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1 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS NEGAUNEE MUSIC INSTITUTE AT THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2018/19 SEASON CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF EVENTS This calendar is current as of January 30, Artists and programs are subject to change; for updated program information, please visit cso.org or call All concerts take place in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, unless otherwise noted. SEPTEMBER Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park Concert for Chicago Free Thursday, September 20, 2018, 6:30 p.m. Members of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago ROSSINI Overture to William Tell VERDI The Four Seasons from I vespri siciliani TCHAIKOVSKY 1812, Overture solennelle, Op. 49 Friday, September 21, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, September 22, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 7:30 p.m. Alexey Tikhomirov, bass Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe, chorus director PROKOFIEV Sinfonietta, Op. 5 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 13 in B-flat Minor, Op. 113 (Babi Yar) Thursday, September 27, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Friday, September 28, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, September 29, 2018, 8:00 p.m. MOZART Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527 MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550

2 2018/19 Season, Page 2 of 19 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Sheherazade, Op. 35 OCTOBER Thursday, October 4, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Friday, October 5, 2018, 1:30 p.m. David Fray, piano BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 BRAHMS Hungarian Dances HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Symphony Sunday, October 6, 2018, 7:00 p.m. Symphony Ball David Fray, piano BRAHMS Hungarian Dances MOZART Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491 PUCCINI Intermezzo to Act 3 from Manon Lescaut JOSEF STRAUSS Music of the Spheres Waltz, Op. 235 JOHANN STRAUSS JR. Roses from the South, Waltz, Op. 388 Chamber Sunday, October 7, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Jerusalem Quartet with Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth Pinchas Zukerman, violin and viola Amanda Forsyth, cello Jerusalem Quartet R. STRAUSS String Sextet from Capriccio SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (sextet version) TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de Florence in D Major, Op. 70 Thursday, October 11, :00 p.m. Friday, October 12, 2018, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 13, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, October 14, 2018, 3:00 p.m.

3 2018/19 Season, Page 3 of 19 Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor Kelley O Connor, mezzo-soprano Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe, chorus director Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago MAHLER Symphony No. 3 in D Minor Thursday, October 18, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Friday, October 19, 2018, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 20, :00 p.m. Marin Alsop, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano MANTOVANI Threnos [World Premiere, CSO Commission] PROKOFIEV Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 BRIDGE Lament COPLAND Symphony No. 3 Special Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 7:30 p.m. The President s Own United States Marine Band Thursday, October 25, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 27, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 30, 2018, 7:30 p.m. Bernard Haitink, conductor Paul Lewis, piano BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6 in A Major (1881) Sunday, October 28, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano Tamara Stefanovich, piano BARTÓK RAVEL BIRTWISTLE MESSIAEN Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos Sites auriculaires Keyboard Engine Visions de l Amen

4 2018/19 Season, Page 4 of 19 NOVEMBER Thursday, November 1, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 2, 2018, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 3, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Daniel Barenboim, conductor SMETANA Má vlast Orchestras Sunday, November 4, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Semyon Bychkov, conductor Alisa Weilerstein, cello FIŠER Double DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World) Monday, November 5, 2018, 8:00 p.m. West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim, conductor Kian Soltani, cello R. STRAUSS Don Quixote, Op. 35 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 Thursday, November 8, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 9, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, November 10, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Vittoria Yeo, soprano Daniela Barcellona, mezzo-soprano Piotr Beczala, tenor Dmitry Belosselskiy, bass Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe, chorus director VERDI Requiem

5 2018/19 Season, Page 5 of 19 Sunday, November 11, :00 p.m. Denis Matsuev, piano SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op. 15 RACHMANINOV Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42 CHOPIN Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 TCHAIKOVSKY Meditation in D Major from Eighteen Morceaux, Op. 72 No. 5 PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 Thursday, November 15, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 16, 2018, 7:30 p.m., Edman Memorial Chapel Wheaton Saturday, November 17, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, November 18, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Thomas Søndergård, conductor Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano SIBELIUS Nocturne and Ballade from King Christian II Suite, Op. 27 TCHAIKOVSKY Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13 Friday, November 16, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Songs of the Free Soweto Gospel Choir Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, November 17, 2018, 10:00 a.m.. Saturday, November 17, 2018, 11:45 a.m. Members of the The Ugly Duckling CSO at the Movies Friday, November 23, 2018, 7:30 p.m. Richard Kaufman, conductor TBA

6 2018/19 Season, Page 6 of 19 s Friday, November 24, 2018, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, November 25, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Richard Kaufman, conductor TBA Special Saturday, November 24, 2018, 2:00 p.m. Vienna Boys Choir Christmas in Vienna Thursday, November 29, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 30, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Robert Chen, concertmaster and violin Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major K. 216 (Strassburg) MOZART Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 314 MOZART Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183 DECEMBER Family Concert Saturday, December 1, 2018, 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 1, :45 p.m. Edwin Outwater, conductor BRITTEN The Young Person s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 Saturday, December 1, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 7:30 p.m. Robert Chen, concertmaster and violin Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major K. 216 (Strassburg) MOZART Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 314 MOZART Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, k. 18

7 2018/19 Season, Page 7 of 19 Sunday, December 2, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Cédric Tiberghien, piano SCRIABIN Vers la flamme, Op. 72 BRIDGE Three Improvisations for the Left Hand DEBUSSY Etudes SZYMANOWSKI Twelve Etudes, Op. 33 HINDEMITH In einer Nacht, Op. 15 Tuesday, December 4, 2018, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 5, 2018, 7:30 p.m. Fourth Presbyterian Church Chanticleer 126 E Chestnut St. A Chanticleer Christmas Thursday, December 6, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Friday, December 7, 2018, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, December 8, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 11, 2018, 7:30 p.m. Edward Gardner, conductor Erin Wall, soprano WAGNER Overture to Rienzi R. STRAUSS Four Last Songs NIELSEN Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 (The Inextinguishable) Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, December 8, 2018, 10:00 a.m.. Saturday, December 8, 2018, 11:45 a.m. Members of the The Ugly Duckling Thursday, December 13, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Friday, December 14, 2018, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, December 15, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Nicola Benedetti, violin STRAVINSKY Concerto in D Major for String Orchestra PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique)

8 2018/19 Season, Page 8 of 19 s Friday, December 14, 2018, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 15, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 16, 2018, 1:00 p.m. Sunday, December 16, 2018, 4:30 p.m. Friday, December 21, 2018, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 23, 2018, 7:00 p.m. Merry, Merry Chicago! Members of the Michael Krajewski, conductor Storm Large, vocalist Wednesday, December 19, 2018, 8:00 p.m. The Brass Thursday, December 20, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Friday, December 21, 2018, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2018, 8:00 p.m. Matthew Halls, conductor Amanda Forsythe, soprano Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Nicholas Phan, tenor Joshua Hopkins, baritone Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe, chorus director HANDEL Messiah Sunday, December 23, 2018, 3:00 p.m. Matthew Halls, conductor Amanda Forsythe, soprano Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Nicholas Phan, tenor Joshua Hopkins, baritone Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe, chorus director HANDEL Messiah

9 2018/19 Season, Page 9 of 19 JANUARY Thursday, January 10, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 11, 2019, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, January 12, 2019, 8:0 p.m. Bramwell Tovey, conductor Thomas Hampson, baritone IVES orch. SCHUMAN IVES & LOWRY, Arr. Adams COPLAND STILL DAMROSCH & KIPLING DAUGHERTY CORIGLIANO ELGAR Variations on America At The River from Five Songs Selections from Old American Songs In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy Danny Deever Letter to Mrs. Bixby from Letters from Lincoln One Sweet Morning Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (Enigma) Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, January 12, 2018, 10:00 a.m.. Saturday, January 12, 2018, 11:45 a.m. Members of the The Ugly Duckling Sunday, January 27, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Leif Ove Andsnes, piano SCHUMANN Blumenstück in D-flat Major, Op. 19 JANÁČEK On an Overgrown Path, Book I CHOPIN Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47 BARTÓK Three Burlesques SCHUMANN Carnaval, Op. 9 FEBRUARY Saturday, February 9, 2019, 8:00 p.m. National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba Enrique Pérez Mesa, conductor Esperanza Spalding, bass and vocals

10 2018/19 Season, Page 10 of 19 Program to include works by Lecuona, Roldan, De Falla and songs by Esperanza Spalding Orchestras Saturday, February 12, 2019, 7:00 p.m. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Daniele Gatti, conductor BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 Thursday, February 14, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, February 16, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, February 17, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor Simon Trpčeski, piano RACHMANINOV Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13 (Winter Dreams) CSO at the Movies Friday, February 15, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Richard Kaufman, conductor HERMANN North By Northwest Thursday, February 21, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, February 22, 2019, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, February 23, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Benedetta Torre, soprano Sara Mingardo, contralto Saimir Pirgu, tenor Mika Kares, bass Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe, chorus director SCHUMAN Symphony No. 9 (Le fosse Ardeatine) MOZART Requiem, K. 626

11 2018/19 Season, Page 11 of 19 Sunday, February 24, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Beatrice Rana, piano CHOPIN Twelve Etudes, Op. 25 RAVEL Miroirs STRAVINSKY The Firebird (trans. Agosti) Thursday, February 28, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Kodo One Earth Tour 2019: Evolution Kodo MARCH Sunday, March 3, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Behzod Abduraimov, piano LISZT Isolde s Liebestod from Wagner s Tristan and Isolde LISZT Sonata in B Minor PROKOFIEV Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 Thursday, March 7, 2019, 8:00 p.m Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:30 p.m., Edman Memorial Chapel Wheaton Saturday, March 9, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, March 10, 2019, 3:00 p.m. David Afkham, conductor Nicholas Angelich, piano BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 BEETHOVEN Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 73 (Emperor) DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 Thursday, March 14, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2019, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Jennifer Gunn, piccolo ROSSINI Il viaggio a Reims Overture VIVALDI Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV 444 BENSHOOF Concerto in Three Movements for Piccolo and Orchestra

12 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 WAGNER Overture to Tannhäuser 2018/19 Season, Page 12 of 19 Chamber Music Thursday, March 17, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Lambert Orkis, piano Daniel Müller-Schott, cello CURRIER Aftersong RAVEL Sonata for Violin and CURRIER Trio BEETHOVEN Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 (Ghost) POULENC Sonata for Violin and, Op. 119 Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Thursday, March 21, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, March 23, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Osmo Vänskä, conductor Vadim Gluzman, violin SIBELIUS Nightride and Sunrise, Op. 55 BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26 MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 (Scottish) CSO at the Movies Friday, March 22, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor GERSHWIN An American in Paris Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, March 23, 2018, 10:00 a.m.. Saturday, March 23, 2018, 11:45 a.m. Members of the The Boy and the Violin, a Brazilian folktale

13 2018/19 Season, Page 13 of 19 Sunday, March 24, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor GERSHWIN An American in Paris Orchestras Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 7:30 p.m. San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Christian Tetzlaff, violin TILSON THOMAS Agnegram MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica) Thursday, March 28, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, March 30, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano John Relyea, bass R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 BARTÓK Bluebeard s Castle Family Concert Saturday, March 30, 2019, 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 30, 2019, 12:45 p.m. Flash Back, Flash Forward Members of the MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 MENDELSSOHN Nocturne from a Midsummer Night s Dream, Op. 61 JOHANN STRAUSS, JR. On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 Sunday, March 31, 2019, 3:00 a.m. Maurizio Pollini, piano Program TBA

14 2018/19 Season, Page 14 of 19 APRIL Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano John Relyea, bass R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 BARTÓK Bluebeard s Castle Thursday, April 4, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, April 5, 2019, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 6, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Jakub Hrůša, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin BORODIN Symphony No. 2 in B Minor DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op 70 Thursday, April 11, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, April 12, 2019, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 7:30 p.m., Krannert Center Champagin Emmanuel Krivine, conductor Benjamin Grosvenor, piano BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 CHOPIN Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11 ZEMLINSKY The Mermaid Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, April 13, 2018, 10:00 a.m.. Saturday, April 13, 2018, 11:45 a.m. Members of the The Boy and the Violin, a Brazilian folktale

15 2018/19 Season, Page 15 of 19 Chamber Music Sunday, April 14, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Midori and Jean-Yves Thibaudet Midori, violin Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano SCHUMANN Sonata No. 1 in A Minor for Violin and, Op. 105 FAURÉ Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13 DEBUSSY Sonata in G Minor for Violin and, L. 140 ENESCU Violin Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 25 (in Romanian Folk Style) Thursday, April 18, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, April 19, 2019, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Fabien Gabel, conductor Emanuel Ax, piano BARTÓK Dance Suite DEBUSSY Printemps BRAHMS Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 Friday, April 19, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion Thursday, April 25, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Nikolaj Znaider, conductor Gautier Capuçon, cello ELGAR Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D Major Sunday, April 28, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Murray Perahia, piano Program TBA

16 2018/19 Season, Page 16 of 19 MAY Chamber Music Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Itzhak Perlman, violin Evgeny Kissin, piano Program TBA Thursday, May 2, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2019, 7:30 p.m., Edman Memorial Chapel Wheaton Saturday, May 4, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano CHERUBINI BERLIOZ BIZET RESPIGHI Overture to Anacréon, ou L amour fugitif The Death of Cleopatra, Lyric Scene for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra Roma Pines of Rome Thursday, May 9, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 10, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, May 11, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Mitsuko Uchida, piano MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 MOZART Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 STRAVINSKY Apollon musagète, Ballet in Two Scenes (1947 version) STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1919 revision) Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, May 11, 2018, 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 11, 2018, 11:45 a.m. Members of the The Boy and the Violin, a Brazilian folktale

17 2018/19 Season, Page 17 of 19 Sunday, May 12, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Evgeny Kissin, piano Program TBA Thursday, May 16, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Mikko Franck, conductor Hilary Hahn, violin RAUTAVAARA A Requiem in Our Time SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 Family Concert Saturday, May 18, 2019, 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 18, 2019, 12:45 p.m. Pictures from an Exhibition Members of the Thomas Wilkins, conductor MUSSORGSKY Orch. RAVEL Pictures from an Exhibition Thursday, May 23, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2019, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, May 26, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitar Daniel Binelli, bandoneón GINASTERA Four Dances from Estancia RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra CHABRIER España PIAZZOLLA Sinfonía Buenos Aires, Op. 15

18 2018/19 Season, Page 18 of 19 Thursday, May 30, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 31, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Matthias Pintscher, conductor The Joffrey Ballet Ashley Wheater, Artistic Director ROSSINI RAVEL STRAVINSKY STRAVINSKY Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia (Italian edition) Mother Goose Concerto in E-flat for Chamber Orchestra (Dumbarton Oaks) [World Premiere Ballet] Suite from Pulcinella Commedia Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon JUNE Saturday, June 1, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Matthias Pintscher, conductor The Joffrey Ballet Ashley Wheater, Artistic Director ROSSINI RAVEL STRAVINSKY STRAVINSKY Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia (Italian edition) Mother Goose Concerto in E-flat for Chamber Orchestra (Dumbarton Oaks) [World Premiere Ballet] Suite from Pulcinella Commedia Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon Thursday, June 6, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, June 7, 2019, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 8, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Simone Young, conductor LISZT Prometheus, Symphonic Poem No. 5 WAGNER Excerpts from Götterdämmerung BRAHMS, Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 Orch. SCHOENBERG

19 2018/19 Season, Page 19 of 19 Sunday, June 9, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Rudolf Buchbinder, piano HAYDN Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52 BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 (Waldstein) SCHUBERT Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960 Thursday, June 13, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Friday, June 14, 2019, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 15, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Charles Vernon, bass trombone GERSHWIN An American in Paris STEPHENSON Bass Trombone Concerto [World Premiere, CSO Commission] TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No. 3 in G Major, Op. 55 Friday, June 21, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 23, 2019, 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe, chorus director Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano (Aida) VERDI Aida PROGRAMS, ARTISTS AND DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. UPDATED

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR THE 2018/19 SEASON

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR THE 2018/19 SEASON CHICAGO (January 30, 2018) Riccardo Muti, Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Jeff Alexander,