Sundays at 8:00 pm
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 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
David Afkham returns to the CSO podium to lead Debussy, Ravel, and Shostakovich.
Reiner Rarities
This broadcast celebrates the CSO’s sixth music director, Fritz Reiner!
Handel Messiah & Tchaikovsky Nutcracker
Holiday music conducted by Sir Georg Solti and Fritz Reiner.
Blomstedt Conducts Dvořák 8
Eminent Swedish-American conductor Herbert Blomstedt leads two Dvořák landmarks — the restless, bucolic Eighth Symphony and the impassioned Cello Concerto — each imbued with the composer’s hallmark warmth and Bohemian charm.
Barenboim Conducts Bruckner 8
We will hear the CSO’s ninth music director conducting Bruckner, Strauss, and Wagner.
Muti, Glass & Mendelssohn
Join Riccardo Muti and the CSO for a sensuous journey to Italy.
Muti Conducts Mozart & Prokofiev
Plus the overture to Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims.
