CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 8:00 PM

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez, Conductor Emeritus
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano
Tamara Stefanovich, Piano

PIERRE BOULEZ Livre pour cordes
BARTÓK Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete)

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Three pictures in sound: Boulez gives us a line drawing, in a single color, using only strings; Bartók unfolds more colors of the orchestra, against the black and white of pianos and percussion; and Stravinsky pulls out all the stops, presenting a romantic extravaganza and using every shade in his rich orchestral palette to paint a picture of monstrous demons, heroic action, and a magical bird.