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.
Oct 27: Mikhail Glinka Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Richard STRAUSS: Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier
Aaron COPLAND: Suite from The Tender Land
Pietro MASCAGNI: Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Gioachino ROSSINI: Overture to William Tell
Richard WAGNER: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre; Forest Murmurs from Siegfried; Dawn, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, and Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March from Götterdämmerung
Nov 3: Emil von REZNICEK: Overture to Donna Diana
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a; Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a
Maurice RAVEL: String Quartet in F Major
Johann STRAUSS, Jr.: Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
Nov 10: Maurice RAVEL Menuet antique; La valse
Dimitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77
Valentin SILVESTROV: Serenade
Claude DEBUSSYLa Mer
Anton WEBERN: Im Sommerwind
Nov 17: Richard WAGNER: Prelude to Lohengrin
Richard STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28
Anton BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
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