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.

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

  Oct 5:         Antonín DVOŘÁK: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70
                    Maurice RAVEL: Pavane for a Dead Princess
                    Johannes BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
                    Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY/PLETNEV: “Vision” from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
                    Pierre BOULEZ: Initiale for Brass Septet

  Oct 12:        Benjamin BRITTEN: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
                    Ralph Vaughan WILLIAMS: Tuba Concerto in F Minor
                    Jules MASSENET: Meditation from Thaïs
                    Robert SCHUMANN: Konzertstück for Four Horns in F Major, Op. 86
                    Claude DEBUSSY: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
                    Richard STRAUSS: Don Quixote, Op. 35

  Oct 19:        John ADAMS: The Rock You Stand On*
                    Aaron COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring*
                    Wynton MARSALIS: Selections from The Jungle (Symphony No. 4)
                    Duke ELLINGTON (arr. Marsalis): Jack the Bear
                    Sonny ROLLINS (arr. Marsalis): Tenor Madness
                    John WILLIAMS: Selections from Lincoln ("With Malice Toward None," Elegy, and The Peterson House and Finale)

  Oct 26:        Robert SCHUMANN: Overture to Manfred, Op. 115
                    Johannes BRAHMS: Schicksalslied, Op. 54
                    Gustav HOLST: The Planets, Op. 32
                    Igor STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms
  Nov 2:        Andrzej PANUFNIK: Heroic Overture
                    Frédéric CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11
                    Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13 (Winter Dreams)
                    Richard WAGNER: Prelude to Tristan and Isolde

  Nov 9:        Gustav MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer; Symphony No. 6

  Nov 16:       Richard WAGNER: Prelude to Lohengrin
                    Anton BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
                    Richard STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28

  Nov 23:       Igor STRAVINSKY: Fireworks, Op. 4; Pulcinella
                    Alexander SCRIABIN: Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60
                    Arnold SCHOENBERG: Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
                    Béla BARTÓK: Rhapsody for Violin No. 2
                    Pierre BOULEZ: Notations VII

  Nov 30:       Dmitry KABALEVSKY: Colas Breugnon Overture
                    Joseph HAYDN: Symphony No. 88 in G Major
                    Jaromír WEINBERGER: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper
                    Rolf LIEBERMANN: Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra
                    Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G Major