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.
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Stephanie Jeong, violin; Kenneth Olsen, cello
Richard Wagner: Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"
Riccardo Muti and Fritz Reiner, conductors
J. Lawrie Bloom, bass clarinet
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Nicolas Bacri: Ophelia's Tears
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
Ray Still, oboe; Clark Brody, clarinet; Willard Elliot, bassoon; Dale Clevenger, horn
Gioacchino Rossini: Overture to L'italiana in Algeri
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 "Classical"
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major
Daniel Barenboim, Artur Rodzinski, Georg Solti, Fritz Reiner and Morton Gould, conductors
Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Richard Wagner: Prelude and Liebestodfrom Tristan and Isolde
Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Final Waltz and Apotheosisfrom The Nutcracker, Op. 71
Frederick Stock, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Robert Mayer, English horn
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Op. 33
Carl Nielsen: Helios Overture, Op. 17
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82
Jean Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonelafrom Four Legends of The Kalevala, Op. 22
Fritz Reiner, conductor
David Fray, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3, 10 and 5
Paul Hindemith: Symphony, Mathis der Maler
Richard Wagner: Selections from Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Seiji Ozawa, Fritz Reiner, Juanjo Mena, Georg Solti and Pierre Boulez, conductors
Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis, director
Leontyne Price, soprano
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: A Night on Bald Mountain
Manual de Falla: El amor brujo
James Lee III: Sukkot Through Orion's Nebula
Claude Debussy: Nocturnes
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
