Waldbühne II: Petrenko and the Berlin Philharmonic

The Berlin Philharmonic and Kirill Petrenko take the Waldbühne stage in a program pairing Maurice Ravel with music by Modest Mussorgsky and Sergei Prokofiev and featuring pianist Yuja Wang.

6 (+1) Fascinating Premieres You Never Knew Happened in Chicago

For more than a century, artists from all over the world have chosen to give their first performances in the Second City.

Mussorgsky, Borodin, Kancheli, and Shostakovich

Featuring conductors Leonard Bernstein and Kurt Masur.

Haydn, Glinka, and Mussorgsky

Two trios and a piece for voice and piano.

Chamayou Performs Liszt’s Totentanz

Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony journey through Hector Berlioz’s phantasmic Symphonie fantastique, Franz Liszt’s devilish Totentanz with pianist Bertrand Chamayou, and Modest Mussorgsky’s supernatural Night on Bald Mountain.

Janáček; J. Strauss, Jr. & Mussorgsky

Sampling conductors: Ozawa, Gould, Reiner, and Giulini

Season Finale: Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances

Closing out the 2023 Grant Park Music Festival season with music by Modest Mussorgsky, Felix Mendelssohn, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Pictures at an Exhibition

Ken-David Masur — music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago — takes the Millennium Park stage.

WFMT and CSO Partner for New Series: From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years

Today, WFMT and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra announce the launch of an exciting new broadcast and streaming series.

Playlist: 31 Freaky and Frightening Classical Works to Haunt Your Halloween

Whether you’re looking for spooky music as you wait for trick-or-treaters, or you need some music to accompany your own “danse macabre,” we have your perfect Halloween soundtrack.