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CSO Audio Program Notes

Founded in 1891, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. In collaboration with the best conductors and guest artists on the international ... Read more

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CSO Program Notes: Muti Andsnes & Grieg Piano Concerto

CSO Program Notes: Muti Andsnes & Grieg Piano Concerto

Riccardo Muti opens his 10th season as music director with two dramatic Russian works—Alexander Scriabin's haunting firs... Read more

10 Sep 2019

10mins

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CSO Program Notes: Paul Lewis Plays Beethoven

CSO Program Notes: Paul Lewis Plays Beethoven

Renowned English pianist Paul Lewis returns to perform two of Beethoven’s extraordinary piano concertos—the good-humored... Read more

27 Jan 2020

13mins

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CSO Program Notes: The Four Seasons

CSO Program Notes: The Four Seasons

A captivating program of music by Vivaldi, Mozart and Piazzolla features the CSO conducting debut of Julian Rachlin, avi... Read more

10 Oct 2019

12mins

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CSO Program Notes: Cavalleria Rusticana

CSO Program Notes: Cavalleria Rusticana

Beloved by opera audiences around the world, Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana is an impassioned story of tormented love w... Read more

3 Feb 2020

17mins

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CSO Program Notes: Stravinsky & Dvořák 8

CSO Program Notes: Stravinsky & Dvořák 8

Dvořák’s Eighth Symphony is a lyrical masterpiece that The Guardian calls “35 minutes of life-enhancing joy.” Edo de Waa... Read more

10 Dec 2019

15mins

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CSO Program Notes: Higdon & Tchaikovsky 4

CSO Program Notes: Higdon & Tchaikovsky 4

Taking inspiration from Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Fourth explores fate, progressing from dark despair to... Read more

2 Dec 2019

15mins

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CSO Program Notes: Holst The Planets

CSO Program Notes: Holst The Planets

Juanjo Mena conducts the CSO in a program featuring Holst’s powerful and haunting The Planets. Sally Matthews, a soprano... Read more

15 Nov 2019

15mins

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CSO Program Notes: Brahms Double Concerto

CSO Program Notes: Brahms Double Concerto

Brahms' final orchestral composition calls for deep lyricism and virtuosic technique from its soloists to create the ill... Read more

4 Nov 2019

18mins

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CSO Program Notes: Muti, Kavakos and Beethoven Violin Concerto

CSO Program Notes: Muti, Kavakos and Beethoven Violin Concerto

A season-long Beethoven celebration continues with the composer’s dazzling Violin Concerto performed by the renowned Leo... Read more

28 Oct 2019

17mins

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CSO Program Notes: Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1

CSO Program Notes: Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1

The sensational young Korean pianist Sunwook Kim, acclaimed for his "ability to shift from fantasy to fireworks and back... Read more

4 Oct 2019

14mins

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