Chicago Symphony Orchestra

THURSDAYS @ 8PM

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.

7/10

Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Fritz Reiner, Jean Martinon and Leonard Bernstein, conductors

Dale Clevenger, horn

Byron Janis, piano


Richard Wagner: Overture to Rienzi

Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11

Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4

Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1

Felix Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10

 

7/17

Georg Solti, conductor

Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor

Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, director


Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19

Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony

 

7/24

Riccardo Muti, conductor

Lei Hou violin; Qing Hou violin; Catherine Brubaker viola; Lawrence Neuman viola; Karen Basrak cello


Gatano Donizetti: Overture to Don Pasquale

Giuseppe Verdi: The Four Seasons from I vespri sicilliani

Emmanuel Chabrier: Espana

Osvaldo Golijov: Megalopolis Suite

Maurice de Falla: Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet in C minor, K. 406/516b