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.

  Jan 26       Richard STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
                    Jessie MONTGOMERY: Hymn for Everyone
                    Max RAIMI: Three Lisel Mueller Settings
                    Philip GLASS: Symphony No. 11

  Feb 2        Igor STRAVINSKY: Four Studies for Orchestra
                    Richard STRAUSS: Don Juan, Op. 20
                    Esa-Pekka SALONEN: Sinfonia Concertante for Organ and Orchestra
                    Encore: Aivars KALEJS: Toccata on the Chorale “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr”
                    Béla BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra

  Feb9        Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 19
                    Franz LISZT: A Faust Symphony

  Feb 16       Alexander SCRIABIN: The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
                    Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)

  Feb 23       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: Arr. PLETNEV: Vision from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
                    Pierre BOULEZ: Initiale for Brass Septet