CSO

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Erin Morley, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Sir Thomas Allen, narrator
The Girls of Anima
Emily Ellsworth, artistic director

Ravel - Alborada del gracioso
Ravel - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night’s Dream (complete Incidental music)

Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink launches his fall residency with a delightful program of Ravel works, including the Piano Concerto for the Left Hand with esteemed artist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. He also conducts the CSO’s first performances of Mendelssohn’s complete incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with extracts from Shakespeare’s fantastical play edited by Ara Guzelimian.