Digital Program Book: Overture

Learn more about the artists and works featured in this concert by reading the virtual program book. Conductor Edo de Waart conducts Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, a poignant musical love letter first performed as a surprise birthday gift for his wife Cosima. Two works by Mozart — the stormy overture to Don Giovanni and the indelible Symphony No. 40 — bookend this spirited program.

In this issue:

• A special welcome from CSOA President Jeff Alexander and Board of Trustees Chair Helen Zell
• A message of hope from the CSO’s Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti
• Details on the works to be performed, including notes by the CSOA’s Program Annotator and Scholar-in-Residence Phillip Huscher
• Special embedded videos related to the performance
• A biography of conductor Edo de Waart
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra roster
• Acknowledgments and thanks for our generous sponsors
• Information on more ways to engage with the CSOA programs and artists online