![]() “Everybody spoke about the brass of the Chicago Symphony. Muti programmed Verdi operas in concert along with Italian symphonic works and living American composers. He weaved his sound into the legacy left by predecessors Fritz Reiner, Jean Martinon, Georg Solti and Daniel Barenboim. Muti determined 27 orchestra appointments, just over a quarter of the current roster, and listened to auditions for a bass on Monday. “He’s made it a more cohesive ensemble,” CSO president Jeff Alexander said, “a more lyrical, to be sure, a more flexible ensemble.” He conducted the orchestra for 10 weeks per season in Chicago plus three or four on tour, taking programs to schools and even prisons. Players responded with 60 letters asking him to lead them and he became the CSO’s 10th music director for 2010-11. Muti first worked with the CSO at the 1973 Ravinia Festival and hadn’t led the orchestra in 32 years before a 2007 European tour. ![]() ![]() While the search for a successor goes on, Muti agreed to conduct the CSO for six weeks in each of the next two seasons and was bestowed the new title of music director emeritus for life. His 540th performance with the orchestra and 508th as music director wasn’t a final goodbye. ![]()
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