Posts Tagged ‘Chicago Symphony Orchestra’
Art and Music in Chicago
Once again, I thought of you as I strolled around an art museum looking at paintings that touched on music. The Renoir oil on canvas, Woman at the Piano, needs no explanation. For the Degas pastel, Ballet at the Paris Opéra, I may need to direct your attention to the bottom […]
11/15/14 – Macbeth – 1:00pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra OPERA: Macbeth COMPOSER: Giuseppe Verdi LIBRETTO: Francesco Maria Piave The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is excited to share this performance of Verdi’s Macbeth, recorded in Chicago in 2013 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth. Music Director Riccardo Muti, one of the finest living Verdi interpreters, led the dynamic and moving concert […]
Tuesday 02/14/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen Violinist: Baird Dodge Program: Matheson: Violin Concerto (CSO co-commission, world premiere) Mahler: Symphony No 6 in A Minor
Tuesday 02/07/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Michael Tilson Thomas conducts works of the Viennese masters. Mahler: Blumine Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor, Op 37 (Jeremy Denk, piano) Brahms: Piano Quartet No 1 in G Minor, Op 25 (orchestrated Schoenberg) Mozart: Flute Concerto No 1 in G Major, K 313 (Mathieu Dufour, flute; Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
Tuesday 12/13/11 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
French conductor Stéfane Denève makes his CSO debut. Prokofiev: Suite from The Love for Three Oranges Prokofiev: Suite from The Love for Three Oranges Prokofiev: Violin Concerto #2 in G Minor, Op 63 (Leonidas Kavakos) Roussel: The Spider’s Feast Ravel: Suite #2 from Daphnis and Chloe Rameau: Suite from Naïs (Frans Brueggen, conductor)
