June 24, 2022 – April 24, 2022
Jun 2022
Riccardo Muti Conducts Verdi Un ballo in maschera - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
History supplied Verdi with the subject matter for this gripping drama. It is based on the true story of King Gustav III of Sweden, who was assassinated during a masked ball in 1792. Combining political intrigue, a love triangle and a fortune teller’s mysterious prophecy, the opera also contains radiant choral writing and richly scored dance music. Riccardo Muti leads a concert performance featuring a spectacular cast of international singers and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Francesco Meli tenor (Riccardo)
Joyce El-Khoury soprano (Amelia)
Luca Salsi baritone (Renato)
Yulia Matochkina mezzo-soprano (Ulrica)
Damiana Mizzi soprano (Oscar)
Alfred Walker bass-baritone (Samuel)
Ryan Speedo Green bass-baritone (Tom)
Ricardo José Rivera baritone (Silvano)
Lunga Eric Hallam tenor (A Judge)
Martin Luther Clark tenor (A Servant to Amelia)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Donald Palumbo guest chorus director
Jun 2022
Solemn High Mass for Holy Trinity
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Trinitatismesse, K. 167
Charles Wood (1866-1926) Father, all-holy (1912)
Everett Titcomb (1884-1968) Let Us Bless the God of Heaven
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Festival Te Deum
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum
Jun 2022
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
In Daphnis and Chloe, Ravel uses ravishing orchestral colors and a wordless chorus to depict this pastoral romance. Salonen finds inspiration in the epic struggles of the twin half-brothers Castor and Pollux, depicted in his two-piece orchestral composition, Gemini. Opening the program is Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, a refreshing blend of traditional harmony and contrasting dissonance inspired by Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 77, No. 2.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill chorus director
Jun 2022
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
In Daphnis and Chloe, Ravel uses ravishing orchestral colors and a wordless chorus to depict this pastoral romance. Salonen finds inspiration in the epic struggles of the twin half-brothers Castor and Pollux, depicted in his two-piece orchestral composition, Gemini. Opening the program is Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, a refreshing blend of traditional harmony and contrasting dissonance inspired by Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 77, No. 2.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill chorus director
Jun 2022
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra • Chicago
In Daphnis and Chloe, Ravel uses ravishing orchestral colors and a wordless chorus to depict this pastoral romance. Salonen finds inspiration in the epic struggles of the twin half-brothers Castor and Pollux, depicted in his two-piece orchestral composition, Gemini. Opening the program is Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, a refreshing blend of traditional harmony and contrasting dissonance inspired by Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 77, No. 2.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill chorus director
May 2022
Solemn High Mass for the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
Church of the Ascension • Chicago
Ruth Watson Henderson (b. 1932) Missa brevis (1976)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Coelos ascendit hodie
William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Psallite Domino
The Gregorian Chant Propers from Graduale Romanum