Muti Conducts Verdi's Macbeth - September 28 2013

Revering Shakespeare above all other playwrights, Giuseppe Verdi based three operas on the Bard’s works. His electrifying psychodrama Macbeth was the first, a blood-soaked portrayal of ambition and guilt. Riccardo Muti, the “greatest Verdi conductor of our time” (Chicago Tribune), leads the incomparable Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in this dramatic concert.

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The Concerto - Torelli to Bach and Beyond - September 18 2013

Simon Standage, period-instrument pioneer and founding concertmaster of the renowned English Concert, leads the Band in an exploration of the baroque concerto, including J.S. Bach’s Concerto in E Major and "Autumn" and "Winter" from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. 

Mr. Standage is the first violin with the Salomon Quartet and Director of Collegium Musicum 90, which he co-founded in 1990 with Richard Hickox.

Vivaldi Concerto RV 156 in G Minor Torelli Solo Concerto Opus 8, No. 9 in E Minor Albinoni Concerto Opus 10, No. 11 in C Minor Vivaldi Autumn and Winter Leclair Solo Concerto Opus 10, No. 3 in D Major J.S. Bach Solo Concerto BWV 1042 in E Major

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Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club - September 29 2013

Omara Portuondo, Eliades Ochoa, Guajiro Mirabal & Barbarito Torres with Special Guest Roberto Fonseca The legendary musicians of the Buena Vista Social Club sparked a worldwide love affair with Cuban music with their first release in 1997, which was later included in Rolling Stone’s list of the greatest albums of all time. 

Original members Guajiro Mirabal, Eliades Ochoa, Omara Portuondo and Barbarito Torres come to Symphony Center for a night of the infectious energy that made the group an international phenomenon. 

Cuban pianist Roberto Fonesca, “one of the most gifted, adventurous spirits of his generation” (The Guardian) opens the program.

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Sonny Rollins (Cancelled) - September 13 2013

Due to an ongoing respiratory illness, saxophone legend Sonny Rollins has withdrawn from his scheduled Symphony Center Presents Jazz appearance on Friday, September 13.
“Due to a recent illness, I am unable to perform my upcoming concert in Chicago. I am disappointed but I hope to recover sooner rather than later, and I want to thank my many fans who are so loyal to me,” says Rollins.

Tickets purchased for the concert can be exchanged or refunded by contacting CSO Patron Services at patronservices@cso.org or 312-294-3000, or by visiting the Symphony Center Box Office at 220 S. Michigan Ave.

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September 17, 2013 - THE MARIINSKY ORCHESTRA, LED BY VALERY GERGIEV, PERFORMS ALL-STRAVINSKY PROGRAM

Last heard at Symphony Center in 2010, the Mariinsky Orchestra, led by its internationally acclaimed conductor and artistic director Valery Gergiev, returns to Chicago on Wednesday, October 2 at 7 p.m. to open the 2013/14 Symphony Center Presents Orchestra series with an all-Stravinsky program.

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Wendella Cruise - September 23 2013

DATE: Monday, September 23, 2013

TIME: Check in at 6:00 p.m. We will gather on the dock and will use a check-in list to confirm your attendance.

DEPARTURE: 6:30 p.m. SHARP!
Cruise will end at 8:00 p.m.

PLACE: Board the Wendella below Trump Tower at Lower Michigan at Kinzie and Rush. This is just west of the Michigan Avenue dock.

EATS: A box dinner along with beer, wine, non-alcoholic beer, and soft drinks will be provided.

TALENT: Members of the CSO will provide musical entertainment.COST: Tickets are $65 each.

Questions: Penelope Johnson, johnsonp@cso.org or 312-294-3164

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Symphony Ball Gala Package - September 21 2013

Symphony Ball’s  sumptuous evening begins with celebratory preconcert celebration at Symphony Center. This cocktail reception will be throughout Symphony Center for all who are attending the concert and feature open bar and hors d’oeuvres.All ticketholders are invited to a preconcert reception beginning at 6 p.m. Attire for the evening is black tie.The concert will begin at 7:00 p.m. featuring Maestro Riccardo Muti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in some of Verdi’s most popular and rousing choruses, including the invigorating anthem Va, pensiero from Nabucco.?

Renowned Italian opera stars Barbara Frittoli and Luca Dall'Amico sing the impassioned second act finale of La forza del destino.Gala package guests will enjoy postconcert cocktails, dinner and dancing to The Bill Pollack Orchestra at the Palmer House.

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Verdi Overture to Nabucco Verdi Ballet Music from Macbeth Verdi Patria oppressa! from Macbeth Verdi Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia from Ernani Verdi Va, pensiero from Nabucco Verdi Act 2 Finale from La forza del destino Verdi Overture to I vespri siciliani.

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Symphony Ball - September 21 2013

Join us for a special Symphony Ball celebration of the bicentennial of Italy’s greatest opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi. Riccardo Muti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in some of Verdi’s most popular and rousing choruses, including the invigorating anthem Va, pensiero from Nabucco. Renowned Italian opera stars Barbara Frittoli and Luca Dall'Amico sing the impassioned second act finale of La forza del destino.

Symphony Ball’s sumptuous evening begins with celebratory preconcert celebration at Symphony Center. This cocktail reception will be throughout Symphony Center for all who are attending the concert and feature open bar and hors d’oeuvres.All ticketholders are invited to a preconcert reception beginning at 6 p.m. Attire for the evening is black tie.

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To purchase GALA PACKAGES for Symphony Ball, please click here >Verdi Overture to Nabucco Verdi Ballet Music from Macbeth Verdi Patria oppressa! from Macbeth Verdi Si ridesti il Leon di Castiglia from Ernani Verdi Va, pensiero from Nabucco Verdi Act 2 Finale from La forza del destino Verdi Overture to I vespri siciliani

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Vamos Celebration - September 1 2013

Vamos Celebration will celebrate the musical legacy of two of the world's most influential living pedagogues - Roland and Almita Vamos. Over the course of 45+ years, the Vamoses have shaped several generations of America's finest violinists and violists. This momentous occasion?brings together countless former and current students of the Vamoses in a reunion?of epic proportions. 

Current And Former Students of Roland And Almita Vamos include Rachel Barton Pine, Pacifica String Quartet, Members of The Ying Quartet with Eric Kim, Stephanie Arado, Korey Konkel, Elisa Barston, Benny Kim, Vincent Meklis, Matthew Lippman Handel (arr. Halvorsen) Passacaglia for Violin and Viola Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Mozart Sinfonia Concertante Vivaldi Concerto in B Minor for four violins Bach Concerto in D minor Mendelssohn Octet Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings

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Muti Conducts Verdi and Brahms - September 19 2013

Music Director Riccardo Muti leads Giuseppe Verdi’s powerful ballet music from Macbeth in honor of the opera composer’s bicentennial and rounds the concert off with the sunniest of Brahms’s symphonies, which opens with horns rising like the dawn over brooding lower strings.

The splendid melodies of Johann Strauss, Jr.’s overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves are filled with heroic swagger.J. Strauss, Jr. Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves Verdi Ballet Music from Macbeth Verdi Overture to La forza del destino Brahms Symphony No. 2

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