October 12-15, 2023
From its commanding four-note opening to its blazing finish, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony remains the unrivaled expression of struggle and triumph in orchestral music. German baritone Christian Gerhaher, “the foremost art song singer of our time” (The New York Times), performs selections from Mahler’s The Youth’s Magic Horn. Inspired by Hindustani classical music, Nina Shekhar’s shimmering Lumina explores the contrast of light and dark.
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Thursday A2 at 7:30 | 5-concert series
Delight in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Rachmaninov’s Third and the CSO debut of star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason in Elgar’s Cello Concerto. Other highlights include Ravel’s Boléro and a rousing, jazz-meets-classical event featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.
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Friday A2 at 1:30 | 8-concert series
The series offers violin concertos by Brahms featuring Hilary Hahn and Mendelssohn with Gil Shaham. Joshua Bell performs The Elements, a five-part cycle by leading American composers. Highlights include Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Handel’s Messiah and the seventh symphonies of Bruckner and Sibelius.
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Saturday A1 at 7:30 | 5-concert series
Enjoy symphonic blockbusters, including Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with soloist Behzod Abduraimov and Franck’s Symphony in D Minor. The mighty Chicago Symphony Chorus is featured in Mendelssohn’s stirring oratorio, Elijah.
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Sunday A at 3:00 | 6-concert series
Delight in concertos featuring violinist Leonidas Kavakos, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, CSO Principal Flute Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson and pianist Daniil Trifonov. Jaap van Zweden conducts Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 and Tugan Sokhiev leads the CSO in Tchaikovsky’s First Symphony, Winter Dreams.
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DEC 21-23 | Sir Andrew Conducts Handel’s Messiah
Nearly 100 voices from the award-winning Chicago Symphony Chorus and four world-class soloists join Sir Andrew Davis and the CSO in Handel’s Messiah, a must-see holiday favorite.
FEB 9 | An American in Paris in Concert
Witness this 1951 MGM musical — featuring treasured songs by George and Ira Gershwin and starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron — on the big screen while the CSO performs the score live.
MAY 2-4 | Sheherazade
Conductor Elim Chan leads Rimsky-Korsakov’s sumptuous symphonic suite Sheherazade, inspired by the legendary heroine and tales of One Thousand and One Nights.
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