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.
Simone Young and Rafael Kubelik, conductors
Franz Liszt: Symphonic Poem No. 5 "Prometheus"
Richard Wagner: Excerpts from Gotterdammerung
Johannes Brahms (arranged by Arnold Schoenberg): Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Riccardo Muti and Fritz Reiner, conductors
Robert Chen, violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Nickolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Georges Bizet: Symphony in C Major "Roma"
Hector Berlioz: The Death of Cleopatra
Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
Sergei Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano; Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano; Dmitry Korchak and Enea Scala, tenors; Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Kyrie in D minor, K. 341
Luigi Cherubini: Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydn
Gioacchino Rossini: Stabat mater
Gioacchino Rossini: William Tell Overture
Giancarlo Guerrero and Fritz Reiner, conductors
Pablo Sainz Villegas, guitar
Daniel Binelli, bandoneon
Leontyne Price, soprano
Alberto Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Francisco Tarrega: Gran jota
Emmanuel Chabrier: Espana
Astor Piazzolla: Sinfonia Buenos Aires, Op. 15
Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo
Isaac Albeniz (arranged by Enrique Arbos): Navarra
Esa-Pekka Salonen and Manfred Honeck, conductors
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Claude Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
John Adams: Scheherazade.2
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Ottorino Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Esa-Pekka Salonen and Fritz Reiner, conductors
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
Bela Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3
Arnold Schoenberg: Transfigured Night, Op. 4
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
