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Behind the enigma: Donald Runnicles explores Elgar in Chicago

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Reviewed at Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago on 5 May 2016
Britten, Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20
Strauss R., Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op.24
Elgar, Enigma Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op.36
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Klaus Mäkelä is speaking... Chicago is listening
****1
Matthew Aucoin’s Song of the Reappeared premieres in Chicago
*****
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****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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