| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2013 Chicago Symphony Center | Yo-Yo Ma and Esa-Pekka Salonen bring Lutosławski to the CSO |
 This past Thursday and Friday, Yo-Yo Ma (the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant), Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra tackled the immensely challenging Lutosławski Cello Concerto. New music geeks hardly need be informed of what a rare opportunity it is to hear a musician of Mr Ma’s caliber in the performance of a difficult modernist work, and the hope I held out for the show was amply ratified.Read full review... | |
| 23-Feb-2013 Chicago Symphony Center | Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra deliver a fresh Tristan und Isolde |
 When one hears an Esa-Pekka Salonen interpretation one expects no less than a keen and original approach tempered by an incredible ear for accuracy. This no doubt comes from his prolific work as a composer, work which has of late dominated his professional life.
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| 4-Oct-2012 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | Alternative energies from the Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall |
 Riccardo Muti made a bold claim in a televised interview on Tuesday, ahead of his three-night stint opening the Carnegie Hall’s season. Asked by Charlie Rose about the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Muti suggested that this band, of which he has been Music Director since 2010, was the best in the world – before hurriedly correcting himself and ranking it alongside the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics in the very highest echelon.
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| 10-Dec-2011 Chicago Symphony Center | Michael Tilson Thomas and Jeremy Denk play unfamiliar classics in Chicago |
 The Chicago Symphony Orchestra hosted guest conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and pianist Jeremy Denk this weekend in works of Mahler, Beethoven and Brahms that felt familiar yet oddly fresh (or bizarre, depending on one’s point of view). The program comprised Mahler’s Blumine, a freestanding work originally used as the second movement of his First Symphony; Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor; and the Piano Quartet in G minor of Brahms, in the 1937 orchestral arrangement by Arnold Schoenberg.
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