CSO Program Notes

Written by Phillip Huscher

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Beethoven Beethoven 9 - June 20 

· Beethoven - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (PDF) 

· Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 (PDF) 



Beethoven Beethoven 9 - June 18 and 19 

· Beethoven - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (PDF) 

· Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 (PDF) 



Beethoven 1 and 7 - June 15 and 16 

· Beethoven - Symphony No. 1 (PDF) 

· Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3 (PDF) 

· Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 (PDF) 



Beethoven 4 and 6 - June 10 and 11 

· Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 2 (PDF) 

· Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 (PDF) 

· Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral) (PDF) 



Beethoven 2 and 3 - June 5 and 8 

· Beethoven - Symphony No. 2 (PDF) 

· Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) (PDF) 



Beethoven 8 and 5 - June 2 and 3 

· Beethoven - Overture to Fidelio (PDF) 

· Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 (PDF) 

· Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (PDF) 



Liszt & Strauss - May 27 & 29 

· Weber - Overture to Der Freischütz (PDF)

· Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2 (PDF) 

· Strauss - Don Juan (PDF) 

· Strauss - Suite from Der Rosenkavalier (PDF) 



Liszt & Strauss - May 26 

· Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 2 (PDF) 

· Strauss - Don Juan (PDF) 

· Strauss - Suite from Der Rosenkavalier (PDF) 



Mahler 5 - May 20-22, 2010

· Glanert - Theatrum Bestiarum, Songs and Dances for Large Orchestra (PDF)

· Mahler - Symphony No. 5 (PDF) 



Yo-Yo Ma Returns - May 13-15, 2010

· Revueltas - Suite from Redes (PDF)

· Yanov-Yanovsky - Cello Concerto [world premiere; CSO commission] (PDF)

· Shostakovich - Symphony No. 6 (PDF)



Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto - May 6 & 8, 2010

· Martinu - The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca (PDF) 

· Debussy - La mer (PDF) 

· Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto (PDF) 



Haydn Cello Concerto - April 29-30, and May 1 and 4, 2010

· Haydn - Overture to L'isola disabitata (PDF) 

· Fauré - Masques et bergamasques (PDF) 

· Haydn - Cello Concerto in C Major (PDF) 

· Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 (PDF) 



Brahms Violin Concerto - April 22-24, and 27, 2010

· Brahms - Violin Concerto (PDF) 

· Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 (PDF) 



CSO and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago - April 15, 16, 17, and 20, 2010

· Falla - Three Dances from El amor brujo (PDF) 

· Bates - Music from Underground Spaces (With Hubbard Street Dance Chicago) (PDF) 

· Ravel - Mother Goose (PDF) 

· Ravel - La valse (PDF) 



Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin - April 8-10, 2010

· Berlioz - Overture to Benvenuto Cellini (PDF) 

· Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 5 (Reformation) (PDF) 

· Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2 (PDF) 

· Wagner - Overture to Rienzi (PDF) 



The Lark Ascending - April 1, 3, and 6, 2010

· Tippett - Concerto for Double String Orchestra (PDF) 

· Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending (PDF) 

· Elgar - Symphony No. 2 (PDF) 



Russian Masters - March 25, 27, and 30, 2010

· Rachmaninov - The Isle of the Dead (PDF) 

· Stravinsky - Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (PDF) 

· Prokofiev - Symphony No. 4 (PDF) 



Uchida Plays Mozart - March 18-20, 2010

· Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 17 (PDF) 

· Mozart - Divertimento in F Major (PDF) 

· Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27 (PDF) 



Bach St. John Passion - March 12-14, 2010

· Bach - St. John Passion (PDF) 



Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony - March 11-12, 2010

· Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 (Unfinished) (PDF) 
· Golijov - She Was Here (PDF) 
· Copland - Emily Dickinson Songs (PDF) 
· Golijov - How Slow the Wind (PDF) 
· Copland - Suite from Appalachian Spring (PDF) 



Rach 2 - March 4-6, 2010

· Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 (PDF) 
· Shostakovich - Symphony No. 11 (The Year 1905) (PDF)



Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 - February 25-27, and March 2, 2010

· Saariaho - Orion (PDF) 
· Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 (PDF) 
· Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 1 (PDF)



Stravinsky Oedipus rex - February 18-21, 2010

· Stravinsky - Ode (PDF) 
· Stravinsky - Apollo (PDF) 
· Stravinsky - Oedipus rex (PDF)



Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 - February 11-13, 2010

· Crawford Seeger - Andante for Strings (PDF) 
· Berg - Three Pieces for Orchestra (PDF) 
· Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 (PDF)



Mozart and Vaughan Williams - February 4, 6, and 9, 2010

· Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio espagnol (PDF) 
· Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20 (PDF) 
· Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5 (PDF)



Boulez Conducts The Firebird - January 21-23, 2010

· Boulez - Livre pour cordes (PDF) 
· Bartók - Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra (PDF) 
· Stravinsky - The Firebird (PDF)



The Rite Of Spring - January 14-16, and 19, 2010

· Messiaen - Les offrandes oubliées (PDF) 
· Berg - Violin Concerto (PDF) 
· Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (PDF)



Bluebeard’s Castle - January 7-9, and 12, 2010

· Ravel - Le tombeau de Couperin (PDF) 
· Dalbavie - Flute Concerto (PDF) 
· Bartók - Bluebeard's Castle (PDF)