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      Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast Series

      Sundays at 1:00 pm

      Hosted by Lisa Simeone and produced by Marty Ronish, the weekly two-hour Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcasts offer a unique format that includes dynamic and innovative content to illustrate the fascinating stories found inside the music, with insight from the performers themselves. With the powerful sounds of the CSO as their centerpiece, the broadcasts include produced segments featuring interviews with CSO musicians, guest artists, and composers, plus an exploration of the stories found within the CSO’s rich heritage of recordings and the orchestra’s illustrious history in Chicago.

      Program Schedule

      March 31, 2013

      Sir Mark Elder conducts Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, and Sibelius.

      Dvorak: Slavonic Dance, Op 72, No 3
      Dvorak: The Water Goblin
      Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 3 in D Minor, Op 30 (Garrick Ohlsson, piano)
      Sibelius: Symphony No 1 in E Minor, Op 39

      April 7, 2013

      Salonen conducts Tristan and Isolde.

      Wagner: Introduction to Act I and Act II complete from Tristan und Isolde
      Gabrieli: Excerpts from CSO Brass Live album

      April 14, 2013

      Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven Emperor with guest conductor David Robertson.

      Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Weber
      Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 in E-Flat Major, Op 73, Emperor (Emanuel Ax, piano)
      Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op 45
      Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture, Op 124

      Available for streaming until May 28, 2013 | ©Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2013

      April 21, 2013

      Trevor Pinnock conducts two triple concertos.

      Debussy: Marche Ecosaisse
      Beethoven: Triple Concerto in C Major, Op 56 (Stefan Jackiw, violin; Paul Gomziakov, cello; Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano)
      Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A Minor, Op 56, Scottish
      Mozart: Concerto for 3 Pianos in F Major, K 242 (Trevor Pinnock, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Benjamin Hochman, pianos)

      Available for streaming until June 4, 2013 | ©Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2013

      April 28, 2013

      Salonen conducts Sibelius.

      Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
      Sibelius: Symphony No 7 in C Major, Op 105
      Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto (Yo-Yo Ma, cello)
      Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
      Haydn: Cello Concerto No 2 in D Major (Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Ton Koopman, conductor)

      Available for streaming until June 11, 2013 | ©Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2013

      May 5, 2013

      Pianist Yefim Bronfman and guest conductor Cristian Macelaru

      Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
      Bartok: Piano Concerto No 2 (Yefim Bronfman, piano)
      Bartok: Divertimento for String Orchestra
      Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale
      Debussy: La Mer (Ludovic Morlot, conductor)

      May 12, 2013

      Riccardo Muti conducts music by CSO composer-in-residence Mason Bates.

      Honegger: Pacific 231
      Bates: Alternative Energy
      Franck: Symphony in D Minor
      Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D Major, K 385, Haffner
      Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K 138

      May 19, 2013

      Guest conductor Manfred Honeck and pianist Till Fellner

      Strauss: Overture to Die Fledermaus
      Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C Major, Op 15 (Till Fellner, piano)
      Dvorak: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88
      Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat Major (Eugene Izotov, oboe; David McGill, bassoon: Robert Chen, violin; John Sharp; cello; Bernard Haitink, conductor)
      Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio, Op 72b

      May 26, 2013

      Asher Fisch conducts Wagner and Schoenberg.

      Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
      Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op 36 (Michael Barenboim, violin)
      Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal
      Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No 10
      Bach-Koopman: Concerto in C Major from BWV 1064 (Robert Chen, violin; Mathieu Dufour, flute; Eugene Izotov, oboe, William Buchman, bassoon)

      June 2, 2013

      Sir Mark Elder conducts a Shakespeare program.

      Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo and Juliet
      Elgar: Falstaff, Symphonic Study in C Minor, Op 68
      Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
      Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
      Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (Robert Spano, conductor)

      June 9, 2013

      Pianist Mitsuko Uchida conducts Mozart from the keyboard.

      Mozart: Piano Concerto No 17 in G Major, K 453
      Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
      Mozart: Piano Concerto No 27 in B-Flat Major, K 595
      Mozart: Symphony No 20 in D Major, K 133 (Ton Koopman, conductor)

      June 16, 2013

      Riccardo Muti conducts Bach.

      Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Eleonora Buratto, soprano; Anna Malavasi, mezzo-soprano; Saimir Pirqu, tenor; Adam Plachetka, bass-baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director)

      June 23, 2013

      Riccardo Muti conducts Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6.

      Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
      Hindemith: Suite from Nobilissima Visione
      Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6 in B Minor, Op 74, Pathétique
      Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy

      June 30, 2013

      Semyon Bychkov and the Labeques

      Poulenc: Two-Piano Concerto D Minor (Katya and Marielle Labeque, pianos)
      Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op 40
      Brahms: Symphony #4 in E Minor, Op 98 (David Robertson, conductor)