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Beethoven, Mozart & Tchaikovsky

May 12-14, 2022
Overview Program Performers

Overview

Lithuanian-born Julian Rachlin showcases his singular versatility as a violinist, violist and conductor. He joins CSO Associate Concertmaster Stephanie Jeong in Mozart’s effervescent Sinfonia concertante before leading a performance of Tchaikovsky’s sweetly melancholic Souvenir. Taking to the podium, Rachlin bookends the program by conducting works by Mozart and Beethoven.

Ticket holders are invited to a free preconcert conversation featuring Stephen Alltop in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The conversation will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets required.

Program
Beethoven

Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus

Mozart

Sinfonia concertante

Tchaikovsky, arr. Glazunov

Meditation from Souvenir d'un lieu cher

Mozart
Symphony No. 36 (Linz)
Performers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Julian Rachlin
Conductor, violin and viola
Stephanie Jeong
Associate Concertmaster
The Cathy and Bill Osborn Chair
Sponsors

These performances are generously sponsored by the Randy and Melvin Berlin Family Fund for the Canon

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