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Everyone's having a good time: Klaus Mäkelä and the Chicago Symphony in Brahms and Dvořák

Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
© Todd Rosenberg Photography
Daniil Trifonov and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
© Todd Rosenberg Photography
Klaus Mäkelä conducts the Chicago Symphony brass
© Todd Rosenberg Photography
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Reviewed at Chicago Symphony Center, Chicago on 2 May 2025
Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major, Op.83
Boulez, Initiale
Dvořák, Symphony no. 7 in D minor, Op.70
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, Conductor
Daniil Trifonov, 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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