Founded in 1891, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra or CSO is one of the world’s leading orchestras and offers audiences a chance to lose themselves amidst the sensuous and sublime sounds of a variety of great composers both past and present. Based at the Symphony Center, the CSO performs over 150 concerts each year in Chicago including works by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. Showcasing late Romantic styles of music, the lyrical Eighth Symphony by Dvorak is one of the works performed by the CSO, offering an unforgettable auditory journey of discovery. Those in search of the very best in accommodation when on holiday can stay at a Chicago five star hotel such as The Peninsula Chicago. Catering to both business and leisure travelers, this well placed Chicago luxury hotel makes an ideal base from which to explore the ‘Windy City’.