Pierre Boulez builds an intriguing Chicago SO program

Von John Dorhauer, 26 Februar 2014

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, am 25 Februar 2014

Debussy, Jeux

Ravel, Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé

Strawinsky, Three Japanese Lyrics

Strawinsky, Two Poems of Konstantin Balmont

Strawinsky, 3 Stücke für Klarinette solo

Strawinsky, Berceuses du chat

Strawinsky, Pulcinella-Suite

Strawinsky, Suite Nr. 1 für kleines Orchester

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Cristian Măcelaru, Musikalische Leitung

Sasha Cooke, Mezzosopran

John Bruce Yeh, Klarinette

Riccardo Muti und das Chicago Symphony Orchestra auf Abschiedstournee

Alexandra Richter, 19th January

Riccardo Muti, Chicagos Music Director Emeritus auf Lebenszeit, präsentiert in der Alten Oper Frankfurt ein italienisches Programm, das es in sich hat.

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Viel Bewegung mit Strauss und Tschaikowsky

Stefan Pillhofer, 15th January

Im Rahmen des noch andauernden Eröffnungsfestivals gastierte das Chicago Symphony Orchestra mit Tschaikowsky, der einen aus den Sitzen holt.

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Klaus Mäkelä is speaking... Chicago is listening

Graham Meyer, 19th February

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Music Director Designate juxtaposes his Finnish countryman's music on their shared national epic, the Kalevala, with the heroic life limned in the tone poem of Richard Strauss.

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Matthew Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared premieres in Chicago

Graham Meyer, 4th December

A strong world premiere of Aucoin's evocative and immediate Song of the Reappeared, a concerto for voice written for soprano Julia Bullock which sets vivid imagery by a poet who suffered under authoritarianism.

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Manfred Honeck brings his über-dramatic Mozart Requiem to Chicago

Graham Meyer, 20th November

The Austrian conductor's loudest fortes and softest pianos pull together a dramatic arc from the Requiem, other Mozart works and chant. But it's not really a funeral.

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Daniela Candillari makes her Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut

Graham Meyer, 3rd October

Without a baton, the contemporary-music specialist showcases the Chicago Symphony strings in an intimate program ranging from music of the last decade all the way back to Pergolesi.

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John Dorhauer

Aside from writing reviews for Bachtrack, John Dorhauer is a composer, arranger, educator, and performer. He has a Master’s degree in Music Composition from Roosevelt University and is adjunct faculty at Elmhurst College and Roosevelt University. John also writes for his own blog, and you can read this and find out more about his music at his website.