The Chicago Symphony presents Mahler's 9th, Thu 5/22 @ 8pm

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Published May 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM EDT

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has recorded Mahler’s Ninth Symphony on three occasions — under Carlo Maria Giulini in April 1976, Sir Georg Solti in May 1982 and Pierre Boulez in December 1995 — and each release was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance

5/1 R. Strauss: Excerpt from Don Juan Zinovjev: Batteria Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 Vasks: Gramata cellam: II. Dolcissimo Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (Sol Gabetta, c; Fritz Reiner and Klaus Mäkelä, cond)

5/8 Corigliano: Tournaments Overture Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela No. 2 from Four Legends from the Kalevela López: Aino Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (Sir Georg Solti and Klaus Mäkelä, cond)
5/15 Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde (Christian Thielemann and Daniel Barenboim, cond)

5/22 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Carlo Maria Giulini, cond)

5/29 Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection (Miah Persson, s; Christianne Stotijin, ms; Duain Wolfe, dir; Pierre Boulez and Bernard Haitink, cond)