Riccardo Muti leads a program with Rachmaninoff’s gargantuan, beyond-lush Symphony No. 2 and a premiere of “Transfigure to Grace" by composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery.
The exhilarating program featured five works by two composers bassist Xavier Foley and violinist Mark O’Connor. All were superbly performed by various combinations of the composers, plus musicians drawn from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and guest violinist Maggie O’Connor.
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