Summer 2010
July 18
Sir Mark Elder
Sir Mark Elder conducts a program of music by English composers.
Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Elena Urioste, violin)
Elgar: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 63
Delius: A Song of Summer
July 25
Christian Tetzlaff
Violinist Christian Tetzlaff returns to play Brahms, with conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (Christian Tetzlaff, violin)
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
August 1
David Robertson
David Robertson conducts the rarely-heard Violin Concerto by Kurt Weill, with Canadian violinist James Ehnes.
Purcell: Chacony in G Minor
Weill: Violin Concerto, Op. 12
Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
August 8
Emanuel Ax
Sir Mark Elder conducts an eclectic program from the Romantic era, with soloist Emanuel Ax performing Chopin.
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’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 (Ludovic Morlot, conductor)
August 15
Harry Bicket
Music from the 18th century, with early music specialists Trevor Pinnock and Harry Bicket.
Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major (Paul Gomziakov, cello)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 (Trevor Pinnock)
Rameau: Suite from Les Boreades (Harry Bicket, conductor)
August 22
Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim, who has always championed the music of American composer Elliott Carter, conducts and plays the world premiere of Carter’s Soundings in this program, and leads the orchestra in Schubert’s great Symphony No. 9.
Carter: Soundings (Daniel Barenboim, piano)
Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Lang Lang, piano)
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944
August 29
Ludovic Morlot
CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen is the soloist in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto. Jonathan Biss performs Mozart. Ludovic Morlot conducts.
Martinů: 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)
September 5
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Storytelling and dance music infuse this program conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Charles Dutoit.
Falla: Three Dances from El amor brujo
Bates: Music from Underground Spaces
Ravel: Mother Goose
Ravel: La Valse
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (Charles Dutoit, conductor)
September 12
Carlos Miguel Prieto
Mexican conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto makes his subscription debut with the CSO.
Revueltas: Suite from Redes
Yanov-Yanovsky: Cello Concerto [world premiere; CSO commission] (Yo-Yo Ma, cello)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54
Williams: Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello and Orchestra (Yo-Yo Ma, cello)
September 19
Semyon Bychkov
The CSO presents the U.S. premiere of a work by Detlev Glanert, followed by a performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. Semyon Bychkov conducts.
Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto in C (Jennifer Gunn, piccolo; Harry Bicket, conductor)
Glanert: Theatrum bestiarum, Songs and Dances for Large Orchestra (US Premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
September 26
Riccardo Muti
In his first concerts as music director designate, Riccardo Muti conducts the CSO in Verdi’s Requiem; and Sir Mark Elder conducts a sacred work from the CSO’s spring Dvořák Festival.
Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Barbara Frittoli, soprano; Olga Borodina, mezzosoprano; Mario Zeffiri, tenor; Ildar Abdrazakov, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director; Riccardo Muti, conductor
Dvořák: Te Deum (Patricia Racette, soprano; Philip Cutlip, baritone, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director; Sir Mark Elder, conductor
