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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.
December 18
Heras-Casado & Trpčeski
Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major, Op. 30
Simon Trpčeski, piano; Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Tchaikovsky/Pletnev
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker
Simon Trpčeski, piano
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13 (Winter Dreams)
Ravel
Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and Strings
Edward Druzinsky, harp; Donald Peck, flute; Clark Brody, clarinet; Jean Martinon, conductor
Dec 31
Janáček, Strauss & Mussorgsky
Janáček
Sinfonietta
Seiji Ozawa, conductors
Copland
J. Strauss, Jr.
J. Strauss, Jr.
J. Strauss, Jr.
J. Strauss, Jr.
Mussorgsky
Jan 7
Muti Conducts Brahms & Franck
J. Strauss, Jr.
Overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves
Verdi
Ballet Music from Macbeth
Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Franck
Symphony in D Minor
Jan 14
Muti Conducts Mendelssohn & Dvořák
Dvořák
Symphony No. 5 in F Major, Op. 76
Martucci
Notturno
Respighi
Feste romane
Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 60 (Italian)
Jan 21
Robert Chen Leads Mozart
Mozart
Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
Mozart
Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 314
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, flute
Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major, K. 216 (Strassburg)
Robert Chen, violin
Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183
Mozart
Jan 28
Yashima Conducts Schubert 5
Coleridge-Taylor
Novelettes Nos. 3 and 4, Op. 52
Schubert
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485
Montgomery
Strum
Kodály
Dances of Galánta
Bartók
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Rafael Kubelík, conductor
Feb 4
Szeps-Znaider & Sharp
Holmès
La Nuit et l’Amour
Saint-Saëns
Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Wagner
Wagner
Wagner
Wagner
Feb 11
Muti Conducts Shostakovich 6
Mendelssohn
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, Op. 27
Rands
DREAM for Orchestra
Liszt
Mazeppa, Symphonic Poem No. 6
Schoenberg
Transfigured Night, Op. 4
Shostakovich
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54
Feb 18
Muti Conducts Stravinsky & Tchaikovsky
Stravinsky
Suite from The Firebird
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29 (Polish)
Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished)
Stravinsky
Fireworks, Op. 4
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Stravinsky
Four Studies
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Feb 25
Muti Conducts Beethoven 3
Bologne, Chevalier
de Saint-Georges
Overture to L’Amant anonyme
Bizet
Roma
Price
Andante moderato
Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica)
Mar 4
Celebrating Duain Wolfe and the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Poulenc
Gloria
Bernard Haitink, conductor; Jessica Rivera, soprano; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director)
Williams
Call to Muster and the Battle Cry of Freedom; and Appomattox, April 9, 1865, from Lincoln
John Williams, conductor; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director)
Handel
Three Coronation Anthems (The King Shall Rejoice, My Heart is Inditing, and Zadok the Priest)
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director)
Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms
Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director); Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus (Emily Ellsworth, director)
Boito
Prologue to Mefistofele
Riccardo Muti, conductor; Riccardo Zanellato, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, director); Chicago Children’s Choir (Josephine Lee, artistic director)
Mar 11
Solti Conducts Del Tredici
Berlioz
Overture to Les Francs-juges, Op. 3
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
Dohnányi
Varations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25
Sir Georg Solti, conductor; András Schiff, piano
Weber
Overture to Oberon
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
Del Tredici
Final Alice
Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Mar 18
Muti & De Maistre
Chabrier
España
Ginastera
Albéniz/Arbós
Chabrier
Impressions of Italy
Ravel
Boléro
Mar 25
Muti, Gunn & Vernon
Vivaldi
Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV 444
Jennifer Gunn, piccolo
Benshoof
Concerto in Three Movements for Piccolo and Orchestra
Jennifer Gunn, piccolo
Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Stephenson
Bass Trombone Concerto
Charles Vernon, bass trombone
Gershwin
An American in Paris