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 6:         Gustav MAHLER: Songs of a Wayfarer; Symphony No. 6
                    Charles IVES: The Unanswered Question

  Oct 13:        Benjamin BRITTEN: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
                    Jessie MONTGOMERY: Banner
                    Einojuhani RAUTAVAARA: Canticus Arcticus
                    Carl ORFF: Carmina burana

  Oct 20:        Frederick STOCK/John Stafford SMITH: The Star-Spangled Banner
                    Carlos SIMON: Amen
                    Sergei RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
                    Igor STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
                    Alexander BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor; Fireworks
                    Modest MUSSORGSKY: A Night on Bare Mountain

  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