Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Sundays at 8pm
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Hear live performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra alongside selections from the orchestra’s expansive catalog of recordings. Find out the fascinating stories found inside the music; get insights from the CSO musicians, guest artists, and composers themselves; and learn more about the music and programmatic themes highlighted during the CSO’s concert season. Hosted by Lisa Simeone.

Schedule
  • November 8
    Mahler Festival Broadcast: Mahler 6

    This week, experience the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the 2025 Mahler Festival in Amsterdam, as Jaap van Zweden leads Mahler’s Symphony No. 6. The broadcast opens with Sir George Solti leading Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer, featuring soprano Yvonne Minton.

    Conductor

    Sir Georg Solti

    Gustav Mahler

    Songs of a Wayfarer

    Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 6

  • November 15
    Barenboim Conducts Bruckner 8

    This broadcast features iconic recordings of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s ninth music director, Daniel Barenboim, conducting Wagner’s Prelude to Lohengrin, Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8.

    Conductor

    Daniel Barenboim

    Richard Wagner

    Prelude to Lohengrin
    1994 (Teldec)

    Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
    1980 (Deutsche Grammophon)

    Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
    1990 (Erato)