Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550

OVERVIEW

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s passionate and unrelenting Symphony No. 40 builds tension from its opening minor melody all the way through to its assertive final statement.

This performance — led from the podium by Edo de Waart — is from CSO Sessions Ep. 27: Overture.

PERFORMERS

Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart conductor 

SPONSORS

Sponsorship support for CSO Sessions is generously provided by the Zell Family Foundation; an anonymous donor; Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund; JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation; the Julian Family Foundation, in honor of Cristina Rocca; Cynthia M. Sargent; Megan and Steve Shebik; Betty W. Smykal; TAWANI Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; ITW, and PNC.