Orchestra Series
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Series
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, music director
Music Center at Strathmore
Friday, February 27, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
One of the world’s most revered ensembles, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns under the baton of electrifying music director designate Klaus Mäkelä, hailed for his “mesmerizing presence and interpretive depth” (The Guardian). Mäkelä leads a program that pairs two revolutionary masterworks of symphonic form: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, a pulse-quickening triumph of rhythm and vitality that Wagner called “the apotheosis of the dance,” and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, the wildly imaginative, hallucinatory tale of love, obsession, and dreams gone awry. Together, conductor and orchestra promise an unforgettable evening of high drama, orchestral brilliance, and virtuosity.
Program Details
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
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