20/21 CSO Full Season

Louis Langrée, conductor
Hélène Grimaud, piano

We open the season with two stories of heroism: Mozart’s Overture to Idomeneo and the grandly impassioned call of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben. Learn More.

Louis Langrée, conductor

Pekka Kuusisto, violin

Camilla Tilling, soprano

May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director

Bill Barclay, director, Concert Theatre Works

See a concert-staged production of Grieg’s Peer Gynt created and directed by Bill Barclay, the former Director of Music at Shakespeare’s Globe. Learn More.

Louis Langrée, conductor

Johannes Moser, cello

Berlioz’s macabre masterpiece sets the tone this October. Learn More.

Louis Langrée, conductor

Augustin Hadelich, violin

Tchaikovsky’s last symphony has it all. Learn More.

Louis Langrée, conductor

The CSO warms up for its 2020 European Tour and you're invited. Learn More.

Roderick Cox, conductor

Conrad Tao, piano

Rachmaninoff’s jazz-touched Concerto meets Brahms’ radiant Second Symphony. Learn More.

Matthias Pintscher, conductor, CSO Creative Partner

Leila Josefowicz, violin

Mahler’s Seventh reflects the depth, mystery and shimmering light of nocturnal worlds. Learn More.

Ruth Reinhardt, conductor

Eighth Blackbird

For Dvořák, the Seventh Symphony held music capable “of stirring the world.” Learn More.

Louis Langrée, conductor

Steven Osborne, piano

Rachmaninoff’s touching Second Symphony swirls with melodies that stay with you. Learn More.

Karina Canellakis, conductor

Kian Soltani, cello

Heidi Melton, soprano

Stefan Vinke, tenor

John Relyea, bass

The first act of Wagner’s Die Walküre is total art. Learn More.

Louis Langrée, conductor

Mari Eriksmoen, soprano

Simon Bode, tenor

Matthew Rose, bass

May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director

Let there be light—and music. Louis Langrée and the CSO set the stage for Haydn’s Creation. Learn More.

Juraj Valčuha, conductor

Javier Perianes, piano

Grieg’s Concerto is a marvel—one you’ve heard before. Learn More.

Louis Langrée, conductor

Kirill Gerstein, piano

Louis Langrée leads a program of musical fascinations, gestures made to take hold of the senses. Learn More.

Hannu Lintu, conductor

Seong-Jin Cho, piano

Shades of romanticism linger and blinding brass break like sunlight over snowcaps in Sibelius’ First. Learn More.

Kahchun Wong, conductor

Robert Sullivan, trumpet

Christopher Olka, tuba

Women of the May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director

Holst’s galactic masterwork sets us at the edge of our seats with racing, full-hearted glee. Learn More.

Louis Langrée, conductor

Fatma Said, soprano

Three Shéhérazades conjure the magic sands of Arabian nights. Learn More.

Sir Mark Elder, conductor

Stephen Hough, piano

Debussy’s symphonic sketches of the sea teem with restless colors and crest at the fullest sound of the CSO. Learn More.

Ramón Tebar, conductor

Esther Yoo, violin

The spectacle of Ancient Rome and the glorious sound of the CSO merge for a larger-than-life audience favorite. Learn More.

Louis Langrée, conductor

The season ends with Bruckner’s transcendent Seventh Symphony. Learn More.