Muti, Chen & Mozart Gran Partita

May 18 - May 23, 2023

Overview

In his Gran Partita for 13 instruments, Mozart achieves a sublime combination of grandeur, complexity and sunny charm. CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen presents the composer’s stately and rustic Violin Concerto No. 4, a product of his Salzburg years. Riccardo Muti opens the concert with Cimarosa’s overture, which echoes Mozart’s comic vein and abounds in freshness and invention.

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Program
Cimarosa

Overture to Il matrimonio segreto

Mozart

Violin Concerto No. 4

Mozart

Serenade No. 10 (Gran Partita)

Performers
Music Director Emeritus for Life
Concertmaster
The Louis C. Sudler Chair, endowed by an anonymous benefactor

Extras

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Preconcert Conversations

Explore the music in the free preconcert conversation featuring Daniel Schlosberg in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The conversation will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets are needed.


Postconcert Dining Forte May Special

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