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Kissin brings down the house with the Tchaikovsky concerto and the CSO

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“a veritable traversal through the whole range of human emotions”
Reviewed at Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago on 15 October 2015
Bach, Passacaglia and fugue in C Minor, BWV582
Stravinsky, The Fairy's Kiss (Le Baiser de la fée): Divertimento
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23
Evgeny Kissin, Piano
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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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