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The latest program by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra honors Robert Chen, the orchestra’s invaluable concertmaster and masterful violinist. It also features a glimpse of a rarely revived opera.
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Friday was, in many ways, an ordinary night at Ravinia Park for the CSO’s season-opening concert. But a whole lot can change in a year. And sometimes less than that.
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Until Thursday, it had been nearly 90 years after Florence B. Price became the first Black woman to have a symphonic work performed by a major orchestra: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, her hometown ensemble.
Thu Dec 17, 2020 at 11:10 am By John von Rhein Chicago Symphony Orchestra members perform Dvořák’s Wind Serenade in Episode 9 of CSO Sessions. Photo: Todd Rosenberg Ten months into the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, in company with several other top-tier U.S. ensembles, is refusing to sing the lockdown blues. October 1 brought the debut of CSO Sessions, a set of hour-long chamber music concerts performed by members of the orchestra and filmed onstage the previous month at Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center. Available on demand at the organization’s website ( cso.org/cso...