A ghost glow shines the way to an empty stage after the Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians go on strike, forcing the CSO to cancel Saturday night's performance. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
Musicians Nisi Howell, violin; Rob Kassinger, bass; and Gary Matts, president of the music federation, picket outside Orchestra Hall after musicians went on strike Saturday evening . | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
Deborah Rutter, president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, talks to the media while CSO musicians go on strike Saturday evening. That led the CSO to cancel the performance scheduled for that night. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians go on strike Saturday evening, leading the CSO to cancel that night's performance. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
A ghost light shines the way to an empty stage as Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians go on strike Saturday evening, leading the CSO to cancel that night's performance. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times
More than 100 Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians went on strike Saturday, infuriating patrons who came to Orchestra Hall expecting a show and upsetting world-renowned conductor Riccardo Muti. The CSO canceled the 8 p.m. concert less than two hours before the scheduled start. It was the …