CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION

ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR 2013/14 SEASON

CHICAGO (February 6, 2013)—Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Music Director Riccardo Muti and Deborah F. Rutter, president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA), announce the programming for the CSO and Symphony Center Presents (SCP) 2013/14 season—the Orchestra’s 123rd season and Maestro Muti’s fourth season as music director. Next season, Maestro Muti leads 10 weeks of concerts with the Orchestra in Chicago, with appearances in September, October, January, February, March and June.

The rich array of programs developed by Maestro Muti for the upcoming season showcase his unique relationship with the musicians of the CSO, while supporting his commitment to bringing live music to the broadest possible audience via the Association’s Citizen Musician initiative. He and the Orchestra continue to collaborate with today’s visionary artists to present well-known and less-familiar repertoire for concert experiences that are both impactful and memorable.

Among Maestro Muti’s programming for the 2013/14 season is a special celebration of Verdi’s bicentennial; a survey of Schubert’s orchestral music, including the symphonies and Mass No. 5 in A-flat Major, enriched by additional lieder and chamber music performances; and the world premiere of a CSO-commissioned work by composer and cellist Giovanni Sollima for two cellos and orchestra. Sollima’s music has been championed by Maestro Muti, who has commissioned and led premieres of his works at both the Ravenna Festival and La Scala. For this premiere with the CSO, Sollima and the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma perform the solo parts.

Maestro Muti also leads the CSO’s first performance of a work written to commemorate the events of September 11, 2001 by his friend and colleague, Ennio Morricone. Voices from the Silence was commissioned by the Ravenna Festival and received its world premiere there under the baton of Maestro Muti.

Other highlights of the Orchestra’s 2013/14 season include:

Truth to Power, a three-week festival in May featuring music by Britten, Prokofiev and Shostakovich

A celebration of Britten’s centennial with performances of the War Requiem and other major works

Two weeks of programming by Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus Pierre Boulez that focus on his work as a composer, teacher and curator

CSO Principal Flute Mathieu Dufour and the Orchestra perform the world premiere of Guillaume Connesson’s CSO-commissioned Flute Concerto

Beyond the Score offers insights into three symphonies by Berlioz, Haydn and Ives as part of a season-long examination of the evolution of the symphonic form

The programs of Symphony Center Presents and the Institute for Learning, Access and Training complement CSO subscription programs and demonstrate Maestro Muti’s and the CSOA’s commitment to supporting young musicians and to serving the Chicago community through music. The diverse initiatives of the Institute—25 in all—further support these efforts, while the numerous SCP series bring a wide range of today’s leading artists and ensembles from all genres of music to Chicago. SCP programming in 2013/14 is highlighted by a special commissioning project, led by pianist Emanuel Ax, which explores new works paired with music by Brahms, as well as special Schubert lieder recitals to complement the CSO’s Schubert Cycle.

The SCP Orchestra, Chamber Music and Piano series further expand the broad spectrum of the world’s talent from around the world that come to Chicago to perform on the Symphony Center stage. The SCP Jazz series marks its 20th anniversary in 2013/14 and programming will be announced later this spring.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Chicago Symphony Orchestra Programs

Verdi’s Bicentennial…………………………… .............. .4 A Celebration of Schubert ............................................. 5 Truth to Power .............................................................. 6 Britten’s Centennial…………………………… ............... 7 Pierre Boulez: Conductor, Teacher, Curator ................. 8 Mead Composers-in-Residence ................................... 9 World Premieres and First CSO Performances ............ 9 Beyond the Score ....................................................... 10 Debuts ......................................................................... 11 Returning Guest Conductors ...................................... 12 Returning Guest Artists ............................................... 15 CSO at the Movies ..................................................... 16 Chicago Symphony Chorus ........................................ 16 Radio .......................................................................... 17

Symphony Center Presents .................................... 18 Schubert Song Series ................................................. 18 Emanuel Ax Brahms Project ....................................... 19 Piano Series ............................................................... 20 Chamber Music Series ............................................... 21 Orchestra Series ......................................................... 22 MusicNOW ................................................................. 23 Special Concerts ........................................................ 24 Jazz Series ................................................................. 25

The Institute for Learning, Access and Training at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra ................... 26

Citizen Musician………………………………………… 26 Education and Family Concerts……………………… .. 26 Civic Orchestra of Chicago and Training Programs….27 CSO Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprenticeship…… . 28 Programming and Partnerships for Schools………….. 28

Subscription and Ticket Information ...................... 29

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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PROGRAMS

VERDI’S BICENTENNIAL

“…he [Verdi] gave a voice to all our hopes and sorrows, he wept and loved for all of us.” – Italian poet Gabriele d’Annunzio

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) is perhaps the most well-known and distinctive operatic composer in history. A master of dramatic expression, an expert at portraying passionate characters and adept at creating dramatic scenes, Verdi composed music from the heart that speaks straight to the heart, mirroring a range of human emotion in his work.

CSO Music Director Riccardo Muti believes that “Verdi’s music is able to express the deepest and most complex situations in just a single phrase or sometimes even with just two notes. To be so simple and so deep at the same time is very difficult. Verdi was a composer who expressed the most essential feelings of mankind: love, hate, friendship, jealousy—everything that reflects our life, our way of being human. Verdi was able to bring the feelings of the Italian people into a universal sphere—that’s why his music is still loved and understood by people all over the world. Verdi speaks about man, not about superheroes. We all recognize ourselves in the characters that he puts on the stage. He expresses feelings that the entire world can understand.”

The CSO’s bicentennial celebration of Verdi includes Maestro Muti leading five programs that feature music by the great Italian composer.

Riccardo Muti launches the CSO’s bicentennial celebration of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth and the 2013/14 season with a free community concert featuring the CSO, Chorus (prepared by Chorus Director Duain Wolfe) and two singers he has worked closely with: soprano Barbara Frittoli and bass-baritone Ildebrando D’Arcangelo. The program includes the finale from Act II of Verdi’s La forza del destino and “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco, as well as Brahms’ Second Symphony. Location to be announced. (September 18)

Maestro Muti conducts the first CSO subscription program, which includes Verdi’s ballet music from Macbeth, along with works by J. Strauss, Jr. (Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves) and Brahms (Symphony No. 2). (September 19)

Symphony Ball features an all-Verdi program with Maestro Muti leading the CSO, Chorus and soprano Barbara Frittoli and bass-baritone Ildebrando D’Arcangelo in incidental music and choruses from Macbeth, Ernani, Nabucco and La forza del destino, as well as the Overture to I vespri siciliani. (September 21)

Maestro Muti leads the CSO and Chorus in a concert version of Verdi’s great opera Macbeth. Soloists include baritone Dario Solari (Macbeth), soprano Tatiana Serjan (Lady Macbeth), bass Dmitry Belosselskiy (Banco), tenor Francesco Meli (Macduff), tenor Antonello Ceron (Malcolm), mezzo-soprano Anna Malavasi (Lady in Waiting) and bass Gianluca Buratto (Doctor). (September 28, October 1, 4 and 6)

Maestro Muti conducts the CSO and Chorus in a special one-time-only performance of Verdi’s Requiem on the exact 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth, with soprano Tatiana Serjan, mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona, tenor Mario Zeffiri and bass Ildar Abdrazakov. (October 10)

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A CELEBRATION OF SCHUBERT

“Clara, today I was transported. A symphony of Franz Schubert’s was played at the rehearsal. If only you had been there.” – Robert Schumann, in a letter to his fiancée, Clara Wieck

When Robert Schumann unearthed a trove of Franz Schubert’s forgotten scores during a trip to Vienna, he discovered something special—beautiful melodies, symphonies bursting with rhythmic vitality, an untapped world of mysterious, enchanting sound. Schubert, a master of song and a creative genius, had worked consistently throughout his mere 31 years, writing symphonies, more than 600 lieder, and chamber music—much of which wasn’t performed or even known of until after his death. “An orchestra must reach deeply when playing the music of Schubert. It is pure music…there is great intimacy and great reflection. When you experience a Schubert symphony, you come out of the hall enriched,” says Riccardo Muti. Throughout the CSO’s 2013/14 season, Maestro Muti and the CSO traverse the complete Schubert symphonies, as well as several more of the composer’s works, including the Mass No. 5 in A-flat Major and the Overture in the Italian Style in C Major. Guest pianist Mitsuko Uchida also collaborates with CSO musicians in The Trout Quintet. Also part of this survey is a special three-concert SCP vocal series featuring Schubert’s most famous lieder and chamber music, including Winterreise, sung by baritone Christian Gerhaher with pianist Gerold Huber (December 4); Die schöne Müllerin, performed by baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Christoph Eschenbach; and Der Hirt auf dem Felsen with soprano Susanna Phillips and CSO Assistant Principal Clarinet John Bruce Yeh and Auf dem Strom, performed by bass-baritone Eric Owens and CSO Associate Principal Horn Daniel Gingrich, all presented in an intimate recital setting at Symphony Center.

Music Director Riccardo Muti begins his survey of Schubert’s symphonic works with the Third and Fourth Symphonies, which bookend a program that also includes a world premiere: Giovanni Sollima’s Double Cello Concerto (a CSO commission). Yo-Yo Ma and the composer are the soloists. (January 30, 31 and February 1)

The following week, Maestro Muti leads the CSO’s first-ever performance of Schubert’s Overture in the Italian Style in C Major and his Mass No. 5 in A-flat Major. Italian composer Ennio Morricone’s Voices from the Silence, also a first CSO performance, was written to commemorate the events of September 11, 2001, and was first performed in the U.S. at the United Nations in 2007, conducted by the composer. Maestro Muti led the world premiere at the Ravenna Festival, which commissioned the piece. Both the Schubert Mass and Voices from the Silence feature the Chicago Symphony Chorus. (February 6, 7 and 8)

Pianist and guest conductor Mitsuko Uchida performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major, conducting from the piano, as well as a solo work by Mozart; she then joins CSO musicians in Schubert’s Piano Quintet in A Major (The Trout), performed for the first time on a CSO subscription program. (March 13, 14, 15, and 18)

Maestro Muti and Uchida partner the following week in a program with Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 (Great) and Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor. (March 20, 21 and 22)

Maestro Muti conducts Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) and Symphony No. 2 in a program that also includes Elgar’s Cello Concerto with CSO Principal Cello John Sharp. The Eighth Symphony and Elgar’s Cello Concerto are also featured in an Afterwork Masterworks program. (March 26, 27, 28 and 29)

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Schubert’s First and Sixth Symphonies are paired in a program that also features CSO Principal Bassoon David McGill performing Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto, conducted by Maestro Muti. (June 12, 13, 14 and 17)

Closing the season, Maestro Muti leads Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 paired with Mahler’s Symphony No 1. (June 19, 20 and 21)

Symphony Center Presents Special Concerts include three Schubert lieder programs all presented in an intimate recital setting at Symphony Center:

o Winterreise, sung by baritone Christian Gerhaher with pianist Gerold Huber

(December 4)

o Die schöne Müllerin, performed by baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Christoph Eschenbach (January 19)

o A mixed song recital featuring Der Hirt auf dem Felsen and Auf dem Strom, with soprano

Susanna Phillips, bass-baritone Eric Owens, CSO Assistant Principal Clarinet John Bruce Yeh and CSO Associate Principal Horn Daniel Gingrich. (May 11)

TRUTH TO POWER MASTERWORKS BY PROKOFIEV, SHOSTAKOVICH AND BRITTEN

It was a time of tremendous tumult: the worldwide economic depression of the 1930s and oppressive regimes of Germany, Italy and Russia led directly to World War II, during which an estimated 60 million people died. Yet in the midst of this dark era, Benjamin Britten, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich produced thrilling works to stir the nations towards hope in an even brighter future. The phrase “speaking truth to power” originates from a treatise published by the Quakers in 1955 that outlined alternatives to violence and became a cornerstone of the pacifist movement. This phrase gave a powerful voice to a long-held philosophy that a nation’s people—who hold ultimate power—can be moved to action when they hear truths that transcend a particular time, place or culture. The concept can be applied to the music of Britten, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, who all believed that the artist had to serve the whole of society, creating music that would inspire listeners to believe in social values, justice, fairness and the power of shared experience. Writing music that had a broad, global audience, these three composers—in different corners of the world—used their music to rally optimism and hope. Their works celebrate music's public power and its ability to connect people, to make them think and feel together, to speak truth to power. A regular visitor to the CSO podium, guest conductor Jaap van Zweden leads four CSO programs over three weeks in May and June of 2014 as part of the Truth to Power theme. Placing works by these three titans of the 20th century side by side provides new insight into what and for whom they wrote. Truth to Power programs include Britten’s Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Suite on English Folk Tunes: A Time there was…, Sinfonia da requiem and Violin Concerto; Prokofiev’s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies and Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 125; and Shostakovich’s Fifth, Seventh and Ninth Symphonies and his Five Fragments.

The first program in the Truth to Power series features Britten’s Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes and Shostakovich’s defiant Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad). (May 22, 23 and 24)

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The second program includes Prokofiev’s Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 125 with soloist Alisa Weilerstein, Britten’s Suite on English Folk Tunes: A time there was… and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 9. (May 29 and 30)

Featured in the third program are Shostakovich’s Five Fragments, performed by the CSO for the first time, along with Britten’s elegiac Sinfonia da requiem and Prokofiev’s glorious Fifth Symphony. (May 31 and June 3)

The final Truth to Power program includes Britten’s Violin Concerto, with soloist Simone Lamsma in her CSO debut, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. (June 5, 6, 7 and 8)

In addition to these programs, Symphony Center Presents concerts will also feature Truth to Power programming, including:

On the SCP Chamber Music series, the Australian Chamber Orchestra previews the Truth to Power theme. Led by Artistic Director and violinist Richard Tognetti, the ensemble performs a program that includes Shostakovich’s Octet, Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives Suite and Britten’s Frank Bridge Variations. Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen, who last appeared at Symphony Center in 2007, is the featured soloist for Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1. (March 23)

On the SCP Piano series, versatile Russian pianist Vladimir Feltsman’s program connects to the Truth to Power focus on the CSO programs led by Jaap van Zweden during this same week. The recital includes Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 6 in A Major, the first of the composer’s three “war” sonatas that were written just before and during World War II. (June 1)

BRITTEN CENTENNIAL The year 2013 marks the centennial of Benjamin Britten, who remains one of the central figures of 20th-century music. The CSO honors his legacy throughout 2013/14, with not only his inclusion in Truth to Power, but in other programs that showcase his many contributions to music.

Guest conductor Charles Dutoit leads Britten’s War Requiem, the English composer’s impassioned denunciation of war. The work was written to mark the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral, which was rebuilt after the previous cathedral’s destruction by aerial bombardment during World War II. Set to poems by the English soldier and poet Wilfred Owen, the 85-minute work is scored for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, chorus, boys’ choir, organ and two orchestras (a full orchestra and a chamber orchestra). Underlining the work’s message of reconciliation, Britten wrote the solo parts specifically for an English tenor, a German baritone and the great Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, who wasn’t permitted by the Soviet authorities to take part in the Coventry premiere (one of the Cold War’s most notable collisions with the arts). The CSO honors Britten’s intentions in these performances, which feature soprano Tatiana Pavlovskaya and tenor John Mark Ainsley in their CSO debuts, along with baritone Matthias Goerne and the Chicago Symphony Chorus and Chicago Children’s Choir. (November 14, 15, and 16)

Britten’s centennial is also celebrated on the Symphony Center Presents Chamber Music series, when the Australian Chamber Orchestra performs his Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge. (March 23)

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In a program that is also part of the 2013/14 season’s Truth to Power focus, Jaap van Zweden conducts Britten’s Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes on a program paired with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad). (May 22, 23, and 24)

Britten’s Suite on English Folk Tunes: A time there was… is included on a program led by van Zweden, which also includes Prokofiev’s Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 125 with soloist Alisa Weilerstein and Shostakovich’s Ninth Symphony. (May 29 and 30)

Van Zweden also leads one of Britten’s orchestral works, the Sinfonia da requiem, his first major orchestral work without a soloist. The piece was commissioned by the Japanese government in 1940, one of many commissions in honor of the 2,600th anniversary of its ruling dynasty. Britten completed the work in 1941 and made the last movement a prayer for peace—a controversial statement in the early years of World War II. This program opens with Shostakovich’s Five Fragments and closes with Prokofiev’s glorious Symphony No. 5. (May 31 and June 3)

Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma makes her CSO debut performing Britten’s Violin Concerto, premiered in 1940, on a program with Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, which was completed in 1937. (June 5, 6, 7 and 8)

PIERRE BOULEZ: CONDUCTOR, TEACHER, CURATOR

Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus Pierre Boulez returns to Chicago to curate two weeks of subscription concerts with the CSO in early 2014. Boulez, one of the great revolutionaries in the history of music, has also long been known for his innovative programming as a conductor. His creativity is not only evident in his adventurous choices, but, more importantly, in the inventive design of how those programs and concerts are assembled. He strongly believes in the value of mixing works of contrasting textures by integrating ensemble pieces and works for large orchestra. This dramatic principle of surprising the audience is central to what he brings to his residency in 2014. Young conductors, singers and instrumentalists from across the U.S. will be invited to observe and participate in rehearsals and performances. Each program features large orchestral works by Debussy, Stravinsky and Ravel; in between these orchestral works Boulez has placed miniatures by Igor Stravinsky scored for small groups of instruments and voices.

Boulez’s first program week juxtaposes Debussy’s Jeux and Ravel’s Trois poèmes de Mallarmé with several of Stravinsky’s works: Three Japanese Lyrics, Two Poems of Balmont, Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Berceuses du Chat, Suite from Pulcinella and the Suite No. 1 for Small Orchestra. (February 20, 21, 22 and 23) In his second week, Boulez leads CSO musicians in a program that focuses solely on Ravel and Stravinsky: Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements and Eight Instrumental Miniatures, followed by Ravel’s Chansons madécasses; Stravinsky’s Concertino, Pribaoutki and the Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra. Ravel’s Une barque sur l’océan and Alborada del gracioso closes the program. (February 27, 28 and March 1)

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MEAD COMPOSERS-IN-RESIDENCE

The CSO performs two works by Mead Composers-in-Residence Mason Bates and Anna Clyne on the 2013/14 CSO subscription concerts. Returning guest conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen leads Anna Clyne’s <<rewind<< in April 2014, in the first CSO performances of her seven-minute work scored for orchestra and tape. Later that month, guest conductor Leonard Slatkin leads the CSO in its first performances of Mason Bates’ Violin Concerto, performed by Anne Akiko Meyers in her CSO debut. In their fourth seasons as Mead Composers-in-Residence, Bates and Clyne continue their engaging work with the MusicNOW series, during which a newly-commissioned work by each for chamber-sized ensembles will be premiered.

WORLD PREMIERES AND FIRST CSO PERFORMANCES Riccardo Muti and the CSO have commissioned two new works to be given their world premieres by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra during the 2013/14 season. Additionally, the CSO performs 29 pieces for the first time—25% of its repertoire for the season—ranging from works by Handel and Schubert to Adès and Salonen.

Maestro Muti leads the world premiere of Italian composer and cellist Giovanni Sollima’s Double Cello Concerto, commissioned by the CSO. Yo-Yo Ma and Sollima perform the two cello parts as soloists with the Orchestra. Also on this program are Schubert’s Third and Fourth Symphonies. (January 30, 31 and February 1)

Guest conductor Charles Dutoit leads the world premiere of the CSO-commissioned Flute Concerto by Guillaume Connesson, to be performed by CSO Principal Flute Mathieu Dufour on a program that also includes Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony featuring organist Paul Jacobs. (March 6, 7 and 8)

Other works receiving their first CSO performance are:

ADÈS …but all shall be well (October 17, 19 and 22)

J. C. BACH Symphony in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6 (February 13 and 18)

BATES Violin Concerto (April 17, 18, 19 and 22)

BRITTEN Suite on English Folk Tunes: A time there was…, Op. 90 (May 29 and 30)

BROSCHI “Qual guerriero in campo armato” from Idaspe (February 13 and 18)

CHÁVEZ Piano Concerto (December 12, 13, 14 and 17)

CLYNE <<rewind<< (April 3, 4, 5 and 8)

HANDEL Concerto grosso in G Major, Op. 6, No. 1 (February 13 and 18)

HASSE “Or la nube procellosa” from Artaserse (February 13 and 18)

KRAUS Sinfonia in E Minor, VB 141 (May 8, 9 and 10)

MORRICONE Voices from the Silence (February 6, 7 and 8)

PORPORA “Oh volesser gli Dei . . . Dolci, freschi aurette” from Polifemo

(February 13 and 18)

RANDS …where the murmurs die… (December 19, 20 and 21)

RAVEL Chansons madécasses (February 27, 28 and March 1)

RAVEL Trois poèmes de Mallarmé (February 20, 21, 22 and 25)

RIGEL Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 12 (May 8, 9 and 10)

SALONEN Nyx (April 10, 11, 12, & 13)

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SCHUBERT Mass No. 5 in A-flat Major, D. 678 (February 6, 7 and 8)

SCHUBERT Overture in the Italian Style in C Major, D. 591 (February 6, 7 and 8)

SCHUBERT Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 (The Trout) (March 13, 14, 15 and 18)

SCHUMAN Symphony No. 6 (April 17, 18, 19 and 22)

SHOSTAKOVICH Five Fragments, Op. 42 (May 31 and June 3)

J. STRAUSS, Jr. Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves (September 19)

STRAVINSKY Concertino (February 27, 28 and March 1)

STRAVINSKY Eight Instrumental Miniatures (February 27, 28 and March 1)

STRAVINSKY Elegy for J.F.K. (November 21, 22, 23 and 24)

STRAVINSKY Three Japanese Lyrics (February 20, 21, 22 and 25)

STRAVINSKY Two Poems of Balmont (February 20, 21, 22 and 25)

VIVALDI “Alma oppressa” from La fida ninfa (February 13 and 18)

BEYOND THE SCORE The CSO’s acclaimed Beyond the Score series continues to thrive, and 2013/14 offers new explorations of three symphonies. Conceived and written by Creative Director Gerard McBurney, each presentation of this highly successful series delves into a great masterwork through the seamless integration of historical narrative with live actors, visual illustrations and musical examples performed by the CSO. Each of the three programs is performed twice, on Fridays at the new time of 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. This season’s repertoire focuses on examples of the symphonic form from each of three centuries, as part of a season-long exploration of the genre of the symphony and how it evolved over the centuries. The 2013/14 Beyond the Score presentations explore:

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Conducted by Stéphane Denève, this Beyond the Score presentation focuses on Berlioz’s famous dream-turned-nightmare. This music—shocking and outrageous for its time—takes audiences on a phantasmagorical adventure that vividly depicts opium-induced hallucinations of murders, executions, a Witches’ Sabbath and more. (December 6 and 8)

HAYDN Symphony No. 100 (Military) The astoundingly prolific, witty and inventive Joseph Haydn is frequently referred to as the father of the symphony. Conductor and baroque music expert Nicholas McGegan leads this presentation of Haydn’s Military Symphony, the eighth of the 12 so-called “London” symphonies, which would be the composer’s final contributions to that genre. This exploration takes audiences to late-18th-century London, a bustling metropolis whose newly-wealthy citizens were eagerly seeking the latest cultural delights. (February 14 and 16)

IVES Symphony No. 2 Sir Mark Elder leads this Beyond the Score presentation of Charles Ives’ Second Symphony, perhaps the first great symphony by an American. Ives was an insurance executive, church organist and experimental composer whose imaginative and open-minded approach to music resulted in this symphony, which counts gospel music, Stephen Foster songs and barn-dance fiddles among its distinctly American influences. (April 25 and 27)

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DEBUTS Thirteen distinguished artists make their subscription debuts with the CSO during the 2013/14 season:

English tenor John Mark Ainsley makes his CSO debut under the baton of Charles Dutoit in performances of Britten’s War Requiem. Acclaimed for his prolific interpretations of Baroque and Classical-era works, Ainsley frequently records and appears on the opera and concert stage with such prestigious international orchestras as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic. He was awarded the Munich Festival Prize for his performance as Orfeo, as well as the 2007 Royal Philharmonic Society Singer Award. (November 14, 15 and 16)

Russian bass Dmitry Belosselskiy appears for his first time with the CSO under the baton of Riccardo Muti in the role of Banco in Verdi’s Macbeth. He and Maestro Muti have collaborated previously in Verdi’s Requiem with the Israel Philharmonic and in Macbeth at the Salzburg Festival. A graduate of the Russian Academy of Music, Belosselskiy won the second place prize at the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2007 and is now a principal artist of the Bolshoi Theatre. (September 28, October 1, 4 and 6)

Bass Gianluca Buratto began his music career studying saxophone and clarinet before attending the Giuseppe Verdi Music Conservatory in Milan, where he graduated in voice. He and Maestro Muti have worked together several times, in both Mozart and Jommelli's La Betulia liberate in Salzburg and Ravenna, and in Macbeth at the Salzburg Festival and the Rome Opera. He appears with the CSO for the first time in Macbeth as part of its Verdi bicentennial celebration, led by Maestro Muti. (September 28, October 1, 4 and 6)

Cellist Gabriel Cabezas makes his CSO subscription concert debut in Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with conductor Stéphane Denève. Cabezas is the winner of the 15th annual Sphinx Competition and a former winner of the CSO Youth Auditions. He has previously performed with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and as part of the Symphony Center Presents Chamber Music series, as well as with the CSO on Youth Concerts. (December 10)

Italian tenor Antonello Ceron makes his CSO debut in the role of Malcolm in Verdi’s Macbeth under Maestro Muti’s baton. Ceron has performed with much critical acclaim in performances led by Maestro Muti in Otello, Moïse et Pharaon and Attila. (September 28, October 1, 4 and 6)

Born in Alaska, mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux makes her CSO debut under conductor Nicholas McGegan performing a distinctive set of operatic arias, mostly made popular by the famous 18th-century Italian castrato Farinelli by Vivaldi, Porpora, Hasse and Broschi. Famed for her engaging character portrayals, including trouser roles, Genaux began her professional stage career in 1994 with the Florentine Opera as Isabella in Rossini's L’italiana in Algeri. Her versatility is displayed by her repertory of over 55 roles, with particular expertise in music of the Baroque period. (February 13 and 18)

Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma makes her CSO debut performing Britten’s Violin Concerto under the baton of Jaap van Zweden. Lamsma graduated with high honors from the Royal Academy of Music in London and has gained international acclaim as a soloist and recitalist. Recently, she made her debut performance with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of Chausson’s Poème. (June 5, 6, 7 and 8)

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Italian tenor Francesco Meli performs for the first time with the CSO as Macduff in Verdi’s Macbeth led by Maestro Muti. Meli is particularly associated with the bel canto repertoire and has had continued success in lead roles of prominent international opera houses. His collaborations with Maestro Muti include roles in Simon Boccanegra and Dialogues des carmélites, as well as other productions at the Rome Opera and La Scala. (September 28, October 1, 4 and 6)

American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers appears with the CSO for the first time to perform Mason Bates’ Violin Concerto with conductor Leonard Slatkin. At the age of 12, Meyers debuted with the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. Meyers is a frequent soloist with esteemed international orchestras. (April 17, 18, 19 and 22)

Russian soprano Tatiana Pavlovskaya makes her CSO debut under the baton of Charles Dutoit in performances of Britten’s War Requiem. After studying at St. Petersburg’s State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, Pavlovskaya made her debut in 1995 as Tatyana in the Mariinsky Theatre’s opera performance of Eugene Onegin. She received prizes at the International Pechkovsky Competition of Young Opera Singers and the Competition for Young Opera Singers in Wrocław, Poland, as well as BBC Awards and Grammy Award nominations for her performance as Sofia in Prokofiev's Semyon Kotko with the Kirov Opera Chorus and Orchestra. (November 14, 15 and 16)

Russian soprano Tatiana Serjan performs the role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s Macbeth under Maestro Muti in her CSO debut. Her debut stage performance was in La bohème in 1996 in St. Petersburg; she has since collaborated with Maestro Muti on numerous occasions, including in Attila at the Rome Opera and as Lady Macbeth in Salzburg and in Rome Opera. In October 2013, she is also scheduled to appear with the CSO in Verdi’s Requiem Mass. (September 28, October 1, 4, 6 and 10)

Uruguayan baritone Dario Solari makes his first CSO appearance in the title role of Verdi’s Macbeth, led by Maestro Muti. Solari’s collaborations with Maestro Muti include recent performances of Macbeth in 2011 and in Attila in 2012 at the Rome Opera. (September 28, October 1, 4 and 6)

Composer and cellist Giovanni Sollima performs his own Double Cello Concerto in his CSO debut with Music Director Riccardo Muti and Yo-Yo Ma as fellow soloist. Highly influenced by ethnic, jazz and rock traditions, Sollima’s eclectic approach has led to collaborations with performers from a wide range of musical genres. Recently, Sollima began teaching at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome where he was given the highest musical honor in Italy as a Member of the Academy. (January 30, 31 and February 1)

RETURNING GUEST CONDUCTORS Guest conductors returning to the CSO podium in 2013/14 include:

Semyon Bychkov Bychov returns to Symphony Center to conduct William Walton’s Symphony No. 1 and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring pianist Kirill Gerstein. (October 24, 25 and 26)

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Stéphane Denève (Chief Conductor of the SWR Stuttgart Radio Symphony) Denève returns to Chicago for the first time since his debut to lead a week of subscription concerts, including a Beyond the Score production of Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. The full program also features violinist James Ehnes as soloist in Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (December 5 and 7), the young cellist Gabriel Cabezas in Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 (December 10), as well as Weber’s The Ruler of the Spirits. (December 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10)

Christoph von Dohnányi (Honorary Conductor for Life, Philharmonia Orchestra) Dohnányi leads the CSO in a varied program that opens with Lutosławski’s Musique funèbre and closes with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique). Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 features Paul Lewis as soloist. (May 1, 2 and 3)

Charles Dutoit (Principal Conductor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor Laureate, The Philadelphia Orchestra) Dutoit returns to the CSO podium to lead two weeks of subscription concerts. For the first, Dutoit welcomes soprano Tatiana Pavlovskaya, tenor John Mark Ainsley and baritone Matthias Goerne as soloists in Britten’s War Requiem with the CSO, Chorus and Chicago Children’s Choir. (November 14, 15 and 16) Dutoit’s second week of concerts features CSO Principal Flute Mathieu Dufour as soloist in the world premiere of the CSO-commissioned Flute Concerto by French composer Guillaume Connesson. He leads the CSO in an Afterwork Masterworks performance followed by three full performances of a program including works by Saint-Saëns and Dukas. (March 5, 6, 7 and 8)

Sir Mark Elder (Music Director, the Hallé Orchestra) Elder conducts Symphony No. 2 by Ives—which is also the focus of a Beyond the Score presentation—Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks by Strauss and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, featuring Richard Goode. (April 24, 25, 26 and 27)

Christoph Eschenbach (Music Director, National Symphony Orchestra) Eschenbach leads the CSO in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (Unfinished). The program opens with …where the murmurs die…by composer Bernard Rands, in anticipation of the composer’s 80th birthday in March 2014. (December 19, 20 and 21)

Bernard Haitink Former CSO Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink returns to lead Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major (Romantic) and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595 with soloist Emanuel Ax. (October 31, November 1, 2 and 3)

Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Music Director, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Chief Conductor, Norwegian Radio Orchestra) Harth-Bedoya returns to the CSO with a varied program, of which the centerpiece is performances of Chávez’s Piano Concerto, featuring Chicago-based pianist Jorge Federico Osorio as soloist. Also featured are Dvořák’s Husitská Overture and Ravel’s famous orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures from an Exhibition. (December 12, 13, 14 and 17)

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Vladimir Jurowski (Music Director, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Principal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra) Jurowski leads an all-Richard Strauss program that spotlights CSO Principal Oboe Eugene Izotov as soloist in the Oboe Concerto. Also scheduled are the Serenade in E-flat Major, Metamorphosen and Four Last Songs featuring soprano Dorothea Röschmann. (May 14, 15, 16 and 17)

Bernard Labadie (Music Director, Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec) Labadie conducts the CSO once again in a program including works by Rigel, Kraus and Beethoven, as well as Haydn’s Piano Concerto No. 11 in D Major, featuring fellow Canadian Marc-André Hamelin. (May 8, 9 and 10)

Susanna Mälkki (Music Director, Ensemble intercontemporain) Mälkki returns to the CSO for the first time since her debut to lead a varied program of 20th and 21st-century works, including Thomas Adès’ …but all shall be well and Debussy’s La mer. Leila Josefowicz is the soloist in Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major. (October 17, 19 and 22)

Nicholas McGegan (Music Director, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra) McGegan leads a program featuring a distinctive set of baroque operatic arias performed by mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux, mostly chosen from arias made popular by the famous 18th-century castrato Farinelli. Alongside these examples of vocal fireworks by Porpora, Hasse and Broschi, McGegan leads the CSO in Bach’s Sinfonia in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6, Handel’s Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 6, No. 1 and Haydn’s Symphony No. 100 in G Major (Military) on February 13 and 18. The Haydn symphony is also examined in a Beyond the Score presentation on February 14 and 16. (February 13, 14, 16 and 18)

Esa-Pekka Salonen (Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Philharmonia Orchestra) Salonen returns to the CSO for a two-week residency. The first week’s program includes the CSO’s first performances of Mead Composer-in-Residence Anna Clyne’s <<rewind<<, in addition to the Suite from Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin and Sibelius’ Four Legends from the Kalevala. (April 3, 4, 5 and 8) Salonen’s second week of subscription concerts includes performances of Janáček’s Overture to From the House of the Dead and Sinfonietta, Dvořák’s Violin Concerto with Christian Tetzlaff as soloist, and Salonen’s own work, Nyx, receives its first CSO performances. (April 10, 11, 12 and 13)

Leonard Slatkin (Music Director, Detroit Symphony Orchestra) Slatkin leads the CSO in an all-American program of Medea’s Dance of Vengeance by Barber, Symphony No. 6 by William Schuman, Gershwin’s An American in Paris and the first CSO performances of Mead Composer-in-Residence Mason Bates’ Violin Concerto with violinist Anne Akiko Meyers. (April 17, 18, 19 and 22)

Michael Tilson Thomas (Music Director, San Francisco Symphony; Artistic Director, New World Symphony) Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 on a program that opens with Stravinsky’s Elegy for J.F.K., performances of which mark the 50th anniversary of the President’s assassination. (November 21, 22, 23 and 24)

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Mitsuko Uchida (Co-Director, Marlboro Music Festival) Pianist Mitsuko Uchida returns for her annual appearances with the CSO as both a conductor and soloist. Her weeks of programming feature works by Mozart and, as part of the Schubert survey, a performance of his Piano Quintet in A Major (The Trout) featuring Uchida and CSO musicians. (March 13, 14, 15 and 18)

Jaap van Zweden (Music Director, Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Music Director, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra) Van Zweden returns to the CSO as curator of Truth to Power, which features four programs over three weeks of music by Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Britten. (May 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31, June 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8)

RETURNING GUEST ARTISTS

Guest artists returning to the CSO during the 2013/14 season include:

PIANO

Emanuel Ax (October 31, November 1, 2 and 3)

Kirill Gerstein (October 24, 25 and 26)

Richard Goode (April 24 and 26)

Marc-André Hamelin (May 8, 9 and 10)

Paul Lewis (May 1, 2 and 3)

Jorge Federico Osorio (December 12, 13, 14 and 17)

Mitsuko Uchida (March 20, 21 and 22)

ORGAN

Paul Jacobs (March 5, 6, 7 and 8)

FLUTE

Mathieu Dufour, principal, CSO (March 5, 6, 7 and 8)

OBOE

Eugene Izotov, principal, CSO (May 14, 15, 16 and 17)

BASSOON

David McGill, principal, CSO (June 12, 13, 14 and 17)

VIOLIN

Robert Chen, concertmaster, CSO (October 3, 5, 8, 11 and 12)

James Ehnes (December 5 and 7)

Leila Josefowicz (October 17, 19 and 22)

Christian Tetzlaff (April 10, 11, 12 and 13)

CELLO

Yo-Yo Ma, Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant (January 30, 31 and February 1)

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John Sharp, principal, CSO (March 26, 27, 28 and 29)

Alisa Weilerstein (May 29 and 30)

VOICE

Ildar Abdrazakov, bass (October 10)

Barbara Frittoli, soprano (September 18 and 21)

Matthias Goerne, baritone (November 14, 15 and 16)

Anna Malavasi, mezzo-soprano (September 28, October 1, 4 and 6)

Dorothea Röschmann, soprano (May 15, 16 and 17)

Mario Zeffiri, tenor (October 10)

CSO AT THE MOVIES

CSO at the Movies (formerly Friday Night at the Movies) offers a unique opportunity to hear live performances of great film scores played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and often includes feature films or film excerpts projected above the stage. This season, the legendary film composer and conductor John Williams returns to the podium and the CSO performs the score to a silent film classic by Charlie Chaplin. The third CSO at the Movies presentation will be announced at a later date.

John Williams and the CSO (November 10) Legendary composer John Williams and renowned violinist Gil Shaham join the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to perform Williams’ lush and virtuosic Violin Concerto. The work is paired with selections from some of the composer's most memorable film scores, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extra-terrestrial and Lincoln, a 2013 Academy Award nominee for which the CSO and Chorus recorded the original soundtrack. This presentation will also be seen on non-subscription special presentations on November 8 and 9.

Chaplin’s City Lights (March 21) April 16, 2014 marks the 125th anniversary of Charlie Chaplin’s birth, and CSO at the Movies salutes one of the giants of cinema with a presentation of City Lights. Considered one of the greatest accomplishments of Chaplin’s legendary career, City Lights tells the story of the Little Tramp’s romance with a blind flower girl. Conductor Richard Kaufman leads members of the CSO as they play Chaplin’s score to this classic silent film.

CHICAGO SYMPHONY CHORUS The Chicago Symphony Chorus, under the leadership of Chorus Director and Conductor Duain Wolfe, appears with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the batons of Riccardo Muti and Charles Dutoit during the 2013/14 season.

The Chorus joins Riccardo Muti and the CSO for the season-opening Concert for Chicago featuring the Act II finale from Verdi’s La forza del destino with soprano Barbara Frittoli and bass-baritone Ildebrando D’Arcangelo and “Va, pensiero” from Verdi’s Nabucco. Also on the program is Brahms’ Second Symphony. (September 18)

The Chorus is featured for the all-Verdi celebration at Symphony Ball as Riccardo Muti leads the CSO and Chorus with Barbara Frittoli and Ildebrando D’Arcangelo. The Chorus performs “Patria oppressa”

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from Macbeth; “Si redesti il leon di Castiglia” from Ernani; “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco; and the Act II finale from La forza del destino. Also on the program is the ballet music from Macbeth and the Overture to I vespri siciliani. (September 21)

As part of the CSO’s celebration of Verdi’s bicentennial, the Chorus joins Riccardo Muti and the CSO for a concert performance of Macbeth with baritone Dario Solari (Macbeth), soprano Tatiana Serjan (Lady Macbeth), bass Dmitry Belosselskiy (Banco), tenor Francesco Meli (Macduff), tenor Antonello Ceron (Malcolm), mezzo-soprano Anna Malavasi (Lady in Waiting) and bass Gianluca Buratto (Doctor). (September 28, October 1, 4 and 6)

Another feature in the Verdi celebration is a special performance of the Requiem with Maestro Muti and the CSO and Chorus with soprano Tatiana Serjan, mezzo-soprano Daniela Barcellona, tenor Mario Zeffiri and bass Ildar Abdrazakov. (October 10)

Conductor Charles Dutoit leads the CSO and Chorus in performances of Britten’s War Requiem as part of the celebration of Britten’s centennial. Performing as soloists are Russian soprano Tatiana Pavlovskaya, English tenor John Mark Ainsley and German baritone Matthias Goerne. Joining them is the Chicago Children’s Choir. (November 14, 15 and 16)

Led by Creative Director Duain Wolfe, Welcome Yule! is a beloved Chicago holiday tradition that celebrates its 19th year in 2013/14. This full-length musical production is a feast for eyes and ears, featuring the Chorus, members of the CSO, dancers, a children’s chorus, sing-alongs and appearances by beloved holiday characters. (December 14, 15, 20, 21, 22 and 23)

The Chorus is featured on the first CSO performances of Schubert’s Mass in A-flat Major, D. 678 and Ennio Morricone’s Voices from the Silence under the baton of Riccardo Muti. Also on the program is Schubert’s Overture in the Italian Style in C Major, D. 591, another piece receiving its first CSO performance. This program is part of Maestro Muti’s Schubert exploration in 2013/14. (February 6, 7 and 8)

RADIO The Chicago Symphony Orchestra continues its presence on the national airwaves with the CSO Radio Broadcast Series. The immensely popular weekly series is syndicated nationally to over 400 stations in 44 states and territories, reaching over 485,000 listeners each week nationwide via the WFMT Radio Network.

With lively and engaging content—designed to illustrate the stories inside the music and provide insight into programmatic themes of the CSO’s concert season—the series offers a new and distinctive approach to classical music radio. The broadcasts include recorded concert performances by the CSO; produced segments featuring interviews with musicians of the Orchestra, guest artists and composers; and explorations of the CSO’s rich catalog of commercial recordings as well as its illustrious history in Chicago. A strong online presence at cso.org/radio gives music lovers access not only to additional content (including full-length interviews and further commentary, program notes, and artist information), but also to streaming audio of the complete broadcasts following the initial air date. The CSO Radio Broadcast Series is heard locally in Chicago on 98.7 WFMT on Sunday afternoons at 1 p.m. For other cities, please check local listings.

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SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS Symphony Center Presents brings a diverse array of stellar ensembles and individuals from around the world to perform at Symphony Center, presenting unique, innovative and exciting programming across all of its series: Piano, Chamber Music, Jazz, Orchestra, MusicNOW and Special Concerts. In addition to its regular roster of offerings this season, SCP also hosts a special vocal series to complement the 2013/14 season’s Schubert focus, with four of today’s leading vocalists performing some of the composer’s greatest vocal works, including Winterreise, Die schöne Müllerin, Auf dem Strom and Der Hirt auf dem Felsen. Spanning both the SCP Piano and Chamber Music series, pianist Emanuel Ax leads an exploration of the music of Brahms paired with newly commissioned pieces by four of today’s top composers.

SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS SPOTLIGHT: SCHUBERT SONG SERIES

As a part of the overall Schubert focus in 2013/14 that crosses many of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s series, Symphony Center Presents is pleased to announce the addition of a three-recital vocal series that features some of Schubert’s most beloved compositions for voice performed by artists renowned for their interpretations of these masterpieces. Enhancing the intimacy of these special recitals, seating in Orchestra Hall will be limited, with reserved seats placed on the Armour Stage in order to bring the audience and artists as close as possible.

The series opens with one of the world’s foremost interpreters of Schubert, baritone Christian Gerhaher (making his Symphony Center recital debut), and his frequent recital partner, pianist Gerold Huber, performing Winterreise. Considered some of the most beautiful songs ever written, Schubert’s setting of 24 poems by Wilhelm Müller tells of a “winter journey” during which the lover, spurned by his unfaithful beloved, attempts to escape the memories of his heartbreak only to find greater despair. Gerhaher has recorded many of the Schubert lieder with Huber, including his 2006 recording of various Schubert songs, Abendbilder, which won the Gramophone Award for Vocal Solo. (December 4)

Both renowned as sensitive interpreters of Schubert, baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist and conductor Christoph Eschenbach, join forces for a performance of Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin. Fellow countrymen Goerne and Eschenbach have performed Schubert lieder together to great acclaim around the world and have recorded all three of the great song cycles for Harmonia Mundi. Balancing Schubert’s talent for writing poignant and beautiful melodies with his desire to write songs that had an epic emotional sweep, Die schöne Müllerin completely redefined the art song genre and was the first song cycle he wrote to the poems of Wilhelm Müller. The cycle tells the tale of a miller who falls in love and is ultimately rebuffed by the object of his affection. (January 19)

This special vocal series concludes with a duo recital from two of opera’s notable rising stars. Soprano Susanna Phillips—recipient of the Metropolitan Opera’s 2010 Beverly Sills Award—and bass-baritone Eric Owens—last heard at Symphony Center in Riccardo Muti and the CSO’s acclaimed performances of Verdi’s Otello in April 2011—headline a program of Schubert lieder that features two beloved songs with obbligato instruments. Phillips performs Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) with CSO Assistant Principal Clarinet John Bruce Yeh, which chronicles the journey from grief to the rebirth of spring. Owens performs Auf dem Strom (On the river) with CSO Associate Principal Horn Daniel Gingrich, which was written to honor the first anniversary of Beethoven’s death. (May 11)

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SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS SPOTLIGHT: EMANUEL AX BRAHMS PROJECT

Early in his career, violinist Joseph Joachim had taken as his motto Frei aber einsam (Free but lonely); inspired by the first three letters of this motto, his close friends and composers Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms and Albert Dietrich jointly composed the F–A–E Violin Sonata in 1853, which was dedicated to Joachim. Years later, Brahms declared himself to be Frei aber froh (Free but happy). His own F–A–F motto, in various forms, can be heard throughout his Third Symphony. With Brahms’ collaborative spirit and his F-A-F motto as a musical starting point, pianist Emanuel Ax has invited four of today’s most important composers—Nico Muhly, Anders Hillborg, Brett Dean and Missy Mazzoli—to write new compositions to be presented alongside some of Brahms’ most esteemed works: his Four Serious Songs, the two cello sonatas and the F-sharp Minor Piano Sonata. For this project—commissioned along with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cal Performances at UC Berkeley and Carnegie Hall—Symphony Center Presents offers these new compositions over three concerts (on the Piano and Chamber Music series), featuring Ax collaborating with mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and CSO Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma.

The project begins in January with a performance on the Symphony Center Presents Chamber Music series, pairing Ax with mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter performing Brahms’ Four Serious Songs, other songs and solo piano works by Brahms and a commission for mezzo-soprano and piano by young American composer Nico Muhly. Muhly studied composition under Christopher Rouse and John Corigliano at Juilliard and also worked with Phillip Glass as a MIDI programmer. His first full-length opera, Two Boys, was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera in 2011 for a world premiere in 2013/14, and he is also active as a composer for film, including writing the score for 2009 Academy Award Best Picture nominee The Reader. (January 26)

CSO Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma joins Ax for a chamber recital featuring Brahms’ two cello sonatas and a new piece for cello and piano by Anders Hillborg, one of Sweden’s leading contemporary composers whose varied interests include compositions for orchestral, choral and chamber ensembles, as well as pop music and music for films. His composition Exquisite Corpse had its first CSO performances in 2005. (February 21)

The Brahms project concludes with a solo recital by Emanuel Ax, on the Symphony Center Presents Piano series, which features Brahms’ Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel and his Second Piano Sonata, along with commissions by composers Brett Dean and Missy Mazzoli. A former member of the Berlin Philharmonic as a violist and the former artistic director of the Australian National Academy of Music, the multitalented Dean won the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his violin concerto, The Lost Art of Letter Writing. Brooklyn-based composer Mazzoli has won numerous awards, including four ASCAP Young Composer Awards, and she is also an active pianist. (May 18)

This project was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Cal Performances, UC Berkeley; Carnegie Hall and Symphony Center Presents, Chicago.

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SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS PIANO SERIES The 2013/14 Symphony Center Presents Piano series features 10 Sunday afternoon performances by 11 of the world’s leading pianists, a diverse group that includes established stars and young pianists making their recital debuts. Returning this season are some of the series’ most beloved performers: András Schiff, Evgeny Kissin, Mitsuko Uchida and Leif Ove Andsnes. Symphony Center favorite and curator of the 2011/12 Keys to the City Piano Festival Emanuel Ax returns to the series as part of his Brahms commission project. Other exciting pianists who are making their debuts on the SCP Piano series are Daniil Trifonov, Nikolai Lugansky, Jeremy Denk and the Labèque sisters.

American pianist Jeremy Denk opens the 2013/14 SCP Piano series after making his CSO debut and performing as part of the Keys to the City Piano Festival in the 2011/12 season. On this recital, Denk performs Bach’s masterful Goldberg Variations, which he has also recorded for release later in 2013 on Nonesuch. Denk is known for his thoughtful writings on music and other subjects, as read on his blog Think Denk as well as in essays for publications such as The New Yorker. (October 13)

Hungarian pianist András Schiff returns to Symphony Center for the second performance in his ambitious two-season Bach Project. After performing the complete Book 2 of the Well-Tempered Clavier, Schiff now turns his attention to Bach’s six partitas for keyboard (BWV 825 through 830), another monumental undertaking as part of his multi-season recital performances of Bach’s most difficult and influential keyboard works. (October 27)

Prodigiously talented young pianist Daniil Trifonov, just 22 years old, makes his Symphony Center recital debut after making a solo appearance at the 2011/12 Chicago Piano Day as part of the Keys to the City Piano Festival and his highly praised CSO debut in the 2012/13 season. Winner of both the 2011 Rubenstein and Tchaikovsky competitions, Trifonov’s program is highlighted by Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13—a set of 12 studies that are as technically demanding as they are lush and expressive. Also on the program are selections from Ravel’s Miroirs, Stravinsky’s Serenade in A Major and Schoenberg’s Three Piano Pieces, Op. 11. (February 9)

The greatly admired and enigmatic Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin makes his only Symphony Center appearance in the 2013/14 season on the SCP Piano series. Having won a Grammy Award in 2010 for Best Instrumental Soloist for his recording of Prokofiev’s Second and Third Piano concertos with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Kissin returns for an afternoon of his trademark intense and dynamic musicianship with a program featuring Schubert’s Gasteiner Sonata D. 850 as well as Scriabin’s Sonata No. 2 and selected etudes. (March 2)

A frequent visitor to Chicago, Mitsuko Uchida returns for a performance of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations. Frequently compared to Bach’s Goldberg Variations and considered one of the greatest piano works ever written, this set of 33 short pieces was inspired by a short theme written by Anton Diabelli, a publisher and composer who sent this theme with a request to write one variation to all the leading composers of the day. The nearly hour-long work transforms the simple waltz theme into a complex and expansive expression of Beethoven’s compositional style. (March 9)

Noted Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes performs an all-Beethoven program on the Symphony Center Presents Piano series. This program features the Appassionata Sonata, along with Sonata Nos. 11 and 30 and the Six Variations on an Original Theme in F Major, Op. 34. This recital is part of Andsnes’ ongoing multiseason project during which the pianist is making Beethoven’s music the centerpiece of his work as both performer and recording artist. His debut on Sony Classical, titled The Beethoven Journey, was released in September 2012 and features Beethoven’s First and Third Piano Concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. (March 16)

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After appearing with the CSO as part of the Keys to the City Piano Festival in November 2011, Katia and Marielle Labèque make their Symphony Center recital debut with a program featuring works for piano duo, including Bernstein’s Suite from West Side Story, arranged for two pianos and percussion by the musical's original orchestrator Irwin Kostal. Performing with some of the world’s top orchestras and conductors, the Labèques are vocal advocates for the duo piano repertory and are the subject of the recently released documentary The Labèque Way, directed by Felix Cabez and produced by Pedro Almódovar. (April 6)

A renowned interpreter of Rachmaninov, Nikolai Lugansky makes his Symphony Center recital debut with a program that connects to the 2013/14 Truth to Power focus by featuring Prokofiev’s brooding Piano Sonata No. 4, written in 1918 as a response to the suicide of the composer’s close friend Maximilian Schmidthof. The program also includes Rachmaninov’s Thirteen Preludes, Op. 32 and Franck’s Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for Piano. Lugansky made his CSO debut in April 2012, performing Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto with conductor Charles Dutoit. (May 4)

Pianist Emanuel Ax, curator of the Keys to the City Piano Festival in the 2011/12 season, returns for performances on both the Piano and Chamber Music series focused on the works of Johannes Brahms, paired with new commissions inspired by this repertoire. On this recital, Ax performs Brahms’ Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel and his Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp Minor, along with new pieces by Brett Dean and Missy Mazzoli. (May 18)

Versatile Russian pianist Vladimir Feltsman makes his first recital appearance at Symphony Center since 2009 with a program that connects to the Truth to Power focus on the CSO programs led by Jaap van Zweden during this same week. The recital includes Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 6 in A Major, the first of the composer’s three “war” sonatas that were written just before and during World War II. Feltsman’s most recent recording of the complete Chopin waltzes and impromptus was released in August 2012 on the Nimbus label. (June 1)

SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES Expanded to a six-concert series, the 2013/14 Symphony Center Presents Chamber Music series features recitals from classical superstars, as well as unique pairings and stirring ensemble performances. This year, the series includes a special two-concert focus on Brahms and new music, created by Emanuel Ax and featuring mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, the CSO’s Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant. The Australian Chamber Orchestra plays music from 20th-century giants Britten, Shostakovich and Prokofiev as a part of the 2013/14 Truth to Power focus, and the series is completed by recitals from violinist Joshua Bell, noted partners Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt, and frequent collaborators Pinchas Zukerman and Yefim Bronfman.

Violinist Christian Tetzlaff, known for his thoughtful as well as emotional interpretations of classic and contemporary repertoire, returns for a recital that marks his first Symphony Center performance since 2009. Along with pianist Lars Vogt—making his first appearance at Orchestra Hall since 2007—Tetzlaff performs a varied program of Mozart and Beethoven sonatas, along with Bartók’s First Violin Sonata and Webern’s Four Pieces, Op. 7. Tetzlaff and Vogt released a new recording of Mozart’s violin sonatas K. 454, 379 and 526 in October 2012. (November 17)

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Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter and pianist Emanuel Ax join forces for the first program in Ax’s ambitious Brahms project, which pairs some of Brahms’ most beloved compositions with new pieces by contemporary composers. In this concert, von Otter performs selected songs, including the Four Serious Songs, the composer’s last set of songs. Ax also performs solo piano works, and the program includes a new commission for voice and piano by young American composer Nico Muhly, who has studied and worked with such greats as Philip Glass, Christopher Rouse and John Corigliano. (January 26)

Last heard at Symphony Center in January 2012, violinist Joshua Bell returns for another recital performance. Among his many accolades, Bell recently won the Diapason d’or award from France’s Diapason magazine for his most recent recording French Impressions. (February 12)

CSO Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma makes his annual appearance on the SCP Chamber Music series, once again performing with his close musical partner Emanuel Ax as part of Ax’s Brahms project. Ma and Ax perform the two cello sonatas—Sonata No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 38 and Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99. The first was written when Brahms was quite young and is an homage to Bach, taking inspiration from The Art of the Fugue; the second was written after Brahms had composed all four of his symphonies and combines lyricism with a symphonic approach to the piano score. Also on the program is a new piece by Swedish composer Anders Hillborg. (February 21)

After making their acclaimed Symphony Center debut in the 2011/12 season, the Australian Chamber Orchestra returns for a concert that connects to this season’s Truth to Power theme, culminating in Jaap van Zweden’s three-week residency in May 2014. Led by Artistic Director and violinist Richard Tognetti, the ensemble’s program includes Shostakovich’s Octet, Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives Suite and Britten’s Frank Bridge Variations. Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen, who last appeared at Symphony Center in 2007, is the featured soloist for Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1. (March 23)

Two favorites of Chicago audiences and frequent Symphony Center guests, pianist Yefim Bronfman and violist-violinist Pinchas Zukerman, close out the 2013/14 SCP Chamber Music series with this recital. Close friends and collaborators, Zukerman and Bronfman present a varied program that includes Brahms’ Viola Sonata No. 1 and Schubert’s Violin Sonata in A Minor, D. 385. (April 2)

SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS ORCHESTRA SERIES

The Symphony Center Presents Orchestra series annually brings the world’s greatest orchestras to Chicago, giving patrons an opportunity to hear the unique sounds and repertoire from the best international ensembles. This season, three of the world’s best orchestras led by three of the world’s foremost conductors bring their unique sounds to Symphony Center with programs that showcase each orchestra at their absolute best.

Last heard at Symphony Center in 2010, the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra (formerly the Kirov Orchestra) returns with conductor Valery Gergiev, who has been associated with the company for more than 30 years and currently serves as artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theater. Celebrating his 60th birthday in 2013, Gergiev and the orchestra bring a program featuring Stravinsky’s three most celebrated ballets to Orchestra Hall. These three works were written by Stravinsky as part of his 20-year collaboration with Sergei Diaghelev, the founder of the Ballet Russes. This partnership was a crucial one for both parties’ artistic development and led to the creation of these three groundbreaking ballets: The Firebird, Petrushka and the revolutionary The Rite of Spring, which celebrates its centennial in 2013. (October 2)

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Celebrating his 25th season as artistic director and principal conductor, Yuri Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic return to the Symphony Center stage with an all-Russian program including Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2, which features some of the composer’s most famous melodies. Temirkanov also leads Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto with the exciting young violinist Vilde Frang, winner of the 2012 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award. The St. Petersburg Philharmonic is Russia’s oldest orchestra, and Temirkanov has been at its helm as artistic director and chief conductor since 1988. (February 23)

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra makes its first appearance at Symphony Center since 2004, performing a program that includes Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 in C Minor. Originally founded in 1936, the orchestra regularly tours the world and has enjoyed musical partnerships with many of the world’s leading conductors, including Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur and Riccardo Muti. Making his first appearance at Symphony Center since 2001 is legendary conductor Zubin Mehta, who became the Israel Philharmonic’s music director in 1977 and was subsequently named music director for life in 1981. (March 17)

SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS MUSICNOW

MusicNOW, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s nationally recognized and critically acclaimed new music series, offers innovative works by some of today’s most prominent composers and young artists. Curated by the CSO’s two Mead Composers-in-Residence Mason Bates and Anna Clyne and led by Principal Conductor Cliff Colnot, MusicNOW provides a rare opportunity to experience concerts completely dedicated to music by living composers. The series will feature works by today’s most promising composers on four Monday evenings at 7 p.m.: October 21, 2013; December 16, 2013; February 3, 2014; and May 5, 2014. Bates and Clyne work together to program music with a range of both influence and instrumentation—eclectic and gripping programs that take full advantage of the sound and lighting capabilities at the state-of-the-art Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park, which has hosted the series since 2005. They also seek to foster multimedia and multigenre collaborations with a variety of artists. Many of the composers whose works are presented on the MusicNOW series attend the concert, speak with the audience and engage concertgoers at receptions that follow each performance. The free postconcert receptions include complimentary food and drink. Complete programming details will be announced at a later date. MusicNOW receives leadership funding through a challenge grant from Irving Harris Foundation, Joan W. Harris. Generous major support is provided by Cindy Sargent and the Sally Mead Hands Foundation.

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SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS SPECIAL CONCERTS The 2013/14 Symphony Center Presents collection of Special Concerts features unique non-subscription presentations showcasing the finest in world music, jazz, folk, holiday concerts and family programs. Additional performances may be added to the lineup of Special Concerts throughout the season and will be announced as details are available.

Making their Symphony Center debut, the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club gives a blockbuster performance of Cuban jazz, featuring legendary Cuban singer and dancer Omara Portuondo. This ensemble, made up of members from one of Havana’s top music and dance clubs, originally rose to prominence in 1997 with their multiple Grammy Award-winning album and accompanying Wim Wenders’ documentary. Now on tour again after many years, this new incarnation of the ensemble is made up of familiar faces, as well as new members. (September 29)

An annual favorite at Symphony Center, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán presents another spectacular afternoon of joyful Mexican music. Founded in 1897 and based in Mexico City, it is the oldest and greatest of mariachis, with more than 50 recordings and appearances in over 200 feature films. Its versatile members present a diverse offering of traditional sones, modern works and everything in between. (October 20)

The Civic Orchestra of Chicago performs a chilling program of spooky music in the annual Hallowed Haunts family concert. Since 2002, Hallowed Haunts has thrilled music lovers of all ages with scary music, creepy costumes and tasty treats in a frightfully festooned Orchestra Hall. Doors open an hour and a half before the concert for young ghosts, goblins and ghouls to partake in fun Halloween games and arts-and-crafts activities. Hallowed Haunts is recommended for children ages 5 and up. (October 26)

An annual Thanksgiving-weekend delight, the Vienna Boys Choir returns to Chicago for a joyful performance to herald the start of the holiday season. Founded more than 500 years ago, the beloved choir has worked with such musical luminaries as Mozart, Gluck and Bruckner, and it once counted Franz Schubert as one of its singers. Today’s ensemble consists of choristers between the ages of 10 and 14 who tour throughout Europe, Asia and North America and perform more than 300 concerts in front of nearly half a million people each year. (November 30)

Chanticleer visits the Windy City for its annual holiday performances of A Chanticleer Christmas at Fourth Presbyterian Church, located along Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Based in San Francisco, the 12-voice male a cappella ensemble has developed a remarkable reputation as “an orchestra of voices,” and the group’s Christmas concert provides a pleasing and joyous variety of celebratory music spanning plainsong, Renaissance, liturgical, traditional, jazz, contemporary and gospel. Undeniably one of the world’s foremost vocal ensembles and a recipient of multiple Grammy Awards, Chanticleer was named 2008 Ensemble of the Year by Musical America, the first time a vocal group had been so recognized. (December 4 and 5)

The powerhouse members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass return to Symphony Center for their beloved winter recital. The CSO’s brass section has long been known for its matchless brilliance, mighty sound and spectacular power, contributing to the Orchestra’s legendary and distinctive “Chicago Sound.” This year’s program features traditional brass favorites as well as symphonic masterworks that have been arranged for brass ensemble with percussion. (December 19)

A superstar in her native Spain, singer Estrella Morente makes her Symphony Center debut performing flamenco and traditional Andalusian songs. Since beginning her career at age 7 singing

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with her father, flamenco singer Enrique Morente, she has become one of the leading flamenco singers, bringing a fresh perspective to an old tradition. She performed the title song in the Academy Award-nominated film Volver, starring Penélope Cruz and directed by Pedro Almódovar. Morente released Autorretrato—her first album in six years—in 2012. (March 4)

The month of March means the return of Chicago’s favorite Irish band, The Chieftains. Winners of six Grammy Awards and the official musical ambassadors of Ireland, The Chieftains with leader and founding member Paddy Moloney are credited with bringing traditional Celtic music to the world’s attention and establishing its international appeal. (March 7)

The internationally renowned Soweto Gospel Choir, winner of two Grammy Awards, brings an inspirational program that blends African gospel, Negro spirituals, reggae, and popular music to Symphony Center. Founded in 2002 and drawing members from the many churches in and around Soweto, South Africa, the choir combines earthy rhythms and rich harmonies in both a cappella numbers and songs backed by their four-piece band and percussion section. Their energetic dancing and colorful costumes make this concert a feast for the eyes and ears. (March 11)

Tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, considered a national treasure of India and one of the architects of the current world music movement, brings his Masters of Percussion back to Symphony Center for an evening of Indian classical and folk traditions. The New York Times has called Hussain “a living genius whose unadulterated performances of Indian music are among the most thrilling anywhere.” (April 4)

SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS JAZZ SERIES

Each season, Symphony Center Presents hosts one of the most comprehensive and widely heralded jazz series in the country. The complete 2013/14 Symphony Center Presents Jazz series—the 20th anniversary season lineup— will be announced later this year. The Symphony Center Presents Jazz series is sponsored by BMO Harris Bank.

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THE INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING, ACCESS AND TRAINING The Institute for Learning, Access and Training at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra seeks to create and sustain connections to music for individuals and communities by sharing the extraordinary musical resources of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, engaging over 200,000 people annually in Chicago and beyond through more than 20 programs. Created in 2008 as the umbrella for the CSO’s existing education and community engagement programs, the Institute is home to innovative programming for community members of all ages, seeking to inspire and transform lives through music. The work of the Institute for Learning, Access and Training deepens the robust relationships the CSO has maintained within the Chicago community for decades. Under the leadership of Music Director Riccardo Muti and Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma, the Institute’s 2013/14 plans focus on the growth of the Citizen Musician initiative, increased connection with the Chicago community and a continuing commitment to training the next generation of musicians.

CITIZEN MUSICIAN Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma is the catalyst behind Citizen Musician, a movement that calls on all musicians (professional, young and amateur), music lovers, music teachers and institutions to use the art form to bridge gulfs between people, to create community, and to sustain and enhance the role music plays in cultural and civic life. Officially launched in the 2010/11 season, the principles of Citizen Musician continue to influence all of the Institute’s community-based programs and initiatives, both here in Chicago and as the CSO travels to and connects with communities abroad. As part of ongoing Citizen Musician activities, Maestro Muti continues his dedicated work at a Chicago-area youth detention center, while members of the CSO perform regularly at organizations across Chicago. Leadership support for the CSO’s Citizen Musician activities is provided by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation and The Negaunee Foundation. Detailed Citizen Musician plans for the 2013/14 season will be announced at a later date.

EDUCATION AND FAMILY CONCERTS The 2013/14 season continues the popular CSO Family Matinee series for families with children ages 5–9 and presents the third season of the Once Upon a Symphony series for families with children ages 3–5. This season’s Family Matinee series is designed to introduce children to great works of orchestral literature, igniting the imagination of young patrons through some of the most dynamic, exciting and enduring works of music that they will encounter at concerts for the rest of their lives.

Mother Goose & More Members of the CSO and conductor Alastair Willis bring classic children’s stories and songs to life in this program, including scenes from Ravel’s picturesque Mother Goose Suite, as well as exciting folk songs and lullabies. The program explores how stories and artists inspire one another and the way music can create and stir memories. (November 16)

Alien Invasion: Orchestra from Planet X Conductor Cristian Macelaru and members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra take the audience on a journey to answer the question of what happens when musical worlds collide. Joined by Magic Circle Mime Company and special “extra-terrestrial” guests, the program brings important musical concepts to life in a sci-fi thriller featuring a program of works by American composers. (February 8)

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Adventures with Aladdin Returning conductor Edwin Outwater leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the audience on an adventurous musical voyage to encounter beautiful princesses, wicked kings and magical genies. Featuring selections from Rimsky-Korsakov’s dazzling Sheherazade, inspired by Arabian Nights, this concert will whisk you away to the far-off lands of these enchanting Middle Eastern tales. (May 10)

The Institute’s Very Special Promenades program also offers two performances of each of the Family Matinee series programs specifically for student groups in grades K–3 on the Friday preceding the Family Matinee series concerts. Finally, the CSO Youth Concerts for students in grades 4–8 are offered in the 2013/14 season with two concerts each on May 6, 7 and 8, consisting of age-appropriate orchestral explorations, including a performance by the winner of the 2013 Crain-Maling Foundation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Auditions. During 2013/14, the Institute presents two unique Once Upon a Symphony programs, with three weeks of concerts for each. These performances, featuring a small ensemble of CSO musicians, are designed especially for 3–5-year-old children with age-appropriate music, storytelling, video projections, activities, sets and costumes that give young children a fun introduction to classical music and encourage them to explore music making at home. Performances in the 2013/14 season will occur in October, November, March and April. Programming will be announced at a later date. Once Upon a Symphony programs are presented on Saturdays for families with 3–5 year-old children and on corresponding Fridays and Mondays for preschool, daycare and Head Start audiences.

CIVIC ORCHESTRA AND TRAINING PROGRAMS The Civic Orchestra of Chicago—the preprofessional training orchestra founded by CSO Music Director Frederick Stock in 1919—offers a full roster of free programs at Symphony Center, as well as concerts in community venues around Chicago. Celebrating its 95th season in 2013/14, the Civic Orchestra will present a hearty menu of bold and imaginative programs under Principal Conductor Cliff Colnot and a number of distinguished guest conductors whose artistic leadership will challenge the young musicians to grow as exceptional orchestral players. The roster of conductors and programs will be announced at a later date. The Civic Orchestra will continue to bring music to various neighborhoods in Chicago through its MusiCorps program. The full Civic Orchestra will offer at least one full orchestra concert in a community location, and ensembles of Civic musicians will present free interactive chamber music performances at Chicago Park District sites around the city. In addition to expanding the young musicians’ ability to communicate with the concert audience, an important element of the Civic Orchestra’s training experience is cultivating “citizen musicianship,” the ability to respond to the needs of our community and succeed in the rapidly evolving world of music in the 21st century. In the 2013/14 season, Civic musicians will continue their work with Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma, experimenting with new ideas, building leadership skills and collaborating with one another in innovative ways to further their individual and collective creativity. The Crain-Maling CSO Youth Auditions are held annually for young musicians between the ages of 14 and 17 who are residents of Illinois, in order to choose one outstanding soloist to perform with the CSO. The auditions also make additional awards of scholarships to music camps to select participants. A three-year rotation schedule determines the eligible instruments for each competition: Strings, Piano, and Woodwinds/Brass/Percussion. Auditions in the 2014/15 season will be open to string instrumentalists. In its 18th season, the Percussion Scholarship Program offers intensive, individual, weekly and year-round percussion instruction for young musicians on a full scholarship basis. Participating students—all Chicago residents in grades 4 through 12—are selected for the group through a rigorous application and personal interview process, through which 5–10 new students are identified annually. The Percussion Scholarship Program offers two major recitals at Symphony Center each season, in December and in May.

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INTERNATIONAL CSO SIR GEORG SOLTI CONDUCTING APPRENTICESHIP The Second International CSO Sir Georg Solti Conducting Apprenticeship will begin in the 2013/14 season. A competitive audition process will take place in the spring of 2013, during which one winning candidate will be selected by an international jury chaired by Music Director Riccardo Muti. Maestro Muti and renowned mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne join the distinguished panel of judges for the final round, where candidates conduct the Civic Orchestra in Chicago. As the CSO’s Conducting Fellow, the winning candidate will have invaluable access to observe and study with Maestro Muti and key guest conductors of the CSO through the 2014/15 season. The Apprenticeship includes an annual $20,000 cash award and travel as well as lodging expenses of up to $10,000 each year to help support apprenticeship activities, provided by a generous grant from the Claire Rosen & Samuel Edes Foundation.

PROGRAMMING AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR SCHOOLS As a part of his work with the Institute, Yo-Yo Ma is passionately devoted to working toward significant change in public education so that every child has access to an education that prepares him or her to be part of both an innovative, creative workforce and an enlightened citizenry. Further, active participation in the arts generally and in music making specifically, plays a critical role in students’ perseverance and success in school. These principles guide the Institute’s ongoing and developing work with public schools, including the Orchestra Explorers school curriculum and the Music Activity Partnership program, which serves select Chicago Public Schools over a three-year period, and coordinated work with the Chicago Public Schools to support the implementation of a new Arts Education Plan. The Orchestra Explorers curriculum includes interdisciplinary lesson plans and a recording of music performed by the CSO. It is designed for K–3 classroom teachers who do not have a background in classical music, providing free materials to teachers and arts specialists across the Chicago metropolitan area, and at a modest price outside that region. The materials also support the CSO’s education concerts, so students can connect what they have experienced in their classrooms with the thrill of hearing the Orchestra live at Symphony Center. The Institute provides a series of teacher workshops—both at Symphony Center and at school sites across Chicago—that support teachers’ successful use of the curriculum in their classroom. To date, Orchestra Explorers materials have been distributed to more than 60,000 students.

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SUBSCRIPTION AND TICKET INFORMATION Subscription materials for the 2013/14 season of Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Center Presents concerts will be available on February 6, 2013, offering savings of up to 44 percent off regular single ticket prices on a wide variety of concert packages, with three to 10 concerts each. Subscribers also receive reduced prices on additional tickets when purchased by August 16, 2013, plus ticket exchange options and other valued benefits, including priority service, discounts on Symphony Center merchandise and at tesori restaurant, and subscriber-only prepaid parking. Box seat and 10-concert subscribers also receive unlimited free ticket exchange privileges throughout the season. Tickets for Special Concerts are currently available for purchase only with subscriptions. Subscriptions may be purchased or renewed by any of five methods: online, by phone, by fax, by mail, or in person at the box office. The CSO provides an easy payment plan option for subscribers: subscription purchases made by credit card by April 5, 2013 are eligible for the payment plan and will be automatically charged in two, three, or four monthly installments. For more information, please call CSO ticketing services at 312-294-3000 or 800-223-7114, Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; or visit the CSO’s website at cso.org. Groups of 10 or more who are interested in subscribing to the 2013/14 season should call Symphony Center’s Group Sales Department at 312-294-3040. Patrons can also visit cso.org to order tickets and parking, find out about upcoming events, make reservations at nearby restaurants, view and listen to video and audio about the performers, purchase CSO merchandise, and make donations. Symphony Center, home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, is located at 220 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. CSO Tuesday series concerts are sponsored by United Airlines.

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