Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Program
Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C, K551
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben


“Sweeping energy and clarion brilliance” The New York Times

With an international conducting career spanning more than five decades, Bernard Haitink is one of the world’s most celebrated conductors. He has made frequent guest appearances with both the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestras and has led many of the world’s top orchestras, including 25 years as Principal Conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. His immense catalogue of recordings include the complete symphonies of Mahler, Bruckner, Brahms and Schumann.

One of the best orchestras in the world, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is distinguished by its unique tone colour and artistry. Since the era of legendary Fritz Reiner and Georg Solti, the orchestra has amassed more than 900 recordings and earned 58 Grammy awards – more than any other orchestra in the world. In 2006, Haitink was appointed Principal Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, marking the “ beginning of an historic musical era for the orchestra . . . With Haitink and the CSO, a great musical partnership has been born” (Chicago Tribune).

Haitink and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra promise two exciting evenings of monumental canon. On the first evening, Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony is followed by Strauss’s autobiographical Ein Heldenleben. On the second evening, the spotlight falls entirely on Mahler’s Symphony No. 6.