CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RICCARDO MUTI ZELL MUSIC DIRECTOR GROUP SERVICES GUIDE 2018/19

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RICCARDO MUTI ZELL MUSIC DIRECTOR GROUP SERVICES GUIDE 2018/19 CSO.ORG 312-294-3040

A tour to Chicago would not be complete without a visit to hear the world-renowned. Our groups rave about their experience, and it s always a highlight of their tour. Todd Rogers, Vice President of Sales, Bob Rogers Travel Working with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Group Sales is such a breeze! The variety of different seating options makes it possible to fit any group s budget. I ve sent dozens of groups ranging from 30 to 200 plus, and I ve received nothing but glowing reviews. Hearing world-class musicians in such a beautiful venue creates a memory that no one will ever forget. Every group that comes to Chicago should see the! Brendan Hartigan, Destination Specialist, WorldStrides OnStage Programs The CSO was awesome. My students were in awe not just of the musicians, but also the hall, the friendly people and the singing, which was glorious. We all owe you a debt of gratitude for making it possible for us to hear the Symphony and for the quality of our tickets. This was a first-class experience all the way, and we have you to thank for it. AJ Hartman, Lawton High School, MI Symphony Center is the perfect venue for your group outing. Experience the incomparable, the greatest artists in jazz or the joy of a holiday concert. With over 200 concerts each season, you re sure to find something to thrill your group. We offer special group rates, flexible payment terms and exceptional, personalized service. Tickets sell quickly, so plan your group purchase early for the best concert and seating options. Ordering is easy: 1. Select your concert(s) 2. Estimate your group size 3. Call 312-294-3040 or toll-free at 800-223-7114 Monday through Friday 10:00 5:00 CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 3

Frequently Asked Questions What is the minimum group size? Groups of 10 or more can take advantage of all of the services of the Group Services department. Ticket discounts are available for groups of 20 or more for most concerts. What time should my group arrive? We suggest arriving 30 minutes prior to concert time. Group members should have their tickets in hand. What kinds of group discounts are offered? Groups of 20 or more people receive generous discounts to many concerts at Symphony Center. The exact amount of the discount depends on the performance selected and ticket availability. Is a deposit required? After your group has been assigned seats, we request a 15% nonrefundable deposit to hold those seats. The deposit, payable by check or major credit card, will be applied toward your total balance. When is the final payment due? The remaining balance of your order is due 60 days prior to the concert date. The final payment may be made with a check or a major credit card. What about handling fees? We charge only $15 for the entire order. Can I change my order? Yes! Group orders can be adjusted until the time of final payment. After paying the deposit, however, you are contracted to purchase at least 80% of the original ticket quantity. How far in advance can I make a request? If you can select a date, we can take a request. Even if the concert season has yet to be announced, we ll take a request based on the date you d like to come. Advance ordering is the key to securing good seats! Will my group be assigned seats when I make a request? Assigned seating depends on the time of year during which you call. Our concert season is usually announced in February. Although we can take a request for seats at any time, we cannot confirm seating until late summer. At that time, seating requests will be filled in the order in which they were received. Any order received after that time will be quoted exact seats right over the phone. Can my group sit together? We will make every possible effort to seat all group members together. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. The further in advance you make reservations, the better we can accommodate your seating requests! How do I get my tickets? After you complete your group s final payment, we will mail your tickets to you. Where is Symphony Center? Symphony Center is located on Chicago s Cultural Mile at 220 South Michigan Avenue, across the street from the Art Institute. See cso.org/about/resources for maps and directions. Is there motor coach parking? The closest legal motor coach parking location is at 420 South Franklin Street. Motor coach parking is also available at 1200 South Canal Street, 631 West Kinzie Street and at the Museum Campus. Is photography allowed at Symphony Center? Patrons are welcome to use their smartphones to take photos of their visit to Symphony Center and share them on their social media networks. However, we strictly enforce a no photo/no video policy during the performance itself. Before the music starts, we ask that you put your smartphone away for the duration of the program. Smartphones, cameras and other recording devices can create major distractions for the performers and audience members around you. All camera and video equipment should be checked with the house manager prior to entering the auditorium. What else can my group do while in Chicago? Symphony Center is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Chicago. You ll be close to world-famous shopping on the Magnificent Mile and beyond, delicious dining options, the city s Museum Campus, the Art Institute of Chicago and many other attractions. Please visit cso.org/groups for restaurant and hotel recommendations as well as directions to Symphony Center. Visit cso.org/about/resources for seating charts. terrace lower balcony gallery upper balcony box seats Are there any age restrictions for the concerts? Most Symphony Center concerts are recommended for children at least 10 years of age; children 8 years of age and older may attend. CSO Family Matinee series concerts are designed for children ages 5 and up and are open to children of all ages. Once Upon a Symphony is a concert series for children ages 3 5. Please call Group Sales if you would like to find out more about these concerts. main floor If you have any additional questions, please call Group Services at 312-294-3040 or visit cso.org/faq. Programs and artists are subject to change. There are no refunds or exchanges. 4 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 5

CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS AT SYMPHONY CENTER CHICAGO SYMPHONY CHORUS HIGHLIGHTS September 21 25 Muti Conducts Shostakovich Babi Yar October 11 14 Mahler 3 November 8 10 Muti Conducts the Verdi Requiem November 24 Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna December 4 & 5 FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 126 E. CHESTNUT A Chanticleer Christmas February 21 23 Muti Conducts the Mozart Requiem June 21 25 Muti Conducts Verdi Aida December 7 9 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert Members of the Justin Freer conductor HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are & Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING`S WIZARDING WORLD J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights JKR. (s18) December 14 23 s Merry, Merry Chicago! Members of the Michael Krajewski conductor Storm Large vocalist Media Sponsor: December 20 23 Handel Messiah Matthew Halls conductor Amanda Forsythe soprano Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Nicholas Phan tenor Joshua Hopkins baritone Chicago Symphony Chorus THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BRASS Witness the staggering power, amazing precision and brilliant virtuosity that make the Brass the best in the world. 2018/19 Season Highlights: December 19 The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass June 13 15 World Premiere: Stephenson Bass Trombone Concerto Featuring: Charles Vernon bass trombone 6 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 7

MOVIES WITH THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA April 4 6 Shostakovich 9 Jakub Hrůša conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Borodin Symphony No. 2 Dvořák Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 April 11 13 Chopin & The Mermaid SPRING 2019 HIGHLIGHTS Joyce DiDonato Reserve your seats now for your favorite Hollywood films! Experience the magic of these classic films on the big screen with the performing the score. November 23 25 STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK IN CONCERT Emmanuel Krivine conductor Benjamin Grosvenor piano Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 Zemlinsky The Mermaid May 2 7 Muti Conducts Pines of Rome Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano Cherubini Overture to Anacréon Berlioz La Mort de Cléopâtre (The Death of Cleopatra) Bizet Roma Respighi Pines of Rome May 16 21 Hilary Hahn Plays Sibelius Violin Concerto Mikko Franck conductor Hilary Hahn violin Rautavaara A Requiem in Our Time Sibelius Violin Concerto Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 December 7 9 HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS IN CONCERT February 15 NORTH BY NORTHWEST March 22 & 24 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 8 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 9

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Friday, September 7, 8:30 Punch Brothers with Madison Cunningham Friday, September 21, 8:00 Saturday, September 22, 8:00 Tuesday, September 25, 7:30 Muti Conducts Shostakovich Babi Yar Alexey Tikhomirov bass Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus Prokofiev Sinfonietta Shostakovich Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar) Thursday, September 27, 8:00 Friday, September 28, 8:00 Saturday, September 29, 8:00 Muti Conducts Sheherazade Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni Mozart Symphony No. 40 Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade Thursday, October 4, 8:00 Friday, October 5, 1:30 Muti Conducts Beethoven & Brahms David Fray piano Beethoven Overture to Egmont Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 Brahms Hungarian Dances Hindemith Symphony, Mathis der Maler Saturday, October 6, 7:00 Symphony Ball David Fray piano Brahms Hungarian Dances Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 Puccini Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut Josef Strauss Sphärenklänge (Music of the Spheres) Waltz Johann Strauss, Jr. Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South) Waltz Media Sponsor: OCTOBER [suggested October images: Muti+orchestra] Sunday, October 7, 3:00 scp chamber music Jerusalem Quartet with Pinchas Zukerman violin and viola Amanda Forsyth cello R. Strauss String Sextet from Capriccio Schoenberg Transfigured Night Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence Thursday, October 11, 8:00 Friday, October 12, 1:30 Saturday, October 13, 8:00 Sunday, October 14, 3:00 Mahler 3 Andrés Orozco-Estrada conductor Kelley O'Connor mezzo-soprano Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago Mahler Symphony No. 3 Friday, October 12, 8:00 scp jazz Ahmad Jamal with Shahin Novrasli piano Thursday, October 18, 8:00 Friday, October 19, 1:30 Saturday, October 20, 8:00 Trifonov Plays Prokofiev A concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I Marin Alsop conductor Daniil Trifonov piano Mantovani Threnos [World Premiere, CSO Commission] Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 Bridge Lament Copland Symphony No. 3 This concert is presented with the generous support of COL (IL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, IL ARNG (Retired), Founder and Chair, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, through the Pritzker Military Foundation. Pierre-Laurent Aimard & Tamara Stefanovich Thursday, October 25, 8:00 Saturday, October 27, 8:00 Tuesday, October 30, 7:30 Haitink Conducts Bruckner & Beethoven Bernard Haitink conductor Paul Lewis piano Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 Bruckner Symphony No. 6 Sunday, October 28, 3:00 scp piano Pierre-Laurent Aimard piano Tamara Stefanovich piano Bartók Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos Ravel Sites auriculaires Birtwistle Keyboard Engine Messiaen Visions de l'amen Punch Brothers 10 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 11

NOVEMBER Thursday, November 1, 8:00 Friday, November 2, 1:30 Saturday, November 3, 8:00 Barenboim Conducts Smetana Daniel Barenboim conductor Smetana Má vlast Friday, November 2, 8:00 scp jazz Branford Marsalis Quartet with special guest Roy Hargrove Reginald R. Robinson celebrates the great James Reese Europe Sunday, November 4, 3:00 scp orchestras Czech Philharmonic Semyon Bychkov conductor Alisa Weilerstein cello Fišer Double Dvořák Cello Concerto Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) Monday, November 5, 7:30 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Daniel Barenboim conductor Kian Soltani cello R. Strauss Don Quixote Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Thursday, November 8, 8:00 Friday, November 9, 8:00 Saturday, November 10, 8:00 Muti Conducts the Verdi Requiem Vittoria Yeo soprano Daniela Barcellona mezzo-soprano Piotr Beczala tenor Dmitry Belosselskiy bass Chicago Symphony Chorus Verdi Requiem Mass Soweto Gospel Choir Thursday, November 15, 8:00 Saturday, November 17, 8:00 Sunday, November 18, 3:00 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Thomas Søndergård conductor Alexander Gavrylyuk piano Sibelius Nocturne and Ballade from King Christian II Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninov Symphony No. 1 Friday, November 16, 8:00 Soweto Gospel Choir Songs of the Free Friday, November 23, 7:30 cso at the movies Saturday, November 24, 7:30 Sunday, November 25, 3:00 Feature Film with Orchestra Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back In Concert Richard Kaufman conductor Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd., and Warner /Chappell Music. 2018 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED DISNEY Saturday, November 24, 2:00 Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna DECEMBER Sunday, December 2, 3:00 scp piano Cédric Tiberghien piano A concert commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I Scriabin Vers la flamme Bridge Three Improvisations for the Left Hand Debussy Etudes Szymanowski Twelve Etudes, Op. 33 Hindemith In einer Nacht, Op. 15 Tuesday, December 4, 7:30 Wednesday, December 5, 7:30 fourth presbyterian church 126 e. chestnut A Chanticleer Christmas Thursday, December 6, 8:00 Friday, December 7, 1:30 Saturday, December 8, 8:00 Tuesday, December 11, 7:30 The Inextinguishable Symphony Edward Gardner conductor Erin Wall soprano Wagner Overture to Rienzi R. Strauss Four Last Songs Nielsen Symphony No. 4 (The Inextinguishable) Chanticleer Alisa Weilerstein Thursday, December 13, 8:00 Friday, December 14, 1:30 Saturday, December 15, 8:00 Tilson Thomas Conducts Tchaikovsky 6 Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Nicola Benedetti violin Stravinsky Concerto in D for String Orchestra Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) Friday, December 14, 7:00 Saturday, December 15, 3:00 Thursday, November 29, 8:00 Sunday, December 16, 1:00 Sunday, November 11, 3:00 scp piano Friday, November 30, 8:00 Friday, December 7, 7:00 Sunday, December 16, 4:30 Denis Matsuev piano Saturday, December 1, 8:00 Saturday, December 8, 2:00 Friday, December 21, 7:00 Schumann Kinderszenen Tuesday, December 4, 7:30 Sunday, December 9, 2:00 Saturday, December 22, 3:00 Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme Chen Leads All-Mozart Feature Film with Orchestra Sunday, December 23, 7:00 by Corelli Harry Potter and the The s Chopin Ballade No. 4 Robert Chen concertmaster and violin Chamber of Secrets in Concert Merry, Merry Chicago! Tchaikovsky Meditation, Op. 72, No. 5 Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson flute Members of the Members of the Prokofiev Sonata No. 7 Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 (Strassburg) Justin Freer conductor Michael Krajewski conductor Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are Storm Large vocalist & Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. J.K. ROWLING`S Mozart Symphony No. 25 WIZARDING WORLD J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights JKR. (s18) 12 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 13

CSO Brass Jazz at Symphony Center Riccardo Muti Wednesday, December 19, 8:00 The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass This concert is presented in collaboration with the Midwest Clinic, an international band and orchestra conference. Thursday, December 20, 8:00 Friday, December 21, 1:30 Saturday, December 22, 8:00 Sunday, December 23, 2:00 Handel Messiah Matthew Halls conductor Amanda Forsythe soprano Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano Nicholas Phan tenor Joshua Hopkins baritone Chicago Symphony Chorus Handel Messiah JANUARY Thursday, January 10, 8:00 Friday, January 11, 1:30 Saturday, January 12, 8:00 Elgar Enigma Variations Bramwell Tovey conductor Thomas Hampson baritone IVES, ORCH. SCHUMAN Variations on America SONGS BY Ives, Copland, Damrosch, Daugherty and Corigliano Still In Memoriam: The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy Elgar Enigma Variations Sunday, January 27, 3:00 scp piano Leif Ove Andsnes piano Schumann Three Romances, Op. 28 Janáček On an Overgrown Path, Book I Bartók Three Burlesques Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9 FEBRUARY Friday, February 1, 8:00 scp jazz Joshua Redman Quartet featuring Aaron Goldberg, Reuben Rogers & Gregory Hutchinson Anat Cohen Tentet Tuesday, February 12, 7:00 scp orchestras Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Daniele Gatti conductor Brahms Symphony No. 4 R. Strauss Ein Heldenleben Thursday, February 14, 8:00 Saturday, February 16, 8:00 Sunday, February 17, 3:00 Rachmaninov & Tchaikovsky Pablo Heras-Casado conductor Simon Trpčeski piano Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 (Winter Dreams) Friday, February 15, 7:30 cso at the movies Feature Film with Orchestra North by Northwest Richard Kaufman conductor Thursday, February 21, 8:00 Friday, February 22, 1:30 Saturday, February 23, 8:00 Muti Conducts the Mozart Requiem Benedetta Torre soprano Sara Mingardo contralto Saimir Pirgu tenor Mika Kares bass Chicago Symphony Chorus Schuman Symphony No. 9 (Le fosse Ardeatine) Mozart Requiem Friday, February 22, 8:00 scp jazz Jazz in the Key of Ellison featuring Will Downing, Nona Hendryx, Quiana Lynell, Nicholas Payton and the Andy Farber Orchestra Sunday, February 24, 3:00 scp piano Beatrice Rana piano Chopin Twelve Etudes, Op. 25 Ravel Miroirs Stravinsky The Firebird (trans. Agosti) Thursday, February 28, 7:30 Kodo One Earth Tour 2019: Evolution 14 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 15

Thursday, March 28, 8:00 Friday, March 29, 8:00 Saturday, March 30, 8:00 Tuesday, April 2, 7:30 Salonen Conducts Strauss & Bartók Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Michelle DeYoung mezzo-soprano John Relyea bass R. Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Bartók Bluebeard s Castle Sunday, March 31, 3:00 scp piano Maurizio Pollini piano Anne-Sophie Mutter APRIL MARCH Saturday, March 2, 8:00 The Chieftains Sunday, March 3, 3:00 scp piano 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 Thursday, March 7, 8:00 Saturday, March 9, 8:00 Sunday, March 10, 3:00 Beethoven Emperor Concerto David Afkham conductor Nicholas Angelich piano Beethoven Coriolan Overture Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) Dvořák Symphony No. 7 Friday, March 8, 8:00 scp jazz Paquito D Rivera Quintet Pedrito Martinez & Alfredo RodrÍguez Duo Thursday, March 14, 8:00 Friday, March 15, 1:30 Saturday, March 16, 8:00 Muti Conducts Beethoven & Wagner Jennifer Gunn piccolo Rossini Il viaggio a Reims Overture Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV 444 Benshoof Concerto in Three Movements Beethoven Symphony No. 2 Wagner Overture to Tannhäuser Friday, March 15, 8:00 scp jazz The Bad Plus featuring Kurt Rosenwinkel Lean On Me: José James Celebrates Bill Withers Sunday, March 17, 3:00 scp chamber music Anne-Sophie Mutter violin Lambert Orkis piano Daniel Müller-Schott cello Currier Aftersong Ravel Violin Sonata Currier Trio Beethoven Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 (Ghost) Poulenc Violin Sonata Wednesday, March 20, 8:00 Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Thursday, March 21, 8:00 Saturday, March 23, 8:00 Mendelssohn Scottish Symphony Osmo Vänskä conductor Vadim Gluzman violin Sibelius Night Ride and Sunrise Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 (Scottish) Friday, March 22, 7:30 cso at the movies Sunday, March 24, 3:00 Feature Film with Orchestra An American in Paris Constantine Kitsopoulos conductor Tuesday, March 26, 7:30 scp orchestras San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas conductor Christian Tetzlaff violin Tilson Thomas Agnegram Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) Thursday, April 4, 8:00 Friday, April 5, 1:30 Saturday, April 6, 8:00 Shostakovich 9 Jakub Hrůša conductor Lisa Batiashvili violin Borodin Symphony No. 2 Dvořák Violin Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 Thursday, April 11, 8:00 Friday, April 12, 1:30 Saturday, April 13, 8:00 Chopin & The Mermaid Emmanuel Krivine conductor Benjamin Grosvenor piano Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 Zemlinsky The Mermaid Midori 16 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 17

Friday, April 12, 8:00 scp jazz Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour: 60th Anniversary Celebration starring Cécile McLorin Salvant and featuring Melissa Aldana, Yasushi Nakamura, Bria Skonberg, Jamison Ross and musical director Christian Sands Thursday, April 25, 8:00 Friday, April 26, 8:00 Saturday, April 27, 8:00 Mahler 1 Nikolaj Znaider conductor Gautier Capuçon cello Elgar Cello Concerto Mahler Symphony No. 1 Sunday, April 14, 3:00 scp chamber music Midori violin Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano Schumann Violin Sonata No. 1 Fauré Violin Sonata No. 1 Debussy Violin Sonata Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 (in Romanian Folk Style) Thursday, April 18, 8:00 Friday, April 19, 1:30 Saturday, April 20, 8:00 Tuesday, April 23, 7:30 Ax Plays Brahms Fabien Gabel conductor Emanuel Ax piano Bartók Dance Suite Debussy Printemps Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Friday, April 19, 8:00 Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion Evgeny Kissin Sunday, April 28, 3:00 scp piano Murray Perahia piano MAY Wednesday, May 1, 8:00 scp chamber music Itzhak Perlman violin Evgeny Kissin piano Program to include: Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100 Beethoven Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 47 (Kreutzer) Thursday, May 2, 8:00 Saturday, May 4, 8:00 Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 Muti Conducts Pines of Rome Joyce DiDonato mezzo-soprano Cherubini Overture to Anacréon Berlioz La Mort de Cléopâtre (The Death of Cleopatra) Bizet Roma Respighi Pines of Rome Friday, May 3, 8:00 scp jazz Chick Corea and Béla Fleck Thursday, May 9, 8:00 Friday, May 10, 8:00 Saturday, May 11, 8:00 Muti, Uchida & Mozart Mitsuko Uchida piano Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 Stravinsky Apollon musagète Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird Hilary Hahn Sunday, May 12, 3:00 scp piano Evgeny Kissin piano Chopin Selected Nocturnes Schumann Sonata in F Minor, Op. 14 Debussy Selections from Preludes, Book I Scriabin Sonata No. 4 Thursday, May 16, 8:00 Friday, May 17, 8:00 Saturday, May 18, 8:00 Tuesday, May 21, 7:30 Hahn Plays Sibelius Violin Concerto Mikko Franck conductor Hilary Hahn violin Rautavaara A Requiem in Our Time Sibelius Violin Concerto Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 Thursday, May 23, 8:00 Friday, May 24, 1:30 Saturday, May 25, 8:00 Sunday, May 26, 3:00 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Giancarlo Guerrero conductor Pablo Sáinz Villegas guitar Ginastera Four Dances from Estancia Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Chabrier España Piazzolla Sinfonía Buenos Aires The Joffrey Ballet Friday, May 24, 8:00 scp jazz Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration Jason Moran producer and piano Alicia Hall Moran producer and mezzo-soprano Pastor Smokie Norful piano and vocals Imani Winds Kenwood Academy Jazz Band Joseph Joubert music director Thursday, May 30, 8:00 Friday, May 31, 8:00 Saturday, June 1, 8:00 Stravinsky & The Joffrey Ballet Matthias Pintscher conductor The Joffrey Ballet Ashley Wheater artistic director Rossini Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia Ravel Mother Goose Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks Concerto [World Premiere Choreography] Stravinsky Suite from Pulcinella [Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon] 18 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 19

JUNE Thursday, June 6, 8:00 Friday, June 7, 1:30 Saturday, June 8, 8:00 Tuesday, June 11, 7:30 Simone Young Conducts Wagner & Brahms Simone Young conductor Liszt Prometheus Wagner Siegfried s Rhine Journey and Funeral March from Götterdämmerung Brahms, orch. Schoenberg Piano Quartet No. 1 Friday, June 7, 8:00 scp jazz Wayne Shorter Quartet featuring Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade Sunday, June 9, 3:00 scp piano Rudolf Buchbinder piano Haydn Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52 Beethoven Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 (Waldstein) Schubert Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960 The appearance of Rudolf Buchbinder is generously sponsored by JS Charitable Trust. Thursday, June 13, 8:00 Friday, June 14, 1:30 Saturday, June 15, 8:00 Muti Conducts An American in Paris & Tchaikovsky Charles Vernon bass trombone Gershwin An American in Paris Stephenson Bass Trombone Concerto [World Premiere, CSO Commission] Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3 Friday, June 21, 8:00 Sunday, June 23, 3:00 Tuesday, June 25, 7:30 Muti Conducts Verdi Aida Krassimira Stoyanova soprano (Aida) Anita Rachvelishvili mezzo-soprano (Amneris) Francesco Meli tenor (Radamès) Kiril Manolov baritone (Amonasro) Ildar Abdrazakov bass (Ramfis) Eric Owens bass-baritone (The King) Issachah Savage tenor (Messenger) Kimberly Gunderson soprano (The Priestess) Tasha Koontz soprano (The Priestess) Chicago Symphony Chorus Verdi Aida 20 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 21

The Association is grateful for the generous support of these leading corporate and foundation sponsors of the 2017/18 season. Global Sponsor of the CSO Official Airline of the CSO Julius N. Frankel Foundation The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation The Negaunee Foundation Paul M. Angell Family Foundation SCP Jazz series media sponsors: SCP Orchestra series media sponsor: CSO Tuesday series and Symphony Ball media sponsor: 22 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS CSO.ORG/GROUPS 312-294-3040 23

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