Events
Muti, Montgomery & Rachmaninov 2 (Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs Transfigure to Grace)
- featured work:
- Transfigure to Grace
- presenter:
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- cso.org
- venue:
- Chicago Symphony Center
- 220 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL + Google Map
- event category:
- Performances
Overview
Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony marked a personal comeback after a debilitating crisis of confidence. In the spring of 2023, a century and a half after the composer’s birth, Riccardo Muti conducts this sumptuous score, along with the world premiere of Transfigure to Grace by Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery, who writes with “a Technicolor brilliance and harmonic plushness perfect for the CSO’s own heart-on-its-sleeve proclivities” (Chicago Tribune).
Explore the music in the free preconcert conversation featuring Laura Sauer-Shah in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The conversation will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets are needed.
Program
Wagner
Overture to Tannhäuser
Montgomery
Transfigure to Grace [World Premiere, CSO Commission]
Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2