Michael Tilson Thomas makes his return to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for a series of performances this December highlighting music by Russian composers. They are joined onstage by violinist Nicola Benedetti.

On December 13, 14 & 15, MTT conducts the orchestra in Stravinsky’s Concerto in D for String Orchestra, Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique.”