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.
Georg Solti, conductor
Andras Schiff, piano
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Hector Berlioz: Overture to Les Franc-juges, Op. 3
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Song
Carl Maria von Weber: Overture to Oberon
David Del Tredici: Final Alice
Claudio Abbado and Jaap van Zweden, conductors
Hanna Schwarz, mezzo-soprano
Gustav Mahler: Ruckert Lieder
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Georg Solti, Eric Crees, Mark Ridenour and Fritz Reiner, conductors
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Anne Gjevang, contralto; Keith Lewis, tenor; Gwynne Howell, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus; Margaret Hillis, director
CSO Brass
George Frederic Handel: Part One of Messiah
Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacrae Symphoniae No. 6, Sonata Pian e forte
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon duodecimi toni a 10
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon septime toni a 8 (No. 2)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker, Op. 71