CSOradio
CSOradio
CSOradio broadcast schedule
The CSOradio broadcast series brings unparalleled live performances to thousands of listeners every week.
The series features live concert performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, recorded in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, alongside selections from the CSO’s expansive catalog of commercial recordings. Every program is designed to illustrate fascinating stories behind the music, as well as presenting insights from the performers themselves.
CSOradio currently offers one series: a nationally syndicated lineup, which is broadcast in Chicago at 8 p.m. CT on Sundays over WFMT-FM (98.7). Complete shows also may be heard here.
Audiences outside Chicago may stream the CSO’s radio broadcasts on Experience CSO or check their local radio listings.
Stream available music selections on CSOradio.
CSOradio Program #14
The Song of the Earth
Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 (Spring)
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1977 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Goldmark In Springtime
Frederick Stock conductor
1925 (Victor)
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde
Maureen Forrester conductor
March 2023
Respighi Fountains of Rome
Fritz Reiner conductor
Maureen Forrester contralto
Richard Lewis tenor
1959 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #15
Mäkelä Conducts López Bellido & Mahler 5
Corigliano Tournaments Overture
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1984 (CSO First 100 Years)
Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela from Four Legends from the Kalevala, Op. 22
Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor
López Bellido Aino
Scott Hostetler english horn
Mahler Symphony No. 5
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
February 2023
CSOradio Program #16
Great Guest Soloists
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Walter Hendi conductor
Jascha Heifetz violin
1959 (RCA)
Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer
Sir Georg Solti conductor
Yvonne Minton mezzo-soprano
1970 (London)
R. Strauss Burleske in D Minor
Fritz Reiner conductor
Byron Janis piano
1957 (RCA)
Dvořák Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Daniel Barenboim conductor
Jacqueline du Pré cello
1970 (Angel)
CSOradio Program #17
Rakitina, Weilerstein & Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Roccoco Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62
ENCORE Bach Sarabande from Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
Alisa Weilerstein cello
Tchaikovsky Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
Anna Rakitina conductor
March 2022
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Sir Georg Solti conductor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe director
1997 (London)
CSOradio Program #18
Hrůša Conducts Má vlast
Mahler Totenfeier
Pierre Boulez conductor
1996 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Smetana Vysehrad, No. 1 from Má vlast
Smetana The Moldau, No. 2 from Má vlast
Smetana Sárka, No. 3 from Má vlast
Smetana From Bohemia's Fields and Groves, No. 4 from Má vlast
Smetana Tábor, No. 5 from Má vlast
Smetana Blanik, No. 6, from Má vlast
Jakub Hrůša conductor
May 2017
CSOradio Program #19
Zhang & Trpčeski
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Josephn Haydn, Op. 56a
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1977 (London)
Ngwenyama Primal Message
Grieg Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
Simon Trpčeski piano
Prokofiev Symphony No. 6 in E-flat Minor, Op. 111
Xian Zhang conductor
October 2022
CSOradio Program #20
Szeps-Znaider & Carpenter
Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Poulenc Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani
Bach No. 20 from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Cameron Carpenter organ
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 (Organ)
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor
December 2022
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
Ravel Alborada del gracioso
Ravel Boléro
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1991 (Erato)
CSOradio Program #21
Muti Conducts Beethoven
Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Riccardo Muti conductor
January 2022
Barber Mutations from Bach
Bach (arr. Sauer) Selections from The Art of Fugue
Tilson Thomas Street Song for Symphonic Brass
Michael Mulcahy conductor
CSO Brass
2021 (CSOtv)
CSOradio Program #22
Thielemann Conducts Bruckner
Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (1890 version)
Christian Thielemann conductor
October 2022
Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1994 (Teldec)
Bates Primordial Orchestra from Philharmonia Fantastique
Bates Finale and Rebirth of Sprite from Philharmonia Fantastique
Edwin Outwater conductor
2021 (Sony)
CSOradio Program #23
Muti, Chen & Mozart Gran Partita
Cimarosa Overture to Il matrimonio segreto
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218
Robert Chen violin
Mozart Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major, K. 390a (Gran Partita)
Riccardo Muti conductor
May 2023
Prokofiev Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Riccardo Muti conductor
2013 (CSO Resound)
CSOradio Program #24
De Waart & Haitink
Beethoven Overture to Leonore No. 3, Op. 72b
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica)
Edo de Waart conductor
June 2013
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 (Pastoral)
Bernard Haitink conductor
June 2010
CSOradio Program #25
Carmina burana
Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Seiji Ozawa conductor
1967 (RCA)
Montgomery Banner
Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus
Orff Carmina burana
Osmo Vänskä conductor
Joélle Harvey soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Hugh Russell baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Jenny Wong guest director
Uniting Voices Chicago
Josephine Lee director
March 2023
CSOradio Program #26
Shani & Rana
Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Classical)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Beatrice Rana piano
Encore: Tchaikovsky Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (for piano four hands)
Beatrice Rana and Lahav Shani piano
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Lahav Shani conductor
February 2023
Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
Wagner Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
Wagner Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March from Götterdämmerung
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1991 (Erato)