Maestro Riccardo Muti is set to conduct the world-premiere co-commission of lesbian composer Jennifer Higdon’s Low Brass Concerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Also on the program are Benjamin Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Igor Stravinsky’s Scherzo fantastique and Ernest Chausson’s Poeme de l’amour et de la mer. The concerts are at 8 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, Feb. 1 and 3, and 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave. Performances are at. Tickets are $34-$221; call 312-294-3000 or visit CSO.org.
Caption: The world premiere of lesbian composer Jennifer Higdon’s Low Brass Concerto is performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Publicity photo by Candance DiCarlo