October 19
Ravinia Opening Night 2025
Marin Alsop conducts the CSO in the first concert of their 2025 Ravinia Season. This program features Simon’s Amen, Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody of a Theme of Paganini, and Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. To follow, former Ravinia music director Seiji Ozawa leads the CSO in Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances, Mussorgsky’s Night on Bare Mountain, and Stravinsky’s Fireworks.
Frederick Stock/
John Stafford Smith
The Star-Spangled Banner
Carlos Simon
Amen
Sergei Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring
Marin Alsop conductor
July 2025
Alexander Borodin
Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Seiji Ozawa conductor
1969 (Angel)
Modest Mussorgsky
A Night on Bare Mountain
Seiji Ozawa conductor
1968 (RCA)
Igor Stravinsky
Fireworks
Seiji Ozawa conductor
1968 (RCA)