Review | Chicago Symphony Orchestra bring sounds of Russia to KCPA

The Champaign-Urbana community packed Foellinger Great Hall at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in anticipation of a visit from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Thursday evening. The program was highlighted by works from Russian-born composers, ranging from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s dramatic and intense “Piano Concerto No. 1” to an ethereal “Prelude to ‘Khovanshchina.’” ...

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