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Muti leads CSO, pianist Gerstein in eloquent Brahms and chamber-scaled rarity by Strauss

Nov 19, 2017 – 12:22 pm
11/16/17 10:44:13 PM Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti, Conductor Kirill Gerstei, piano Puccini Preludio sinfonico R. Strauss Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 ©Todd Rosenberg Photography

Review: Any deeply satisfying concerto performance bespeaks a close collaboration between soloist and conductor, yet even by that measure the majestic and probing Brahms First Piano Concerto delivered by Kirill Gerstein with Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Nov. 17 was a rare, one might say time-stopping, experience.

Lyric Opera’s zany ‘Ariadne auf Naxos’ is model Strauss with dash of Marx Brothers

Nov 24, 2011 – 1:17 pm
Ariadne2-Lyric-Opera-Chicago-Feature-Image-2a-c-Dan-Rest

Lovable but seriously bizarre. 4 stars!