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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Muti, Chen & Mozart Gran Partita
May 18-23, 2023
Overview
In his Gran Partita for 13 instruments, Mozart achieves a sublime combination of grandeur, complexity and sunny charm. CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen presents the composer’s stately and rustic Violin Concerto No. 4, a product of his Salzburg years. Riccardo Muti opens the concert with Cimarosa’s overture, which echoes Mozart’s comic vein and abounds in freshness and invention.
Program
Cimarosa
Overture to Il matrimonio segreto
Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart
Serenade No. 10 (Gran Partita)
Performers
Extras
Enhance your concert experience with these additional events.
Preconcert Conversations
Explore the music in the free preconcert conversation featuring Daniel Schlosberg in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The conversation will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets are needed.
Postconcert Dining Forte May Special
End your night in style at Forte, with featured specials following all evening performances for the month of May. Learn more »
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Concertmaster Robert Chen remains in awe of Mozart’s towering brilliance: “He wrote his four violin concertos so quickly, one after another, at age 19. It is extraordinary that it was so facile for him to write on this level."
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Opera-related works move front and center this season as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs five overtures, along with suites and excerpts by Cimarosa, Rameau, Strauss and Wagner.
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