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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast Series
Hailed as the number one US Orchestra in the world by the venerable British publication Gramophone, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra continues this quarter with more concerts from Symphony Center, the home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Produced by Marty Ronish 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 CSO'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.
Each radio broadcast highlights the many programs and events at Symphony Center, encouraging listeners to visit the CSO's Web site, www.cso.org for additional content, including full-length interviews and the Orchestra's weekly program notes. These broadcasts also support the CSO's new record label, CSO Resound, with programs timed to coincide with the release of each new recording.
In 2011, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was awarded two more Grammys for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance for Verdi's Requiem, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists, Riccardo Muti, Conductor; David Frost, Tom Lazarus and Chistopher Willis, Engineers. These are the first Grammys for Maestro Muti. The CSO has earned 62 Grammys over the years.
Stations are allowed one (1) broadcast of this series within the broadcast window as specified in the music listings.
For further information about this free series, please contact Tony Macaluso at (773) 279-2114, email: tmacaluso@wfmt.com or Carol Martinez at (773) 279-2112, email: cmartinez@wfmt.com.
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RADIO BROADCASTS
Broadcast Schedule - Spring 2013
**revised 3/17/2013
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-13
RELEASE: March 29, 2013
Sir Mark Elder conducts Dvorák, Rachmaninov and Sibelius.
Dvorák: Slavonic Dance, Op. 72, No 3
Dvorák: The Water Goblin
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 (Garrick Ohlsson, piano)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-14
RELEASE: April 5, 2013
Salonen conducts Tristan and Isolde
Wagner: Introduction to Act I & II from Tristan und Isolde
Gabrieli: Excerpts from CSO Brass Live Album
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-15
RELEASE: April 12, 2013
Emanuel Ax plays Beethoven Emperor
Hindemith: Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 Emperor (Emanuel Ax, piano)
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Beethoven: Consecration of the House, Op. 124
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-16
RELEASE: April 19, 2013
Trevor Pinnock conducts two triple concertos
Debussy: Marche Ecosaisse
Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano 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 Three Pianos in F Major, K. 242 (Trevor Pinnock, Kristian
Bezuidenhout, Benjamin Hochman, pianos)
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-17
RELEASE: April 26, 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: I and III (Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Ton Koopman,
conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-18
RELEASE: May 3, 2013
Bronfman Plays Bartók; Christian Macelaru conducts
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major (Yefim Bronfman, piano)
Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra
Stravinsky: The Song of a Nightingale
Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Le Matin (Ton Koopman, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-19
RELEASE: May 10, 2013
Riccardo Muti conducts a Mason Bates premiere
Honegger: Pacific 231
Bates: Alternative Energy (CSO Commission, World Premiere)
Franck: Symphony in D Minor
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385
Mozart: Divertimento in F Major, K. 138
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-20
RELEASE: May 17, 2013
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
PROGRAM # CSO 13-21
RELEASE: May 24, 2013
Asher Fisch conducts Wagner and Schoenberg
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (Michael Barenboim, violin)
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal
Bach/Koopman: Concerto in C Major from BWV 1064 (Robert Chen, violin; Mathieu
Dufour, flute; Eugene Izotov, oboe, William Buchman, bassoon)
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-22
RELEASE: May 31, 2013
Sir Mark Elder conducts a Shakespeare program
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Elgar: Falstaff, Symphonic Study in C Minor, Op. 68
Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (Robert Spano, conductor)
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-23
RELEASE: June 7, 2013
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)
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-24
RELEASE: June 14, 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)
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-25
RELEASE: June 21, 2013
Riccardo Muti conducts Carmina Burana
Smirnov: Space Odyssey (World Premiere)
Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200
Orff: Carmina Burana (Maria Grazia Schiavo, soprano; Max Emanuel Cencic,
countertenor; Stéphane Degout, baritone)
Haydn: Symphony No. 39 in G Minor
PROGRAM #: CSO 13-26
RELEASE: June 28, 2013
Semyon Bychkov and the Labeques
Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos in D Minor (Katya and Marielle Labeque, piano)
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 (David Robertson, conductor)
