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.
Szeps-Znaider & Carpenter
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider leads Poulenc’s Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani and Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 3, featuring organ soloist Cameron Carpenter. The broadcast opens with Dukas’s
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and rounds out with Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe and Boléro.
Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Francis Poulen:c Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani
Johann Sebastian Bach: Variation No. 20 from Goldberg Variations (encore)
Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78
Cameron Carpenter organ
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor
December 2022
Maurice Ravel Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe
Maurice Ravel Boléro
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1991 (Erato)
Georg Solti and Karina Canellakis conductors
Kirill Gerstein piano
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Augusta Read Thomas: Brio
Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Frederic Chopin: Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40