PROGRAMME:
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
PERFORMERS:
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Chicago Symphony
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
VENUE NOTE:
When Renaud Capuçon and Semyon Bychkov last appeared together with the CSO, sparks flew. The French violinist “made you aware of a searching musical intellect supported by a superb technical arsenal” (Chicago Tribune). The parties reunite in Saint-Saëns’ brilliant Third Violin Concerto. Framing the program are Dvořák’s boisterous portrait of a street carnival and Brahms’ noble and heart-rending Fourth Symphony.