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
March 23
Pierre Boulez at 100The CSO celebrates Pierre Boulez’s 100th birthday! In this broadcast, we hear Pierre Boulez, the CSO’s Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus, conducting the CSO in Stravinsky, Scriabin, Varèse, Schoenberg and Bartók. In between, the CSO’s Ninth Music Director Daniel Barenboim conducts Boulez’ Notations VII.
Igor Stravinsky
Fireworks, Op. 4
Pierre Boulez conductor
1992 (Deutsche Grammophon)Alexander Scriabin
Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60
Pierre Boulez conductor
Duain Wolfe director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Anatol Ugorski piano
1996 (Deutsche Grammophon)Edgard Varèse
Ionisation
Pierre Boulez conductor
1995 (Deutsche Grammophon)Arnold Schoenberg
Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
Pierre Boulez conductor
1991 (Erato)Béla Bartók
Rhapsody for Violin No. 2
Pierre Boulez conductor
Gil Shaham violin
1998 (Deutsche Grammophon)Pierre Boulez
Notations VII
Daniel Barenboim conductor
2000 (Teldec)Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella
Pierre Boulez conductor
Roxana Constantinescu mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan tenor
Kyle Ketelsen bass-baritone
2009 (CSO Resound)