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Ahead of their seven-city, eight-concert North American tour, Music Director Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra squeezed in some rehearsal before packing up and heading out on the road. The tour, which begins Jan. 22 in Mesa, Arizona, marks the first such event for Muti and the CSO since February 2020.
Featuring CSO debuts in Mesa, Arizona; Stanford, California, and Stillwater, Oklahoma, the tour culminates with two concerts in Toronto, the orchestra’s first appearances there since 1914. The programs consist of Beethoven’s Seventh and Eighth symphonies and Coriolan Overture, Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, Liadov’s The Enchanted Lake and Ravel’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition.
After the CSO returns to Symphony Center for a few weeks, Muti joins them Feb. 23-25 in Chicago and then in Kansas City for a concert Feb. 26 with Julia Fischer in Schumann’s Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony. They wrap up their winter tour by traveling to Florida for four concerts from Feb. 28 to March 4.
Back in Orchestra Hall for the first since October, Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a tour rehearsal.
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Mark Ridenour, assistant principal trumpet, flashes a salute as he packs up his instrument trunk.
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Bassist Daniel Carson, who joined the CSO this fall, makes sure his travel cases are ready for the road.
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Riccardo Muti smiles broadly during a rehearsal break.
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The CSO viola section, including Danny Lai, zooms into view.
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Kenneth Olsen, assistant principal cello, and John Sharp, principal cello, look up in unison.
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During the rehearsal, cello Katinka Kleijn peers over her mask.
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John Deverman, the CSO's director of orchestra personnel, packs his trunk for the trip.
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Chris Lewis, the CSO's stage manager, oversees the load-out process.
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A place for everything and everything in its place: a large gong gets safely stored away.
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