10/6
Bernard Haitink conductor
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D Major, The Clock
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
10/13
Riccardo Muti conductor
Verdi: Otello (Aleksandrs Antonenko, Nicola Alaimo, Juan Francisco Gatell, Michael Spyres, Eric Owens, Paolo Battaglia, David Govertson, Krassimira Stoyanova, Barbara Di Castri, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director; Chicago Children’s Choir, Josephine Lee Artistic Director)
10/20
Evgeny Kissin plays Grieg.
Sibelius: Suite from Karelia (Charles Dutoit, conductor)
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor (Evgeny Kissin, piano; Charles Dutoit, conductor)
Stravinsky: Petrushka (Charles Dutoit, conductor)
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen in Tuonela and The Swan of Tuonela from Four Legends from the Kalevala (Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor)
10/27
Christoph von Dohnányi conducts Schumann.
Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414 (Paul Lewis, piano)
Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C Major
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major (Pinchas Zukerman, conductor)
11/3
Semyon Bychkov conducts the Symphony No. 8 by Shostakovich.
Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto in C (Jennifer Gunn, piccolo; Harry Bicket, conductor)
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 (Larry Combs, clarinet)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65
11/10
Nicholas McGegan conducts a program with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
Vivaldi: Concerto alla rustica
Corelli: Concerto Grosso in D Major
Vivaldi: Oboe Concerto in F Major (Eugene Izotov, oboe)
Mendelssohn/Alkan: Blanco
Martinů: Toccata e due canzoni
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314 (Eugene Izotov, oboe; Ludovic Morlot, conductor)
Hummel: Piano Concerto in A Minor (Stewart Goodyear, piano)
11/17
Dutch violinist Janine Jansen makes her CSO debut during the orchestra’s Dvořák Festival. Sir Mark Elder conducts.
Dvořák: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 10
Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53 (Janine Jansen, violin)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70
11/24
Riccardo Muti conducts an all-Italian program.
Sinigaglia: Overture to Le baruffe chiozzotte
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, Italian
Martucci: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 66
Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque
Bossi: Intermezzi from Goldoniani
12/1
American violinist Joshua Bell is featured in a concert with conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier.
Faure: Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor (Joshua Bell, violin)
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A Minor (Joshua Bell, violin)
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ)
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales (Pierre Boulez, conductor)
12/8
Bernard Haitink returns for a fall residency.
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante (Eugene Izotov, oboe; David McGill, bassoon; Robert Chen, violin; John Sharp, cello)
Berg: Violin Concerto (Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Klara Ek, soprano
12/15
French conductor Stéfane Denève makes his CSO debut.
Prokofiev: Suite from The Love for Three Oranges
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63 (Leonidas Kavakos)
Roussel:The Spider's Feast
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe
Rameau: Suite from Naïs (Frans Brueggen, conductor)
12/22
CSO Principal Flute Mathieu Dufour is the soloist in the Ibert Concerto, conducted by Riccardo Muti.
Rota: Suite from The Leopard
Ibert: Flute Concerto (Mathieu Dufour, flute)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C Major, K. 338
12/29
Bernard Labadie conducts a program of 18th century music.
Handel: Organ Concerto No. 1 in G Minor (Richard Pare, organ)
Handel: Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major (Richard Pare, organ)
Handel: Water Music (complete)
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-01
RELEASE: December 30, 2012 ---AIRS JAN. 5, 2012
Riccardo Muti opens the 2011-12 season
Wagner: Huldigungsmarsch
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major (Michele Campanella, piano)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 47
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (CSO Brass)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-02
RELEASE: January 6, 2012 ---AIRS JAN. 12, 2012
Finnish conductor Susanna Mälkki makes her CSO debut
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Musgrave: Autumn Sonata
Ives: Three Places in New England
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra
Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato's Symposium) (Vadim Gluzman, violin; Paavo Järvi, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-03
RELEASE: January 13, 2012 ---AIRS JAN. 19, 2012
2010 Beethoven Festival, Part 3, Bernard Haitink, conductor
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Beethoven: Octet for Winds in E-Flat Major, Op. 103 (Eugene Izotov & Lora Schaefer, oboes; John Bruce Yeh & Gregory Smith, clarinets; William Buchman & Dennis Michel, bassoons; Daniel Gingrich & Susanna Drake, horns)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 97
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-04
RELEASE: January 20, 2012 ---AIRS JAN. 26, 2012
Semyon Bychkov returns, along with duo pianists Katya and Marielle Lebeque
Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos in D Minor (Katya and Marielle Lebeque, piano)
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 78 (David Robertson, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-05
RELEASE: January 27, 2012 ---AIRS FEB. 2, 2012
Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden conducts Mahler
Stucky: Rhapsodies for Orchestra
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191/186e (David McGill, bassoon)
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 (Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-06
RELEASE: February 3, 2012 ---AIRS FEB. 9, 2012
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 by Schoenberg)
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major, K. 313 (Mathieu Dufour, flute; Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-07
RELEASE: February 10, 2012 ---AIRS FEB. 16, 2012
Esa-Pekka Salonen pairs Mahler 6 with a world premiere by James Matheson
Matheson: Violin Concerto (CSO Co-commission, World Premiere)
(Baird Dodge, violin)
Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-08
RELEASE: February 17, 2012 ---AIRS FEB. 23, 2012
Great Russian works conducted by Charles Dutoit
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 (Kirill Gerstein, piano)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103, The Year 1905
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-09
RELEASE: February 24, 2012 -- AIRS MARCH 1, 2012
Sir Mark Elder conducts an all Berlioz program in the first of two Shakespeare concerts
Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture
Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo; Romeo at the Tomb of the Capulets from
Romeo and Juliet
Berlioz: Harold in Italy (Lawrence Power, viola)
Berlioz: Nuits d'été (Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano; Pierre Boulez, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-10
RELEASE: March 2, 2012 -- AIRS MARCH 8, 2012
Sir Mark Elder conducts the second of two Shakespeare programs
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Elgar: Falstaff, Symphonic Study in C Minor, Op. 68
Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (Robert Spano, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-11
RELEASE: March 9, 2012 -- AIRS MARCH 15, 2012
Conductor Manfred Honeck and pianist Till Fellner are our guest artists
Strauss: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op.15 (Till Fellner, piano)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat Major (Eugene Izotov, oboe;
David McGill, bassoon: Robert Chen, violin; John Sharp; cello;
Bernard Haitink, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-12
RELEASE: March 16, 2012 -- AIRS MARCH 22, 2012
Michael Tilson Thomas and Yefim Bronfman pair up for a performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Brahms
Crawford Seeger: Andante for Strings
Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 (Yefim Bronfman, piano)
Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97, Rhenish (John Eliot Gardiner, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-13**
RELEASE: March 23, 2012 -- AIRS MARCH 29, 2012
Music Director Riccardo Muti conducts the orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, and the Chicago Children’s Choir in Orff’s Carmina Burana.
Smirnov: Space Odyssey (World Premiere)
Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200
Orff: Carmina Burana (Maria Grazia Schiavo, soprano; Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor; Stéphane Degout, baritone)
Haydn: Symphony No. 39 in G Minor
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-14
RELEASE: March 30, 2012
Lorin Maazel conducts Prokofiev.
Brahms: Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16
Bartok: Two Pictures, Op. 10
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100
Grainger: Rufford Park Poachers from A Lincolnshire Posy (CSO Brass)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-15
RELEASE: April 6, 2012
Sir Mark Elder conducts an eclectic program from the Romantic era.
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 (Reformation)
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 (Emanuel Ax, piano)
Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 (Ludovic Morlot, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-16
RELEASE: April 13, 2012
Riccardo Muti conducts a world premiere by Mead Composer-in-Residence Mason Bates, plus the Franck D Minor Symphony.
Honegger: Pacific 231
Bates: Alternative Energy (CSO Commission, World Premiere)
Franck: Symphony in D Minor
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385
Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-17
RELEASE: April 20, 2012
Riccardo Muti conducts Schubert and a world premiere by Mead Composer-in-Residence Anna Clyne that relates to Schubert.
Schubert: Entr'acte No. 3 from Rosamunde
Clyne: Night Ferry (CSO Commission, World Premiere)
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944, Great
Falla: Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-18
RELEASE: April 27, 2012
Pierre Boulez conducts Mahler's Song of the Earth.
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Op. 42 (Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano)
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Michelle DeYoung, soprano; Stuart Skelton, tenor)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 (Daniel Barenboim, piano)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-19
RELEASE DATE: May 4, 2012
CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen is the soloist in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with French conductor Ludovic Morlot.
Martin : The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
Debussy: La Mer
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 (Robert Chen, violin)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 (Jonathan Biss, piano)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-20
RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2012
Alain Altinoglu makes his CSO debut in a program of French music.
Chabrier: España
Bizet: Symphony in C
Schmitt: La tragédie de Salomé
Frühbeck de Burgos: Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 (Lang Lang, piano)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-21
RELEASE DATE: May 18, 2012
Riccardo Muti conducts Brahms.
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (Pinchas Zukerman, violin)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Haydn: Symphony No. 89 in F Major
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-22
RELEASE DATE: May 25, 2012
Music from (and paying homage to) the 18th century, with early music specialists Trevor Pinnock and Harry Bicket.
Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques
Haydn: Overture to L'Isola Disabitata
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major (Paul Gomziakov, cello)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
Rameau: Suite from Les Boreades (Harry Bicket, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-23
RELEASE DATE: June 1, 2012
Kirill Petrenko makes his CSO debut in an all-Russian program.
Mussorgsky: Dawn on the Moscow River and Dance of the Persian Maidens from
Khovanshchina
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35 (Marc-André Hamelin, piano;
Christopher Martin, trumpet)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 (Andrey Boreyko, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-24
RELEASE DATE: June 8, 2012
Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale and Pierrot Lunaire, by Schoenberg, with excerpts from Beyond the Score.
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire (Keira Duffy, soprano; Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; Mathieu Dufour, flute; Robert Chen, violin/viola; J. Lawrie Bloom, clarinet; John Sharp, clarinet; Gerard McBurney, Creative Director)
Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale (John Lithgow, narrator)
Stravinsky: Four Studies for Orchestra
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-25
RELEASE DATE: June 15, 2012
Mitsuko Uchida conducts Mozart from the keyboard.
Stravinsky: Concerto in D Major for String Orchestra
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271, Jeunehomme
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major, K. 413
PROGRAM #: CSO 12-26
RELEASE DATE: June 22, 2012
Charles Dutoit conducts Don Quixote.
Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat Major, La Reine
Strauss: Don Quixote (John Sharp, cello; Charles Pikler, viola)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 (Nikolai Lugansky, piano)
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