Oct. 9, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-41

One of Chicago’s city fathers was Daniel Burnham, who designed Orchestra Hall and in 1909 published his vision for the layout of the city. All this year Chicago institutions are honoring Burnham. Documentarian Geoffrey Baer co-hosts the broadcast with Lisa Simeone.

Wagner “Hail Bright Abode” from Tannhäuser
  (Frederick Stock, conductor)
Wagner Overture to Tannhäuser
  (Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
Copland Suite from The Tender Land
  (Fritz Reiner, conductor)
Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
  (Sir Georg Solti, conductor)
Strauss Oboe Concerto in D Major
  (Alex Klein, oboe; Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
Handel “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah
  (Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, director; Sir Georg Solti, conductor)

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Oct. 16, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-42

In his first concerts as music director designate in January 2009, Riccardo Muti conducts the CSO in Verdi’s Requiem; Sir Mark Elder conducts a sacred work from the CSO’s spring Dvořák Festival.

Verdi Messa da Requiem
  (Barbara Frittoli, soprano; Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano; Mario Zeffiri, tenor; Ildar Abdrazakov, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director; Riccardo Muti, conductor)
Dvořák Te Deum
  (Patricia Racette, soprano; Philip Cutlip, baritone, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director; Sir Mark Elder, conductor)

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Oct. 23, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-43

Italian conductor Daniele Gatti returns to the CSO to conduct the rarely heard Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 4 for the Left Hand with Russian pianist Dmitri Alexeev.

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 (Italian)
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 4 for the Left Hand in B-flat Major, Op. 53
  (Dmitri Alexeev, piano)
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica)

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Oct. 30, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-44

Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink mixes lesser-known works by Webern and Mahler, with some of the CSO’s core repertoire.

Webern Im Sommerwind
Haydn Symphony No. 101 in D Major (The Clock)
Mahler Rückert Lieder
  (Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano)
Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

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Nov. 6, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-45

Pierre Boulez holds the title of conductor emeritus of the CSO. As a 100th birthday tribute to Elliott Carter, he conducts a work Carter wrote for Boulez’s own 80th birthday. The performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 comes from a concert in November 2006.

Carter Réflexions
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements
Mahler Symphony No. 7

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Nov. 13, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-46

An intriguing juxtaposition of English works and late Shostakovich.

Purcell/Stucky: Funeral Music for Queen Mary
  (Bernard Haitink, conductor)
Britten Les Illuminations, Op. 18
  (Ian Bostridge, tenor; Bernard Haitink, conductor)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 15 in A Major, Op. 141
  (Bernard Haitink, conductor)
Purcell Suite from Abdelazer
  (Nicholas McGegan, conductor)
Britten Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
  (Manfred Honeck, conductor)

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Nov. 20, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-47

Sir Mark Elder and the CSO share the stage with the Emerson String Quartet in the ongoing series of broadcasts from the orchestra’s spring Dvořák Festival.

Dvořák String Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 97 (American)
  (Emerson String Quartet with Paul Neubauer, viola)
Dvořák Slavonic Dances, Op. 72, nos. 2 and 3
Dvořák The Midday Witch
Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World)

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Nov. 27, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-48

The CSO’s 2009-10 opening concerts with Estonian-American conductor Paavo Järvi.

Bernstein Overture to Candide
Bernstein Serenade, after Plato’s Symposium
  (Vadim Gluzman, violin)
Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915
  (Renée Fleming, soprano)
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Bernstein Divertimento for Orchestra

Dec. 4, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-49

This retrospective with the Chicago Symphony Chorus features the new CSO Resound release of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 conducted by Bernard Haitink.

Verdi Ave Maria, Laudi alla Vergine Maria, and Te Deum from Four Sacred Pieces
  (Jo Ann Pickens, soprano; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, director; Sir Georg Solti, conductor)
Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
  (Miah Persson, soprano; Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe, director; Bernard Haitink, conductor)

Dec. 11, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-50

David Zinman leads the orchestra in a winter-themed program.

Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77
  (Julia Fischer, violin)
Rouse Rapture
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G Minor (Winter Daydreams)
Tchaikovsky Excerpts from The Nutcracker

Dec. 18, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-51

A retrospective from the CSO’s vast archive of commercial CDs.

Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
  (Daniel Barenboim, conductor)
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
  (Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, director; James Levine, conductor)
Bach Excerpts from Mass in B Minor
  (Felicity Lott, soprano; Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano; Hans Peter Blochwitz, tenor; William Shimell, baritone; Gwynne Howell, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis, director; Sir Georg Solti, conductor)

Dec. 25, 2009

Program No. CSO 09-52

Dutch violinist Janine Jansen makes her CSO debut as part of the orchestra’s Dvořák Festival. Sir Mark Elder conducts.

Dvořák Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 10
Dvořák Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53
  (Janine Jansen, violin)
Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70