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DESCRIPTION:Featuring James Conlon\, Conductor\nTonight&rsquo\;s program 
 opens with Samuel Barber&rsquo\;s first composition for  full orchestra\
 , composed during his student days at The Curtis  Institute\, and featur
 es the dazzling virtuoso Joshua Bell in the same  composer&rsquo\;s Viol
 in Concerto\, in which the soloist revels in the suave  melodic lines th
 at made Barber such a consummate composer for the human  voice. Shostako
 vich\, whose Seventh and Eighth symphonies depicted the  horrors of Worl
 d War II\, made his Ninth Symphony a joyous and exuberant  celebration o
 f the end of that conflict\, a lighthearted romp that took  his colleagu
 es by surprise. The evening ends with Ravel&rsquo\;s apotheosis of  Hung
 arian gypsy music\; inspired by Paganini&rsquo\;s famous Caprices\, Rave
 l&rsquo\;s  work has been declared even &ldquo\;more devilish&rdquo\; in
  its blazing bravura\, an  appropriate vehicle for Bell.\nProgram:\nBarb
 er: The School for Scandal Overture\, Op. 5Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 
 in E-flat Major\, Op. 70Barber: Violin Concerto\, Op. 14Ravel: Tzigane\,
  Concert Rhapsody\nTickets: $90-$50/Lawn $10\nPark opens at 5 p.m.
URL:http://highlandpark.patch.com/events/joshua-bell-with-chicago-symphon
 y-orchestra
SUMMARY:Joshua Bell with Chicago Symphony Orchestra
LOCATION:Ravinia Festival: 200 Ravinia Park Rd\, Highland Park\, IL
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