Chicago Symphony Orchestra Prepares For First Performance of William Schuman's Ninth Symphony

Music writer Dennis Polkow sits down with Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti for a conversation about an upcoming program that includes William Schuman’s Ninth Symphony and the Mozart Requiem.

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Music writer Dennis Polkow sits down with Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti.

“In Italy, this is the most important commemoration event. Every year, the day of the Fosse Ardeatine, when the massacre was made, there is a big ceremony to commemorate this massacre. The fact that William Schuman knew of this, and wrote a symphony with this title in Italian, Le Fosse (Ardeatine), touched me.” - CSO Maestro Riccardo Muti talking about his connection to Schuman’s Ninth Symphony.

Music writer Dennis Polkow and CSO Maestro Riccardo Muti

Maestro Riccardo Muti will conduct the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in William Schuman’s Symphony No. 9 and Mozart’s Requiem on February 21, February 22 and February 23 at Symphony Center .

Go to CSO.org for more information.