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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
2021/22 Season, Page 2 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.
Friday, October 8, 2021, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 9, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 14, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 15, 2021, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 16, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 17, 2021, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor
John Sharp, cello
HOLMÈS La Nuit et l'Amour**
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 21, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 22, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 23, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2021/22 Season, Page 3 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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 28, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 29, 2021, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 30, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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, Page 4 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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, November 11, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 12, 2021, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 13, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
2021/22 Season, Page 5 of 22
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, November 18, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, November 19, 2021, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 20, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 21, 2021, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Daniel Binelli, bandoneón
BUXTEHUDE,
arr. and orch. CHÁVEZ Chaconne in E Minor
PIAZZOLLA Bandoneon Concerto (Aconcagua)**
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
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.
Saturday, November 27, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 28, 2021, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Richard Kaufman, conductor
2021/22 Season, Page 6 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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, December 9, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 10, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 11, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
FRANK Haillí-Serenata [World Premiere, CSO Commission]
2021/22 Season, Page 7 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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, December 16, 2021, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, December 17, 2021, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 18, 2021, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 19, 2021, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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.
Saturday, December 18, 2021, 3:00 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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
André de Ridder, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
GERSHWIN,
arr. BENNETT Porgy and Bess, A Symphonic Picture
2021/22 Season, Page 8 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.
Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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.
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
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, Page 9 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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Richard Kaufman, conductor
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.
Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Maybe Something Beautiful
Civic Orchestra of Chicago Monday, February 14, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
2021/22 Season, Page 10 of 22
Ken-David Masur, conductor
BACEWICZ Overture
JANÁČEK Taras Bulba
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, February 17, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 18, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 19, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
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.
Saturday, February 19, 2022, 12:45 p.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, Page 11 of 22
Music arranged by Bill Barclay
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, February 24, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, February 25, 2022, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 26, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 27, 2022, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Lisette Oropesa, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano*, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Johansson*, tenor
Tareq Nazmi*, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, chorus director
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
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, Page 12 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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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.
Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jack and the Beanstalk
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, March 10, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 11, 2022, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 12, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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, Page 13 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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, March 17, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 18, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Edman Memorial Chapel— Wheaton
Saturday, March 19, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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, Page 14 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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, March 24, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 26, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Richard Kaufman, conductor
WILLIAMS Jurassic Park in Concert
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, March 31, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 1, 2022, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Elīna Garanča*, mezzo-soprano
2021/22 Season, Page 15 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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
R. STRAUSS Symphonic Interlude No. 2 from Intermezzo
BRITTEN Piano Concerto
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
2021/22 Season, Page 16 of 22
Symphony Center Presents Friday, April 8, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, April 21, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 22, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 23, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 24, 2022, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, April 28, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
2021/22 Season, Page 17 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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Alexander Hanna, bass
MONTGOMERY New Work [CSO Commission, World Premiere]
BOTTESINI Double Bass Concerto No. 2**
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
Symphony Center Presents Friday, April 29, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
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.
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont
2021/22 Season, Page 18 of 22
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
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.
Jack and the Beanstalk
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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, May 12, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 13, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 14, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Edwin Outwater, conductor
BATES Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra [CSO Co-commission, Chicago Premiere]
2021/22 Season, Page 19 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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, May 19, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 20, 2022, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 21, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 22, 2022, 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, May 26, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 27, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
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Saturday, May 28, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
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.
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Johannes Debus, conductor
Members of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, guest artists
Program TBA
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, June 9, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Special Concert Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
An Evening with John Williams
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Friday, June 10, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
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Saturday, June 11, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, June 16, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 17, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 18, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Thursday, June 23, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 25, 2022, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, conductor
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)
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Lunga Eric Hallam*, tenor (A Judge)
Martin Luther Clark*, tenor (A Servant to Amelia)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
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.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Richard Kaufman, conductor
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