Name: Jurassic Park and John Williams by Middle D, Inc.
Duration: 31 min 34 s
Description: A celebration and examination of John Williams' score for 1993's Jurassic Park.

Absolutely wonderful - intelligent, insightful, affectionate and great fun. This score is very special to me, and I'm so happy not to be the only one who could geek out about it for hours!

Did Williams say Brontosaurus Rex at 5:02???

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Sir Georg Solti, conductor 
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Artur Rodzinski, conductor 
Daniel Barenboim, conductor

Opera Without Words - Broadcast

This storybook program opens with Beethoven’s incisive take on the Prometheus myth and musical highlights from Humperdinck’s fairy-tale adventure, Hansel and Gretel. In Strauss’ fantastical Don Quixote, Principal Cello John Sharp embodies the befuddled “Man of La Mancha” with Principal Viola Teng Li as his loyal squire, Sancho Panza, as they take on windmills, sorcerers and bleating sheep.

Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/don-quixote

CSO Program Notes: Don Quixote

Karol Domalik, Trumpet
Alyson Bauman, Flugelhorn
Jill Adams, Horn
Bill Goetz, Trombone
Ryan Danikowski, Tuba

Composed by Vince Guaraldi
Arranged by Doug Adams

Recorded by Mike Taylor

The Great Pumpkin Waltz

Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti returns with Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, a work that shattered the symphonic conventions of its day, with themes of heroism, struggle and triumph. Beethoven’s majestic Emperor Concerto features Mitsuko Uchida, who brings “the unaffected wisdom and clarity that comes with decades of interpretive rigor and commitment” (The New York Times).

Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/muti-uchida-emperor-and-eroica

CSO Program Notes: Muti, Uchida, Emperor & Eroica

Be transported to the landscapes of southern Spain with vivacious, dance-inspired works by Falla and Chabrier. The journey begins in Riccardo Muti’s native Italy with a boisterous overture by Donizetti and sumptuous ballet music by Verdi. Golijov’s Megalopolis Suite features music from his score to the 2024 release of Francis Ford Coppola’s epic film, in which the fate of Ancient Rome haunts a modern world.

Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/muti-and-the-cso

CSO Program Notes: Muti & the CSO

Experiencing a Bruckner symphony is often compared to walking around inside a massive gothic cathedral. Step inside this sacred space and experience its awed silences, reverent melodies and towering brass chorales. Francesco Piemontesi, “a performer in total, joyful command of his material” (The Guardian), brings power and panache to Liszt’s formidable Second Piano Concerto.

Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/liszt-and-bruckner-3/

CSO Program Notes: Liszt & Bruckner 3

Swan Lake is the quintessential ballet score — a resplendent fable of dreamlike transformation. Tchaikovsky’s ballet suite caps a program of musical storytelling that includes Gubaidulina’s whimsical Fairytale Poem and Adams’ brightly colored Slonimsky’s Earbox. Vilde Frang makes her instrument sing and soar in Stravinsky’s neoclassical Violin Concerto.

Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/tchaikovsky-swan-lake

CSO Program Notes: Tchaikovsky Swan Lake

A celebration and examination of John Williams' score for 1993's Jurassic Park.

Jurassic Park and John Williams

Middle D, Inc.

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