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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Vivaldi Gloria
May 4-9, 2023
Overview
Experience the uplifting power of Antonio Vivaldi’s joyous Gloria, with its gleaming vocal fireworks and richly embroidered orchestral passages. Early-music specialist Giovanni Antonini conducts this and other Vivaldi treasures, including the Magnificat, in all its variety and invention; the luminous nobility of La Senna festeggiante, and the poignant Kyrie.
Program
Vivaldi
Sinfonia from La Senna festeggiante
Vivaldi
Magnificat
Vivaldi
Kyrie
Vivaldi
Gloria
Performers
Extras
Enhance your concert experience with these additional events.
Preconcert Conversations
Explore the music in the free preconcert conversation featuring Laura Prichard in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The conversation will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets are needed.
Sponsors & Partners
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The appearance of the Chicago Symphony Chorus has been made possible by a generous gift from The Grainger Foundation.
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Early-music specialist Giovanni Antonini, founder of the Milan-based Il Giardino Armonico, will lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in "two great masterpieces of Vivaldi’s sacred music": Magnificat and Gloria.
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Performing early music transports CSO players into 17th- and 18th-century realms that they have little opportunity to explore with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Baroque music is challenging, says CSO horn Oto Carrillo, "and it makes me a better player.”
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Commissioning works by contemporary composers Jimmy López Bellido, Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, Caroline Shaw and others, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke asked the writers to reflect on what spoke to them during the pandemic.
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