http://www.cso.org Copyright 2008 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Featured Events - Tickets and more information en-us Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.cso.org/img/lgbac_cso.jpg http://www.cso.org http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=2377 http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=2377 If you missed Gustavo Dudamel's acclaimed CSO conducting debut in 2007, make your plans now for January 2009 when this dynamic young conductor leads the Orchestra in Brahms' magnificent Symphony No. 2. webmaster@cso.org (CSO Web Team) Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=2381 http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=2381 Internationally-renowned conductor Riccardo Muti will become the CSO's 10th music director starting in the 2010/11 season. The Italian maestro will visit us for just one week in January, leading the Orchestra, Chorus and vocal soloists in three performances of Verdi's powerful Requiem. webmaster@cso.org (CSO Web Team) Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=2314 http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=2314 The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has a rich history with Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, having recorded it five times since 1951 and winning a Grammy® Award. Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Bartók showpiece, Debussy's beautiful homage to the sea, and the world premiere of his own new orchestral work, commissioned by the CSO. webmaster@cso.org (CSO Web Team) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=9218 http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=9218 Edwin Outwater and the members of the CSO will introduce you to the spectacular sounds of Russian music by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and more. Fairy tales, dance, emotion and drama characterize these great symphonic works from Russia, bringing to life the beloved stories found in The Firebird, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, and the spooky Night on Bald Mountain. webmaster@cso.org (CSO Web Team) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=9260 http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=9260 Esa-Pekka Salonen, music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, returns to conduct Mahler's last symphony, the eloquent and overwhelming Ninth. webmaster@cso.org (CSO Web Team) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=9222 http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=9222 This season's Jazz Icon Benny Golson is a legendary composer, arranger and musician. His tuneful gems like I Remember Clifford, Whisper Not, Killer Joe, and Blues March are enduring favorites in the Great American jazz songbook. Golson will lead an all-star version of his Jazztet, the legendary band he founded in 1959 with the late Art Farmer. Opening the program, pianist Mulgrew Miller, one of the most distinguished artists of his generation, will put his own spin on Golson's works with his trio. webmaster@cso.org (CSO Web Team) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=9300 http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=3,11,6,1&EventID=9300 In January and February 2009, Bernard Haitink will lead the CSO in a 10-concert, five-city Asian tour, including the Orchestra's first trip to mainland China. The tour begins in Yokohama, Japan, with performances at Minato Mirai Hall on Saturday, January 31. webmaster@cso.org (CSO Web Team) Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST