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.
Marin Alsop and Daniel Barenboim, conductors
Lukas Vondracek, piano
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"
Leonard Bernstein: Prologue, Tonight, Rumble, and Somewhere from West Side Story
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Richard Wagner: Overture to Tannhauser
Jessie Montgomery: Transfigure to Grace
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Solemn Prelude
Vladimir Jurowski and Daniel Barenboim, conductors
Martin Helmchen, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
Dimitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65
Leopold Stokowski, John Williams, Neeme Jarvi and Pierre Monteux, conductors
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Aram Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3 in C Major
John Williams: Cello and Orchestra
Zoltan Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Cesar Franck: Symphony in D minor