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.
Seiji Ozawa and Osmo Vanska, conductors
Jowlle Harvey, soprano; Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Hugh Russell, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Uniting Voices Chicago
Benjamin Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Jessie Montgomery: Banner
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Canticus Arcticus
Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Marin Alsop and Seiji Ozawa, conductors
Frederick Stock-John Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner
Carlos Simon: Amen
Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Modest Mussorgsky: A Night on Bare Mountain
Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks
Fritz Reiner, Georg Solti, Riccardo Muti, Artur Rodzinski, and Daniel Barenboim, conductors
Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Leonore No. 3, Op. 72b
Richard Strauss: Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier
Aaron Copland: Suite from The Tender Land
Pietro Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Richard Wagner: The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walkure
Richard Wagner: Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
Richard Wagner: Dawn, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, and Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March from Gotterdammerung