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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast Series
Sundays at 1:00 pm
Hosted by Lisa Simeone and produced by Marty Ronish, the weekly two-hour Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcasts offer a unique format that includes dynamic and innovative content to illustrate the fascinating stories found inside the music, with insight from the performers themselves. With the powerful sounds of the CSO as their centerpiece, the broadcasts include produced segments featuring interviews with CSO musicians, guest artists, and composers, plus an exploration of the stories found within the CSOs rich heritage of recordings and the orchestras illustrious history in Chicago.
Program Schedule
January 6, 2013
Riccardo Muti conducts the CSO and Chorus in the Cherubini Requiem.
Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
Schoenberg: Kol Nidre (Alberto Mizrahi, narrator)
Cherubini: Requiem in C Minor
Verdi: Four Seasons from Les Vêpres siciliennes
January 13, 2013
Riccardo Muti conducts Beethoven Five.
Prokofiev: The Meeting of the Volga and the Don
Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Ildar Abdrazakov, bass)
Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C Minor, Op 67
Prokofiev: Three scenes from Romeo and Juliet (CSO Brass)
January 20, 2013
Sir Mark Elder conducts Shostakovich.
Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel
Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Été (Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano)
Shostakovich: Symphony No 1 in F Minor, Op 10
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh
January 27, 2013
Vasily Petrenko makes his CSO debut.
Elgar: Cockaigne Overture
Barber: Violin Concerto, Op 14 (Robert Chen, violin)
Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E Minor, Op 53
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 (CSO Brass)
February 3, 2013
Harry Bicket conducts a new work by composer-in-residence Anna Clyne.
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6
Clyne: Prince of Clouds [CSO co-commission]
Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto
Bach: Oboe d’amore Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055 (Scott Hostetler, oboe d’amore)
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins (Jennifer Koh, Jaime Laredo, violins)
Rameau: Suite from Les Boreádes
February 10, 2013
Jaap Van Zweden conducts a world premiere by Christopher Rouse.
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Rouse: Heimdall’s Trumpet [CSO commission, world premiere] (Chris Martin, trumpet)
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony
February 17, 2013
Jaap Van Zweden conducts Mahler.
Stucky: Rhapsodies for Orchestra
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K 191/186e (David McGill, bassoon)
Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D Major
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op 31 (Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
February 24, 2013
Riccardo Muti conducts Brahms.
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 77 (Pinchas Zukerman, violin)
Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op 73
Haydn: Symphony No 89 in F Major
March 3, 2013
Riccardo Muti conducts Beethoven and Frank.
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E-flat Major, Op 55, Eroica
Schubert: Entr'acte No 3 from Rosamunde
Franck: Symphony in D Minor
March 10, 2013
Riccardo Muti conducts Brahms.
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman Overture
Stravinsky: Divertimento
Busoni: Selections from Turandot Suite
Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E Minor, Op 98
March 17, 2013
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts works of the Viennese masters.
Mahler: Blumine
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor, Op 37 (Jeremy Denk, piano)
Brahms-Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No 1 in G Minor, Op 25
Mozart: Flute Concerto No 1 in G Major, K 313 (Mathieu Dufour, flute; Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
March 24, 2013
Sir Mark Elder conducts an eclectic program from the Romantic era.
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 (Reformation)
Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Minor, Op 21 (Emanuel Ax, piano)
Wagner: Rienzi Overture
Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No 2 (Ludovic Morlot, conductor)
March 31, 2013
Sir Mark Elder conducts Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, and Sibelius.
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance, Op 72, No 3
Dvorak: The Water Goblin
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 3 in D Minor, Op 30 (Garrick Ohlsson, piano)
Sibelius: Symphony No 1 in E Minor, Op 39