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.

11/30

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

 

12/7

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

 

12/14

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