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.

  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

  Mar 2:        Sergei PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Classical)
                    Sergei RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
                    Encore: Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (for piano four hands)
                    Richard WAGNER: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre; Forest Murmurs from Siegfried; Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March from Götterdämmerung

  Mar 9:        Hector BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy, Op. 16; Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Les francs-juges Overture, Op. 3
                    Encore: Georges BIZET: Adagietto from L’arlésienne Suite No. 1

  Mar 16:       Gustav MAHLER: Totenfeier
                    Bedřich SMETANA: Má vlast, I. Vyšehrad; II. The Moldau; III. Sárka; IV. From Bohemia’s Fields and Groves; V. Tábor; VI. Blanik

  Mar 23:       Georg Philipp TELEMANN: Trumpet Concerto in D Major, TWV 41: D7
                    Sergei PROKOFIEV: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60
                    Michael HAYDN: Concerto for Trumpet in D Major, MH 104
                    Franz SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 (Tragic)
                    Richard STRAUSS: Der Bürger als Edelmann, Op. 60

  Mar 30:       Johann STRAUSS, Jr.: Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron
                    Paul HINDEMITH Symphony, Mathis der Maler
                    Antonín DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, From the New World
                    Isaac ALBÉNIZ: Navarra; Fête-Dieu à Séville from Ibéria, Book I; Triana from Ibéria, Book II