2024-2025 Performances
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns to Wheaton College’s beautiful Edman Memorial Chapel on November 22, 2023, for the first of three performances. We are happy to host the Orchestra and bring the best of Chicago to Wheaton.
Friday, November 22 | 7:30 p.m.
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake
Tchaikovsky’s resplendent Suite from Swan Lake caps a program of musical storytelling that includes works by Adams and Gubaidulina. Vilde Frang takes on Stravinsky’s neoclassical Violin Concerto.
Friday, February 28, 7:30 p.m.
Seong-Jin Cho Plays Prokofiev
The cool of the Arctic meets the warmth of Italy. Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony and Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien frame Prokofiev’s incendiary Second Piano Concerto featuring Seong-Jin Cho.
Friday, March 28, 7:30 p.m.
Bruch & Schumann Rhenish
Journey up the Rhine River, as lovingly portrayed in Robert Schumann’s Rhenish Symphony. Listen for the flowing water and contemplate the majesty of the Cologne Cathedral. To begin, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider leads and performs the rich and alluring melodies of Bruch’s First Violin Concerto. Pierre Boulez’s iridescent Livre pour cordes marks the centenary of the composer’s birth.
Wheaton College and the CSO Partnership
Since its first performance at Wheaton College in 1960, the CSO has performed in Edman Memorial Chapel more than 25 times. Consistently rated as one of the world’s most respected orchestras, the CSO is expanding its engagement with west-suburban audiences hoping to reach new generations with the glory of symphonic music. Read a feature article at CSO Sounds & Stories about this new partnership. >>
Purchase Tickets
Tickets can be purchased at the CSO website, by calling 312.294.3000, or at the Symphony Center Box Office at 220 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Tickets for these performances are not available from the Wheaton College Ticket Office.