Fresh eyes on Rachmaninov in Chicago

John Storgårds conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Karen Gomyo and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Par Cameron Kelsall, 12 novembre 2023

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“I never doubted that I was getting a representation of this orchestra at their level best”

Critique faite à Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, le 11 novembre 2023

Sibelius, Pohjola's Daughter, Op.49

Glass, Concerto pour violon no. 1 (world premiere)

Rachmaninov, Symphonie no. 3 en la mineur, Op. 44

Karen Gomyo, Violon

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

John Storgårds, Direction

Riccardo Muti et Chicago, un couple légendaire à la Philharmonie

Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 13th January

Dans un programme « italien » qui associait la création française d'une œuvre de Glass à des partitions de Mendelssohn et Strauss, le chef et l'orchestre ont montré leur singularité.

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Chicago et Muti à la Philharmonie : puissance et robustesse !

Augustin Javel, 17th January

Le Chicago Symphony Orchestra et Riccardo Muti ont montré tout leur savoir-faire dans une soirée Wagner-Hindemith-Dvořák éclatante – quoique parfois clinquante.

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Un triomphe pour Muti à Pleyel

Constance Clara Guibert, 26th October

Des bravos fusaient déjà à l’entrée de Muti sur scène. Plongés dans un Oiseau de feu légendaire, fascinant, évident, puis littéralement soulevés par un bis patriotique chargé de sens et d'énergie, les spectateurs de Pleyel ne se remettront pas aisément de la venue du maestro.

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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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Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall is a classical music critic and cultural reporter. He has written for Bachtrack since 2019, and his byline has appeared in many national and international classical music publications. Based in Philadelphia, he regularly travels around the United States for musical events. In addition to his career in journalism, Cameron also teaches in the Theatre Arts program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a certified sommelier and avid home cook. His favorite composer is Mahler. Twitter: @CameronPKelsall.

Fresh eyes on Rachmaninov, Sibelius and Glass from John Storgårds in Chicago