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Leading CSO toward finale of Schubert cycle, Muti imparts mastery of Viennese tradition

Jun 12, 2014 – 11:10 am
Riccardo Muti listens to the Chicago Symphony as he conducts Schubert's Ninth Symphony, March 2014. (Todd Rosenberg)

Interview: Conductor Riccardo Muti’s final two weeks of the season with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra also bring the consummation of his season-long cycle of Schubert’s symphonies. From his perspective “in the middle of the river,” as Muti puts the ongoing project, the CSO is absorbing the style and finesse of his reference ensemble: the Vienna Philharmonic.