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Koerner Hall, designed by architect Marianne McKenna in a classic shoebox format, provides an intimate setting.
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The final concert on the first leg of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2023 North American Tour ended in triumph Thursday at Koerner Hall in Toronto. Presented by the Royal Conservatory of Music, the engagement marked the CSO’s first appearance in Toronto since 1914.
For their second performance at the venue, Riccardo Muti and the CSO offered Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and Eighth Symphony, Liadov’s The Enchanted Lake and Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition.
Earlier in the day, CSO musicians took in the sights of Toronto, while others, including Principal Percussion Cynthia Yeh, participated in master classes organized by the CSO’s Negaunee Music Institute.
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.
During the second concert, percussionist James Ross heads out for a day of sightseeing in Toronto.
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Michael Mulcahy rehearses his tenor tuba solo in Mussorgsky's "Pictures from an Exhibition."
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Principal Percussion Cynthia Yeh conducts a master class, organized by the CSO's Negaunee Music Institute, at the University of Toronto percussion studio with student Jacob Valcheff.
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Expert technician Wagner Campos, who's also a professor of music at DePaul University, repairs the instrument of guest musician and fellow clarinetist Pavel Vinnitsky.
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Heads up! Principal Trumpet Esteban Batallán heads to the cafe for a pre-concert coffee.
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Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's Coriolan Overture at Koerner Hall.
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Violinist Lei Hou smiles during the bows after the Beethoven overture.
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Principal Cello John Sharp beams as intermission begins during the second concert at Koerner Hall.
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Tuning up, guest harp Grace Browning (right) and CSO harp Lynne Turner prepare for Mussorgsky's "Pictures."
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At intermission, violinist Sylvia Kim Kilcullen talks to family about heading home after the tour.
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John Deverman, director of orchestra personnel, indicates that the encore will be the Intermezzo from Giordano's "Fedora."
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Principal Bassoon Keith Buncke (left) and Assistant Principal Trumpet Mark Ridenour talk backstage before "Pictures."
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On the program's second half, CSO cello and bass sections perform Mussorgsky's "Pictures from an Exhibition."
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Concertgoers lean into the music at Koerner Hall, designed by architect Marianne McKenna.
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Riccardo Muti and the CSO stand to receive applause as the second Toronto concert ends.
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Guest saxophonist James Romain takes a solo bow after "Pictures from an Exhibition."
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Contrabassoonist Miles Maner takes a solo bow after "Pictures from an Exhibition."
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Riccardo Muti beams in appreciation as the second concert at Toronto's Koerner Hall ends.
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Hail and farewell: bassist Daniel Armstrong (left) stands with horn David Griffin after completing his final concert as a rostered member of the orchestra. Armstrong, who joined the CSO in 1995, has decided to retire,
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