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.
Apr 27: Antonín DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104; Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Svante HENRYSON: Black Run from Colors in D Suite for Solo Cello (Encore)
Ottorino RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome
Johann STRAUSS, Jr.: Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op. 324
May 4: Wolfgang MOZART: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Richard WAGNER: Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
Lowell LIEBERMANN: Flute Concerto No. 2, Op. 142
Claude DEBUSSY: Syrinx (Encore)
Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G Major
May 11: Édouard LALO: Overture to Le Roi d'Ys
Sergei RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1
Traditional (trans. BUZAROVSKI): Macedonian Folk Song (Encore)
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103, The Year 1905
May 18: Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, K. 364; Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425 (Linz)
Pytor TCHAIKOVSKY (arr. Glazunov) Meditation from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42
Paul HINDEMITH: Nobilissima visione
May 25: Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
Jun 1: Paul DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Francis POULENC Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani
Johann Sebastian BACH Variation No. 20 from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Encore
Camille SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78, Organ
Maurice RAVEL: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe ; Boléro