2023/24 Season Chronological List of Events
* DENOTES ARTISTS MAKING THEIR CSO OR SCP DEBUT
** DENOTES ARTISTS MAKING THEIR CSO SUBSCRIPTION DEBUT
*** DENOTES CSO FIRST PERFORMANCE
**** DENOTES CSO FIRST SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT PERFORMANCE
This calendar is current as of February 15, 2023. 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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, September 21, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 22, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 26, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
LIADOV The Enchanted Lake
STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Saturday, September 23, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
Special Concert Symphony Ball
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
GIORDANO Intermezzo from Fedora
PUCCINI Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut
LEONCAVALLO Intermezzo from Pagliacci
VERDI Overture to Giovanna d’Arco
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, September 28, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 29, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 30, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
GLASS The Triumph of the Octagon [World
Premiere, CSO Commission]
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 (Italian)
R. STRAUSS Aus Italien
OCTOBER
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 12, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 13, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 15, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Christian Gerhaher, baritone
SHEKHAR Lumina***
MAHLER Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
Symphony Center Presents Friday, October 13, 2023, 8:00 p.m.
Anoushka Shankar, sitar
Arun Ghosh, clarinet
Sarathy Korwar, drums
Pirashanna Thevarajah, percussion
Tom Farmer, bass
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 19, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 20, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan, conductor
Conrad Tao**, piano
BARBER The School for Scandal Overture
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
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REVUELTAS Sensemayá
Symphony Center Presents Saturday, October 21, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band
Symphony Center Presents Sunday, October 22, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Chamber Music Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Gautier Capuçon, cello
HAYDN Piano Trio in E Major, Hob. XV:28
RAVEL Piano Trio
MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 26, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 27, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
Jian Wang**, cello
MAHLER Blumine
BLOCH Schelomo
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
NOVEMBER
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, November 2, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 3, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 4, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding, conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
SCHUMANN Overture to Manfred, Op. 115
BRAHMS Schicksalslied
HOLST The Planets
CSO for Kids: Saturday, November 4, 2023, 11:00 a.m.
Family Matinee Saturday, November 4, 2023, 12:45 p.m.
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Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Program TBA
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, November 9, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 10, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 11, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Storgårds, conductor
Stephen Williamson, clarinet
SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter
THEOFANIDIS Indigo Heaven [World Premiere, CSO
Commission]
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3
Symphony Center Presents Friday, November 10, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Polina Osetinskaya, piano
CLARA
SCHUMANN Three Romances, Op. 22
BRAHMS Scherzo in C Minor from the F.A.E. Sonata
SCHUMANN Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor
PROKOFIEV Five Melodies
PROKOFIEV Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 94bis
Symphony Center Presents Sunday, November 12, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Piano Sir András Schiff, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, November 16, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 18, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 19, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Philippe Jordan, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
MUSSORGSKY A Night on Bald Mountain
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, November 17, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Edman Memorial Chapel Chicago Symphony Orchestra
401 E. Franklin St. Philippe Jordan, conductor
Wheaton, IL 60187 Leonidas Kavakos, violin
MUSSORGSKY A Night on Bald Mountain
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
CSO at the Movies Friday, November 24, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 25, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 26, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Fantasia in Concert
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Emil de Cou, conductor
Symphony Center Presents Saturday, November 25, 2023, 2:00 p.m.
Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna
Symphony Center Presents Tuesday, November 28, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Orchestras Staatskapelle Berlin
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, November 30, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Orion Weiss, piano
MOZART Six German Dances, K. 509***
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
BRAHMS (ORCH.
SCHOENBERG) Piano Quartet No. 1
DECEMBER
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, December 1, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Orion Weiss, piano
MOZART Six German Dances, K. 509***
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
BRAHMS (ORCH.
SCHOENBERG) Piano Quartet No. 1
Symphony Center Presents Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Fourth Presbyterian Church Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
126 E. Chestnut St., Chicago A Chanticleer Christmas
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, December 7, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 8, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 9, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Mikko Franck, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
WAGNER Prelude to Tristan und Isolde
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7
CSO at the Movies Friday, December 8, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 9, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 10, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Home Alone in Concert
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Richard Kaufman, conductor
WILLIAMS Home Alone
CSO for Kids: Saturday, December 9, 2023, 10:00 a.m.
Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, December 9, 2023, 11:45 a.m.
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Three Little Pigs
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, December 14, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 15, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 16, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Renaud Capuçon, violin
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, December 15, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 16, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Sunday December 17, 2023, 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 17, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, December 22, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 23, 1:30 p.m.
Merry, Merry Chicago!
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, December 19, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Special Concert Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass
Michael Mulcahy, conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, December 21, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 22, 2023, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 23, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
John Relyea, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
HANDEL (ORCH. DAVIS) Messiah
JANUARY
CSO for Kids: Saturday, January 6, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, January 6, 2024, 11:45 a.m.
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Three Little Pigs
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Symphony Center Presents Sunday, January 21, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Piano Lucas Jussen*, piano
Arthur Jussen*, piano
MOZART Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major, K. 448
SCHUBERT Fantasy in F Minor, D. 940
KULENTY VAN…
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
FEBRUARY
Symphony Center Presents Saturday, February 3, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Music Emanuel Ax, piano
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
All-BEETHOVEN Program TBA
Symphony Center Presents Sunday, February 4, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Piano Hélène Grimaud, piano
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
BRAHMS Three Intermezzos, Op. 117
BRAHMS Fantasies, Op. 116
J.S. BACH, (ARR.
BUSONI) Chaconne from BWV 1004
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, February 8, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 10, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New*, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho*, piano
KERNIS Musica Celestis***
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)
CSO at the Movies Friday, February 9, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
An American in Paris in Concert
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor
GERSHWIN An American in Paris
CSO for Kids: Saturday, February 10, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, February 10, 2024, 11:45 p.m.
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Three Little Pigs
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, February 15, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 17, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 18, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason*, cello
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
ELGAR Cello Concerto
NIELSEN Symphony No. 5
CSO for Kids: Saturday, February 17, 2024, 11:00 a.m.
Family Matinee Saturday, February 17, 2024, 12:45 a.m.
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lina González-Granados, conductor
Charlotte Blake Alston, narrator
Program TBA
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, February 22, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Krannert Center Chicago Symphony Orchestra
500 S Goodwin Avenue Hannu Lintu, conductor
Urbana, IL 61801 Behzod Abduraimov, piano
SAARIAHO Ciel d’hiver
TCHAIKOVKSY Piano Concerto No. 1
MUSSORGSKY
(ORCH.
SHOSTAKOVICH) Prelude to Khovanshchina
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, February 23, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 24, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov*, piano
SAARIAHO Ciel d’hiver***
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
MUSSORGSKY
(ORCH.
SHOSTAKOVICH) Prelude to Khovanshchina
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9
Symphony Center Presents Sunday, February 25, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Piano Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
MOZART Fantasy in D Minor, K. 397
SWEELINCK Fantasia chromatica
MOZART Fantasy in C Minor, K. 475
VOLKONSKY Musica stricta (Fantasia ricercata)
MOZART Fantasy in F Minor
C.P.E. BACH Fantasy in C Major
MOZART Fantasy in C Minor, K. 396
BEETHOVEN Fantasy in G Minor, Op. 77
BENJAMIN Fantasy on Iambic Rhythm
MARCH
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, March 1, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 2, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, March 7, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 8, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
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Saturday, March 9, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
R. STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra
Symphony Center Presents Sunday, March 10, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Piano Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
CHOPIN Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35
BRETT DEAN New Work [SCP Co-Commission]
LISZT Sonata in B Minor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, March 14, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 15, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 16, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jakub Hrůša, conductor
Josef Špaček*, violin
R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
MARTINŮ Violin Concerto No. 1
BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
Symphony Center Presents Friday, March 15, 2024, 8:00 p.m.
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, March 21, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 23, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 24, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute
Ying Fang**, soprano
WAGNER Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin
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LIEBERMANN Flute Concerto No. 2 [World Premiere, CSO
Commission]
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, March 22, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Edman Memorial Chapel Chicago Symphony Orchestra
401 E. Franklin St. Susanna Mälkki, conductor
Wheaton, IL 60187 Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute
Ying Fang, soprano
WAGNER Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin
LIEBERMANN Flute Concerto No. 2 [World Premiere, CSO
Commission]
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
Symphony Center Presents Tuesday, March 26, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chamber Music Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida, piano and conductor
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453
WIDMANN Choralquartett
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22, K. 482
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, March 28, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 29, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Robert Chen, leader and violin
William Welter, oboe
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
J.S. BACH Violin Concerto in E Major
C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia in E-flat Major***
J.S. BACH Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor
J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1
APRIL
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Robert Chen, leader and violin
William Welter, oboe
2023/24 Season, Page 13 of 19
J.S. BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
J.S. BACH Violin Concerto in E Major
C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia in E-flat Major
J.S. BACH Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor
J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No. 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, April 4, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 5, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 6, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
ZINOVJEV Batteria [U.S. Premiere]
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
CSO for Kids: Saturday, April 6, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, April 6, 2024, 11:45 a.m.
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Symphony Center Presents Sunday, April 7, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Chamber Music Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Kathryn Stott, piano
FAURÉ Berceuse
SÉRGIO ASSAD Menino
DVOŘÁK Songs My Mother Taught Me
FAURÉ Papillon
KABALEVSKY Cello Sonata
PÄRT Spiegel im Speigel
FRANCK Sonata
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, April 11, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 12, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 13, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
James Conlon, conductor
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha*, soprano
Ashley Dixon**, mezzo-soprano
2023/24 Season, Page 14 of 19
Issachah Savage, tenor
Lucas Meachem**, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
MENDELSSOHN Elijah
Symphony Center Presents Sunday, April 14, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Piano Yefim Bronfman, piano
Program to include:
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3
SCHUBERT Sonata in A Minor, D. 784
SCHUMANN Carnival Scenes from Vienna
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, April 18, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 20, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 21, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva*, piano
PANUFNIK Heroic Overture***
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1 (Winter Dreams)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, April 19, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Edman Memorial Chapel Chicago Symphony Orchestra
401 E. Franklin St. Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Wheaton, IL 60187 Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
PANUFNIK Heroic Overture
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1 (Winter Dreams)
Symphony Center Presents Friday, April 19, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Gateways Festival Orchestra
Anthony Parnther, conductor
Program to be announced
CSO for Kids: Saturday, April 20, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
2023/24 Season, Page 15 of 19
Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, April 20, 2024, 11:45 a.m.
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Symphony Center Presents Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 8:00 p.m.
Jazz Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Program to be announced
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, April 25, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 26, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 27, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances
SHOSTAKOVICH Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1
MARSALIS All-American Pep from Swing Symphony
PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Symphony Center Presents Sunday, April 28, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Orchestras Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle, conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 6
MAY
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, May 2, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 4, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Elim Chan*, conductor
Paul Jacobs, organ
WEBER Overture to Der Freischütz
BARBER Toccata festiva
RIMSKY-
KORSAKOV Sheherazade
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CSO at the Movies Friday, May 3, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 5, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Concert
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Richard Kaufman, conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
WILLIAMS Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, May 9, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 10, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 11, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor and violin
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 2
KREISLER Liebesleid****
STRAVINSKY Suite from Pulcinella
MOZART Symphony No. 38 (Prague)
CSO for Kids: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 11:00 a.m.
Family Matinee Saturday, May 11, 2024, 12:45 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Program TBA
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, May 16, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 17, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 18, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada*, conductor
Martin Helmchen, piano
TAKEMITSU How slow the Wind***
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1
FRANCK Symphony in D Minor
CSO for Kids: Saturday, May 18, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, May 18, 2024, 11:45 a.m.
Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2023/24 Season, Page 17 of 19
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Symphony Center Presents Sunday, May 19, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Piano Evgeny Kissin, piano
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90
BRAHMS Four Ballades, Op. 10
RACHMANINOV Moments musicaux, Op. 16
PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, May 23, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 24, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 25, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Mari Eriksmoen*, soprano
Karen Cargill**, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
MAHLER Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, May 30, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 31, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Cynthia Yeh, percussion
MONTGOMERY Percussion Concerto [World Premiere, CSO
Commission]
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7
JUNE
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Saturday, June 1, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Cynthia Yeh, percussion
MONTGOMERY Percussion Concerto [World Premiere, CSO
Commission]
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7
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Symphony Center Presents Sunday, June 2, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Piano Bruce Liu, piano
HAYDN Sonata in B Minor, Hob. XVI : 32
CHOPIN Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35
KAPUSTIN Variations, Op. 41
RAMEAU Les tendres pliantes from Pièces de clavecin
RAMEAU Les cyclopes from Pièces de clavecin
RAMEAU Menuets I & II from Nouvelles suites de
pièces de clavecin
RAMEAU Les sauvages from Nouvelles suites de
pièces de clavecin
RAMEAU La poule from Nouvelles suites de pièces de
clavecin
RAMEAU Gavotte with six doubles from Nouvelles
suites de pièces de clavecin
LISZT Réminiscences de Don Juan
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, June 4, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Special Concert Shaken, Not Stirred
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Morris Russell, conductor
Capathia Jenkins, vocals
Program to feature music from the James Bond film franchise,
including hits from Skyfall, Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever
and more.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, June 6, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 7, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 8, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 11, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 (Egyptian)
DEBUSSY Ibéria
RAVEL Boléro
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Symphony Center Presents Sunday, June 9, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Chamber Music Hilary Hahn & Friends
Hilary Hahn, violin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, June 13, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 14, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 15, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
WEBER Overture to Oberon
HEGGIE, HIGDON,
MEYER,
MONTGOMERY,
PUTS The Elements***
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, June 20, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 22, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 23, 2024, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lahav Shani, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, piano
RACHMANINOV,
(ORCH.
STOKOWSKI) Prelude in C-sharp Minor****
BATES Piano Concerto***
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)
CSO at the Movies Thursday, June 27, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 28, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 29, 2024, 7:30 p.m.
Hisaishi Conducts Hisaishi
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joe Hisaishi, conductor
PROGRAMS, ARTISTS AND DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
