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Muti and CSO open with calm Mendelssohn, suppressed cry of pain from Shostakovich

Sep 21, 2019 – 2:19 pm
9/19/19 8:13:20 PM -- Chicago, IL USA Chicago Symphony Orchestra Riccardo Muti, Conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano Mendelssohn Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture Grieg Piano Concerto Scriabin Rêverie Shostakovich Symphony No. 6 © Todd Rosenberg Photography 2019

Review: Riccardo Muti launched the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s new season with a fresh revival of Shostakovich’s dark Stalin-era Sixth Symphony, which seemed relevant and contemporary under his command. Then Grieg’s Piano Concerto sparkled anew with Leif Ove Andsnes’ light keyboard touch.

Mozart and Beethoven shine in hands of CSO; dust sticks to erstwhile premiere from archives

Oct 3, 2015 – 8:11 am
Riccardo Muti conducts Beethoven

Review: What was good was very good in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s concert with music director Riccardo Muti on Oct. 1 at Orchestra Hall. Then came the program’s bizarre second half, which recalled the previous week’s fare and left one wondering just how weird – and musically marginal – the CSO’s 125th anniversary season will turn out to be.