2.6K reactions · 190 shares | Wishing a very happy 81st birthday to Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti! In February 2022, Muti led the CSO in critically acclaimed performances of American composer Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 11. On July 28, we celebrate his boundless energy and commitment to new music with a concert clip of this work, originally written by Glass for his own 80th birthday. | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Facebook

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra family is endlessly thankful for the support of our community in our mission to enrich, inspire and transform lives through music, both in Chicago and worldwide. On this Thanksgiving Day, we hope you enjoy a new recording of the Orchestra — led by Riccardo Muti and featuring CSO Principal Tuba Gene Pokorny — of Lalo Schifrin’s iconic Theme from Mission: Impossible, performed in Orchestra Hall on June 17, 2023. For additional videos of Riccardo Muti, visit riccardom

Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in an excerpt from Mvt. IV “The Pines of the Appian Way” of Respighi’s Pines of Rome. Video by Todd Rosenberg | Chicago Symphony Orchestra