Just in: Chicago Symphony retunes after 14 months’ silence

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has announced three concerts for Symphony Center audiences, its first since March 2020. The conductors are Michael Mulcahy, Erina Yashima and Edo de Waart. Each concert will be repeated four times.

‘The return of Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts at Symphony Center will put our city that much closer to fully reopening and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic,’ said Chicago Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot. ‘Having a successful, thriving arts scene is essential to ensuring our
city’s post-pandemic prosperity—making programs like these vitally important as we continue our work to revitalize this critical sector.’

Concert 1:
Copland Fanfare for the Common Man
Schuller Symphony for Brass and Percussion
Barber Mutations from Bach
Tilson Thomas Street Song for Symphonic Brass
Bernstein, arr. Erikson Presto Barbaro from
On the Waterfront

Concert 2:
Coleridge-Taylor Novelette in A Minor, Op. 52, No. 3
Coleridge-Taylor Novelette in D Major, Op. 52, No. 4
Schubert Symphony No. 5
Montgomery Strum
Kodály Dances of Galánta

Concert 3:
Mozart Overture to Don Giovanni
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Mozart Symphony No. 40