Debussy La mer & Ravel La valse Muti, Pokorny & Schubert 9

Friday Evenings at 8:00

Friday C

Friday D

Friday’s C series delivers bold contrasts, opening with Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition and closing with Mahler’s glorious farewell, the Ninth Symphony. Also experience Vivaldi’s incandescent Gloria, Rachmaninov’s kaleidoscopic Symphonic Dances and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 with the distinguished interpreter Maurizio Pollini. Finally, dancers from the Joffrey Ballet illuminate music by Wagner and Rameau.

Bruckner’s awesome Eighth Symphony and Beethoven’s impassioned Missa solemnis frame the Friday D series. Along the way, hear a thought-provoking program of music by several leading women composers and two strikingly different responses to war in Vaughan Williams’ Fifth and Shostakovich’s Leningrad symphonies.

5-concert series

10/7 11/11 2/10 5/5 6/9

Muti, Pollini & Pictures from an Exhibition CSO & The Joffrey Ballet Shani Conducts Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Vivaldi Gloria Hrůša Conducts Mahler 9

10/21 11/4 1/6 4/28 6/23

Thielemann Conducts Bruckner 8 Wagner, Bartók & Vaughan Williams Alsop Conducts Wolfe: Her Story Jurowski Conducts Shostakovich 7 Muti Conducts Beethoven Missa solemnis

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Saturday Evenings at 8:00

Saturday A

Saturday C

Go big with the Saturday A series, which packs in Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto with soloist Daniil Trifonov, Dvořák’s Eighth and Ninth symphonies, Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony, Debussy’s La mer and the Fifth symphonies of Prokofiev and Vaughan Williams. They are joined by elegant and intimate works including Vivaldi’s sunlit Gloria, Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 and ColeridgeTaylor’s Hiawatha Suite.

Experience the grandeur of big, heartfelt symphonies including Shostakovich’s Fifth, Schubert’s Ninth and Tchaikovsky’s Manfred. The series opens with the Academy Award®-winning Amadeus — portraying Mozart in all his mischief and glory — projected on a sweeping screen while the CSO performs the film’s magnificent soundtrack.

A Full 10-concert series E 5-concert selection F 5-concert selection

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10/1 F Muti Conducts Mozart & Prokofiev 11/5 E Wagner, Bartók & Vaughan Williams 12/17 E 1/7 3/11 3/25 4/22 5/6 5/20 6/3

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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice & Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony Alsop Conducts Wolfe: Her Story Blomstedt Conducts Dvořák 8 Coleridge-Taylor, Copland & Dvořák 9 Trifonov Plays Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 Vivaldi Gloria Muti, Chen & Mozart Gran Partita Debussy La mer & Ravel La valse

Saturday B Explore larger-than-life portraits in Strauss’ thrilling Don Juan, Respighi’s Pines of Rome and Orff’s ever-popular cantata Carmina burana. Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony arose from the wartime siege of Leningrad, while Beethoven’s Missa solemnis stemmed from the composer’s own personal struggles and reflections on faith.

B Full 10-concert series G 5-concert selection H 5-concert selection

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Thielemann Conducts Bruckner 8 CSO & The Joffrey Ballet Hilary Hahn, Tchaikovsky & Bartók Shani Conducts Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Carmina burana Boccherini, Vivaldi & Mozart 40 Mikko Franck & Hilary Hahn Jurowski Conducts Shostakovich 7 Muti, Herbert & Pines of Rome Muti Conducts Beethoven Missa solemnis

5-concert series 10/15 11/19 2/25 4/8 6/17

Amadeus Honeck, Capuçon & Shostakovich 5 Muti, Fischer & Tchaikovsky Manfred Adès Conducts Adès with Gerstein Muti, Pokorny & Schubert 9

Saturday D Mahler’s all-embracing Fifth and Ninth symphonies lie at the heart of the Saturday D series. Continue the symphonic journey with the second symphonies of Sibelius and Rachmaninov, and be moved by two distinctive pianists: the distinguished Maurizio Pollini in Mozart’s stirring Piano Concerto No. 27 and the imaginative Francesco Piemontesi performing Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto.

5-concert series 10/8 12/3 2/18 5/13 6/10

Muti, Pollini & Pictures from an Exhibition Stravinsky, Beethoven & Sibelius 2 Mäkelä Conducts López & Mahler 5 Muti, Montgomery & Rachmaninov 2 Hrůša Conducts Mahler 9

Classical

Sunday Matinees at 3:00

Sunday A The Sunday A series explores the symphony in all its variety. Savor the rustic warmth of Dvořák’s final two symphonies, the taut thrills of Shostakovich’s Fifth and the mighty splendor of Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony. The Chicago Symphony Chorus joins in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, and pianist Daniil Trifonov takes on the fiendish virtuosity of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto.

6-concert series 11/20

Honeck, Capuçon & Shostakovich 5

12/18

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice & Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony

3/12 3/26 4/23 6/25

Blomstedt Conducts Dvořák 8 Coleridge-Taylor, Copland & Dvořák 9 Trifonov Plays Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 Muti Conducts Beethoven Missa solemnis

Classical

Tuesday Evenings at 7:30

Tuesday A

Tuesday B

Invigorating Baroque and Classical gems anchor the Tuesday A series. Be uplifted by Vivaldi’s joyous Gloria and experience the radiance of guitar works by Vivaldi and Boccherini, both featuring Spaniard Pablo Sáinz-Villegas. The series also explores the mastery of three works by Mozart: the Gran Partita, Symphony No. 40 and the Fourth Violin Concerto with CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen.

The Tuesday B series is encompassed by three sweeping symphonies: Sibelius’ rugged and expansive Second, Bruckner’s colossal Eighth and Rachmaninov’s sumptuous Second. The remainder of the series includes enthralling impressions of people and places by Janáček, Liszt and Debussy.

5-concert series

9/27 11/1 4/4 5/9 5/23

Muti & Bronfman Grieg Piano Concerto & Prokofiev 6 Boccherini, Vivaldi & Mozart 40 Vivaldi Gloria Muti, Chen & Mozart Gran Partita

10/25 12/6 4/11 5/16 6/6

Thielemann Conducts Bruckner 8 Stravinsky, Beethoven & Sibelius 2 Adès Conducts Adès with Gerstein Muti, Montgomery & Rachmaninov 2 Debussy La mer & Ravel La valse

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CSO at the Movies Friday Evenings at 7:30 Fall in love with classic movies all over again. Experience the thrill of Miloš Forman’s 1984 feature film Amadeus, a work of cinematic genius featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and nearly two dozen of Mozart’s most celebrated compositions. Relive the fairy-tale adventure of The Princess Bride as the entire musical score is performed live. Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, the seventh installment in the Skywalker saga, and an evening with John Williams conducting the CSO complete the package!

4-concert series 10/14 11/25 3/24 6/30

Amadeus The Princess Bride An Evening with John Williams Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

JOHN WILLIAMS

CSO at Wheaton Friday Evenings at 7:30 Internationally celebrated conductors and guest artists join the world-renowned CSO to perform symphonic masterworks in the western suburbs. Manfred Honeck conducts Shostakovich’s triumphant Fifth Symphony and Lera Auerbach’s Diary of a Madman, composed for and performed by cellist Gautier Capuçon. Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas and conductor Bernard Labadie make a welcome return to Chicago with a program featuring works by Boccherini and Vivaldi and Mozart’s Symphony No. 40. Finally, Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov thrills in Rachmaninov’s electrifying Third Piano Concerto.

EDMAN MEMORIAL CHAPEL

3-concert series Edman Memorial Chapel, 401 E. Franklin St., Wheaton College 11/18 3/31 4/21

Honeck, Capuçon & Shostakovich 5 Boccherini, Vivaldi & Mozart 40 Trifonov Plays Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

CSO MusicNOW Monday Evenings at 7:00

25th Season

Savor the bold and unexpected. Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery curates exhilarating performances of works written by today’s composers to create Chicago’s most exciting contemporary music series. Programs to be announced.

4-concert series at Symphony Center 10/24 11/21

2/20

4/24 JESSIE MONTGOMERY

Once Upon a Symphony® Saturdays at 10:00 or 11:45 Once Upon a Symphony® programs combine vibrant music played by CSO musicians, storytelling and enchanting visuals for a playful concert experience designed especially for our youngest audience members. Perfect for ages 3-5. Produced and presented in partnership with Chicago Children’s Theatre.

Buntrock Hall at Symphony Center 12/3, 1/7, 2/25 4/1, 4/29, 5/20

Stone Soup The Elves and the Shoemaker Subscribe to both programs and save! Pricing details found on page 48.

Family Matinees

Saturdays at 11:00 A or 12:45 B Share your love of music with the next generation at Symphony Center and make musical memories that will last a lifetime. This series features fun, engaging, kid-friendly programs of beloved classical music performed by members of the CSO.

3-concert series 11/19 2/11 5/6

Exploring the Orchestra: A Universe of Music In Pursuit of Dreams Downtown Sounds

The CSO offers concerts for school groups. Please encourage the teachers in your life to contact the Negaunee Music Institute for more information at 312-294-3076.

THOMAS WILKINS

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Symphony Center Presents Piano

Chamber Music Orchestras

Sunday Matinees at 3:00

Weekday Evenings at 8:00

A veritable bonanza for piano lovers, the Piano series gathers all eight keyboard recitals of the 2022/23 Season in one subscription. Listen for music by Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy and Rachmaninov, as well as less-traveled repertoire by Janáček, Dukas and Handel. This unparalleled lineup ranges from exciting debuts to legendary icons of the keyboard.

Experience the most illustrious names in classical music in virtuosic recitals and collaborations. Delve into Beethoven’s violin sonatas, quicksilver concertos by Vivaldi and Bach, and masterful sextets by Brahms and Dvořák. Discover chamber music’s intimate beauty with CSO Artistin-Residence Hilary Hahn, the superstar duo of Joshua Bell and Daniil Trifonov, renowned violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and more!

Celebrate the return of the Orchestra series. Experience scintillating works by Mahler, Prokofiev and Lalo from two world-class orchestras, led by today’s most distinguished conductors.

E Full 8-concert series A 4-concert selection B 4-concert selection

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11/6 B David Fray 1/29 A Leif Ove Andsnes

2/26 B Marc-André Hamelin 4/2 A Emanuel Ax 4/16 B Evgeny Kissin 5/7 A Víkingur Ólafsson 5/21 B Seong-Jin Cho

5/28 A Maria João Pires

E Full 6-concert series A 3-concert selection B 3-concert selection

2-concert series

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Midori & Jean-Yves Thibaudet Anne-Sophie Mutter 2/5 B & Mutter Virtuosi

10/23 A

Bell & Daniil Trifonov 3/2 B Joshua THURSDAY AT 8:00 3/19 A Hilary Hahn Jerusalem Quartet with 4/30 A Pinchas Zukerman & Amanda Forsyth Emerson String Quartet & 6/4 B Emanuel Ax

EVGENY KISSIN

GUSTAVO GIMENO

ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER & MUTTER VIRTUOSI

DAVID FRAY

11/16

Berliner Philharmoniker Kirill Petrenko CONDUCTOR

2/14

Toronto Symphony Orchestra Gustavo Gimeno CONDUCTOR María Dueñas VIOLIN

Symphony Center Presents

Friday Evenings at 8:00 Leading Jazz stars take audiences on a fascinating journey through the byways of jazz tradition, innovation and virtuosity. Guiding the series are preeminent bandleaders including Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Elling, Branford Marsalis, Maria Schneider and Chucho Valdés.

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER

E Full 8-concert series A 4-concert selection B 4-concert selection

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10/18 B Chucho Valdés: The Creation

TUESDAY AT 8:00

Brubeck Brothers Tribute to Dave Brubeck 12/2 A with special guests Catherine Russell, Joey DeFrancesco and Camille Thurman

CHUCHO VALDÉS WYNTON MARSALIS

1/27 A Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

3/10 B Maria Schneider Orchestra: Data Lords 3/31 A

Danilo Pérez’s Global Messengers & Children of the Light with Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade

4/14 B Monterey Jazz Festival: Celebrating 65 Years 5/12 A

An Evening with Dave Holland featuring Kenny Barron, Kevin Eubanks & Obed Calvaire

6/2 B An Evening with Branford Marsalis

MARIA SCHNEIDER

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#Rachmaninov150 Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninov’s birth with these thrilling concerts.

February 9-11

CSO Lahav Shani conductor Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Beatrice Rana piano Symphonic Dances

April 16

Evgeny Kissin Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5 Prelude in A Minor, Op. 32, No. 8 Prelude in G-flat Major, Op. 23, No. 10 Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33

April 20-23

CSO Fabien Gabel conductor Piano Concerto No. 3 with Daniil Trifonov piano

May 11-16

CSO Riccardo Muti conductor Symphony No. 2

May 14

Renée Fleming & Evgeny Kissin A program featuring songs by Rachmaninov Create Your Own, all-Rachmaninov package or add these concerts to your existing series and save up to 15%. Visit our secure website at cso.org/renew or scan the code on this page. 44

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Add These Concerts to Your Subscription Save up to 15% when you add these concerts to your subscription. Visit cso.org or call 312-294-3000 for prices. Symphony Ball

September 24

Riccardo Muti conducts a rousing start to the 2022/23 Season. After opening with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lush — and recently rediscovered — Solemn Prelude, the CSO is joined by the formidable Yefim Bronfman in Mozart’s joyous and richly scored piano concerto. The evening ends with a knockout finale in Tchaikovsky’s brilliant 1812 Overture. To enhance your experience with a gala package including a preconcert private reception in Buntrock Hall and postconcert dinner and dancing at The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago, email symphonyball@cso.org or call 312-294-3185.

Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler’s House

ITZHAK PERLMAN

MERRY, MERRY CHICAGO! RENÉE FLEMING

December 4

Itzhak Perlman violin Hankus Netsky music director, saxophone and piano Andy Statman clarinet and mandolin Members of the Brave Old World and Klezmer Conservatory Band

Itzhak Perlman, reigning virtuoso of the violin, presents his collection of traditional klezmer music, In the Fiddler’s House. Released more than 25 years ago, the album became a PBS special that earned Perlman his third Emmy Award. Now, Perlman returns to this project, offering the opportunity to witness not only his masterful technique and remarkable artistry, but also “to see and hear a gifted musician experiencing the pleasure of getting in contact with his roots” (Los Angeles Times).

Merry, Merry Chicago!

December 16-23

Symphony Center’s joyous musical celebration of the season is the perfect holiday tradition for the entire family. Join members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Chorus for a program of traditional carols and festive holiday songs.

Renée Fleming & Evgeny Kissin

May 14

Renée Fleming soprano Evgeny Kissin piano

Legendary soprano Renée Fleming and world-renowned pianist Evgeny Kissin join forces for an extraordinary event. Fleming’s sumptuous voice and Kissin’s virtuosity shine in a program featuring songs by Rachmaninov. Experience this dream pairing of megastars only at Symphony Center! A SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS AND LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO COLLABORATION

EVGENY KISSIN

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520

380

2,140 1,360 1,070

950

820

600

510

380

260

740

510

Classical THU D-I

530

405

335

275

230

1,105

520

445

340

275

185

140

380

270

715

585

Classical FRI A & B

808

640

536

472

448

1,632 1,056

848

776

640

464

288

248

624

464

Classical FRI C & D

545

435

345

300

250

1,080

585

540

445

340

290

190

145

390

290

Classical SAT A & B

980

760

640

530

390

2,140 1,350 1,070

960

840

620

510

380

260

750

510

Classical SAT C-H

630

480

380

290

1,120

565

450

340

215

170

430

340

715

795

630

Classical SUN A

756

576

456

348

1,344

954

756

678

540

408

258

204

516

408

Classical TUE A & B

485

380

315

260

195

1,060

680

550

485

400

310

255

185

190

135

370

255

CSO at the Movies

416

348

308

556

464

416

348

212

n/a

Family A & B (Adult)

120

180

120

n/a

Family A & B (Youth 12 & under)

n/a

SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS Piano E

401

342

291

270

671

500

410

355

321

n/a

216

463

Piano A

224

184

160

146

368

286

238

194

176

n/a

124

252

Piano B

235

204

172

161

400

283

230

208

192

n/a

120

277

Chamber E

335

290

265

239

227

511

377

320

305

280

n/a

193

177

269

175

Chamber A

180

153

140

127

119

274

201

171

161

147

n/a

101

143

Chamber B

205

176

161

146

140

307

232

194

185

172

n/a

118

109

162

106

Orchestras

211

180

148

124

103

304

251

214

201

150

n/a

130

101

Jazz E

456

371

315

577

443

320

295

n/a

180

266

195

Jazz A

274

227

187

344

269

199

176

n/a

105

153

111

Jazz B

249

198

172

313

236

167

158

n/a

101

150

110

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BOX LEVEL

LOWER BALCONY

UPPER BALCONY

GALLERY

TERRACE

CSO Classical

47-119

214-228

62-109

34-70

31-45

58-89

Movies

73-149

148-214

81-162

43-77

n/a

Family Matinees (Adult)

22-39

30-39

n/a

Family Matinees (Youth 12 & under)

13-22

17-22

n/a

Piano

30-102

84-190

38-128

n/a

25-47

32-132

Chamber Music

34-112

98-179

44-126

n/a

28-52

29-91

Orchestras

35-165

151-262

72-204

n/a

28-77

46-102

Jazz

36-112

73-165

34-114

29-57

21-41

19-63

Vocal

50-102

151-189

68-128

37-51

32-47

61-132

World & Folk

47-106

76-189

56-123

34-51

26-38

43-72

Holiday

51-103

144-155

56-113

34-63

33-55

n/a

CSO MusicNOW at Symphony Center

CSO at Wheaton | 3 Concerts CSO at Wheaton | 3 Concerts Main Floor Front 234 Main Floor Front Front 234 Main Floor Rear Left 162 Back Left 162 Main Floor Rear Right 156 Back Right 156 Main Floor Rear Left Balcony 144 Main Floor Rear Right Balcony 144 Balcony CSO MusicNOW | 4 Concerts CSO MusicNOW 90 Regular Subscription 90 4 Concerts Once Upon a Symphony Once Upon a Symphony | 3 Concerts 2 Concerts Adults 36 Adults 36 Youth 12 & under 18 Youth (12 and under) 18

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All printed prices are valid until July 31, 2022, and are subject to change based on demand beginning on that date. 2U-Upper Balcony and 2G-Gallery are partial view. Seating is subject to availability at the time of order. Terrace subscriber seats may be relocated if a concert involves involves a screen or chorus. Contact Patron Services for more information. Savings are applied to standard prices at the time of purchase, which can increase based on demand. Order early to lock in the best prices. All artists, programs, dates and times are subject to change.

Support Your Orchestra Each year, loyal audience members and generous friends support the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association through tax-deductible donations. These gifts celebrate the extraordinary Orchestra and ensure its legacy for many years to come. Your support also makes possible the community and educational programs of the Negaunee Music Institute, such as CSO for Kids concerts, the Percussion Scholarship Program, Civic Orchestra of Chicago and special concerts in community centers across the city. These programs, and many more, are made available completely free or at very low costs, thanks to many generous donors. Bring the music you love to others by making a donation to the CSOA. Your gift will not only help the CSO remain a world-class orchestra, but also will ensure the ongoing legacy of programs that engage thousands of people each year in life-changing musical experiences.

Make a gift today: cso.org/makeagift | 312-294-3100 Thank you for your support of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Our Sponsors The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association is grateful to these generous individuals, corporations and foundations for their leadership support. Maestro Residency Presenter

Zell Family Foundation

Walter E. Heller Foundation

Official Airline of the CSO

Julius N. Frankel Foundation

The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation

The Negaunee Foundation

Paul M. Angell Family Foundation

Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund Ling Z. and Michael C. Markovitz Anonymous Sargent Family Foundation Schmidt Family Fund

Generous support for CSO concerts, guest artists and guest conductors has been provided by the Juli Plant Grainger Fund for Artistic Excellence and the Grainger Fund for Excellence.

The Artist in Residence at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is made possible through a generous gift from James and Brenda Grusecki.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Merry, Merry Chicago! and CSO Tuesday series media partner:

The 2022/23 Civic Orchestra of Chicago season is generously sponsored by The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation.

SCP Jazz series media partners:

Generous support for the Chicago Symphony Chorus has been provided byThe Grainger Foundation. SCP Jazz series, CSO MusicNOW series and select special concerts media partner:

Major support for CSO MusicNOW is generously provided by the Zell Family Foundation, Cindy Sargent, the Sally Mead Hands Foundation and the Julian Family Foundation.

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PRIDE

MISSY MAZZOLI

JESSALLE JAKES AND RICCARDO MUTI

When Riccardo Muti accepted the appointment as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 10th music director, he formally announced his intention to expand the Orchestra’s presence well beyond Symphony Center. “While making great music is at the heart of what we do,” said Muti, “preserving the legacy of symphonic music and providing opportunities for all to have access to the art form are of equal importance.” Over the next 12 years, Maestro Muti developed influential programs with the Negaunee Music Institute, the expansive education and community engagement wing of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association. Under his visionary leadership, NMI has deepened the Orchestra’s engagement with communities across the city and abroad while nurturing a new generation of musicians and patrons. In Muti’s words, “In a challenging world, culture is one of the few things we have in our hands to save it.” Muti’s legacy is in his instilled core belief that music has the power to transform lives and bring people closer together — that music is a language that can continue to unite us. Initiatives Muti began, such as the Concerts for Chicago, concerts in juvenile justice facilities for incarcerated youth and open rehearsals, further exemplify his ongoing commitment to and appreciation for Chicago and for all those who love music and this remarkable orchestra. By providing broad and free access to the inspirational performances of the CSO today, the organization creates a future for classical music tomorrow. RICCARDO MUTI AND PHILIP GLASS

RICCARDO MUTI AND MASON BATES

JOHN SHARP AND RICCARDO MUTI

“So, I’m asking you to stay close to the Orchestra, to tell your friends, your colleagues to come and hear the Orchestra, not just to hear the music, but to receive through music beauty, harmony and, as Beethoven said, brotherhood.” — RICCARDO MUTI

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