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Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Muti Conducts Strauss, Hindemith & Dvořák 9
Overview
Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti returns with an all-time orchestral favorite: Dvořák’s New World Symphony. Its glorious melodies capture the folk songs and spirituals the composer heard in America, dosed with a heartfelt longing for his Czech homeland. Composed in 1939, Hindemith’s majestic Mathis der Maler portrays an eminent Renaissance artist’s struggles against political repression.
Program
Johann Strauss, Jr. Overture to The Gypsy Baron
Hindemith Symphony, Mathis der Maler
Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
Performers
Riccardo Muti, Conductor, Music Director Emeritus for Life
