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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Muti Conducts Pictures from an Exhibition
Oct 6-8, 2022
Overview
Mussorgsky, shaken by the passing of his friend, the artist Victor Hartmann, turned his grief into music, composing his lavishly evocative 10-movement suite inspired by Hartmann’s sketches. Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Ravel’s iconic orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition. 2018 Leeds International Piano Competition winner Eric Lu joins the CSO in Mozart’s dark-hued final piano concerto. The program opens with Franck’s supernatural thriller The Accursed Huntsman.
Pianist Maurizio Pollini has withdrawn from this engagement; a statement from his management notes that “Maurizio Pollini is very disappointed to announce that for medical reasons, he is required to cancel his upcoming American tour.”
Ticket holders are invited to a free preconcert conversation featuring Carl Grapentine in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The conversation will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets required.
Program
Franck
Le chasseur maudit
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 27
Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel)
Pictures from an Exhibition
Performers
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Maestro Residency Presenter
Official Airline of the CSO
These concerts are generously sponsored by the Zell Family Foundation.
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