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.

  Dec 29      Anton BRUCKNER: Psalm 150
                    Béla BARTÓK: Cantata profana
                    Johannes BRAHMS: A German Requiem

  Jan 5        Andrzej PANFUNIK: 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

  Jan 12       Gioachino ROSSINI: Overture to The Barber of Seville
                    Augusta Read THOMAS: Brio
                    Robert SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
                    Frédéric CHOPIN: Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42
                    Richard STRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

  Jan 19       Jeanne SIBELIUS: Violin concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
                    Gustav MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer
                    Richard STRAUSS: Burleske in D Minor
                    Antonín DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104

  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