Legendary Chicago Symphony Orchestra soloists take center stage in this program, including violinist Steven Staryk in Massenet’s Meditation from Thaïs, flutist Donald Peck in Debussy’s Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun, and Arnold Jacobs in Vaughan Williams’s Tuba Concerto. Dale Clevenger and fellow horns are featured in Schumann’s Konzertstück, and the broadcast closes with the string talents of Samuel Magad, Charles Pikler, and John Sharp in Strauss’s Don Quixote.
Musicians of the Orchestra
Playlist
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34, by Benjamin Britten
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Seiji Ozawa conductor
Tuba Concerto in F Minor, by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Arnold Jacobs tuba
Meditation from Thaïs, by Jules Massenet
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Jean Martinon conductor; Steven Staryk violin
Konzertstück for Four Horns in F Major, Op. 86, by Robert Schumann
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Dale Clevenger, horn; Richard Oldberg, horn; Thomas Howell, horn; Norman Schweikert, horn
Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun, Claude Debussy
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sir Georg Solti, conductor; Donald Peck, flute
Don Quixote, Op. 35, by Richard Strauss
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Daniel Barenboim, conductor; Samuel Magad, violin; Charles Pikler, viola; John Sharp, cello