Chicago Symphony Orchestra

THURSDAYS @ 8PM

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.

4/2

Daniel Barenboim, Frederick Stock, and Fritz Reiner conductors

Maureen Forrester, contralto; Richard Lewis, tenor

Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring"

Karl Goldmark: In Springtime

Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

 

4/9

Jakub Hrusa, conductor

Kenneth Olsen, cello; Cynthia Yeh, percussion

Emma Gerstein, flute

Caroline Shaw: Boris Kerner

Adolphus Hailstork: Arabesques

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9

 

4/16

Anna Rakitina and Georg Solti, conductors

Alisa Weilerstein, cello

Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director

Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus; Emily Ellsworth, director

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sarabande from Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a

Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms