Organization

Conductor

Carlos Miguel Prieto

Instrumentalist

Cellist

Yo-Yo Ma

Cello

Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Yo-Yo Ma with the CSO

Chicago

United States

Symphony Center Chicago

Orchestra Hall

Public

Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85

Symphony No. 4

Anna-Maria Gkouni

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In a career spanning four decades, internationally revered cellist Yo-Yo Ma has dazzled the world as both a musician and a champion for culture’s impact on humanity. For one night only, he joins the CSO, conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto, for an evening of transformative music. Ma brings his “warm, singing tone” (Boston Classical Review) to Elgar’s Cello Concerto, a lament for a lost world in the aftermath of the Great War. Elgar’s elegiac work is juxtaposed with Tchaikovsky’s explosive Fourth Symphony, an exploration of the importance of joy, hope and optimism in the face of adversity.

Ticket holders are invited to a free preconcert conversation featuring Laura Prichard in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The conversation will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets required.

English

Yo-Yo Ma with the CSO by Elgar, Tchaikovsky, P. I., From (2023/2023), Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto, Symphony Center Chicago, Chicago, United States

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