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Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs Banner
June 18 - 21, 2026
- featured work:
- Banner for solo string quartet and chamber orchestra
- presenter:
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- cso.org
- venue:
- Chicago Symphony Center
- 220 S Michigan Ave
Chicago, IL + Google Map
- event category:
- Performances
Overview
In recognition of America’s 250th anniversary with a powerful program spanning multiple generations of American composers. Works by Copland and former Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery present soaring reflections on the ideals of freedom and equality, Ives salutes his native New England, and Martinů pays tribute to Plymouth Rock, which symbolized the opportunities that America had given him.
Program
Montgomery – Banner
Martinů – The Rock
Copland – Lincoln Portrait
Ives – Three Places in New England
Ellington – Harlem