Chicago Symphony players show their brilliance as chamber musicians

Par Timothy Robson, 15 janvier 2021

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“this Ravel matched precision, texture and emotion into a superb and exhilarating unity”

Critique faite à Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago, le 14 janvier 2021

Gounod, Petite Symphonie for wind instruments

Mozart, Quatuor pour flûte, violon, alto et violoncelle en ré majeur, K285

Ravel, Quatuor à cordes en fa majeur

Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Emma Gerstein, Flûte

Stephen Williamson, Clarinette

Wagner Campos, Clarinette

William Buchman, Basson

Miles Maner, Basson

David Cooper, Cor

David Griffin, Cor

Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, Flûte

Robert Chen, Violon

Li-Kuo Chang, Alto

John Sharp, Violoncelle

Stephanie Jeong, Violon

So Young Bae, Violon

Lawrence Neuman, Alto

Kenneth Olsen, Violoncelle

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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Chicago Symphony Orchestra music on death: whimper then bang

Graham Meyer, 9th April

Jakub Hrůša leads the CSO in pedestrian Janáček and Rachmaninov, but Strauss's Four Last Songs and Wagner's Tristan excerpts send audiences home deeply touched.

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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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Timothy Robson

We are saddened to learn of the death of Tim Robson, a long-time Bachtrack contributor (2012-21). Tim was an organist in Cleveland, Ohio and his repertoire extended to all musical periods, with a special interest in contemporary music. As a blogger he was a regular contributor to ClevelandClassical.com. In his parallel career as a librarian, Tim was Associate Director for Academic Engagement at the Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University. Our condolences to his family.