A Tapas Menu with CSO Winds & Strings
A Tapas Menu with CSO Winds & Strings

Breaking Barriers

A Tapas Menu with CSO Winds & Strings

Debussy, Copland, Piazzolla & more chamber works, co-curated by Marin Alsop and Molly Yeh

Sat, July 26, 2025 1:30 PM Tickets

Know Before You Go

Getting Here

Free Parking | No Park and Ride | Metra UP-N

Park in the South Parking Lot at 201 St. Johns Avenue. The lot opens 30 minutes before the gate opening time listed above. The West Parking Lot is closed and Park and Ride shuttles are not running for this event. 

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Ride the Metra Union Pacific North Line train to and from Braeside station, a 5-minute walk from Ravinia’s South Entrance. 

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Views of the Stage

Bennett Gordon Hall is an indoor venue. The stage is not visible from any location on the Lawn, nor is audio from the performance broadcast to the Lawn.

About the Performance

Performers

Marin Alsop and Molly Yeh, hosts and co-curators

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Members and Guests

Yuan-Qing Yu, violin
Gina DiBello, violin
Kozue Funakoshi, violin
Gabriela Lara, violin
Ni Mei, violin
Hermine Gagné, violin
Sunghee Choi, viola
Karen Basrak, cello
Katinka Kleijn, cello
Alex Horton, bass
Julia Coronelli, harp
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute
Scott Hostetler, oboe and English horn
John Bruce Yeh, clarinet
Susanna Gaunt, French horn
Tage Larsen, trumpet
Molly Yeh, percussion

Steans Institute Musicians

Kaylyn Taylor Baldwin, soprano
Kevin Murphy, piano

Birds and Phoenix

John Bruce Yeh and Teresa Reilly, clarinets
Wang Guowei, erhu
Yang Wei, pipa

Program

Aaron Copland: Quiet City Scott Hostetler, English horn; Tage Larsen, trumpet; Strings Claude Debussy: Syrinx Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute Leonard Bernstein: La Bonne Cuisine: Four Recipes for Voice and Piano Kaylyn Taylor Baldwin, soprano; Kevin Murphy, piano Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (arr. Néstor Bayona) Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute; Scott Hostetler, oboe; John Bruce Yeh, clarinet; Susanna Gaunt, horn; Julia Coronelli, harp; Molly Yeh, percussion; Strings Victoria Bond: Bridges Birds and Phoenix Astor Piazzolla: Libertango Strings –No Intermission–