interMISSION @ the CSO, Episode 4, Little Giant

November 29, 2020 — 30 min listen

"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."

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

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