Produced by Jesse McQuarters and hosted by Lisa Simeone, this weekly, two-hour series offers a unique format of engaging and lively content, including produced segments created to provide deeper insight into the music and programmatic themes found within the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s concert season; interviews with CSO musicians, guest artists, and composers; and an exploration of the stories found within the CSO’s rich heritage of recordings and the Orchestra’s illustrious history in Chicago.

  Nov 24:     Aram KHACHATURIAN: Symphony No. 3 in C Major
                    John WILLIAMS: Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello and Orchestra
                    Zoltán KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta
                    César FRANCK   Symphony in D Minor
 
  Dec 1        TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45; Variations on a Roccoco Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33; Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62; Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
                    Encore: BACH: Sarabande from Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
                    STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms

  Dec 8        Hector BERLIOZ: Overture to Les Franc-juges, Op. 3
                    Ernst von DOHNÁNYI: Variations on a Nursery
                    Carl Maria von WEBER: Overture to Oberon
                    David Del TREDICI: Final Alice

  Dec 15       Gustav MAHLER: Rückert Lieder; Symphony No. 7

  Dec 22       George Frederic HANDEL: Part One of Messiah
                    Giovanni GABRIELI/Eric CREES: Sacrae Symphoniae No. 6, Sonata Pian e forte; Canzon duodecimi toni à 10; Canzon septime toni à 8 (No. 2)
                    Pytor Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from The Nutcracker, Op. 71

  Dec 29       Anton BRUCKNER: Psalm 150
                    Béla BARTÓK: Cantata profana
                    Johannes BRAHMS: A German Requiem