Paavo in Chi-Town

Well, The Maestro must have arrived in the Windy City with quite a bang if these storm reports are to be believed! ;-) Paavo is guest conducting that other CSO -- the Chicago Symphony Orchestra -- this Thursday, October 5, Friday, October 6, and Saturday, October 7 at 8 pm in Symphony Hall.

Acclaimed baritone Matthias Goerne stars in Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn, a beautiful collection of German folk songs. Also on the program is Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony, penned in 1953 following the death of Joseph Stalin, an intensely personal and defiant work with moments of both utter desolation and outright optimism.

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