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.
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
Apr 6: Robert SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 (Spring)
Karl GOLDMARK: In Springtime
Gustav MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde
Apr 13: Caroline SHAW: Boris Kerner
Adolphus HAILSTORK: Arabesques
Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
Apr 20: Pyotr TCHAIKOVSKY: Capriccio italien, Op. 45; Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33; Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62; Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
Johann Sebastian BACH: Sarabande from Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 (Encore)
Igor STRAVINSKY: Symphony of Psalms
Apr 27: Antonín DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104; Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Svante HENRYSON: Black Run from Colors in D Suite for Solo Cello (Encore)
Ottorino RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome
Johann STRAUSS, Jr.: Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op. 324
May 4: Wolfgang MOZART: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Richard WAGNER: Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
Lowell LIEBERMANN: Flute Concerto No. 2, Op. 142
Claude DEBUSSY: Syrinx (Encore)
Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 4 in G Major