What: Music of Mozart and Schubert
When: Tuesday and Wednesday, June 17 and 18
Where: Orchestra Hall, Chicago
Franz Schubert died at age 31 and Mozart never made it to 36. So their music will always have the freshness and enthusiasm of youth.
Tuesday night's program of music by Mozart and Schubert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Riccardo Muti had just that quality of youthful verve, along with a leisurely elegance. Schubert's "Symphony No. 1" was particularly effective, I thought, with a lovely Andante and vigorous finale. The concert opened with a more laid back Schubert 6th and a Mozart "Bassoon Concerto" flawlessly played by principal David McGill.
Chicago's Orchestra Hall has gotten some knocks for its acoustics, but it all sounded fine to me from our seats in the lower balcony.
Tonight there's a concert scheduled by the Grant Park Festival Orchestra at the Pritzker Pavillion in Millennium Park. Look for a capsule review of that one tonight or tomorrow if it isn't rained out.
For more information on CSO concerts, see cso.org.
[This is the first of two capsule reviews from Chicago, where I attended the Music Critics Association of North America annual conference.]
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