2021/22 eason hronological ist of events

2021/22 SEASON CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF EVENTS

This calendar is current as of October 12, 2021. Artists and programs are subject to change;

for updated program information, please visit cso.org or call 312-294-3000.

All concerts take place in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL, unless otherwise noted.

SEPTEMBER

Symphony Center Presents Thursday, September 2, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Jazz Herbie Hancock

Lionel Loueke, guitar

James Genus, bass

Elena Pinderhughes, flute

Justin Tyson, drums

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, September 23, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, September 24, 2021, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 25, 2021, 8:00 p.m.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Riccardo Muti, conductor

SAINT-GEORGES Overture to L’Amant anonyme**

PRICE Andante moderato**

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, September 30, 2021,7:30 p.m.

Friday, October 1, 2021, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 2, 2021, 8:00 p.m.



Leonidas Kavakos, violin

BRAHMS Violin Concerto

http://www.cso.org/

2021/22 Season, of 22

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

OCTOBER

Ear Taxi CSO MusicNOW Monday, October 4, 2021, 3:00 p.m.

Preview Performance Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Kehrein Center for the Arts Whitney Morrison, soprano

5628 W Washington Blvd

MONTGOMERY Lunar Songs [Chicago Premiere]

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 7, 2021, 7:30 p.m.


Saturday, October 9, 8:00 p.m.



MAZZOLI These Worlds In Us**

LIADOV The Enchanted Lake

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique)

Symphony Center Presents Friday, October 8, 2021, 8:00 p.m.

Special Concert Lang Lang, piano

SCHUMANN Arabeske

BACH Goldberg Variations




Sunday, October 17, 2021, 3:00 p.m.


Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor

John Sharp, cello

HOLMÈS La Nuit et l'Amour**

SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1

SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2





2021/22 Season, of 22

James Conlon, conductor

Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano

SHOSTAKOVICH Chamber Symphony, Op. 110a

PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 3

CSO for Kids: Saturday, October 23, 2021, 11:00 a.m.

Family Matinee Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Wilkins, conductor

Rosie Wang*, flute

*Winner of the 2019 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition

Isabella Brown**, violin

**Winner of the 2020 Crain-Maling Foundation CSO Young Artists Competition

PROKOFIEV, arr. OCHOA March in B-flat Major, Op. 99

GROFÉ Sunrise from Grand Canyon Suite

BRITTEN Storm from Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

PRICE Juba from Symphony No. 1 in E Minor

HANSON Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings, Op. 35

MENDELSSOHN Allegretto non troppo—Allegro molto vivace from Violin Concerto in E Minor

TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Symphony No. 5 in E Minor





Manfred Honeck, conductor

Denis Matsuev, piano

MONTGOMERY Coincident Dances

PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)

NOVEMBER

CSO MusicNow Monday, November 1, 2021, 7:00 p.m.

2021/22 Season, of 22

Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Michael Lewanski, conductor

Whitney Morrison, soprano

SMITH Scions of an Atlas [CSO MusicNOW Commission, World Premiere]

MONTGOMERY Loisaida, My Love

MONTGOMERY Lunar Songs

JOACHIM Seen

HEARNE Authority

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, November 4, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 5, 2021, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, November 6, 2021, 8:00 p.m.


Marek Janowski, conductor

Robert Chen, violin

MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides Overture

BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1

MOZART Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)

Symphony Center Presents Sunday, November 7, 2021, 3:00 p.m.

Chamber Music Leonidas Kavakos, violin

Yuja Wang, piano

BACH Violin Sonata in E Major, BWV 1016

BUSONI Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 36a

SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 134

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Monday, November 8, 2021, 8:00 p.m.

Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Thomas Wilkins, conductor

SIMON Fate Now Conquers

HAILSTORK An American Port of Call

SCHUMAN New England Triptych

STILL Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)




2021/22 Season, of 22


Jakub Hrůša, conductor

Joélle Harvey*, soprano

COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade in A Minor

BARBER Knoxville: Summer of 1915

DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 6

Symphony Center Presents Friday, November 12, 2021, 8:00 p.m.

Piano Daniil Trifonov, piano

PROKOFIEV Sarcasms, Op. 17

SZYMANOWSKI Sonata No. 3, Op. 36

DEBUSSY Pour le piano

BRAHMS Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5




Sunday, November 21, 2021, 3:00 p.m.


Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

Daniel Binelli, bandoneón

BUXTEHUDE,

arr. and orch. CHÁVEZ Chaconne in E Minor

PIAZZOLLA Bandoneon Concerto (Aconcagua)**


Symphony Center Presents Friday, November 19, 2021, 8:00 p.m.

Special Concert Quinteto Astor Piazzolla

Pablo Mainetti, bandoneon

Bárbara Varassi, Pega piano

Serdar Geldymuradov, violin

Armando de La Vega, guitar

Daniel Falasca, bass

Julián Vat, musical director

CSO at the Movies Friday, November 26, 2021, 7:30 p.m.


Sunday, November 28, 2021, 3:00 p.m.


Richard Kaufman, conductor

2021/22 Season, of 22

WILLIAMS Home Alone in Concert

DECEMBER

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, December 2, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, December 3, 2021, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 4, 2021, 8:00 p.m.


Hannu Lintu, conductor

Ray Chen, violin

LINDBERG Serenades

[World Premiere, CSO Co-commission]

LALO Symphonie espagnole

BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Monday, December 6, 2021, 7:00 p.m.

Fourth Presbyterian Church Bach Marathon Finale

126 E Chestnut St Civic Orchestra of Chicago

BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 1






Symphony Center Presents Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Special Concert Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Fourth Presbyterian Church A Chanticleer Christmas

126 E Chestnut St





Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor

Hilary Hahn, violin

FRANK Haillí-Serenata [World Premiere, CSO Commission]

2021/22 Season, of 22

DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Symphony Center Presents Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Special Concert Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass




Sunday, December 19, 2021, 3:00 p.m.


Nicholas McGegan, conductor

Yulia Van Doren, soprano

Reginald Mobley*, countertenor

Ben Bliss, tenor

Dashon Burton*, bass-baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Duain Wolfe, chorus director

HANDEL Messiah

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, December 17, 2021, 7:30 p.m.


Tuesday, December 21, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, December 22, 2021, 3:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 23, 2021, 1:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 23, 2021, 4:30 p.m.

Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Alastair Willis, conductor

Merry, Merry Chicago!

JANUARY

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, January 6, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, January 7, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, January 8, 2022, 8:00 p.m.


André de Ridder, conductor

Inon Barnatan, piano

GERSHWIN,

arr. BENNETT Porgy and Bess, A Symphonic Picture

2021/22 Season, of 22

GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue

RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major

RAVEL Boléro

CSO for Kids: Saturday, January 8, 2022, 10:00 a.m.

Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, January 8, 2022, 11:45 a.m.


Maybe Something Beautiful

Symphony Center Presents Sunday, January 16, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

Piano Igor Levit, piano

BRAHMS, arr. BUSONI Six Choral Preludes

HERSCH New Work

WAGNER, arr. KOCSIS Prelude from Tristan and Isolde

LISZT Sonata in B Minor

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Sunday, January 16, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

South Shore Cultural Center Civic Orchestra of Chicago

7059 S South Shore Dr Rossen Milanov, conductor

Chicago, IL

SNIDER Something for the Dark

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 8:00 p.m.


Rossen Milanov, conductor

SNIDER Something for the Dark

SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10

Symphony Center Presents Saturday, January 22, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Special Concert Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with

Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone

ROSSINI Overture to The Barber of Seville

RODRIGO Suite from Soleriana

DEBUSSY Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra

IBERT Concertino da camera for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra

TURINA La oración del torero

2021/22 Season, of 22

BRYAN Carmen, Jazz Suite on Themes by Bizet

Symphony Center Presents Sunday, January 30, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

Piano Jan Lisiecki, piano

CHOPIN Etudes, Op. 10 and Selected Nocturnes

FEBRUARY

Symphony Center Presents Friday, February 4, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Jazz Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science/ Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Hero Trio

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, February 10, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 12, 2022, 8:00 p.m.


Marin Alsop, conductor

Lukáš Vondráček*, piano

BARBER Symphony No. 1

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2

ELGAR Enigma Variations

CSO at the Movies Friday, February 11, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 13, 2022, 3:00 p.m.



STEINER Casablanca in Concert

CSO for Kids: Saturday, February 12, 2022, 10:00 a.m.

Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, February 12, 2022, 11:45 a.m.

Monday, February 14, 2022, 10:15 a.m.

Monday, February 14, 2022, 11:30 a.m.


Maybe Something Beautiful

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Monday, February 14, 2022, 8:00 p.m.


2021/22 Season, of 22

Ken-David Masur, conductor

BACEWICZ Overture

JANÁČEK Taras Bulba

BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra


Friday, February 18, 2022, 8:00 p.m.




Mitsuko Uchida, piano

BEETHOVEN Overture to The Ruins of Athens

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4

GLASS Symphony No. 11**

CSO for Kids: Friday, February 18, 2022, 10:00 a.m.

School and Family Concert Friday, February 18, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

Saturday, February 19, 2022, 11:00 a.m.


Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor

Magic Circle Mime Company

PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf

Symphony Center Presents Sunday, February 20, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

Piano Richard Goode, piano

SCHUMANN Papillons

SCHUBERT Sonata in A Minor, D. 845

BARTÓK Hungarian Peasant Songs

BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101

CSOA Sunday, February 20, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Special Concert Music of the Baroque Orchestra

Dame Jane Glover, conductor

Brendon Elliott, violin

BARCLAY The Chevalier

Written and directed by Bill Barclay

Music by Joseph Bologne

Additional music by Mozart & Glück

2021/22 Season, of 22

Music arranged by Bill Barclay


Friday, February 25, 2022, 1:30 p.m.


Sunday, February 27, 2022, 3:00 p.m.



Lisette Oropesa, soprano

Jennifer Johnson Cano*, mezzo-soprano

Daniel Johansson*, tenor

Tareq Nazmi*, bass


Duain Wolfe, chorus director


Symphony Center Presents Friday, February 25, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Jazz Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Wynton at 60

Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

Symphony Center Presents Saturday, February 26, 2022, 2:00 p.m.

Special Concert Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and special guest Bryan Stevenson: Freedom, Justice and Hope Wynton Marsalis, trumpet

Bryan Stevenson, narrator

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Monday, February 28, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Community Concert Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Location TBA Lina Gonzalez-Granados, conductor

FRANK Three Latin-American Dances

RIMSKY-

KORSAKOV Sheherazade, Op. 35

MARCH

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, March 3, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Krannert Center— Champaign

2021/22 Season, of 22

Friday, March 4, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 5, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 7:30 p.m.


Paavo Järvi, conductor

Benjamin Grosvenor*, piano

BERLIOZ Roman Carnival Overture

CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

CSO for Kids: Saturday, March 5, 2022, 10:00 a.m.

Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, March 5, 2022, 11:45 a.m.

Monday, March 7, 2022, 10:15 a.m.

Monday, March 7, 2022, 11:30 a.m.


Jack and the Beanstalk

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, March 10, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 11, 2022, 1:30 p.m.



Herbert Blomstedt, conductor

Martin Helmchen, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 (Romantic)

Symphony Center Presents Friday, March 11, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Chamber Music Emanuel Ax, piano

Leonidas Kavakos, violin

Yo-Yo Ma, cello

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 11

BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 (Ghost)

Symphony Center Presents Sunday, March 13, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

Piano George Li, piano

2021/22 Season, of 22

SCHUMANN Arabeske

SCHUMANN Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17

CHEN Instants d'un opera de Pekin

CHOPIN Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 28

CSO MusicNOW Monday, March 14, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

Harris Theater for Music Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

and Dance

Program to Include:

Works by Shawn Okpebholo and Dale Trumbore, and a world- premiere, CSO MusicNOW commission by Damien Geter.

Preconcert- Poems While You Wait, a local collective of poets and their vintage typewriters, will provide patrons with a unique encounter with poetry. Order a personalized poem about a topic of your choice before the concert, then enjoy the performance and pick up your original piece of poetry after the concert.


Friday, March 18, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Edman Memorial Chapel— Wheaton



Dame Jane Glover*, conductor

Paul Jacobs, organ

William Welter*, oboe

HAYDN Symphony No. 71

MOZART Oboe Concerto

HANDEL Organ Concerto Op. 4, No. 1 in F Major

MOZART Symphony No. 29

Symphony Center Presents Friday, March 18, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Jazz The Bad Plus/Greg Ward's Rogue Parade

The Bad Plus

Chris Speed, saxophone

Ben Monder, guitar

Reid Anderson, bass

David King, drums

Greg Ward’s Rogue Parade

Greg Ward, alto saxophone

Dave Miller, guitar

Matt Gold, guitar

2021/22 Season, of 22

Matt Ulery, bass

Quin Kirchner, drums

CSO Young Artists Competition Saturday, March 19, 2022, 12:30 p.m.

Finals Civic Orchestra of Chicago

Andrew Grams, conductor

Symphony Center Presents Sunday, March 20, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

Chamber Music Mahler Chamber Orchestra with

Mitsuko Uchida, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488

WEBERN Five Movements, Op. 5

WEBERN Variations for Piano, Op. 27

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491




Edo de Waart, conductor

Alisa Weilerstein, cello

TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio italien

TCHAIKOVSKY Rococo Variations

TCHAIKOVSKY Pezzo capriccioso

TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from The Nutcracker

CSO at the Movies Friday, March 25, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 27, 2022, 3:00 p.m.



WILLIAMS Jurassic Park in Concert


Friday, April 1, 2022, 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 7:30 p.m.



Elīna Garanča*, mezzo-soprano

2021/22 Season, of 22

MAZZOLI Orpheus Undone [World Premiere, CSO Commission]

MAHLER Rückert Lieder

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 2

APRIL

Symphony Center Presents Friday, April 1, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Chamber Music Hilary Hahn, violin

Seth Parker Woods, cello

Andreas Haefliger, piano

SIMON be still and know for Violin, Cello and Piano

KODÁLY Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96

Symphony Ball Saturday, April 2, 6:30 p.m.



Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano

ROSSINI Overture to William Tell

MAHLER Rückert-Lieder

LISZT Les préludes

Symphony Center Presents Sunday, April 3, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

Piano Sir András Schiff, piano

All-MOZART Program TBA

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, April 7, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 8, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 9, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.



Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

R. STRAUSS Symphonic Interlude No. 2 from Intermezzo

BRITTEN Piano Concerto

SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4

2021/22 Season, of 22


Jazz Dianne Reeves

Symphony Center Presents Sunday, April 10, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

Piano Yuja Wang, piano

Program to include works by Bach, Beethoven and Schoenberg

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, April 14, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 15, 2022, 1:30 p.m.


Klaus Mäkelä*, conductor

Daniel Lozakovich*, violin

HILLBORG Eleven Gates**

PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2

STRAVINSKY The Firebird

Symphony Center Presents Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Jazz Redman, Mehldau, McBride, Blade A MoodSwing Reunion

Joshua Redman, saxophones

Brad Mehldau, piano

Christian McBride, bass

Brian Blade, drums


Friday, April 22, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 23, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 24, 2022, 3:00 p.m.


Jaap van Zweden, conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 6

CSO for Kids: Saturday, April 23, 2022, 10:00 a.m.

Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, April 23, 2022, 11:45 a.m.



2021/22 Season, of 22

Friday, April 29, 2022, 7:30 p.m., Edman Memorial Chapel— Wheaton

Saturday, April 30, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3, 2022, 7:30 p.m.



Alexander Hanna, bass

MONTGOMERY New Work [CSO Commission, World Premiere]

BOTTESINI Double Bass Concerto No. 2**

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)


Jazz Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap/Artemis

Dee Dee Bridgewater, vocals

Bill Charlap, piano

Artemis

Renee Rosnes, piano

Anat Cohen, clarinet

Nicole Glover, tenor saxophone

Ingrid Jensen, trumpet

Noriko Ueda, bass

Allison Miller, drums

MAY

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Monday, May 2, 2022, 8:00 p.m.


Ken-David Masur, conductor

DVOŘÁK In Nature's Realm, Op. 91

MONTGOMERY Caught by the Wind

R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, May 5, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 6, 2022, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 7, 2022, 8:00 p.m.



BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont

2021/22 Season, of 22


STILL Mother and Child**

PRICE Symphony No. 3**

CSO for Kids: Saturday, May 7, 2022, 10:00 a.m.

Once Upon a Symphony Saturday, May 7, 2022, 11:45 a.m.

Monday, May 9, 2022, 10:15 a.m.

Monday, May 9, 2022, 11:30 a.m.


Symphony Center Presents Sunday, May 8, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

Piano Yefim Bronfman, piano

BARTÓK Suite, Op.14

BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 11 in B-flat Major, Op. 22

BARTÓK Sonata

CHOPIN Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58


Friday, May 13, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 14, 2022, 8:00 p.m.


Julian Rachlin, conductor, violin and viola

Stephanie Jeong, violin

BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus

MOZART Sinfonia concertante

TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir d'un lieu cher

MOZART Symphony No. 36 (Linz)

CSO for Kids: Thursday, May 12, 2022, 10:15 a.m.

School and Family Concerts Thursday, May 12, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

Friday, May 13, 2022, 10:15 a.m.

Friday, May 13, 2022, 12:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 14, 2022, 11:00 a.m.

Saturday, May 14, 2022, 12:45 p.m.


Edwin Outwater, conductor

BATES Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra [CSO Co-commission, Chicago Premiere]

2021/22 Season, of 22

Symphony Center Presents Sunday, May 15, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

Piano Evgeny Kissin, piano

BACH/TAUSIG Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

MOZART Adagio in B Minor, K. 540

CHOPIN Selected Mazurkas

CHOPIN Andante spianato and Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22


Friday, May 20, 2022, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 21, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 22, 2022, 3:00 p.m.


Karina Canellakis*, conductor

Kirill Gerstein, piano

THOMAS Brio**

SCHUMANN Piano Concerto

R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

Symphony Center Presents Friday, May 20, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Jazz Sean Jones' Dizzy Spellz/Thaddeus Tukes Quintet

Sean Jones, trumpet

Brinae Ali, tap dancer and vocals

Alex Brown, piano

Kris Funn, bass

CV Dashiell, drums

Thaddeus Tukes Quintet

Thaddeus Tukes, vibes

CSO MusicNOW Monday, May 23, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

Harris Theater for Music Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

and Dance

Program to Include:

Works by Joan Tower, Alyssa Weinberg and James Moore


Friday, May 27, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

2021/22 Season, of 22

Saturday, May 28, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 7:30 p.m.


Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor

Pekka Kuusisto, violin

SHAW Entr’acte**

RAVEL Mother Goose

DESSNER Violin Concerto**

STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements

JUNE

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, June 2, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 3, 2022, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 4, 2022, 8:00 p.m.


Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor


RAMEAU Suite from Castor and Pollux

SALONEN Gemini**

RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe

Symphony Center Presents Friday, June 3, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

Jazz Cécile McLorin Salvant

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Monday, June 6, 2022, 8:00 p.m.


Johannes Debus, conductor

Members of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, guest artists

Program TBA


Special Concert Chicago Symphony Orchestra

John Williams, conductor

An Evening with John Williams

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, June 10, 2022, 8:00 p.m.

2021/22 Season, of 22



James Gaffigan, conductor

Lisa Batiashvili, violin

SAINT-SAËNS Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah

SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3

MUSSORGSKY

(Orch. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV) A Night on Bald Mountain

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet

Symphony Center Presents Sunday, June 12, 2022, 3:00 p.m.

Piano Denis Kozhukhin, piano

SCHUMANN Kinderszenen

GRIEG Selections from Lyric Pieces

RAVEL Sonatine

RAVEL La valse

GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue


Friday, June 17, 2022, 8:00 p.m.




Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto

BRAHMS Symphony No. 1



Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 7:30 p.m.



Francesco Meli, tenor (Riccardo)

Joyce El-Khoury*, soprano (Amelia)

Luca Salsi, baritone (Renato)

Yulia Matochkina*, mezzo-soprano (Ulrica)

Damiana Mizzi*, soprano (Oscar)

Alfred Walker*, bass-baritone (Samuel)

Ryan Speedo Green*, bass-baritone (Tom)

Ricardo José Rivera*, baritone (Silvano)

2021/22 Season, of 22

Lunga Eric Hallam*, tenor (A Judge)

Martin Luther Clark*, tenor (A Servant to Amelia)


VERDI Un ballo in maschera**

Concert for Chicago Monday, June 27, 2022, 6:30 p.m.

Jay Pritzker Pavilion Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Millennium Park Riccardo Muti, conductor

SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

CSO at the Movies Thursday, June 30, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, July 1, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 2, 2022, 7:30 p.m.



WILLIAMS Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert

PROGRAMS, ARTISTS AND DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE. UPDATED 10.12.2021

* DENOTES ARTISTS MAKING THEIR CSO DEBUT ** DENOTES CSO FIRST PERFORMANCE

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