This weekly program presents concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the leading orchestras in the United States, and its acclaimed Music Director Riccardo Muti. Hosted by Lisa Simeone, the series features live concert performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, recorded at Symphony Center, alongside selections from the orchestra's expansive catalog of commercial recordings. Every program is designed to illustrate fascinating stories found inside the music, as well as present insights from the performers themselves.
Walter Hendl, Georg Solti, Fritz Reiner, and Daniel Barenboim, conductors
Jascha Heifetz, violin; Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano; Byron Janis, piano; Jacqueline du Pre, cello
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Gustav Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
Richard Strauss: Burleske in D minor
Antonín Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Anna Rakitina, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Roccoco Theme, Op. 33
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Pierre Boulez and Jakub Hrusa, conductors
Gustav Mahler: Totenfeier
Bedrich Smetana: Ma vlast, Nos. 1-6