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10 A three-week festival celebrating French operatic and symphonic landmarks, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen Reveries and Passions May 2015 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ESA-PEKKA SALONEN conductor — MAY 7–9 and 15 RAVEL L’enfant et les sortilèges Series: Thursday C and E, Friday B and D, Saturday D MAY 14, 16 and 19 DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande Series: Thursday B and H, Saturday B and H, Tuesday B MAY 21–23 MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie Series: Thursday A and F, Friday A, Saturday A and E Cast led by: Chloé Briot soprano (Child) Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe chorus director Ravel Mother Goose Suite Debussy La damoiselle élue Ravel L’enfant et les sortilèges Ravel’s lyrical fantasy L’enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and Magic Spells) tells the story of a child learning compassion from objects and animals that come to life around him. The work’s phantasmagorical whimsy climaxes with an extended duet for “meowing cats” that enchants and mesmerizes. See the Season Highlight on page 21 for more information about this program. Stéphane Degout baritone (Pelléas) Christine Rice mezzo-soprano (Mélisande) Eric Owens bass-baritone (Golaud) Willard White bass-baritone (Arkel) Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano (Geneviève) Chloé Briot soprano (Yniold) When Debussy attended the fi rst performance of Maeterlinck’s play Pelléas et Mélisande in 1893, he was as intrigued by its elusive love story as he was spellbound by its profound humanity. He went on to compose an opera that captured and, ultimately, surpassed the play’s poetry by enriching all its magic, mystery and gossamer delicacy with his own diaphanous scoring. Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major Messiaen Turangalîla-symphonie Messiaen’s Turangalîlasymphonie is an ambitious statement about sensual love inspired by the legend of Tristan and Isolde. Saturated with orchestral color, this vibrant work incorporates Indian ragas and the exotic sound of the Indonesian gamelan in its irrepressible, joyous music.
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | RICCARDO MUTI Music Director | 312-294-3000 | <strong>CSO</strong>.ORG 11 M aestro Esa-Pekka Salonen returns to Chicago to conduct a collection of French masterpieces that brim with restive longing and improbable midnight enchantments. Weaving stories about the many facets of human love—forbidden, elusive, passionate, exuberant, motherly and comforting—these sumptuous gems will dazzle and delight. Esa-Pekka Salonen Photos top to bottom: Stéphane Degout, Chloé Briot, Willard White, Jean-Yves Thibaudet Refl ection, Odilon Redon, c. 1900
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