Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bernard Haitink, conductor Beethoven - Overture to Fidelio Beethoven - Symphony No. 8 Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 Ticket availability This event is currently available ONLY as part of a Subscription package. See below for details. This event is currently available as a Subscription Add-On. 2009/10 Symphony Center single tickets will be on sale August 14, 2009. "Mr. Haitink has a miraculous way of shaping passages and balancing sonorities so that phrases flow from one to the next," said The New York Times of his recent performances of the Beethoven symphonic cycle. Our principal conductor launches his Beethoven Festival with the playful Eighth and the groundbreaking Fifth. The CSO is delighted to acknowledge Sandra and Earl Rusnak, Jr. for their support and chairmanship of the Beethoven Festival.