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Let’s hear it for substitute musicians. Without subs, many a Chicago Symphony concert this year so far would have been impossible — including Thursday’s, with just one rostered musician each in the ...

Another year, another Chicago Symphony season opening without a music director on the continent. The years-ahead planning tempo of the world’s biggest classical music organizations means Klaus Mäkelä, ...