CSO in Pilsen
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Please note the location of this event:
Benito Juarez Community Academy
Neighborhood: Pilsen/Heart of Chicago/Little Village
2150 S. Laflin St.
Chicago, IL 60608
773-534-7030
This event is free and open to the public. No tickets are required, but seating is limited.
Sep
16,
7:00 PM
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7:00 PM
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Strauss/ Galindo/ Márquez/ Moncayo
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FREE Concert For Chicago
Special
Riccardo Muti launches his inaugural season as music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with a FREE concert for Chicago in Millennium Park.
Arrive early to picnic on the lawn and enjoy special preconcert performances by Chicago youth on stage and throughout the park, beginning at 2:00.
Note location:
Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Millennium Park
Chicago, IL
Seating for this free event is first-come, first-served.
Sep
19,
5:30 PM
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5:30 PM
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Muti
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Verdi/ Liszt/ Tchaikovsky/ Respighi
Sibelius & Ravel
Civic Orchestra
Civic Orchestra Principal Conductor Cliff Colnot kicks off the 2010/11 season with two 20th-century masterpieces. Sibelius’ Fourth Symphony, full of anguish and tension, is one of the composer’s most magnificent achievements. Ravel’s suite from his “choreographic symphony” Daphnis and Chloe presents three selections from the ballet’s final scene, when the lovers are reunited.
Sep
20,
8:00 PM
Muti Conducts Berlioz Spectacular
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Our blockbuster theatrical season opener starts with Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz’s personal tale of love-turned-obsession and is followed by its sensational sequel, Lélio. Complete with special lighting, supertitles and theatrical effects as conceived by the composer, Muti’s unique production of Lélio features French actor Gérard Depardieu narrating the vivid tale of “the morning after” Berlioz’s nightmarish plunge into hell.
Sep
23,
8:00 PM
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8:00 PM
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Muti/ Chorus/ Depardieu
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Berlioz
Muti Conducts Berlioz Spectacular
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Our blockbuster theatrical season opener starts with Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz’s personal tale of love-turned-obsession and is followed by its sensational sequel, Lélio. Complete with special lighting, supertitles and theatrical effects as conceived by the composer, Muti’s unique production of Lélio features French actor Gérard Depardieu narrating the vivid tale of “the morning after” Berlioz’s nightmarish plunge into hell.
Sep
24,
8:00 PM
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8:00 PM
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Muti/ Chorus/ Depardieu
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Berlioz
Muti Conducts Berlioz Spectacular
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Our blockbuster theatrical season opener starts with Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz’s personal tale of love-turned-obsession and is followed by its sensational sequel, Lélio. Complete with special lighting, supertitles and theatrical effects as conceived by the composer, Muti’s unique production of Lélio features French actor Gérard Depardieu narrating the vivid tale of “the morning after” Berlioz’s nightmarish plunge into hell.
Sep
25,
8:00 PM
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8:00 PM
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Muti/ Chorus/ Depardieu
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Berlioz
Frédéric Chopin's 200th Birthday Party
Rental Event
Presented by the High Arts Society from Warsaw, Poland.
Krzesimir Debski (Poland/USA) - violin, music director
Agnieszka Wilczynska (Poland) - vocal
Gunhild Carling (Sweden) - tombone, trumpet
Janusz Prusinowski Trio (Poland) - Mazovian folk musik
Kwadrofonik (Poland) - modern music
Grazyna Auguscik World Sound (Poland/USA) - jazz vocal
The Chicago International Trombone Ensemble (USA) - 4 trombones
Slawomir Jaskulke (Poland) - solo piano
Andrzej Jagodzinski Trio (Poland) - piano, bass, drums
Sep
27,
7:00 PM
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7:00 PM
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Frédéric Chopin's 200th Birthday Party
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A Polish Jazz Celebration
Muti Conducts Berlioz Spectacular
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Our blockbuster theatrical season opener starts with Symphonie fantastique, Berlioz’s personal tale of love-turned-obsession and is followed by its sensational sequel, Lélio. Complete with special lighting, supertitles and theatrical effects as conceived by the composer, Muti’s unique production of Lélio features French actor Gérard Depardieu narrating the vivid tale of “the morning after” Berlioz’s nightmarish plunge into hell.
Sep
28,
7:30 PM
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7:30 PM
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Muti/ Chorus/ Depardieu
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Berlioz
Muti Conducts Mozart and Haydn
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti leads the Orchestra in an intriguing survey of Mozart and Haydn symphonies, exploring the relationship between these two genius composers. Haydn’s Symphony No. 39 and Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 (recognizable as the opening music in the movie Amadeus) hail from the Sturm und Drang era, full of restless, angular melodies and pulsating, rhythmic drive.
Center Terrace Extension seats just added! Please call 312-294-3000 for more information.
Sep
30,
8:00 PM
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8:00 PM
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Riccardo Muti
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Haydn/ Mozart
Muti Conducts Mozart and Haydn
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti leads the Orchestra in an intriguing survey of Mozart and Haydn symphonies, exploring the relationship between these two genius composers. Haydn’s Symphony No. 39 and Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 (recognizable as the opening music in the movie Amadeus) hail from the Sturm und Drang era, full of restless, angular melodies and pulsating, rhythmic drive.
Center Terrace Extension seats just added! Please call 312-294-3000 for more information.
Oct
1,
8:00 PM
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8:00 PM
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Riccardo Muti
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Haydn/ Mozart
Symphony Ball
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The founding members of the new Women’s Board of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association are honored to premiere the Symphony Ball (formerly known as the Opening Night Gala), a festive gala evening of music and celebration to welcome Music Director Riccardo Muti to Chicago.
Muti’s inaugural Symphony Ball concert features Rossini’s effervescent William Tell Overture, the most popular opera overture of all time, plus Liszt’s larger-than-life symphonic poem Les préludes. Muti has also invited violin virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter, who will shine in Beethoven’s soaring Violin Concerto.
All Symphony Ball concert attendees are invited to a preconcert Prosecco Reception held throughout Symphony Center. Guests with Symphony Ball packages will enjoy postconcert cocktails, dinner and dancing under a tent at Millennium Park. Non-package purchasers will receive a postconcert celebration in Symphony Center.
Call the Symphony Ball hotline at (312) 294-3185 or email symphonyball@cso.org for more information and to order your gala package.
Symphony Ball Individual Packages (PDF)Symphony Ball Table Packages (PDF)Symphony Ball Payment Information Form (PDF)
Oct
2,
7:00 PM
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7:00 PM
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Muti/Mutter
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Rossini/ Beethoven/ Liszt
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán
Special
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán is the world’s leading authority in mariachi, with more than 50 recordings and appearances in more than 200 films. “The greatest mariachi in the world” returns to Symphony Center for their annual appearance to perform an afternoon of spirited Mexican music.
Oct
3,
3:00 PM
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3:00 PM
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Symphony Center Presents