CSO Mar 8

March 8
Mäkelä Conducts Symphonie fantastique

This week, Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä returns to Symphony Center with Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique and Harold in Italy with viola soloist Antoine Tamestit. The broadcast concludes with a London recording of Berlioz’s Les-francs-juges Overture led by eighth music director Sir Georg Solti.

Hector Berlioz

Harold in Italy, Op. 16
Antoine Tamestit viola

Hector Berlioz

Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Encore:
Georges Bizet

Adiagetto from Suite No. 1 from L’arlésienne
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
October 2025

Hector Berlioz

Les francs-juges Overture, Op. 3
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1973-1974 (London)