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.
Esa-Pekka Salonen and Georg Solti, conductors
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose
Bryce Dessner: Violin Concerto
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
David Afkham and Bernard Heitink, conductors
Vadim Gluzman, violin
Maurice Ravel: Menuet antique
Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Claude Debussy: La mer
Maurice Ravel: La valse
Anton Webern: Im Sommerwind
Fritz Reiner, conductor
Sauter-finegan Orchestra
Lisa Della Casa, soprano
Dmitry Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob I:88
Jaromir Weinberger: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper
Rolf Liebermann: Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G Major