10 ConcertsA B C

5 ConcertsD E F G H I

THU8:00

8 ConcertsFRI

1:30

5 ConcertsFRI

8:00

10 ConcertsA B

5 ConcertsE F G HSAT8:00

5 ConcertsSAT 8:00

6 Conc.SUN3:00

5 ConcertsTUE7:30

A B C A B C D A B C D A A BRiccardo Muti conductor Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

penderecki The Awakening of Jacobtchaikovsky Violin Concertoschumann Symphony No. 2

9/23C

9/26A

9/28A F

9/29A

Riccardo Muti conductor rossini Overture to William Tellogonek New Work world premiere, cso commissionbruckner Symphony No. 4 (Romantic)

10/1A

10/5C E

10/6B

Alain Altinoglu conductorSandrine Piau sopranoMichael Schade tenorAndrew Foster-Williams bass-baritoneChicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe chorus director

prokoFiev Suite from The Love for Three Orangespoulenc Gloriagounod Saint Cecilia Mass 10/7

B G

10/26B I

10/27A

James Gaffigan conductorJames Ehnes violin

bernstein Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfrontbarber Violin Concertorachmaninov Symphonic Dances

11/2A G

11/3C

Sir Andrs Schiff conductor and piano

mozart Serenade for Winds in C Minorbartk Divertimento for String Orchestrabach Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minorbeethoven Piano Concerto No. 1

11/4A F

11/5A

11/9C D

Christoph von Dohnnyi conductorArabella Steinbacher violin

bach, orch. Webern Ricercar No. 2 from The Musical Offeringberg Violin Concertoschubert Symphony No. 9 (Great)

11/11D

11/16B H

11/17B

Riccardo Muti conductorKirill Gerstein piano

puccini Preludio sinfonicor. strauss Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhommebrahms Piano Concerto No. 1

11/18A E

11/21B

11/30B I

12/1C

John Storgrds conductorGil Shaham violin

grieg Suite No. 1 from Peer Gyntmendelssohn Violin Concertosibelius Symphony No. 1

12/2B H

12/3A

12/7A F

12/8D

Ji Blohlvek conductorAlisa Weilerstein cello

smetana Selections from The Bartered Bridebarber Cello Concertodvok Symphony No. 5

12/9A E

12/12B

12/14B H

12/15B

Jaap van Zweden conductorDaniil Trifonov piano

Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrinrachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

12/16D

12/19A

12/21C D

12/22A

Nikolaj Znaider conductor and violin

beethoven Violin Concertoshostakovich Symphony No. 5

12/23C

1/18C E

Rafael Payare conductorKeith Buncke bassoon

bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Storymozart Bassoon Concertobartk Concerto for Orchestra

1/20D

1/25A G

Manfred Honeck conductor Till Fellner piano

mozart Piano Concerto No. 25mahler Symphony No. 5

1/27A F

1/30A

2/1B H

2/2A

Riccardo Muti conductorClmentine Margaine mezzo-sopranoJay Friedman tromboneMichael Mulcahy tromboneCharles Vernon bass tromboneGene Pokorny tuba

stravinsky Scherzo fantastiquehigdon Low Brass Concerto world premiere, cso co-commission chausson Pome de lamour et de la merbritten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes 2/3B G

2/22A F

2/23A

Christoph Eschenbach conductorDavid Fray piano

Weber Overture to Der Freischtzchopin Piano Concerto No. 2mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Nights Dreammendelssohn Symphony No. 4 (Italian)

2/24C

2/27B

3/1C D

3/2D

Herbert Blomstedt conductor mozart Symphony No. 39beethoven Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)

3/3B H

3/8A G

3/9B

Charles Dutoit conductorLeonidas Kavakos violin

mussorgsky, orch. rimsky-korsakov Prelude to Khovanshchina

shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1kodly Suite from Hry Jnosdebussy La mer

3/10A F

3/11A

3/15C E

Riccardo Muti conductorRobert Chen violinPaul Neubauer viola

haydn Symphony No. 89mozart Sinfonia concertantemozart Symphony No. 36 (Linz)

3/17B G

3/22B I

3/23C

Riccardo Muti conductorAmanda Forsythe sopranoElizabeth DeShong mezzo-sopranoPaul Appleby tenorNicholas Phan tenorNahuel di Pierro bassChicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe chorus director

Weber Overture to Oberonraimi Three Lisel Mueller Settings

world premiere, cso commissionschubert Mass in E-flat Major 3/24

C

3/29A F

3/30B

Kent Nagano conductorGilles Vonsattel piano

Wagner Siegfried Idyllbernstein Symphony No. 2 (The Age of Anxiety)schumann Symphony No. 1 (Spring)

3/31 A E

4/5B H

4/6A

Charles Dutoit conductorJean-Yves Thibaudet pianoChicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe chorus director

debussy, orch. ravel Sarabande and Danseravel Piano Concerto for the Left Handravel Daphnis and Chloe

4/7 B H

4/10 A

4/12A G

4/13D

Riccardo Muti conductor Walker Lyric for Stringscopland Lincoln Portraitdvok Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)

*4/14A F

4/17B

4/19C D

4/20B

Riccardo Muti conductorSarah Bullen harpWomen of the Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe chorus director

tchaikovsky Francesca da Riminitchaikovsky Suite from Swan Lakedebussy Sacred and Profane Dancesdebussy Nocturnes

4/21D

4/26B I

John Williams conductor Program to be announced. *4/28A E

5/3C E

5/4D

Semyon Bychkov conductorKatia Labque pianoMarielle Labque piano

bruch Concerto for Two Pianostchaikovsky Manfred Symphony 5/5B G

5/11C

Emmanuel Krivine conductorIsabelle Faust violin

brahms Tragic Overtureschumann Violin Concertosaint-sans Symphony No. 3 (Organ)

5/12D

5/15A

5/17B H

5/18B

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor mahler Symphony No. 9 5/19B H

5/22B

5/24C D

5/25A

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductorMitsuko Uchida piano

brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydnbartk Piano Concerto No. 3schoenberg Transfigured Night

5/26C

5/31A G

6/1B

Marek Janowski conductor Weber Overture to Euryanthebeethoven Symphony No. 4Wagner Overture and Venusberg Music from TannhuserWagner Prelude to Act 3 of Die Meistersinger von NrnbergWagner Prelude to Act 1 of Die Meistersinger von Nrnberg

6/2B G

6/3A

6/7B I

6/8A

Giovanni Antonini conductor and flautinoAvi Avital mandolin

boccherini Symphony No. 6 (La casa del diavolo)vivaldi Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425bach Mandolin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052vivaldi Flautino Concerto in C Major, RV 443haydn Symphony No. 103 (Drumroll)

6/9A E

6/14C E

6/15C

Riccardo Muti conductorYo-Yo Ma cello

shostakovich Festive Overtureshostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2prokoFiev Symphony No. 3

*6/16B H

6/21A F

6/22D

Riccardo Muti conductorKrassimira Stoyanova sopranoEkaterina Gubanova mezzo-sopranoDmitry Korchak tenorEric Owens bass-baritoneChicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe chorus director

mozart Kyrie in D Minorcherubini Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydnrossini Stabat mater

6/23A F

6/24A

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*Friday, September 22, 7:00Symphony Ball october

Monday, October 2, 7:00MusicNOW Sunday, October 8, 3:00 Louis Lortie piano *Tuesday, October 10, 7:30Bill Murray, Jan Vogler & Friends Sunday, October 22, 3:00Piotr Anderszewski piano *Saturday, October 28, 8:00 China NCPA Orchestra november

Wednesday, November 8, 8:00 Mariinsky Orchestra

Friday, November 10, 7:30CSO at Wheaton Dohnnyi Conducts Schubert 9 Friday, November 10, 8:00Joshua Bell violin Monday, November 13, 7:00MusicNOW Sunday, November 19, 3:00Lucas Debargue piano *Friday, November 24, 8:00CSO at the Movies *Saturday, November 25, 3:00Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna december

*Saturday, December 2, 11:00 & 12:45CSO Family Matinee *December 5 & 6 A Chanticleer Christmas *December 9 & 10Home Alone

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Sunday, February 18, 3:00 Mitsuko Uchida piano *Sunday, February 25, 3:00 Leonidas Kavakos violinYo-Yo Ma celloEmanuel Ax piano

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*Sunday, March 4, 3:00Lang Lang in Recital Friday, March 16, 7:30CSO at Wheaton Muti, Chen & Mozart *Saturday, March 17, 11:00 & 12:45CSO Family Matinee *Sunday, March 18, 3:00Itzhak Perlman violinMartha Argerich piano Sunday, March 25, 3:00Boris Berezovsky piano april

Monday, April 2, 7:00MusicNOW Sunday, April 8, 3:00Emanuel Ax piano *Sunday, April 15, 3:00Evgeny Kissin and the Emerson String Quartet

Sunday, April 22, 3:00Maurizio Pollini piano *April 27 & 29CSO at the Movies John Williams Returns may

*Saturday, May 5, 11:00 & 12:45CSO Family Matinee *Sunday, May 13, 3:00Evgeny Kissin piano Sunday, May 20, 3:00Yefim Bronfman piano Monday, May 21, 7:00MusicNOW June

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