CSO Program Notes: Van Zweden Conducts Mahler 6
Steeped in fateful march rhythms, bittersweet lullabies and a series of thunderous hammer blows,...
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CSO Program Notes: Van Zweden Conducts Mahler 6
Steeped in fateful march rhythms, bittersweet lullabies and a series of thunderous hammer blows,...
14:59
CSO Program Notes: Muti Conducts Montgomery & Beethoven Pastoral
Riccardo Muti leads a world premiere by Jessie Montgomery, the CSO’s new Mead...
14:11
CSO Program Notes: Muti Conducts Beethoven, Still & Price
Riccardo Muti presents two groundbreaking pieces by the first African American composers to have...
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CSO Program Notes: Beethoven, Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Lithuanian-born Julian Rachlin showcases his singular versatility as a violinist, violist and...
13:44
CSO Program Notes: Ein Heldenleben
Hear the sounds of bravery, battle and romance in Strauss' exuberant Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's...
15:18
CSO Program Notes: Salonen Conducts Ravel & Stravinsky
Esa-Pekka Salonen takes listeners on a voyage through astonishing terrains, from Ravel’s...
15:35
CSO Program Notes: Salonen Conducts Daphnis & Chloe
Hear how Greek and Roman mythology have captivated composers with tales of betrayal, love and...
15:31
CSO Program Notes: Tchaikovsky Romeo & Juliet
James Gaffigan leads a program etched in vivid colors, including Tchaikovsky’s seductive portrait...
12:31
CSO Program Notes: Muti, Mutter & Beethoven Violin Concerto
By turns majestic, lyrical and iconoclastic, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto has been a signature...
16:32
CSO Program Notes: Muti Conducts Verdi Un ballo in maschera
History supplied Verdi with the subject matter for this gripping drama. It is based on the true...
17:09
CSO Program Notes: Muti & Bronfman
A new season begins as dazzling pianist Yefim Bronfman joins Riccardo Muti and the CSO in Brahms’...
16:37
CSO Program Notes: Muti Conducts Mozart & Prokofiev
The 2022/23 season will mark 70 years since Sergei Prokofiev’s death. Riccardo Muti conducts...
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CSO Program Notes: Thielemann Conducts Bruckner 8
Bruckner’s last completed symphony is a majestic statement in which every theme feels like a...
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CSO Program Notes: Muti Conducts Pictures from an Exhibition
Mussorgsky, shaken by the passing of his friend, the artist Victor Hartmann, turned his grief...
16:02
CSO Program Notes: Wagner, Bartók and Vaughan Williams
As Great Britain endured the Blitz in 1943, the 71-year-old Vaughan Williams produced his Fifth...
17:48
CSO Program Notes: Grieg Piano Concerto and Prokofiev 6
Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony was a risky undertaking in post-World War II Russia: a personal...
11:48
CSO Program Notes: CSO & The Joffrey Ballet
Dancers from Chicago’s world-renowned Joffrey Ballet invigorate the Symphony Center stage with...
15:50
CSO Program Notes: Honeck, Capuçon & Shostakovich 5
A journey from brooding despair to rousing triumph, Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony rescued him...
16:41
CSO Program Notes: Hilary Hahn, Tchaikovsky & Bartók
Dalia Stasevska leads the CSO in Bartók’s glittering late masterpiece — which shows off every...
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CSO Program Notes: Stravinsky, Beethoven & Sibelius 2
Sibelius’ intense love of nature is mirrored in his Second Symphony, which inhabits a world of...
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