Event listing: Yo-Yo Ma and Esa-Pekka Salonen | Chicago Symphony Center | Thu 28 Feb 2013 at 20:00

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Chicago Symphony Center Chicago, Illinois, IL 60604, United States

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Programme

Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)	Pohjola's Daughter, Op.49
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)	Symphony no. 7 in C major, Op.105
Lutosławski, Witold (1913-1994)	Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Francesca da Rimini, Op.32

Performers

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen	Conductor
Yo-Yo Ma	Cello

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Whole in one: Sibelius’ Seventh

Matthew Rye, 24th November

Cast in a single span lasting little more than 20 minutes, Sibelius’ Seventh Symphony is a miracle of compression and defies conventional analysis.

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Yo-Yo Ma and Esa-Pekka Salonen bring Lutosławski to the CSO

Dan Wang, 28th February

This past Thursday and Friday, Yo-Yo Ma (the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant), Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra tackled the immensely challenging Lutosławski Cello Concerto.

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