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Patrons enter Bing Concert Hall, which opened in 2013 on the Stanford University campus.
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For the fourth stop on their 2023 North American Tour, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Riccardo Muti boarded a charter flight to Palo Alto, California, known as the birthplace of Silicon Valley.
Just 25 miles away from San Francisco, Palo Alto is near Stanford University, the site of the CSO’s tour performance Jan. 26 at Bing Concert Hall, presented by Stanford Live. The concert also marked the CSO’s debut in Stanford. Bing Concert Hall, which opened in 2013, celebrates its 10th anniversary this month.
At the Bing, the CSO performed Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and Symphony No. 8, Liadov’s The Enchanted Lake and Ravel’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition.
Along with Mesa, Arizona, and Stanford, the tour features CSO debuts in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The first leg culminates with two concerts in Toronto, marking the orchestra’s first appearances there since 1914.
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.
Before the flight to Stanford, Associate Principal Horn Daniel Gingrich walks along the beachfront in Santa Barbara.
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Assistant Principal Trumpet Mark Ridenour hits it out of the park at the batting cages at a favorite local destination, East Beach Tacos, near the orchestra's hotel..
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Music Director Riccardo Muti greets musicians and tour staff as they board the charter flight to Palo Alto.
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CSO musicians and staff queue up to board the charter flight for the short trip to Palo Alto.
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Violinist Susan Synnestvedt enjoys tour travel made easier with boarding on the tarmac at Santa Barbara.
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Assistant Principal Flute Yevgeny Faniuk warms up before the concert, which represented the CSO’s first visit to Stanford and Bing Hall, and was presented by Stanford Live.
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Principal Timpani David Herbert goes into the zone while warming up before the concert in Bing Concert Hall.
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CSO trumpet John Hagstrom warms up backstage before joining the CSO for the second half of the concert.
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Backstage at Bing Concert Hall, violinist Qing Hou does the packing shuffle near her tour trunk.
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Riccardo Muti and the CSO open the concert at Stanford with Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture.
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Assistant Principal Flute Yevgeny Faniuk and fellow winds zoom into view in Beethoven's Symphony No. 8.
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Violist Lawrence Neuman looks intense during Beethoven's Symphony No. 8.
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Riccardo Muti waits bemusedly as a cell phone goes off just before the downbeat of Liadov’s "The Enchanted Lake."
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Violins loom into view during Mussorgsky’s "Pictures from an Exhibition."
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The CSO low strings, including cellos and basses, perform in Mussorgsky’s "Pictures from an Exhibition."
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Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in "The Great Gate of Kiev," the final movement of "Pictures from an Exhibition."
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As the concert ends, Bing Concert Hall is photographed from a wide-angle perspective.
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Music Director Riccardo Muti acknowledges Concertmaster Robert Chen after the concert ends.
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During the encore, the second violins play the Intermezzo from Giordano’s "Fedora."
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Students from the Stanford University trumpet studio pose with Principal Trumpet Esteban Batallán.
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Contrabassoonist Miles Maner speaks with patrons after the performance at Bing Concert Hall.
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Joined by his mother and aunt, Principal Bassoon Keith Buncke greets student musicians.
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After the concert, violinist Melanie Kupchynsky connects with Deborah Fong, a longtime friend and colleague.
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After the concert, Riccardo Muti signs CD in the architecturally stunning lobby of Bing Concert Hall.
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Cellist Katinka Kleijn (right) greets Joan Jeanrenaud, former cellist of the Kronos Quartet, after the concert.
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