CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RICCARDO MUTI ZELL MUSIC DIRECTOR SYMPHO NY CENTER PRESENTS GROUP SERVICES GUIDE 2019/20 

CSO.ORG 312-294-3040 “Our students, parents and teachers love coming to Chicago to see the CSO. The CSO has provided a great experience, education and inspiration to our students from all over the world. The staff is amazing to work with, too. The CSO is a must-see for groups visiting Chicago.” AMBER OHRN, DESTINATION SPECIALIST, WORLDSTRIDES ONSTAGE

“We love bringing groups to our city and showing off the best orchestra in the world. Shifra and Brian of the Group Services team are amazing partners who help make the experience seamless.” TODD ROGERS, VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES, BOB ROGERS TRAVEL

“We are beyond fortunate to have a world-class Anne-Sophie Mutter orchestra like the CSO nearby. Being able to share a concert experience with my students and their parents is the best. Everyone comes back to school with a renewed sense of inspiration and with the bar raised higher for their own musicianship.” LORI LAUFF, ORCHESTRA TEACHER AT GREGORY MIDDLE SCHOOL, NAPERVILLE, IL

Symphony Center is the perfect venue for Ordering is easy: your group outing. Experience the incomparable Chicago Symphony 1. Select your concert Orchestra, the greatest artists in jazz or the joy of a holiday concert. With over 200 2. Estimate your group size Chinese New Year concerts each season, you’re sure to find 3. Call 312-294-3040 Celebration something to thrill your group. Tickets sell quickly, so plan your group purchase early or toll-free at 800-223-7114 for the best concert and seating options. Monday through Friday 10:00–5:00

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CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 3 FAQs What is the minimum group size? Are there any age restrictions for the concerts? Groups of 10 or more have access to our Group Services team. Ticket discounts are Most Symphony Center concerts are recommended for children at least 8 years of age. available for groups of 20 or more for most concerts. CSO Family Matinee concerts are designed for children ages 5 and up. Once Upon a Symphony concerts are for children ages 3–5. What about payment? After seats have been assigned for your group, we request a 15% nonrefundable deposit. How do I get my tickets? The remaining balance of your order is due 60 days prior to the concert date. We can mail your tickets or send them instantly via email.

Can I change my order? Where is Symphony Center? Yes! Group orders can be adjusted until the time of final payment. After paying the Symphony Center is located at 220 South Michigan Avenue, across the street from deposit, you’ll need to purchase at least 80% of the original ticket quantity. the Art Institute of Chicago. We’re close to incredible hotels, first-rate restaurants and world-famous shopping on the Magnificent Mile. Please visit cso.org/groups for What about handling fees? recommendations. A $15 fee will be applied to your order. (Standard single ticket fee is $7 per ticket.) What time should my group arrive? How far in advance can I make a request? We suggest arriving 30 minutes prior to the start of the concert. Group members should If you can select a date, we can take a request. Even if the concert season has yet to have their tickets in hand. be announced, we’ll take a request based on the date you’d like to come. Ordering in advance is the key to securing good seats! Is there motor coach parking? The closest legal motor coach parking location is at 420 South Franklin Street. Motor Will my group be assigned seats when I make a request? coach parking is also available at 1200 South Canal Street, 631 West Kinzie Street and at For orders made before the season begins, seating will be confirmed in August. Once the the Museum Campus. season begins, seating requests are processed in the order in which they are received and exact seating can be quoted right over the phone. Is photography allowed at Symphony Center? Patrons are welcome to use their smartphones to take photos of their visit to Symphony Can my group sit together? Center and are encouraged to share them on social media @chicagosymphony. We will make every possible effort to seat all group members together, based on However, photography and video recording is prohibited during the performance. availability.

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CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS AT SYMPHONY CENTER VOCAL

November 30 HIGHLIGHTS Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna November 21–24 December 3 & 4 Holst The Planets FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | 126 E. CHESTNUT A Chanticleer Christmas February 6–8 Muti Conducts December 6–8 Cavalleria rusticana Home Alone in Concert Members of the CSO April 19 Richard Kaufman conductor Renée Fleming & © 1990 20th Century Fox Evgeny Kissin in Recital

December 14–23 May 7–9 The Chicago Carmina burana Symphony Orchestra’s Merry, Merry Chicago! May 31 Members of the CSO Joyce DiDonato & Il Pomo d’Oro Emil de Cou conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus June 18–21 Duain Wolfe chorus director Muti Conducts Beethoven 9

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SPRING 2020 Reserve your seats now for HIGHLIGHTS your favorite Hollywood films!

November 29–December 1 March 12–17 Experience the magic Harry Potter and the Rhapsody in Blue & Boléro Goblet of FireTM in Concert Chicago Symphony Orchestra of these classic films André de Ridder conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra Inon Barnatan piano on the big screen HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter Publishing Rights GERSHWIN, ARR. BENNETT Porgy and Bess, in Orchestra Hall © JKR. (s19) | Brought to you by CineConcerts A Symphonic Picture Rhapsody in Blue December 6–8 GERSHWIN with the scores RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major Home Alone in Concert RAVEL Boléro performed live. Members of the CSO ©1990 Twentieth Century Fox April 9–11 January 18 van Zweden Conducts Mahler 6 Chicago Symphony Orchestra warner bros. presents Jaap van Zweden conductor Bugs Bunny at the Symphony MAHLER Symphony No. 6 30th Anniversary Edition Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra May 21–26 TM & © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s19) Mozart Jupiter Symphony Chicago Symphony Orchestra March 13 & 15 Bernard Labadie conductor Casablanca in Concert Beatrice Rana piano Chicago Symphony Orchestra HAYDN Overture to L’isola disabitata BACH Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, May 15 & 17 BWV 1052 Jurassic Park in Concert BACH Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra BWV 1056 TM & © Universal Studios MOZART Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)

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BEETHOVEN June 18–21 SYMPHONIES Symphony No. 9

Feature film with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, June 27, 7:00 | Friday, June 28, 7:00 | Saturday, June 29, 7:00

HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are ©️ & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. WIZARDING WORLD trademark and logo ©️ & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights ©️ JKR. (s19)

SEPTEMBER

CSO CSO Thursday, September 19, 8:00 Thursday, September 26, 8:00 Friday, September 20, 1:30 Friday, September 27, 1:30 Muti, Andsnes & Grieg Saturday, September 28, 8:00 Piano Concerto Muti Conducts Beethoven 1 & 3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor Riccardo Muti conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano BEETHOVEN Consecration of the House MENDELSSOHN Calm Sea and Prosperous Overture Voyage Overture BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 GRIEG Piano Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) SCRIABIN Rêverie SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6

CSO Saturday, September 21, 7:00 Symphony Ball: Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano VERDI Sinfonia from La battaglia di Legnano GRIEG Piano Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet SUPPÉ Overture to Boccaccio

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CSO JAZZ Thursday, October 3, 8:00 Friday, November 15, 8:00 Friday, October 4, 8:00 Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Saturday, October 5, 8:00 NOVEMBER with Wynton Marsalis Shostakovich 8 Chicago Symphony Orchestra WORLD James Gaffigan conductor JAZZ Saturday, November 16, 8:00 Cynthia Yeh percussion Friday, November 1, 8:00 Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra DORMAN Eternal Rhythm U.S. Premiere Chick Corea Trilogy with with Wynton Marsalis: South African SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8 Christian McBride and Brian Blade Songbook Melanie Scholtz vocals WORLD CSO Vuyo Sotashe vocals Sunday, October 6, 7:00 Friday, November 1, 1:30 Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain Saturday, November 2, 8:00 VISITING ORCHESTRA & Edgar Meyer with Rakesh Chaurasia Tuesday, November 5, 7:30 Tuesday, November 19, 7:30 Muti, Kavakos & Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal CSO Beethoven Violin Concerto Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor Thursday, October 10, 8:00 classic encounter* Chicago Symphony Orchestra Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano Friday, October 11, 1:30 Riccardo Muti conductor MOZART Ch’io mi scordi di te? ... Saturday, October 12, 8:00 Leonidas Kavakos violin Non temer, amato bene Cynthia Yeh Mendelssohn & Lutosławski BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto MOZART Parto, parto from La clemenza Chicago Symphony Orchestra RANDS DREAM for Orchestra di Tito Kirill Karabits conductor CSO World Premiere, CSO Commission BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 (Romantic) Sunwook Kim piano Thursday, October 17, 8:00 STRAVINSKY Divertimento from PROKOFIEV Overture on Hebrew Themes Friday, October 18, 1:30 The Fairy’s Kiss CSO MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 Saturday, October 19, 8:00 Thursday, November 21, 8:00 MENDELSSOHN Capriccio brillant Sunday, October 20, 3:00 PIANO Friday, November 22, 7:30 wheaton college LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra Vivaldi The Four Seasons Wednesday, November 6, 8:00 Saturday, November 23, 8:00 * ask us about this special preconcert event Chicago Symphony Orchestra Rudolf Buchbinder piano Sunday, November 24, 3:00 Julian Rachlin conductor & violin BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 3, 20 Holst The Planets PIANO VIVALDI The Four Seasons & 23 (Appassionata) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sunday, October 13, 3:00 MOZART Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 The appearance of Rudolf Buchbinder is generously Juanjo Mena conductor Kirill Gerstein piano PIAZZOLLA, ARR. DESYATNIKOV sponsored by JS Charitable Trust. Sally Matthews soprano BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 4, 16, The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus 19 & 22 CSO Duain Wolfe chorus director CSO Thursday, November 7, 8:00 classic encounter* LEE III Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula VISITING ORCHESTRA Thursday, October 24, 8:00 Saturday, November 9, 8:00 BARBER Two Scenes from Antony and Tuesday, October 15, 7:30 Friday, October 25, 8:00 Tuesday, November 12, 7:30 Cleopatra Montreal Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, October 29, 7:30 Muti Conducts HOLST The Planets Kent Nagano conductor Brahms 3 Brahms Double Concerto Denis Matsuev piano Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra CSO PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 (Classical) David Afkham conductor Riccardo Muti conductor Friday, November 29, 7:30 RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme HAYDN Symphony No. 44 (Mourning) Stephanie Jeong violin Saturday, November 30, 7:30 of Paganini R. STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration Kenneth Olsen cello Sunday, December 1, 3:00 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 WAGNER Overture to The Flying Dutchman Harry Potter and the BRAHMS Double Concerto Goblet of FireTM in Concert CHAMBER SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sunday, October 27, 3:00 * ask us about this special preconcert event Justin Freer conductor Christian Tetzlaff violin HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are ©️ Lars Vogt piano PIANO & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter Publishing Rights ©️ JKR. (s19) Brought to you by CineConcerts BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Sunday, November 10, 3:00 Op. 30, No. 1 Rudolf Buchbinder piano SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Sonata BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 5-7 & 18 HOLIDAY KURTÁG Tre Pezzi The appearance of Rudolf Buchbinder is generously Saturday, November 30, 2:00 FRANCK Violin Sonata sponsored by JS Charitable Trust. Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna

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HOLIDAY SPECIAL Tuesday, December 3, 7:30 Saturday, January 18, 3:00 & 7:30 Wednesday, December 4, 7:30 warner bros. presents Fourth Presbyterian Church / 126 E Chestnut Bugs Bunny at the Symphony A Chanticleer Christmas 30th Anniversary Edition Warner Bros. Symphony Orchestra CSO George Daugherty conductor Thursday, December 5, 8:00 TM & ©️ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s19) Friday, December 6, 1:30 Chanticleer Saturday, December 7, 8:00 CHAMBER Tuesday, December 10, 7:30 HOLIDAY Wednesday, January 22, 7:30 Higdon & Tchaikovsky 4 Saturday, December 14, 3:00 Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sunday, December 15, 3:00 Lambert Orkis piano John Storgårds conductor Friday, December 20, 7:30 BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 4 Ray Chen violin Saturday, December 21, 3:00 BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 5 (Spring) HIGDON blue cathedral Sunday, December 22, 7:30 BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9 (Kreutzer) WIENIAWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1 Monday, December 23, 3:00 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s VISITING ORCHESTRA The performance of blue cathedral is made possible with Merry, Merry Chicago! Saturday, January 25, 7:30 support from the Northwestern University Bienen School Members of the NFM Wrocław of Music. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Philharmonic Orchestra Emil de Cou conductor Giancarlo Guerrero conductor HOLIDAY Chicago Symphony Chorus Piotr Anderszewski piano Friday, December 6, 7:00 Duain Wolfe chorus director LUTOSŁAWSKI Symphonic Variations Saturday, December 7, 3:00 BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3 Sunday, December 8, 3:00 SPECIAL BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 Home Alone in Concert Wednesday, December 18, 8:00 Members of the The Chicago Symphony CSO Chicago Symphony Orchestra Orchestra Brass Thursday, January 30, 8:00 Richard Kaufman conductor This concert is presented in collaboration with the Friday, January 31, 1:30 Midwest Clinic, an international band and orchestra ©️1990 Twentieth Century Fox Saturday, February 1, 8:00 conference. Tuesday, February 4, 7:30 CSO Lewis Plays Beethoven Thursday, December 12, 8:00 classic encounter* CSO Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, December 13, 1:30 Thursday, December 19, 8:00 Sir Andrew Davis conductor Saturday, December 14, 8:00 Friday, December 20, 1:30 Paul Lewis piano A Night in Vienna: Saturday, December 21, 8:00 TIPPETT Little Music for String Orchestra Honeck Conducts Mozart & Strauss Sunday, December 22, 3:00 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky & Dvořák 8 TIPPETT Praeludium for Brass, Bells Manfred Honeck conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Percussion Jan Lisiecki piano Edo de Waart conductor BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BATES Resurrexit Leila Josefowicz violin MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances JAZZ Works by JOHANN STRAUSS, JR. STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto Friday, January 31, 8:00 and JOSEF STRAUSS DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture Makaya McCraven In These Times * ask us about this special preconcert event DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 featuring Marquis Hill, Jeff Parker, Junius Paul, Greg Ward and Brandee Younger

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PIANO CSO Sunday, March 1, 3:00 Friday, March 20, 8:00 J. Lawrie Bloom Daniil Trifonov piano Sunday, March 22, 3:00 BACH/BRAHMS Chaconne for the Left Hand Gergiev Conducts BACH/RACHMANINOV Prelude, Gavotte Shostakovich Leningrad and Gigue from Violin Partita in E Major Chicago Symphony Orchestra BACH/LISZT Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor Valery Gergiev conductor BACH The Art of Fugue SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad) Yuja Wang CHAMBER Monday, March 2, 7:30 JAZZ Emanuel Ax piano Saturday, March 21, 8:00 Leonidas Kavakos violin SFJAZZ Collective celebrates the Casablanca FEBRUARY Yo-Yo Ma cello 50th Anniversary of Miles Davis’ In BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in C Minor, a Silent Way and Sly & the Family Op. 1, No. 3 Stone’s Stand! with Special Guest CSO PIANO BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Dee Dee Bridgewater Thursday, February 6, 8:00 Sunday, February 16, 3:00 Op. 70, No. 2 Friday, February 7, 8:00 Yuja Wang piano BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B-flat Major, CSO Saturday, February 8, 8:00 Op. 97 (Archduke) Thursday, March 26, 8:00 classic encounter* Muti Conducts Cavalleria rusticana CSO Friday, March 27, 8:00 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, February 20, 8:00 CSO Saturday, March 28, 8:00 Riccardo Muti conductor Friday, February 21, 8:00 Thursday, March 5, 8:00 Bach & Handel Anita Rachvelishvili mezzo-soprano Saturday, February 22, 8:00 Friday, March 6, 1:30 Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Santuzza) Sunday, February 23, 3:00 Saturday, March 7, 8:00 Nicholas Kraemer conductor and harpsichord Piero Pretti tenor (Turiddu) Muti Conducts Beethoven 2 & 5 Blomstedt Conducts Brahms 2 Amanda Forsythe soprano Luca Salsi baritone (Alfio) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Iestyn Davies countertenor Ronnita Miller mezzo-soprano (Lucia) Riccardo Muti conductor Herbert Blomstedt conductor BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano (Lola) J. Lawrie Bloom bass clarinet Bertrand Chamayou piano HANDEL Selected Arias Chicago Symphony Chorus BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 PURCELL Chacony in G Minor Duain Wolfe chorus director BACRI Ophelia’s Tears BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 PURCELL Dido’s Lament from MASCAGNI Cavalleria rusticana World Premiere, CSO Commission Dido and Aeneas BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 WORLD HANDEL Suite No. 2 from Water Music WORLD Friday, March 6, 8:00 * ask us about this special preconcert event Sunday, February 9, 4:00 CSO The Chieftains and Friends: Jordi Savall: Splendor Thursday, February 27, 8:00 classic encounter* The Irish Goodbye PIANO of the Iberian Baroque Friday, February 28, 7:30 wheaton college Sunday, March 29, 3:00 In the Time of Lope de Vega Saturday, February 29, 8:00 CSO Sir András Schiff piano & Calderón de la Barca Sibelius & Nielsen: Thursday, March 12, 8:00 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 24, 25, Jordi Savall treble viol and director A Nordic Celebration Saturday, March 14, 8:00 26 (Les Adieux), 27 & 28 Hespèrion XXI Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, March 17, 7:30 La Capella Reial De Catalunya Hannu Lintu conductor Rhapsody in Blue & Boléro PIANO Pekka Kuusisto violin Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, March 31, 8:00 JAZZ SIBELIUS Finlandia André de Ridder conductor Sir András Schiff piano Friday, February 14, 8:00 NIELSEN Violin Concerto Inon Barnatan piano BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 12, The Piano Soul of Nat King Cole NIELSEN Helios Overture GERSHWIN, ARR. BENNETT 13 (Quasi una fantasia), 14 (Moonlight) featuring Jeff Lindberg’s Chicago SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 Porgy and Bess, A Symphonic Picture & 15 (Pastoral) Jazz Orchestra with special guests * ask us about this special preconcert event GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue Kenny Barron, Benny Green and RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major Russell Malone JAZZ RAVEL Boléro Friday, February 28, 8:00 Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya CSO Friday, March 13, 7:30 Sunday, March 15, 3:00 Casablanca in Concert Chicago Symphony Orchestra Richard Kaufman conductor

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JAZZ PIANO Friday, May 1, 8:00 Wednesday, May 20, 8:00 Kurt Elling and special guests Igor Levit piano celebrate the 25th anniversary BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos. 9-11 APRIL of Close Your Eyes & 29 (Hammerklavier)

CSO CSO CSO JAZZ Thursday, May 7, 8:00 Thursday, May 21, 8:00 classic encounter* Thursday, April 2, 8:00 Friday, April 17, 8:00 Friday, May 8, 8:00 Friday, May 22, 1:30 Friday, April 3, 1:30 Artemis featuring Renee Rosnes, Saturday, May 9, 8:00 Saturday, May 23, 8:00 Saturday, April 4, 8:00 Anat Cohen, Melissa Aldana, Carmina burana Tuesday, May 26, 7:30 Brahms 4 Ingrid Jensen, Noriko Ueda and Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mozart Jupiter Symphony Chicago Symphony Orchestra Allison Miller // Jazzmeia Horn Alain Altinoglu conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra Jakub Hrůša conductor Elena Sancho-Pereg soprano Bernard Labadie conductor Martin Helmchen piano SPECIAL Benjamin Bliss tenor Beatrice Rana piano ADÈS Three-piece Suite from Powder Her Sunday, April 19, 3:00 Elliot Madore baritone HAYDN Overture to L’isola disabitata Face Renée Fleming and Evgeny Kissin Chicago Symphony Chorus BACH Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, DVOŘÁK Piano Concerto in Recital | A Symphony Center Duain Wolfe chorus director BWV 1052 BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 Presents and Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago Children’s Choir BACH Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, Collaboration Josephine Lee artistic director BWV 1056 JAZZ SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre MOZART Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter) Friday, April 3, 8:00 CSO ROUSSEL Suite No. 2 from * ask us about this special preconcert event Fly Higher: Charlie Parker @ 100 Thursday, April 23, 8:00 Bacchus et Ariane featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa Friday, April 24, 8:00 ORFF Carmina burana WORLD and Terri Lyne Carrington, Charenée Saturday, April 25, 8:00 Friday, May 22, 8:00 Wade, Adam O’Farrill, Kris Davis, Tuesday, April 28, 7:30 PIANO Anoushka Shankar & Friends Larry Grenadier and DJ Kassa Muti, Fischer & Brahms Sunday, May 10, 3:00 Celebrate the Centenary of Ravi Overall // Sean Jones Quartet Violin Concerto Evgeny Kissin piano Shankar Chicago Symphony Orchestra BEETHOVEN Eroica Variations & Piano PIANO Riccardo Muti conductor Sonatas Nos. 8 (Pathétique), 17 (Tempest) PIANO Sunday, April 5, 3:00 Julia Fischer violin & 21 (Waldstein) Sunday, May 24, 3:00 Mitsuko Uchida piano BRAHMS Violin Concerto The appearance of Evgeny Kissin is generously sponsored Maurizio Pollini piano BEETHOVEN Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 & STILL Mother and Child by JS Charitable Trust. BEETHOVEN The Last Sonatas, Nos. 30-32 Diabelli Variations PRICE Symphony No. 3 CSO CSO CSO PIANO Thursday, May 14, 8:00 Thursday, May 28, 8:00 Thursday, April 9, 8:00 Sunday, April 26, 3:00 Saturday, May 16, 8:00 Friday, May 29, 8:00 Friday, April 10, 1:30 George Li piano All-Tchaikovsky Saturday, May 30, 8:00 Saturday, April 11, 8:00 HAYDN Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:49 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Mälkki Conducts Beethoven van Zweden Conducts Mahler 6 SCHUBERT Impromptu in G-flat Major, Jonathan Stockhammer conductor & Mahler 4 Chicago Symphony Orchestra D. 899 Robert Chen violin Chicago Symphony Orchestra Jaap van Zweden conductor SCHUBERT Wanderer Fantasy, D. 760 TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio italien Susanna Mälkki conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 6 RAVEL Three Pieces from Miroirs TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto Camilla Tilling soprano SCHUMANN Carnaval TCHAIKOVSKY Marche slave BEETHOVEN Namensfeier Overture CSO TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from BEETHOVEN Ah! perfido Thursday, April 16, 8:00 classic encounter* CSO The Nutcracker MAHLER Symphony No. 4 Friday, April 17, 1:30 Thursday, April 30, 8:00 Saturday, April 18, 8:00 Friday, May 1, 7:30 wheaton college CSO CHAMBER Tuesday, April 21, 7:30 Saturday, May 2, 8:00 Friday, May 15, 7:30 Sunday, May 31, 3:00 Symphonie fantastique Sunday, May 3, 3:00 Sunday, May 17, 3:00 Joyce DiDonato & Il Pomo d’Oro Chicago Symphony Orchestra Muti Conducts Beethoven 4 & 7 Jurassic Park in Concert Emmanuel Krivine conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Joseph Moog piano Riccardo Muti conductor Richard Kaufman conductor R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks MAZZOLI Orpheus Undone TM & ©️ Universal Studios R. STRAUSS Burlesque World Premiere, CSO Commission BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 * ask us about this special preconcert event BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

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CSO Thursday, June 4, 8:00 classic encounter* Friday, June 5, 1:30 Saturday, June 6, 8:00 Tuesday, June 9, 7:30 Ein Heldenleben Chicago Symphony Orchestra Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor Piotr Anderszewski piano Dianne Reeves MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben * ask us about this special preconcert event

JAZZ Friday, June 5, 8:00 Dianne Reeves Beleza Brazil

PIANO Sunday, June 7, 3:00 Denis Kozhukhin piano MENDELSSOHN Selections from Songs Without Words GRIEG Selections from Lyric Pieces GERSHWIN Song-Book RAVEL La valse GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue

CSO Thursday, June 11, 8:00 Friday, June 12, 1:30 Saturday, June 13, 8:00 Muti Conducts Beethoven 6 & 8 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor BEETHOVEN Overture to The Ruins of Athens BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)

CSO Thursday, June 18, 8:00 Friday, June 19, 8:00 Saturday, June 20, 8:00 Sunday, June 21, 3:00 Muti Conducts Beethoven 9 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor Elena Stikhina soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano Daniel Johansson tenor Franz-Josef Selig bass Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe chorus director BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

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Zell Family Julius N. Frankel The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation Foundation Foundation

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Walter E. Heller Paul M. Angell Foundation Family Foundation

CSO at Wheaton performances are generously sponsored by JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation in partnership with Wheaton College:

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