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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.
News: Meet the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's New Music Director
CSO Names Klaus Mäkelä as Music Director
Barenboim Conducts Bruckner 8
This broadcast features iconic recordings of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s ninth music director, Daniel Barenboim, conducting Wagner’s Prelude to Lohengrin, Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8.
A Tribute to Pierre Boulez
The CSO celebrates Pierre Boulez! In this broadcast, we hear Boulez, the CSO’s longtime principal guest conductor and later Helen Regenstein Conductor Emeritus, conducting the CSO in Stravinsky, Scriabin, Varèse, Schoenberg and Bartók. In between, the CSO’s ninth music director Daniel Barenboim leads Boulez’s Notations VII.
Reiner Rarities
This week’s broadcast features Fritz Reiner, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s sixth music director. The program includes Liebermann’s Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra and the CSO’s first recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with soprano Lisa Della Casa. Opening the broadcast is Kabalevsky’s Colas Breugnon Overture, followed by Haydn’s Symphony No. 88 and Weinberger’s Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the ...
Handel’s Messiah & Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker
Sir Georg Solti leads the CSO and Chorus in the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah, featuring Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Gjevang, Keith Lewis and Gwynne Howell.
