Wednesday, March 14, 2012

CSO features all-Russian performance

It's possible to find some non-Christmas music and performanceart on Chicago's stages this weekend.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will play an all-Russian programwith co-concertmaster Samuel Magad as soloist in the ShostakovichViolin Concerto No. 2. Neeme Jarvi, a native Estonian who emigratedto the United States in 1980, also will conduct the Symphonic Suitefrom Glazounov's "From the Middle Ages," Op. 79, and the ProkofievSymphony No. 4.

Tickets are $12 to $38; call 435-8111.

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