By: Louis Harris. July 30, 2025

With Marin Alsop conducting, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra continued its summer residency at Ravinia late Sunday afternoon with a passionate performance of two classical chestnuts, Felix Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, No. 4 in A-Major, and Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations. In between, the CSO’s principal clarinetist Stephen Williamson soloed for an enjoyable performance of Aaron Copeland’s Clarinet Concerto.

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