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September

DAY SERIES

21 THU C | C1 7:30

22 FRI B | B1 7:30

26 TUE A | A1 7:30

Muti Conducts The Firebird

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Riccardo Muti CONDUCTOR

LIADOV The Enchanted Lake

STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird

BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

Riccardo Muti and the CSO open the 2023/24 Season with two pieces capturing the fairy-tale splendor of Russian music. Stravinsky’s suite from The Firebird uses a dynamic orchestral palette to depict infernal dances and a haunting lullaby.

Liadov’s The Enchanted Lake is a softly iridescent portrait of a moonlit night. Composed at an Austrian lakeside resort, Brahms’ Second Symphony captivates with its warm, sunny melodies.

23 SAT 6:30

Symphony Ball: Muti & Kavakos

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Riccardo Muti CONDUCTOR

Leonidas Kavakos VIOLIN

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto

GIORDANO Intermezzo from Fedora

PUCCINI Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut

LEONCAVALLO Intermezzo from Pagliacci

VERDI Overture to Giovanna d’Arco

Celebrate the start of a new season with Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Ball, an unforgettable red-carpet evening complete with a champagne toast. The “astoundingly virtuosic and blazingly insightful” (The Guardian) Leonidas Kavakos joins the CSO in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Instrumental selections from Italian operas conclude the concert, underscoring the Chicago Tribune’s assertion that “no living conductor knows more about these scores” than Riccardo Muti.

Enhance your concert experience with a gala package including a private preconcert reception for patrons and sponsors in Buntrock Hall and postconcert dinner and dancing at The Four Seasons Hotel Chicago.

For more information, please email symphonyball@cso.org or call 312-294-3185.

28 THU B | B1 7:30

29 FRI A | A1 1:30

30 SAT B | B1 7:30

Muti, Glass & Mendelssohn Italian

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Riccardo Muti CONDUCTOR

GLASS The Triumph of the Octagon

W ORLD PREMIERE, CSO COMMISSION

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 (Italian

R. STRAUSS Aus Italien

Join Riccardo Muti and the CSO for a sensuous journey to Italy. Richard Strauss’ Aus Italien whisks the listener through the sun-soaked countryside, past Roman ruins and on to sites in Sorrento and Naples. Mendelssohn’s sparkling Italian Symphony gathers impressions of Mediterranean warmth and traditional dances. A world premiere by the venerable American composer Philip Glass opens the program.