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Classical concerts featuring
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Quick overview of musician Chicago Symphony Orchestra by associated keywords

CitiesFrequently performs in

Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Amsterdam
2
Hamburg
Germany
Hamburg
2

ProgramFrequently performs

Gustav Mahler
Works by
Gustav Mahler
4

MusiciansFrequently collaborate with

Musician
Jaap van Zweden
4

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Upcoming Concerts

Concerts featuring Chicago Symphony Orchestra in season 2024/25 or later

May 14, 2025
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Mahler Festival: Jaap van Zweden & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mahler's Symphony No. 6

Wed, May 14, 2025, 20:15
Het Concertgebouw, Main Hall (Amsterdam)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden (Conductor)
Conductor Jaap van Zweden has a long and close relationship with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Not long ago, they performed Mahler's Sixth Symphony together. Powerful, overwhelming and majestic, several US newspapers wrote about it. In this symphony, the 'Tragic', Mahler, among other things, takes a walk to the summits of the mountains. Where it gets quieter and quieter, until you only hear the cowbells, somewhere far below.In his Sixth Symphony, Mahler unpacks to the max when it comes to timbres. He prescribed 'lots' of harps, all kinds of percussion and - if possible - multiple celestas. The giant Chicago Symphony Orchestra takes a tour full of highs and lows. Blissful vistas and utter despair alternate. In the first movement, Mahler incorporated a theme that was supposed to depict his wife Alma. 'I don't know if I have succeeded, but you will have to make do with it.' Alma was deeply touched: 'None of his works came as directly from the bottom of his heart as this symphony.'
Info & Ticket (www.concertgebouw.nl)
May 15, 2025
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Mahler Festival: Jaap van Zweden & Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Mahler's Symphony No. 7

Thu, May 15, 2025, 20:15
Het Concertgebouw, Main Hall (Amsterdam)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden (Conductor)
Conductor Jaap van Zweden has a long and close relationship with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. During the Mahler Festival, they will perform the Sixth (yesterday) and Seventh Symphony (today). The latter is 'the most difficult Mahler for both the orchestra, the conductor and the audience,' Van Zweden told de Volkskrant. 'The whole symphony sits between dream and reality.''Predominantly joyful in character', Mahler himself described his Seventh Symphony. This is contrasted by an opposite nickname of the piece: 'Lied der Nacht'. Of the five movements, two are so-called 'night music'. While many sleep, others lie restlessly awake, listening to animals active in the dark, to the marching pace of the bloodstream. The contrasting piece of music is right up Van Zweden's alley. He serves it up as a 'subtle sampling of colours', wrote NRC.
Info & Ticket (www.concertgebouw.nl)
May 17, 2025
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden

Sat, May 17, 2025, 20:00
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden (Conductor)
World-class finale: under the theme of »Zukunft« (Future), the Hamburg International Music Festival brings together the global players of classical music to conclude the season with exciting programmes. Included here is one of the most long-standing and prestigious orchestras in the USA: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Led by star conductor Jaap van Zweden, they fill the Elbphilharmonie Grand Hall with the visionary music of Gustav Mahler. Only a few composers have bestowed as many futuristic aspects to orchestral music as Mahler. A sought-after conductor with an international career himself, when composing, he intimately knew about the limits of the orchestra and could exhaust and repeatedly push them. In his magnificent and sombre Symphony No. 6, the most obvious sign of Mahler’s gift for innovation is a novel percussion effect: the famous hammer blow, which conjures up the apocalypse in the tragic final movement and thereby became the symbol of this entire work. This is, however, somewhat curtailed because the rest of the symphony is no less emotional, stirring and brilliant. A huge work of fiction in notes, captivating from the first to the last second!
Info & Ticket (www.elbphilharmonie.de)
May 18, 2025
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Jaap van Zweden

Sun, May 18, 2025, 20:00
Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal (Hamburg)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden (Conductor)
It has been an incredible 40 years since the Chicago Symphony Orchestra last performed in a ProArte concert. It is therefore high time to present America’s finest orchestra, one of the most traditional orchestras in the USA, to the ProArte audience at the Elbphilharmonie. As proven Mahler specialists, the musicians from Chicago make a substantial contribution to our season focus: according to Jaap van Zweden, Mahler’s 7th Symphony lies »exactly on the border between dream and reality« and is therefore one of the most demanding works – for conductor and orchestra alike. The path leads through night to light of the jubilant finale of the symphony, which the busy court opera director Mahler once again put to paper in his summer retreat on Lake Wörthersee. »At the first stroke of the oar, the theme [...] of the introduction to the first movement came to mind.«
Info & Ticket (www.elbphilharmonie.de)