Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Past Concerts

Philip Glass — The Triumph of the Octagon (NY premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"
Richard Strauss — Aus Italien ("From Italy"), Op. 16

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Modest Mussorgsky / Maurice Ravel — Pictures at an Exhibition

Gilda Lyons – Bone Needles
David Reminick – "The Pub" from In Dreams (world premiere)
Tomeka Reid – Prospective Dwellers
Courtney Bryan – Requiem (world premiere)

Wadada Leo Smith – Delta Blues (world premiere)
Missy Mazzoli – Dark with Excessive Bright
Nicole Mitchell – Cult of Electromagnetic Connectivity (world premiere)

Grammy Award-nominated children’s rocker Justin Roberts joins musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the end of an extraordinary school year & the beginning of the summer.

A program for ages 5 and up that introduces viewers to one of Chicago’s most treasured poets. Includes music by composer Florence Price.

Sergei Prokofiev – Quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, & double bass, Op. 39
Willard Elliot – Two Sketches for woodwind quintet
Leo Sowerby – Woodwind Quintet
Sergei Prokofiev, arr. Andreas N. Tarkmann – Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Ludwig van Beethoven – Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Ludwig van Beethoven – Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Musicians from the Chicago Symphony perform Olivier Messiaen's powerful Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time").

Amanda Harberg – Hall of Ghosts
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051
Giovanni Gabrieli, arr. Timothy Higgins – Canzon per sonar septimi toni à 8, Ch. 172, No. 2
Giovanni Gabrieli, arr. Timothy Higgins – Sonata pian' e forte
Giovanni Gabrieli, arr. Timothy Higgins – O Magnum Mysterium
Giovanni Gabrieli – Canzon per sonare No. 1, Ch. 186 “La spiritata”
Giovanni Gabrieli, arr. Timothy Higgins – Canzon per sonar primi toni à 8, Ch. 170, No. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048

Musical program featuring violinist Joshua Bell & CSO musicians Baird Dodge, Lawrence Neuman, & Qing Hou. With special appearances by Marin Alsop, Emanuel Ax, James Gaffigan, & Leif Ove Andsnes.

Conductor Désiré Defauw leads the CSO in this archival recording from 1953 – one of the Orchestra’s earliest filmed concerts. Opera suites by André Grétry & Gabriel Fauré, along with Robert Schumann’s 4th Symphony.

Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Ludwig van Beethoven – Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20

Ludwig van Beethoven – Duet with Two Obligato Eyeglasses for Viola and Cello
Florence Price – Five Folksongs in Counterpoint
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sextet for Two Horns and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 81b

Featuring Lee Bynum from The Dream Unfinished, an activist orchestra in NYC that uses classical music as a platform to engage audiences in dialogues about social and racial justice. Also featuring Chicago-based concert violinist Rachel Barton Pine.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Serenade for Winds in C minor, K. 388
Johannes Brahms – String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36

Jim Gill's an award-winning children’s book May There Always Be Sunshine comes to life through animated illustrations & live music. Featuring CSO brass musicians, vocalist Melinda Alberty, & Gill himself.

Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
Andy Akiho – LIgNEouS 1 for marimba and string quartet
Tyshawn Sorey – Sentimental Shards
John Adams – Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Aram Khachaturian – Symphony No. 3
John Williams – Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello & Orchestra
Zoltan Kodály – Dances of Galánta
César Franck – Symphony in D Minor

Anton Bruckner – Psalm 150, WAB 38
Béla Bartók – Cantata profana, Sz. 94
Johannes Brahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem ("A German Requiem"), Op. 45