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.
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, pianist
Andrzej Panufnik: Heroic Overture
Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter Dreams"
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Gustav Mahler: Totenfeier
Bela Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird
Seiji Ozawa, Daniel Barenboim, Jean Martinon, and Georg Solti, conductors
Arnold Jacobs tuba
Steven Staryk violin
Dale Clevenger, Richard Oldberg, Thomas Howell, and Norman Schweikert, horn
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto in F minor
Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thais
Robert Schumann: Konzertstuck for Four Horns in F Major, Op. 86
Claude Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35