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.
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.
