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Vigor and Virtuosity: Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony at Carnegie Hall

Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
© Todd Rosenberg
Riccardo Muti
© Todd Rosenberg
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“Displaying extraordinary vigor, the 83-year-old maestro himself danced along as he conducted”
Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 21 January 2025
Bellini, Norma: Overture
Verdi, Les Vêpres siciliennes (I vespri siciliani): Ballet – Les Quatres Saisons (Quattro stagioni)
Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op.36
Martucci, Notturno in G flat major, Op.70 no.1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti, Conductor
Klaus Mäkelä is speaking... Chicago is listening
****1
Matthew Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared premieres in Chicago
*****
Manfred Honeck brings his über-dramatic Mozart Requiem to Chicago
****1
Daniela Candillari makes her Chicago Symphony Orchestra debut
****1
Polished Ravel x 2 from Alice Sara Ott with the Chicago Symphony
****1
Ravinia Festival opens with bombastic Gershwin, emotional Tchaikovsky
***11
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