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Xian Zhang leads the CSO in Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony and Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Primal Message. In between, Simon Trpčeski joins her in Grieg’s Piano Concerto. Opening the program, Sir Georg Solti leads the CSO in Brahms’s Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a from 1997 London recording.
In this episode, Kristina and LaRob give you another playlist of handpicked compositions that showcase the diverse nature of classical influences woven into modern music! Tune in for music from Mason Bates, Jennifer Thomas, and Xavier Foley!
This concert brings a rousing set of works from Bernstein, Debussy, and Gabriela Lena Frank all focused on the theme of dance.
Kodály’s Dances of Galánta begins the concert, contrasted with Anna Clyne’s DANCE for Cello and Orchestra, featuring cellist Inbal Segev as soloist.
Viet Cuong premieres his work Stargazer featuring Sarah Cahill at the piano.
Spotlighting the contemporary American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.
Turning point works by Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, and Brett Dean — whose piece Twelve Angry Men features a dozen cellos.
Plus visiting the West Coast by way of Salonen’s L.A. Variations.
Honor Black artistry with an entire month of exciting musical events — operas, chamber concerts, jazz orchestras, broadcasts, and more!
“It was a very ambitious and therefore expensive project, and unfortunately in the current conditions, it wasn’t something that we can manage,” LA Opera CEO Christopher Koelsch said.
On Feb. 5, 2024, another note is going to begin playing… this one will be relatively short; it will hang around for only the next two years.
Recognizing the Chicagoans, musicians, artists, and friends of WFMT who died this past year.
Discover new music including Reena Esmail’s A Winter Breviary and Roderick Williams’s O Adonai.
Stunning renditions of contemporary works, stirring early music performances, and more.
Alan Gilbert is joined by two former Artists-in-Residence in works by Beethoven, Dvořák, and former Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg.
Kristina and LaRob sit down for an informal listening party with composer, violinist, and CSO Mead Composer in Residence, Jessie Montgomery. She shares her musical inspirations, music she wishes she composed herself, and gives some insight into the life of a composer in the 21st century!
In an ode to the wonder of our natural world, this program ponders fate, resolve, and reverence.
A universal tale with moving colors, where the flow of music follows the flow of life; an initiatory fable on human nature and self-discovery.
Experience the exhilaration of Beethoven’s dance Symphony, his Seventh, and a new cello concerto by Gabriella Smith.
A conversation with the Grammy award-winning Argentine composer.
Josefowicz takes on Thomas Adès’ “Concentric Paths” Violin Concerto. The high-powered Elim Chan leads music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Clarice Assad.
This week features pieces from a newly released recording from the CSO Resound label. Riccardo Muti conducts the broadcast.
From Paris Opera, hear a star-studded cast that includes Thomas Hampson as Richard Nixon and Renée Fleming as Pat Nixon, with John Matthew Myers as Chairman Mao.
Saariaho’s compositions melded live performance and electronics, winning recognition and securing commissions from numerous leading organizations.
Ludovic Morlot conducts Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite and the world premiere of a concerto written by and starring Timothy Higgins, the orchestra’s principal trombonist.