Salonen, John Adams & The Rite of Spring

Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune sehen in

Avignon, Frankreich Reykjavík, Island Valladolid, Spanien Toronto, ON, Kanada Seville, Spanien Houston, TX, Vereinigte Staaten

Riveting in Chicago première of Adams’ Scheherazade.2

Sam Jacobson, 6th March

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s colorful program included the first Chicago performance of John Adams’ Scheherazade.2 with dedicatee Leila Josefowicz, along with works of Debussy and Stravinsky.

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Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)	Prelude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Adams, John (b. 1947)	Scheherazade.2
Strawinsky, Igor (1882-1971)	Le Sacre du printemps

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen	Musikalische Leitung
Leila Josefowicz	Violine