Chicago Symphony (Cover Conductor CSO Conducting apprenticeship)

Opening with the most famous four notes in all of classical music, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony is a staggering masterwork that became a symphonic blueprint for all subsequent composers. Riccardo Muti leads a program that also features the composer’s buoyant, humorous Second Symphony and a world premiere concerto performed by CSO Bass Clarinet J. Lawrie Bloom.

Thursday, February 20, 2020 8:00 PM

PROGRAM Beethoven Symphony No. 2 Bacri Ophelia’s Tears [World Premiere, Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra through the generous support of Helen Zell] Beethoven Symphony No. 5

PERFORMERS Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti conductor J. Lawrie Bloom bass clarinet