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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ronald Blum

Muti ends 13 seasons with Chicago Symphony Orchestra with praise and honors — and Beethoven

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Riccardo Muti was in total control to the very end.

He had signaled the last note of his final Orchestra Hall concert as Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director on Sunday when several people started to applaud. His back to the audience, the 81-year-old conductor snapped out his right arm and baton, demanding silence to frame Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis.”

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