Masterworks of Italy and France are paired with a moving Chinese piano concerto featuring soloist Haochen Zhang in this program from Beijing. The program’s finale is the beautiful Symphony No. 3 by Camille Saint-Saëns, titled the “Organ Symphony”.

Music Director Emeritus for Life Riccardo Muti conducts Kraft’s Timpani Concerto, featuring Principal Timpani David Herbert. The program opens with Mozart’s Divertimento in F Major and closes with Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1 and Pines of Rome.

Travel with us to the Eternal City with this wide-ranging playlist of music dedicated to, inspired by, and hailing from Rome.

Expanding the orchestra’s sonic palette with some truly unorthodox instruments!

This week, Herbert Blomstedt leads Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and Cello Concerto, featuring Romanian cellist Andrei Ioniţă. Plus, hear the 1959 RCA recordings of Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Johann Strauss, Jr.’s Thunder and Lightning Polka, led by Fritz Reiner.

What music will fill your summer? Grant Park shares its 2023 offerings.

A dynamic balance of intensity and optimism holds true throughout the season, which features such program titles as Next, Boundless, and Unapologetic.

The ensemble’s return to live performance features four programs which all will be conducted by artistic director and principal conductor Scott Speck.

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra strike has ended and a new, five-year contract through September 2023 has been ratified, the CSO musicians and management have confirmed.

You made it; the frigid, blustery days of winter have finally passed, and spring is here! Here is some music that captures the season’s irrepressible spirit.

Few birds have inspired more composers than the cuckoo. Lisa Flynn selects some of her favorite works inspired by the cuckoo, from intimate chamber works to grand symphonies.

Composers have been inspired by all aspects of nature, and the changing of the seasons is no exception. As the weather warms up and the birds begin to chirp, here are some classical works to put a little spring in your step.

All Grant Park Music Festival concerts are free. WFMT will have several live broadcasts from the festival, including opening night and the Beethoven Ninth concerts. See a full listing of performances.