"If someone didn’t know what the piccolo was, I’d compare it to a recorder," says Jennifer Gunn. "It’s a very sweet addition … it's a glow on the top of the orchestra."
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Jennifer Gunn has been a Chicago Symphony Orchestra member since 2005, performing on the flute and piccolo. She shares the dramatic story of how she won the audition for her position and pays tribute to Walfrid Kujala, her famous predecessor. She also gives advice to aspiring performers, explains how she prepares her parts in advance of rehearsals and talks about why she loves the live CSO concert experience.
Produced by CSO trumpet John Hagstrom, multimedia editor Scott Brewer and Jeff Haney, Intermission at the CSO is available on Simplecast, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify and other popular podcast platforms.
If you’ve listened to this podcast episode and enjoyed the music of the CSO, but wondered about which recordings were used, the chart below reveals chronologically within the episode where each recording is heard.
Also, if you would like to listen to those recordings in their entirety, a Spotify playlist follows the chart, allowing you to access the tracks directly. Thanks for listening.
Podcast Start Time | Composer | Title | Conductor |
:01 | Mahler | Symphony No. 1, 1st mvmt. | Haitink |
:47 | Verdi | Nabucco: Overture | Muti |
2:08 | Ravel | Daphnis et Chloe: Lever du jour | Martinon |
5:13 | Ravel | Daphnis et Chloe: Lever du jour | Martinon |
6:16 | Mahler | Symphony No. 9, 4th mvmt. | Boulez |
10:05 | Bruckner | Symphony No. 9, 1st mvmt. | Muti |
12:08 | Prokofiev | Lieutenant Kijé Suite: 1. Naissance de Kijé | Abbado |
14:19 | Rossini | Semiramide: Overture | Solti |
15:07 | Beethoven | Symphony No. 9, 4th mvmt. | Solti |
18:13 | Shostakovich | Symphony No. 8, 2nd mvmt. | Solti |
21:12 | Debussy | Bolero | Solti |
23:26 | Stravinksy | The Firebird: Dance of the Firebird | Boulez |
26:22 | Ravel | Mother Goose: The Fairy Garden | Martinon |
29:32 | Verdi | Mefistofele: Prelude | Muti |
29:56 | Mendelssohn | Symphony No. 3, 4th mvmt. | Solti |
31:01 | Brahms | Variations on a Theme by Haydn: Var. 5 | Barenboim |