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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sleeping Beauty & Dvořák Cello Concerto at Wheaton College
Oct 23, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Overview
The crown jewel of cello repertoire, Dvořák’s heroic and soulful Cello Concerto marks the return of Jian Wang, a soloist with a lustrous sound and compelling interpretive ideas. Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Suite transports you to the Golden Age of ballet, painted in a thousand wondrous sounds. Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider opens the program with music from his native Denmark, in Nielsen’s quicksilver Maskarade Overture.
This program will also be performed at Symphony Center on October 22-25.
Program
Nielsen
Overture to Maskarade
Dvořák
Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky
Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
Performers
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Preconcert Conversation
Explore the music in a free preconcert conversation featuring Daniel Schlosberg in Armerding Concert Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The talk will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets are needed.
Sponsors & Partners
CSO concerts at Wheaton College are generously sponsored by Megan and Steve Shebik.
Inside the Music
About the music
Among his many milestones, Tchaikovsky raised the bar for ballet music. He wrote music full of soaring, inventive melodies, daring harmonies and rhythmic vitality. His three ballets have become classics that endure to this day.
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Guest artists
When cellist Jian Wang returns to Chicago this fall, a longtime friend and collaborator will be on the podium: Danish conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider.
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About the music
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider once reminded a Royal Albert Hall audience that "Denmark is not all Lego and pastries!” His exhibit A: Carl Nielsen's overture to his opera "Maskarade,"
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