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.
June 29: 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
July 6: Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Peter TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Anton BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major (Romantic)
July 13 John Stafford SMITH (arr. Frederick Stock): The Star-Spangled Banner
Aaron COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring (full orchestra version)
James P. JOHNSON: Charleston [abridged]
Samuel BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
George GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
James P. JOHNSON: Victory Stride
Charles IVES: Variations on America
Morton GOULD: Spirituals for Orchestra
July 20 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Edward ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
Sheku KANNEH-MASON: Melody
Carl NIELSEN: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
July 27 Gustav MAHLER: Rückert Lieder ; Symphony No. 7
Karl GOLDMARK: Ballet Music from The Queen of Sheba
Aug 3 Albert ROUSSEL: Bacchus and Ariadne Suite No. 2
Maurice RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Darius MILHAUD: Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58
George GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
Igor STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
Aug 10 Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Alexander BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Arnold SCHOENBERG: Piano Concerto
Béla BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra