This weekly program presents concerts by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, one of the
leading orchestras in the United States, and its acclaimed Music Director Riccardo Muti.
Hosted by Lisa Simeone, the series features live concert performances by the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, recorded at Symphony Center, alongside selections from the orchestra's
expansive catalog of commercial recordings. Every program is designed to illustrate
fascinating stories found inside the music, as well as present insights from the performers
themselves.
Jane Glover and Claudio Abbado, conductors
William Welter, oboe
Paul Jacobs, organ
Dale Clevenger, French horn
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 71 in B-flat Major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
George Frideric Handel: Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major, Op. 4 No. 4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K. 447
Leopold Stokowski, John Williams, Neeme Jarvi and Pierre Monteux, conductors
Aram Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3 in C Major
John Williams: Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha
Zoltan Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Cesar Franck: Symphony in D minor
Esa-Pekka Salonen and Georg Solti, conductors
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose
Bryce Dessner: Violin Concerto
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra