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CSO Audio Program Notes
CSO Program Notes: Muti Conducts Verdi Requiem

CSO Audio Program Notes

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 16:12


Verdi's Requiem Mass, in its fervent quest for eternal rest, stands as a powerful demonstration of the composer's ability to harness the human voice. Hailed by NPR as “simply magnificent” for their two-time Grammy Award-winning CSO Resound recording of this work, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by a thrilling quartet of international singers to once again deliver a masterful blend of passion and precision. Please note: This program replaces Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/muti-verdi-requiem

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CSO Program Notes: Riccardo Muti & Esteban Batallán

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2025 14:22


Esteban Batallán, the CSO's principal trumpet since 2019, makes his much-anticipated debut as a soloist with the Orchestra in a pair of brilliant, high-flying concertos. Riccardo Muti frames the program with Joseph Haydn's tempestuous Symphony No. 48 and Schubert's Haydn-inspired Tragic Symphony. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/muti-and-esteban-batallan

Grandes ciclos
Grandes ciclos - D. Shostakovich (XXVI): Otras páginas - 05/06/25

Grandes ciclos

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 59:21


Programa especial desde la Feria del Libro de Madrid. Nos acompaña Elena Martínez Bavière, Directora editorial de Cátedra y Alianza.SHOSTAKOVICH: El poeta y el zar (6 Poemas de Marina Tsvetayeva, Op. 143 A) (arr. para voz y cuarteto de cuerda) (1.41). Z. Kushpler (mez.), Cuarteto Petersen. Leyenda (2.28). Berceuse (2.43) (Aforismos, selec.). E. Varvarova (p.). Obertura sobre temas populares rusos y kirguises (9.56). Orq. Real del Concertgebouw de Amsterdam. Dir.: B. Haitink. Danza nº 1 (Suite para orquesta de jazz, nº 2) (2.52). Orq. Fil. de Novosibirsk. Dir.: A. Katz.Escuchar audio

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CSO Program Notes: Elder, Goosby & Price

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Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 20:51


In Randall Goosby, the pioneering American composer Florence Price “has her ideal champion,” writes The Guardian, “his playing full of old-school warmth and breadth but never schmaltzy.” Price's beguiling violin concerto shares a program with Prokofiev's enchanting Seventh Symphony, composed for a children's radio broadcast. The suite from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg gathers stirring moments from Wagner's opera. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/elder-goosby-and-price

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CSO Program Notes: An American Suite

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Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 12:32


Dvořák's radiant salute to the New World kicks off an American road trip with James Gaffigan at the wheel. Take in poignant selections from Gershwin's landmark opera — sung by Janai Brugger — and the composer's urbane and nostalgic love letter to Paris. Chicago native Florence Price sets two American poems to song, and a pair of symphonic showstoppers by Bernstein transports audiences to “New York, New York” and beyond. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/an-american-suite

The Inline G Flute Podcast
Strauss and Kölsch with Alja Velkaverh-Roskams

The Inline G Flute Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 65:10


This week I welcome some royalty from the German orchestral world as the principal flute of Cologne's Gürzenich Orchestra, Alja-Velkaverh-Roskams, joins me for a chat.From working under Haitink and Dudamel, to the first time playing all *those* big solos, daily practise routines, opera vs symphonic playing, and motherhood as a musician; Alja covers the lot over some coffee.Grma xInline G Merch ⭐️www.Inlineg.myshopify.comInline G Patreon ⭐️www.patreon.com/TheInlineGFlutePodcastInline G will ALWAYS be free of charge, but signing up to the Patreon helps let this podcast reach new heights, if you can afford it. You'll also get to ask questions to upcoming guests as well as get early access to some episodes. Or if you'd rather not spend money, subscribing to my YouTube channel and following me on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok is a HUGE way to support the podcast. It'll cost you nothing, and it really makes a difference to the algorithm gods. So please interact however you can; like, comment, or subscribe, and help keep this podcast lit xAnd finally; use the code “INLINEG” online or in person at Flute Center for; 5% off accessories, 10% off all sheet music, free shipping on new instruments and free shipping to trial instruments (USA only.)Chapters:00:00 - An Intro04:23 - Slovenia to Köln11:18 - First Orchestral Solos22:00 - Operatic vs Symphonic Fluting42:15 - Gold Brannens 54:43 - Rapid Fire Questions

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CSO Program Notes: Mahler 6 with Jaap van Zweden

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 15:18


The CSO brings the soaring emotional peaks and valleys of Mahler's Sixth Symphony to Chicago audiences before performing it on Amsterdam's Concertgebouw stage. The “hammer blows of fate” in the finale seem to foreshadow the tragedies in Mahler's life, including his own fatal illness. But the symphony brims with life's pleasures, too, from memories of mountain pastures (listen for the cowbells) to a rapturous portrait of the composer's wife, Alma. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/mahler-6-with-jaap-van-zweden

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CSO Program Notes: Mäkelä & Trifonov

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 14:58


CSO Artist-in-Residence Daniil Trifonov, “without question the most astounding pianist of our age” (The Times of London), takes on Brahms' Second Piano Concerto, as remarkable for its rich orchestral writing as for its simultaneously glittering and muscular piano part. Dvořák's turbulent Seventh Symphony is both an expression of the composer's personal crises and a lyrical tribute to the Czech spirit. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/makela-and-trifonov

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CSO Program Notes: Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 3

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 16:21


In his Third Symphony, Mahler portrays the whole of earthly existence. Its six movements — written for a massive orchestra, two choruses and a contralto soloist — explore humanity's relationship with nature using fanfares, marches, folk dances and bird calls. Children's voices portray angels while the sixth movement is a pantheistic love song to all of creation. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/makela-conducts-mahler-3

Grandes ciclos
Grandes ciclos - D. Shostakovich (IV): Grito, más que canto - 14/04/25

Grandes ciclos

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 60:06


SHOSTAKOVICH: Sinfonía nº 2 en Si Mayor, "Octubre, Dedicatoria Sinfónica" (20.59). Orq. Fil. de Londres. Dir.: B. Haitink. Suite de jazz nº 1 (8.13). Orq. de Filadelfia. Dir.: M. Jansons. 7 Canciones, Op. 127 (selec.) (nº 1 La canción de Ofelia, nº 2 Hamayun, el pájaro profeta, nº 3 Estábamos juntos) (9.32). E. Semenchuk (mez.), Trio Wanderer.Escuchar audio

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CSO Program Notes: CSO x The Joffrey Ballet

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 17:18


Dancers from Chicago's world-renowned Joffrey Ballet join the CSO with newly commissioned choreographies. Symphonies by Haydn and the Chevalier de Saint-Georges abound in witty and joyful melodies while two 20th-century works are full of popular influences: Perkinson's jazz-tinted Sinfonietta No. 1 and Milhaud's rollicking Brazilian postcard, The Ox on the Roof. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/cso-and-the-joffrey-ballet

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CSO Program Notes: Canellakis Conducts Rachmaninov

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 20:37


Earth, in all its marvelous vitality and fragility, has inspired generations of composers. In The Oceanides, Sibelius conjures the water nymphs of Greek mythology and the broad majesty of the sea. Dvořák's The Wild Dove is based on a dark folktale about a dove's prophetic song. Childhood memories shape Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances, his sumptuous masterpiece. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/canellakis-and-rachmaninov

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CSO Program Notes: Bruch & Schumann Rhenish

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2025 20:17


Journey up the Rhine River, as lovingly portrayed in Robert Schumann's Rhenish Symphony. Listen for the flowing water and contemplate the majesty of the Cologne Cathedral. To begin, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider leads and performs the rich and alluring melodies of Bruch's First Violin Concerto. Pierre Boulez's iridescent Livre pour cordes marks the centenary of the composer's birth. This program will also be performed at Wheaton College on Friday, March 28. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/bruch-and-schumann-rhenish

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CSO Program Notes: Hrůša, Trpčeski & Rachmaninov

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 23:26


Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony unfolds with the immediacy of a newsreel as it depicts the harrowing events of the 1905 Russian Revolution. Brimming with rebellious anthems and prisoners' songs, the Cold War-era score is widely heard as a veiled critique of the Soviet regime. Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto, a farewell to Russia, features the captivating Simon Trpčeski. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/hrusa-trpceski-and-rachmaninov

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CSO Program Notes: Haydn Mass in Time of War

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 17:15


Composed as Napoleon's forces were threatening Austria, Haydn's Mass in Time of War features an extraordinarily ominous use of timpani and ends with a plea for peace. Beethoven's spirited First Symphony bears the influence of Haydn but also foreshadows the development of his own compositional style. MacMillan's eloquent Larghetto is based on his choral setting of Psalm 51. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/haydn-mass-in-time-of-war

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CSO Program Notes: Ravel Daphnis and Chloe

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 17:49


Hear why Ravel is a classical music master, whether capturing the sensuous allure of Spain in Rapsodie espagnole or summoning “the Greece of [his] dreams” in his ravishing suite from Daphnis and Chloe. Barber's Second Essay reflects the turbulent emotions of wartime. CSO Principal Clarinet Stephen Williamson solos in the world premiere of Indigo Heaven, a work written for him by American composer Christopher Theofanidis. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/ravel-daphnis-and-chloe

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CSO Program Notes: Seong-Jin Cho Plays Prokofiev

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 15:28


The cool of the Arctic meets the warmth of Italy. The brooding, majestic themes of Sibelius' Fifth Symphony evoke the remote landscapes of conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali's native Finland. Tchaikovsky transports listeners to a Roman carnival in his Capriccio Italien. Seong-Jin Cho, lauded for his “expert music-making … miraculous in its execution” (The New York Times), takes on Prokofiev's incendiary Second Piano Concerto. This program will also be performed at Wheaton College on Friday, February 28. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/seong-jin-cho-plays-prokofiev/

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CSO Program Notes: Glover Conducts English Classics

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 18:43


Mixing ceremonial pomp with pastoral splendor, this survey of British classics features Haydn's last and grandest symphonic statement, the London Symphony; exquisite gems by Elgar and Britten, and the soaring beauty of Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending with violinist Stella Chen, winner of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition and Gramophone's 2023 Young Artist of the Year. Marking the 150th anniversary of Ravel's birth, the program crosses the English Channel for the composer's beguiling Tzigane. CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen has withdrawn from his planned solo appearances in these performances due to rotator cuff tendinitis symptoms. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/glover-and-english-classics

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CSO Program Notes: Tetzlaff Plays Sibelius

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 15:14


The rugged, windswept beauty of Sibelius' Violin Concerto is a perfect showcase for Christian Tetzlaff, whose “fiery and compelling” 2022 CSO performance was named one of the year's 10 best by Chicago Classical Review. Schoenberg's Pelleas and Melisande is a lush, quintessentially romantic orchestral portrait of Maeterlinck's mysterious, symbolist play, while Wagner's prelude delivers a thrilling opener. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/tetzlaff-plays-sibelius

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CSO Program Notes: Salonen Conducts Bluebeard's Castle

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 21:07


A taut and gripping thriller, Bartók's one-act opera follows Duke Bluebeard and his newest wife Judith as she opens the seven doors of his castle and discovers increasingly disturbing sights. Opera stars Christian Van Horn and Ekaterina Gubanova bring to life these ill-fated characters. Juxtaposed with this macabre folktale is Beethoven's joyful Second Symphony. Sung in Hungarian with English supertitles. Bluebeard's Castle by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, publisher and copyright owner. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/salonen-and-bluebeards-castle

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CSO Program Notes: Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 26:41


Revel in the sonic splendor of the CSO with two of its signature works: Strauss' brash symphonic portrait of the infamous libertine Don Juan and Bartók's exhilarating Concerto for Orchestra, a virtuosic tour de force for every instrument. The organ in Salonen's “boldly cinematic” (Los Angeles Times) Sinfonia concertante adds another thrilling aural dimension. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/bartok-concerto-for-orchestra

Le van Beethoven
Bernard Haitink, la rigueur et l'humanité

Le van Beethoven

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 89:30


durée : 01:29:30 - Bernard Haitink, la rigueur et l'humanité - par : Aurélie Moreau - Bernard Haitink a été chef permanent de l'Orchestre Royal du Concertgebouw d'Amsterdam de 1964 à 1986, et chef principal du Philharmonique de Londres de 1967 à 1979. Parmi leurs enregistrements, aujourd'hui: Beethoven, Liszt, Schubert, Tchaïkovski… - réalisé par : Doria Zénine

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CSO Program Notes: Shani, Shostakovich & Brahms

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 11:51


Brimming with wry wit and affectionate warmth, Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto was a gift for his teenage son. Here, it's a showcase for the brilliant Lahav Shani, who conducts from the keyboard. Beethoven's powerful Egmont Overture captures the brave struggle for freedom and justice, while Brahms' stormy and heroic First Symphony is the culmination of years of labor by the composer. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/shani-shostakovich-and-brahms

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CSO Program Notes: The Tempest & The Sea Hawk

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 17:11


Embark on a seafaring journey as Tchaikovsky summons Shakespeare's magical island and storm-tossed seas in The Tempest. Korngold evokes the swashbuckling sailors of the 1940 Hollywood epic The Sea Hawk, and Britten portrays the coastal village of his opera Peter Grimes. The voyage concludes as Konstantin Krimmel presents Mahler's song cycle about a traveling journeyman. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/the-tempest-and-the-sea-hawk

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CSO Program Notes: Grieg & Rachmaninov

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 20:33


Rachmaninov's majestic First Symphony churns with youthful romantic fervor and ethereal mystery — perfect for a December outing. Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, inspired by Norway's national folk hero, includes the instantly familiar dream-like fantasy of “The Hall of the Mountain King.” Johannes Moser brings his “remarkably visceral and vivid playing” (Gramophone) to Lutosławski's wild and enchanting Cello Concerto. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/grieg-and-rachmaninov

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CSO Program Notes: Liszt & Bruckner 3

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 18:42


Experiencing a Bruckner symphony is often compared to walking around inside a massive gothic cathedral. Step inside this sacred space and experience its awed silences, reverent melodies and towering brass chorales. Francesco Piemontesi, “a performer in total, joyful command of his material” (The Guardian), brings power and panache to Liszt's formidable Second Piano Concerto. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/liszt-and-bruckner-3/

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CSO Program Notes: Muti & the CSO

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 14:22


Be transported to the landscapes of southern Spain with vivacious, dance-inspired works by Falla and Chabrier. The journey begins in Riccardo Muti's native Italy with a boisterous overture by Donizetti and sumptuous ballet music by Verdi. Golijov's Megalopolis Suite features music from his score to the 2024 release of Francis Ford Coppola's epic film, in which the fate of Ancient Rome haunts a modern world. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/muti-and-the-cso

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CSO Program Notes: Muti, Uchida, Emperor & Eroica

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 14:27


Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti returns with Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, a work that shattered the symphonic conventions of its day, with themes of heroism, struggle and triumph. Beethoven's majestic Emperor Concerto features Mitsuko Uchida, who brings “the unaffected wisdom and clarity that comes with decades of interpretive rigor and commitment” (The New York Times). Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/muti-uchida-emperor-and-eroica

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CSO Program Notes: Mozart Coronation Mass

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 10:55


Join Nicholas Kraemer and four preeminent singers for a selection of Handel's brilliant and soul-stirring vocal numbers, which explore the full spectrum of human emotions — from utmost sorrow to joy and sensuality. Plus, enjoy music fit for a king with Handel's Water Music, composed for the royal court of George I, and Mozart's grand Coronation Mass. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/mozart-coronation-mass

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CSO Program Notes: Alsop & Vondráček

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 16:36


With his Fifth Symphony, Shostakovich outwitted Soviet authorities with the finesse of a double agent. Threatened by Stalin's regime, the composer skillfully appeased Soviet officials with this gripping work packed with triumphant Russian themes, but also subversive satire and daring irony. Chief conductor of the Ravinia Festival Marin Alsop also leads the CSO in a captivating work about Harriet Tubman and a beloved Chopin concerto featuring pianist Lukáš Vondráček. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/alsop-and-vondracek

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CSO Program Notes: Orozco-Estrada Conducts Romeo and Juliet

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 14:24


Forbidden love is in the air as Andrés Orozco-Estrada takes listeners from the streets of Bernstein's New York to Tchaikovsky's fantasy on Shakespearean Verona. The Argentine Pampas region is the setting of Ginastera's vibrant ballet about a city boy who wins the heart of a rancher's daughter. Barber's lush and virtuosic Violin Concerto features Benjamin Beilman, whose “rich sound conveys both dreamy lyricism and heated intensity” (The New York Times). Please note: Hilary Hahn must regrettably withdraw from her planned September 19 and 20 performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Earlier this summer, Hahn suffered from a double pinched nerve; as part of her treatment, her medical team advised her to abstain from performing. While Hahn is expected to recover in time for the majority of her fall engagements and is improving steadily, she is not yet cleared to perform. Original ticket orders for this concert remain valid; no additional action is needed. For order adjustments, please contact Patron Services. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/orozco-estrada-conducts-romeo-juliet

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CSO Program Notes: Tchaikovsky 4

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 15:50


Starting with a ferocious fanfare representing fate, Tchaikovsky pours his soul into his Fourth Symphony, a fearless musical autobiography packed with surging melodies and dazzling colors. Antoine Tamestit brings his “gorgeous smoky sound” (The Guardian) to Walton's Viola Concerto, a work of wistful beauty and quicksilver energy. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/tchaikovsky-4

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CSO Program Notes: Eschenbach with Lucas & Arthur Jussen

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 13:35


Lose yourself in the idyllic landscapes of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony. Inspired by the composer's country hikes, the piece summons rippling streams, a raging thunderstorm and plenty of warmth. Mozart's double piano concerto showcases the deft teamwork of Dutch brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen, who make two pianos “sound for all the world like a single instrument” (Gramophone). Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/eschenbach-jussen

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CSO Program Notes: Tchaikovsky Pathétique & Trifonov

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 17:49


Lahav Shani conducts Tchaikovsky's Pathétique, a symphony that the composer premiered less than a week before his death and was later nicknamed for the passion and suffering it expresses. Daniil Trifonov takes the spotlight in a piano concerto composed for him by former CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Mason Bates, which “shows off the pianist's virtuosity first and foremost, but also captures a listener's attention with jazzy rhythms, ear-catching tunes … and a number of big climaxes” (Seen and Heard International). Learn more: cso.org/performances/23-24/cso-classical/tchaikovsky-pathetique-and-trifonov

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CSO Program Notes: The Elements with Joshua Bell

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 13:02


Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell presents The Elements, a suite of five works for violin and orchestra, commissioned by Bell and written by leading American composers Kevin Puts (Earth), Edgar Meyer (Water), Jake Heggie (Fire), Jennifer Higdon (Air), and CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery (Space). Conductor Juraj Valčuha frames the program with Weber's Oberon Overture and Shostakovich's jaunty, mischievous First Symphony. The June 15 performance of The Elements with Joshua Bell is a part of the 2023/24 Season of CSO MusicNOW. Learn more: cso.org/performances/23-24/cso-classical/the-elements-with-joshua-bell

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CSO Program Notes: Ravel Boléro

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 13:20


Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet brings his customary joie de vivre to Saint-Saëns' Egyptian Concerto, inspired by a trip down the Nile in 1896. Conductor Stéphane Denève unpacks the French fascination with Spanish culture in Debussy's sultry Ibéria and Ravel's ever-popular Boléro, with its sensuously hypnotic theme building to a volcanic climax. Learn more: cso.org/performances/23-24/cso-classical/ravel-bolero