June 13, 2019
8:00PM
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Riccardo Muti leads Gershwin’s cinematic An American in Paris and two piccolo concertos featuring the CSO’s own Jennifer Gunn. Also on the program is the world premiere of a bass trombone concerto by James Stephenson, a composer of “straightforward, unabashedly beautiful sounds” (The Boston Herald), featuring Charles Vernon of the world-famous Chicago Symphony Orchestra brass.
Riccardo Muti leads Gershwin’s cinematic An American in Paris and two piccolo concertos featuring the CSO’s own Jennifer Gunn. Also on the program is the world premiere of a bass trombone concerto by James Stephenson, a composer of “straightforward, unabashedly beautiful sounds” (The Boston Herald), featuring Charles Vernon of the world-famous Chicago Symphony Orchestra brass.
Chicago Symphony Center
220 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60604
312-294-3000
Program
Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV 444
Benshoof Concerto in Three Movements
Beethoven Symphony No. 2
Stephenson Bass Trombone Concerto [World Premiere, CSO Commission]
Gershwin An American in Paris
Performers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti conductor
Charles Vernon bass trombone
Jennifer Gunn piccolo
