Program Book: Klaus Mäkelä & Yunchan Lim, Dec 18-20, 2025

December 18, 2025 — 10 min read

Read the program book for Klaus Mäkelä & Yunchan Lim, Dec 18-20, 2025.

Large print programs are available for most Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts, as well as Civic Orchestra of Chicago concerts. The nearest Usher can assist in retrieving a large print program.

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pianist Yunchan Lim and conductor Klaus Mäkelä take a bow hand-in-hand

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Yunchan Lim, seen through the window of the piano, raises his right arm in a final flourish

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Klaus Mäkelä conducts the CSO with a big smile

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Yunchan Lim performs an intense solo portion of Schumann's Piano Concerto

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seated at the piano, Yunchan Lim looks up to Klaus Mäkelä on the podium for a cue

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Yunchan Lim takes a solo bow next to the piano

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Mäkelä gestures to the string section during the performance

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CSO horns Susanna Gaunt and Mark Almond perform

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CSO violinist Gabriela Lara watches Mäkelä for a cue

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the full orchestra with Mäkelä conducting Beethoven 7, as seen from high up in the Orchestra Hall gallery

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audience members in the terrace, amid festive garland in the hall for the holiday season, give the orchestra a standing ovation

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Mäkelä and the Orchestra take a bow at the end of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony

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