Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 3

Name: Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 3
Start: 2025-04-24T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-24T21:10:00-05:00
Location: 220 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60604

Schedule

Thu Apr 24 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:10 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

220 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60604 | Chicago, IL

In his Third Symphony, Mahler portrays the whole of earthly existence. Its six movements — written for a massive orchestra, two choruses and a contralto soloist — explore humanity’s relationship with nature using fanfares, marches, folk dances and bird calls. Children’s voices portray angels while the sixth movement is a pantheistic love song to all of creation.
Performers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
Wiebke Lehmkuhl contralto
Chicago Symphony Chorus
James Bass guest chorus director
Uniting Voices Chicago
Josephine Lee artistic director
Program
Mahler Symphony No. 3
Sponsors
These concerts are generously sponsored by Zell Family Foundation.
The appearance of the Chicago Symphony Chorus has been made possible by a generous gift from The Grainger Foundation.
Newsradio 105.9 WBBM is a Media Partner for this event.