Mäkelä Conducts Rite of Spring

August 2, 2026, 6:00 pm

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Conductor and CSO musicians receive the applause of the audience at Chicago's Symphony Center
Klaus Mäkelä and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra receive an ovation at Symphony Center (Photo: Todd Rosenberg)

On this week’s broadcast, Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä leads the CSO in Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, Gershwin’s An American in Paris, and Milhaud’s Le Boeuf sur le toit. Opening the broadcast is Seventh music director Jean Martinon conducting Roussel’s Bacchus and Ariadne and Ravel’s Pavane for a Dead Princess.

Playlist

Albert Roussel: Bacchus and Ariadne Suite No. 2
Jean Martinon, conductor

Maurice Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Jean Martinon, conductor

Darius Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

George Gershwin: An American in Paris
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor