

All-Mozart Evening
CSO + Louis Langrée, conductor / Garrick Ohlsson, piano
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DateAug 10, 2025
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VenuePavilion
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Donor Gates2:30 PM
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Public Gates3:00 PM
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Ticket Prices$15–$95
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Before tonight’s concert by the CSO, join us for a talk by music historian, composer, and author Robert Greenberg, featuring projected visuals and musical excerpts to illuminate expressive, historic, and philosophical highlights.
Also a Steinway Artist, Dr. Greenberg is the music historian-in-residence with San Francisco Performances and previously chaired the Department of Music History and Literature at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. For 15 years, he was the resident composer and music historian to NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered and Weekend Edition, Sunday, and he has created more than three dozen programs for The Great Courses. Learn more about Robert Greenberg
Dr. Greenberg will present his lecture from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Sandra K. Crown Theater.
About the Performance
Ravinia is grateful for the support of
The Negaunee Foundation
Premier Sponsor
All-Mozart Consortium
Louis Langrée, the esteemed Music Director of Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival for two decades, makes his anticipated Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Ravinia debuts with an all-Mozart program illuminating the composer’s unparalleled brilliance.
The evening begins with the regal Overture to Mozart’s La clemenza di Tito, a powerful and majestic work that embodies the opera’s themes of leadership, mercy, and virtue. Next, the spotlight turns to acclaimed pianist Garrick Ohlsson, who joins the CSO for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22. Known for his “lush” sound (Seattle Times), Ohlsson brings a rich, expressive tone to this concerto, balancing virtuosic brilliance with lyrical beauty.
The evening culminates with Mozart’s Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter,” considered by many to be the pinnacle of Classical-era symphonic writing. This magnificent work is a tour de force of intricate counterpoint, sweeping melodies, and joyful energy, encapsulating the highest ideals of the period's style.
Performers
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Louis Langrée, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to La clemenza di Tito
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482
–Intermission–
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)