Marin Alsop conducted the CSO in the first concert of their 2025 Ravinia Season. This program features Simon’s Amen, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody of a Theme of Paganini, and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. To follow, former Ravinia music director Seiji Ozawa leads the CSO in Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, and Stravinsky’s Fireworks.
Ravinia Opening Night 2025
Marin Alsop conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Leonard Bernstein's Kaddish Symphony at Ravinia in a 'Great Performances' broadcast (Photo: Patrick Gipson)
Playlist
Frederick Stock/John Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner
Carlos Simon: Amen
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Marin Alsop, conductor
July 2025
Alexander Borodin: “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
1969 (Angel)
Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
1968 (RCA)
Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks
Seiji Ozawa, conductor
1968 (RCA)
