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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CSO at Wheaton: The Rite of Spring & Kavakos
Nov 17, 2023 — 7:30 PM
Overview
A panorama of ancient pagan rituals, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring put modernism squarely on the map. Experience the swaggering and suspenseful ballet score that drove Parisian audiences to riot at its 1913 premiere. Leonidas Kavakos brings an “intense, silken, mercurial” sound (The Guardian) to his rendition of Szymanowski’s folk-inspired Second Violin Concerto. Mussorgsky’s fiery depiction of a witches’ sabbath opens the program.
Program
Mussorgsky
St. John’s Night on the Bare Mountain
Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
Performers
Extras
Enhance your concert experience with this additional event.
Preconcert Conversation
Explore the music in a free preconcert conversation featuring Stephen Alltop in Armerding Concert Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The conversation will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets are needed.
Sponsors & Partners
Support for the CSO at Wheaton series is provided by Megan and Steve Shebik.
CSO at Wheaton performances are generously sponsored by the JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of DuPage Foundation.
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will return to the western suburbs this season with its CSO at Wheaton series. The three-concert run begins Nov. 17, with subsequent dates on March 22 and April 19.
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Always a Chicago favorite, violinist Leonidas Kavakos will appear three times at Symphony Center this season. "To be able to be able to come so many times again and again to this incredible orchestra, it’s just a privilege.”
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Over the course of four decades, Igor Stravinsky was a frequent guest conductor, leading the Orchestra in concerts at Orchestra Hall, the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee and at the Ravinia Festival.
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