Music Director Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave a stirring performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 to conclude the first program of the 2021/22 season. In his remarks to open the evening, Muti lauded the heroism of musicians whose voices were once again allowed to ring out after falling silent during the pandemic — a message that resonated in the Orchestra’s triumphant delivery of the Eroica Symphony.
Recorded September 25, 2021
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s season-opening concert led by Music Director Riccardo featured Florence Price’s Andante moderato, an orchestral adaptation of a movement from her String Quartet in G Major. Price, who spent the majority of her career in Chicago, became the first African American w...
After more than 19 months apart, Music Director Riccardo Muti reunited with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in September for a triumphant celebration at Symphony Center to mark the start of the CSO’s 2021/22 season. Their program opened with a work by 18th-century Black composer Joseph Bologne, th...
