Composer Julia Wolfe at the Nashville Symphony Orchestra's world premiere of her piece Her Story on Sept. 15, 2022. Kurt Heinecke/Nashville Symphony hide caption
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Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra carry signs as they strike on March 11, 2019 in Chicago, after 11 months of talks failed to reach an agreement. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a concert of powerhouse orchestral works at Carnegie Hall. AJ Wilhelm for NPR Music hide caption
Carnegie Hall Live: The Chicago Symphony Plays A Colorful Concert
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It was a big year for extravagant classical box sets. Denise DeBelius/NPR hide caption
Riccardo Muti leading the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Todd Rosenberg/Courtesy of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra hide caption
Conductor Simon Rattle, who has reportedly told the Berlin Philharmonic he will leave his post there in 2018. Thomas Rabsch/courtesy of the artist hide caption
Riccardo Muti so impressed composer Carl Orff with his 1980 'Carmina Burana' performance that Orff reworked some tempo and dynamic markings in the score to hew to Muti's interpretation. Torsten Kjellstrand for NPR hide caption
Carnegie Hall Live: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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An advertisement in Moscow for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's first concerts in Russia in more than two decades. Todd Rosenberg/Courtesy of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra hide caption
In these times of instability in the recording industry, more and more Symphony Orchestras (like the Cincinnati Symphony, photographed here) are making their own albums. Cincinnati Symphony hide caption
The natty, 'Vogue'-ready Charlie Siem. courtesy of the artist hide caption
At age 85, conductor Pierre Boulez says he might start to cut back on concerts in favor of spending more time composing. courtesy of Naxos of America, Inc. hide caption
A caricature of composer Richard Wagner. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Ted Libbey And Fred Child Recommend Wagner's Overtures
Maurice Ravel in 1914. Wikimedia Commons hide caption