Chicago Symphony Orchestra on 88.7-1

The BP Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast Series features concerts from Symphony Center, the home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Hosted by Lisa Simeone, this weekly, two-hour series offers a unique format of engaging and lively content, including features providing insight into the music and programmatic themes found within the CSO's concert season; interviews with CSO musicians, guest artists, and composers; and an exploration of the stories found within the CSO's rich heritage of recordings and the Orchestra's illustrious history in Chicago.

Listen for the CSO's upcoming programs:

January 6, 2013

Riccardo Muti conducts the CSO and Chorus in the Cherubini Requiem.

Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)


Schoenberg: Kol Nidre (Alberto Mizrahi, narrator)


Cherubini: Requiem in C Minor


Verdi: Four Seasons from Les Vêpres siciliennes

January 13, 2013

Riccardo Muti conducts Beethoven Five.

Prokofiev: The Meeting of the Volga and the Don


Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Ildar Abdrazakov, bass)


Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C Minor, Op 67


Prokofiev: Three scenes from Romeo and Juliet (CSO Brass)

January 20, 2013

Sir Mark Elder conducts Shostakovich.

Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel


Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Été (Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano)


Shostakovich: Symphony No 1 in F Minor, Op 10


Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh

January 27, 2013

Vasily Petrenko makes his CSO debut.

Elgar: Cockaigne Overture


Barber: Violin Concerto, Op 14 (Robert Chen, violin)


Shostakovich: Symphony No 10 in E Minor, Op 53


Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 (CSO Brass)

February 3, 2013

Harry Bicket conducts a new work by composer-in-residence Anna Clyne.

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6


Clyne: Prince of Clouds [CSO co-commission]


Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto


Bach: Oboe d’amore Concerto in A Major, BWV 1055 (Scott Hostetler, oboe d’amore)


Bach: Concerto for Two Violins (Jennifer Koh, Jaime Laredo, violins)


Rameau: Suite from Les Boreádes

February 10, 2013

Jaap Van Zweden conducts a world premiere by Christopher Rouse.

Shostakovich: Festive Overture


Rouse: Heimdall’s Trumpet [CSO commission, world premiere] (Chris Martin, trumpet)


Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony


Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony

February 17, 2013

Jaap Van Zweden conducts Mahler.

Stucky: Rhapsodies for Orchestra


Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K 191/186e (David McGill, bassoon)


Mahler: Symphony No 1 in D Major


Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op 31 (Daniel Barenboim, conductor)

February 24, 2013

Riccardo Muti conducts Brahms.

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 77 (Pinchas Zukerman, violin)


Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D Major, Op 73


Haydn: Symphony No 89 in F Major

March 3, 2013

Edo de Waart conducts the Eroica

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op 55, "Eroica"

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Bernard Haitink, conductor)

March 10, 2013

Edo de Waart conducts Brahms.

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K.551, "Jupiter"

Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E Minor, Op 98

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K.488 (Daniel Barenboim, piano and conductor)

March 17, 2013

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts works of the Viennese masters.

Mahler: Blumine


Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor, Op 37 (Jeremy Denk, piano)


Brahms-Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No 1 in G Minor, Op 25


Mozart: Flute Concerto No 1 in G Major, K 313 (Mathieu Dufour, flute; Daniel Barenboim, conductor)

March 24, 2013

Sir Mark Elder conducts an eclectic program from the Romantic era.

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture


Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 (Reformation)


Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 in F Minor, Op 21 (Emanuel Ax, piano)
Wagner: Rienzi Overture


Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No 2 (Ludovic Morlot, conductor)

March 31, 2013

Sir Mark Elder conducts Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, and Sibelius.

Dvorak: Slavonic Dance, Op 72, No 3


Dvorak: The Water Goblin


Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 3 in D Minor, Op 30 (Garrick Ohlsson, piano)


Sibelius: Symphony No 1 in E Minor, Op 39