Carnegie Hall's Opening Night Gala / Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall

Visceral excitement and pure, richly textured musicality come together in this opening night program that features the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Muti, and violin superstar Leonidas Kavakos. Breathtaking virtuosity is a given in Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, and in Kavakos’s hands audiences will also find an extraordinary depth that sets a high standard for the showpiece. In Mussorgsky’s essential Pictures from an Exhibition (popularly arranged for symphonic orchestra by Rav

7:00 PM