Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast Series

Sundays at 8:00 pm
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast Series

Hear live performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra every week

The Chicago Symphony presents a full range of orchestral works under the seasoned baton of music director emeritus for life Riccardo Muti. The top-tier soloists and guest conductors complete the series with artists like Yo-Yo Ma, Hilary Hahn, and Daniil Trifonov; as well as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mitsuko Uchida, and Bernard Haitink. The two-hour Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcasts include dynamic and innovative commentary which takes the listener behind the scenes and into the music.

Afkham & Gluzman

February 16, 2025, 8:00 pm

On today’s broadcast, David Afkham leads the CSO in Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, featuring soloist Vadim Gluzman, followed by Vadim Gluzman’s encore, Serenade by Valentin Silvestrov. Also included in this program are Debussy’s La Mer and two pieces by Ravel: Menuet antique and La valse. Closing out the program, Bernard Haitink conducts Webern’s Im Sommerwind.

Glover & Jacobs

February 23, 2025, 8:00 pm

Jane Glover makes her CSO subscription debut, leading the orchestra in a program bookended by Haydn’s Symphony No. 71 and Mozart’s Symphony No. 29. Also on the program, Principal Oboe William Welter solos in Mozart’s Oboe Concerto in C Major, and Paul Jacobs performs Handel’s Organ Concerto No. 4 and J.S. Bach’s Sinfonia to Cantata BWV 29. To close, Claudio ...

Muti & the CSO

March 2, 2025, 8:00 pm

This week, Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti leads the world premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s Megalopolis Suite, commissioned by the CSO. The program also includes Donizetti’s Overture to Don Pasquale, Verdi’s The Four Seasons from I vespri scilliani, Chabrier’s España, and Maurice de Falla’s Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat. Rounding out the broadcast, Fritz Reiner conducts Ravel’s ...