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Marek Janowski returns to the Chicago Symphony with majestic Bruckner

Marek Janowski
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra horn section
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Franceso Piemontesi
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“much was done to convey the larger-than-life quality of the music, an epic slowly unfurling”
Reviewed at Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago on 14 November 2024
Weber, Ruler of the Spirits: Overture
Liszt, Piano Concerto no. 2 in A major, S 125
Bruckner, Symphony no. 3 in D minor, WAB 103
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Marek Janowski, Conductor
Francesco Piemontesi, Piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra music on death: whimper then bang
***11
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
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