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.

  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

  Aug 17:       Richard WAGNER: Overture to Rienzi
                    Richard STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11
                    Igor STRAVINSKY: Fireworks, Op. 4
                    Sergei RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1
                    Felix MENDELSSOHN: Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21
                    Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10

  Aug 24        Carl Maria von WEBER: Overture to Oberon; Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73
                    Carl NIELSEN Helios: Overture, Op. 17; Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57
                    Carl Maria von WEBER (arr. Hector Berlioz): Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
                    Carl Maria von WEBER: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 74
                    Fred FISHER: Chicago

  Aug 31:       Leoš JANÁČEK: Sinfonietta
                    Aaron COPLAND: Dance Symphony
                    Johann STRAUSS, Jr. Wiener Blut, Op. 354; Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388; Der Zigeunerbaron, Op. 418; Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324
                    Modest MUSSORGSKY (orch. Maurice Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition

  Sept 7:    Maurice RAVEL: Menuet antique
                    Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77
                    Valentin SILVESTROV: Serenade
                    Claude DEBUSSY: La mer
                    Maurice RAVEL: La valse
                    Anton WEBERN: Im Sommerwind

  Sept 14:      Richard WAGNER: Prelude to Act 3 of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
                    Jean SIBELIUS: Lemminkäien, Op. 22
                    Richard STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

  Sept 21:      Pietro MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana
                    Giuseppe VERDI: “Fuoco di gioia!” from Otello: “Gli arredi festivi” from Nabucco; “Patria oppressa!” from Macbeth; Libera me from Messa da Requiem

  Sept 28:      Hector BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy, Op. 16 ; Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Les francs-juges Overture, Op. 3