Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Movie Music Concerto

Featuring:
Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor
Erik Schumann, Violin

Two European composers who famously came to America share the bill: Dvořák, who visited only for a few years (during which he composed his “New World” symphony) and who remained essentially a Czech composer; and Korngold, who left the Austrian Empire and moved to Hollywood, where he enjoyed a major second career as a film composer. His Violin Concerto actually incorporates themes from his film scores into each of its movements, including excerpts from Another Dawn, Juárez, Anthony Adverse and The Prince and the Pauper. So this evening you will hear Dvořák’s most thoroughly Bohemian symphony—“From the Old World,” if you will—as well as Korngold’s homage to his own Academy Award-winning output.

Program:

Dvořák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88

Tickets: $25/Lawn $10/Ticket & dining package $45

Park opens at 5 p.m.