The masterful skill of CSO musicians is on display in works as challenging to perform as they were to compose. Mozart quickly rewrote his serenade for six woodwinds to add a pair of oboes in a campaign to win a position in the Vienna Court. Tchaikovsky spent years trying to balance six virtuosic parts in his popular work for string ensemble.
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MOZART Serenade No. 11 for Winds in E-flat Major
TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de Florence
SPONSORS
Sponsorship support for CSO Sessions is generously provided by the Zell Family Foundation; an anonymous donor; Kenneth C. Griffin Charitable Fund; JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation; the Julian Family Foundation, in honor of Cristina Rocca; Cynthia M. Sargent; Megan and Steve Shebik; Betty W. Smykal; TAWANI Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; ITW, and PNC.
The debut of a new concert series takes viewers on a musical journey to three continents with works by Gershwin, Nielsen, Piazzolla and more. For musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, this lively chamber concert represents a welcome homecoming to the Orchestra Hall stage.
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