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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
  • July 19
    Kanneh-Mason Plays Elgar

    On this week’s broadcast, Paavo Järvi leads the CSO in Beethoven’s Leonore Overture no. 3, followed by Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Rounding out the program is Nielsen’s Fifth Symphony.

    
Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

    Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85

    Sheku Kanneh-Mason

    Melody

    ENCORE

    Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No. 5, Op. 50

  • July 26
    Mahler Festival Broadcast: Mahler 7

    This week, Jaap van Zweden leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, recorded live at the 2025 Mahler Festival in Amsterdam. Opening the broadcast, Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler’s Rückert Lieder, featuring Hanna Schwarz. The program concludes with a 1930 RCA recording of Karl Goldmark’s Ballet Music from The Queen of Sheba, under the baton of second music director Frederick Stock.

    Gustav Mahler
    BONUS

    Rückert Lieder
    Hanna Schwarz, mezzo-soprano; Claudio Abbado, conductor

    Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 7
    Jaap van Zweden, conductor

    Karl Goldmark
    BONUS

    Ballet Music from The Queen of Sheba
    Frederick Stock, conductor