4 June 2022
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé - Chorus Assistant Conductor
Time
8:00 PM
Venue
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Center, 220 S Michigan Ave
Chicago IL
Program
In Daphnis and Chloe, Ravel uses ravishing orchestral colors and a wordless chorus to depict this pastoral romance. Salonen finds inspiration in the epic struggles of the twin half-brothers Castor and Pollux, depicted in his two-piece orchestral composition, Gemini. Opening the program is Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte, a refreshing blend of traditional harmony and contrasting dissonance inspired by Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 77, No. 2.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill chorus director