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Contrasting Gounod, Mozart and Ravel works were combined into an exhilarating package of technical virtuosity and musical finesse.

CSO concertmaster Robert Chen took the spotlight in two 20th-century works with Neeme Järvi conducting; anchoring the program was Beethoven’s Pastoral.

Manfred Honeck led the CSO in two works of Respighi capped off with a memorable Tchaikovsky Sixth.

Romantic works are rendered with passion by young conductor James Feddeck and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

A modern piece inspired by Brahms, and two of the composer's masterworks are rendered in fine fashion by Semyon Bychkov and the CSO.