2021/22 SEASON CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF EVENTS
This calendar is current as of July 13, 2021. Artists and programs are subject to change; for updated program information, please visit cso.org or call 312-294-3000.
All concerts take place in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, unless otherwise noted.
SEPTEMBER
Symphony Center Presents Thursday, September 2, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Jazz Herbie Hancock, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, September 23, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, September 24, 2021, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, September 25, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti, conductor
SAINT-GEORGES Overture to L’Amant Anonyme PRICE Andante Moderato BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, September 30, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 1, 2021, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 2, 2021 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violin
BRAHMS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
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OCTOBER
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 7, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 8, 2021, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 9, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti, conductor
MAZZOLI These Worlds In Us LIADOV The Enchanted Lake TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
Symphony Center Presents Friday, October 8, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Lang Lang, piano
BACH Goldberg Variations
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 14, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 15, 2021, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 16, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, October 17, 2021, 3:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor John Sharp, cello
HOLMÈS La Nuit et l'Amour SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 21, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 22, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 23, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano
GRIEG The Last Spring from Two Elegiac Melodies PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat Major, Op. 10 BRAHMS Serenade No. 1
CSO for Kids Saturday, October 23, 2021, 11:00 a.m. Family Matinee Saturday, October 23, 2021, 12:45 p.m. Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2021/22 Season, Page 3 of 7
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Program TBA
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 28, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, October 29, 2021, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 30, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Denis Matsuev, piano
STILL Patterns PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 BRAHMS Serenade No. 2
NOVEMBER
CSO MusicNow Monday, November 1, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Michael Lewanski, conductor Whitney Morrison, soprano
SMITH Scions of an Atlas [World Premiere, MusicNOW Commission] MONTGOMERY Loisaida, My Love MONTGOMERY Lunar Songs JOACHIM Seen HEARNE Authority
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, November 4, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 5, 2021, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 6, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Marek Janowski, conductor Robert Chen, violin
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides Overture BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 MOZART Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)
Symphony Center Presents Sunday, November 7, 2021, 3:00 p.m. Chamber Music Leonidas Kavakos, violin Yuja Wang, piano 2021/22 Season, Page 4 of 7
BACH Sonatas (TBD) BUSONI Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 36a SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 134
Civic Orchestra of Chicago Monday, November 8, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Civic Orchestra of Chicago Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Program to include: HAILSTORK An American Port of Call GRANT-STILL Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, November 11, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 12, 2021, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 13, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Jakub Hrůša, conductor Joélle Harvey, soprano
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade in A Minor BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 6
Symphony Center Presents Friday, November 12, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Piano Daniil Trifonov, piano
PROKOFIEV Sarcasms, Op. 17 SZYMANOWSKI Sonata No. 3, Op. 36 DEBUSSY Pour le piano BRAHMS Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, November 18, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 19, 2021, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 20, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, November 21, 2021, 3:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Daniel Binelli, bandoneón
BUXTEHUDE, arr. and orch. CHÁVEZ Chaconne in E Minor PIAZZOLLA Bandoneón Concerto (Aconcagua) 2021/22 Season, Page 5 of 7
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
Symphony Center Presents Friday, November 19, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Quinteto Astor Piazzolla
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, November 26, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 27, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, November 28, 2021, 3:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Richard Kaufman, conductor
WILLIAMS Home Alone in Concert
DECEMBER
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, December 2, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 3, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, December 4, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Hannu Lintu, conductor Ray Chen, violin
LINDBERG Serenades [World Premiere, CSO Co-Commission] LALO Symphonie espagnole BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Civic Orchestra of Chicago Monday, December 6, 2021, 7:00 p.m. Fourth Presbyterian Church Civic Orchestra of Chicago 126 E Chestnut St Ken-David Masur, conductor Chicago, IL Program to include: J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concertos
Symphony Center Presents Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Fourth Presbyterian Church Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 7:30 p.m. 126 E Chestnut St A Chanticleer Christmas Chicago, IL
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, December 9, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 10, 2021, 8:00 p.m. 2021/22 Season, Page 6 of 7
Saturday, December 11, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin
FRANK Haillí-Serenata [World Premiere, CSO Commission] DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Symphony Center Presents Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, December 16, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Friday, December 17, 2021, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, December 18, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, December 19, 2021, 3:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Nicholas McGegan, conductor Yulia Van Doren, soprano Reginald Mobley, countertenor Ben Bliss, tenor Dashon Burton, bass-baritone Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe, chorus director
HANDEL Messiah
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, December 17, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 18, 2021, 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 21, 2021, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 22, 2021, 3:00 p.m. Thursday, December 23, 2021, 1:00 p.m. Thursday, December 23, 2021, 4:30 p.m. Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Alastair Willis, conductor
Merry, Merry Chicago!
Symphony Center Presents Tuesday, December 21, 2021, 1:30 p.m. Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, January 6, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Friday, January 7, 2022, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, January 8, 2022, 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra André de Ridder, conductor Inon Barnatan, piano
GERSHWIN, arr. BENNETT Porgy and Bess, A Symphonic Picture GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major RAVEL Boléro
PROGRAMS, ARTISTS AND DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. REMAINING CSOA-PRESENTED PROGRAMS FOR THE 2021/22 SEASON TO BE ANNOUNCED IN OCTOBER 2021. UPDATED 07.13.2021