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.

June 30:
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

July 7:
Igor STRAVINSKY: Four Studies for Orchestra
Richard STRAUSS: Don Juan, Op. 20
Esa-Pekka SALONEN: Sinfonia Concertante for Organ and Orchestra
Aivars KALEJS: Toccata on the Chorale “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr”
Béla BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra

July 14:
Richard WAGNER: Overture to Rienzi
Richard STRAUSS: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11
Igor STRAVINSKY: Fireworks, Op. 4
Sergei RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10

July 21:
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
Franz LISZT: A Faust Symphony

July 28:
Gatano DONIZETTI: Overture to Don Pasquale
Giuseppe VERDI: The Four Seasons from I vespri sicilliani
Emmanuel CHABRIER: España
Osvaldo GOLIJOV: Megalopolis Suite
Maurice de FALLA: Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: String Quintet in C Minor, K. 406/516b