YOUTH CONCERTS & SPECIALS

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Teachers and Administrators

To request tickets for all CSO Education Concerts, please download, print and mail or fax our 2012/13 Ticket Order Form.

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Please note: The deadline for concerts that occur in October–December of 2012 has been extended to Friday, October 12. The deadline for concerts that will occur in January–May of 2013 is Friday, December 7.

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Designed for students in grades 4–8 and students of all ages with special needs, Youth Concerts and Specials develop an increased understanding of and appreciation for symphonic music.

Hallowed Haunts:
Dr. Metronome and the Orchestra of Doom
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Oct
26
  • 10:15 AM & 12 PM

Program

Grieg 
In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt
Saint-Saëns 
Danse macabre
Berlioz 
March to the Scaffold and Dream of a Witches’ Sabbath from Symphonie fantastique
Mussorgsky, Orch. Ravel 
The Hut on Fowl's Legs from Pictures from an Exhibition
Prokofiev 
Midnight from Cinderella
Offenbach 
Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld


Performers

Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Alastair Willis
 conductor
Sara Mountjoy-Pepka
 mime

Join members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and conductor Alastair Willis for a spinechilling hour of Halloween fun at Symphony Center! Designed for students in grades 4 and 5, Hallowed Haunts features some of the spookiest music ever composed. Costumes are encouraged.



Youth Concerts
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Apr 30-
May 2
  • 10:15 AM & 12 PM

Program

Rossini 
Overture to William Tell
Mendelssohn 
The Hebrides Overture
Shostakovich 
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Mvt. 3
Beethoven 
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Mvt. 1
Dvorák 
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, (From the New World), Mvt. 2
Haydn 
Symphony No. 104 in D Major (London), Mvt. 3
Brahms 
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Mvt. 3
Tchaikovsky 
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Mvt. 4

 

Performers

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Alastair Willis
 
conductor
Kyle Jannak-Huang
 
piano

Explore well-known musical forms and discover new ones as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conductor Alastair Willis lead a whirlwind tour of the building blocks of a symphony orchestra concert. Overtures, symphonies, concertos, tone poems and theme and variations come alive in this program featuring the winner of the 2012 CSO Crain-Maling Foundation Youth Auditions.