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 #27
van Zweden Conducts Mahler 6
Stravinsky Divertimento, Suite from The Fairy's Kiss
Fritz Reiner conductor
1958 (RCA)
Mahler Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
Jaap van Zweden conductor
April 2022
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 #28
Contemporary American Composers
Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Fritz Reiner conductor
1962 (RCA)
Montgomery Hymn for Everone
Raimi Three Lisel Mueller Settings
Elizabeth DeShong mezzo-soprano
Glass Symphony No. 11
Riccardo Muti conductor
2023 (CSO Resound)
CSOradio Program #29
Composers' Early Successes
Wagner Overture to Rienzi
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1999 (Teldec)
Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11
Daniel Barenboim conductor
Dale Clevenger horn
1998 (Teldec)
Stravinsky Fireworks, Op. 4
Pierre Boulez conductor
1992 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1
Fritz Reiner conductor
Byron Janis piano
1957 (RCA)
Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21
Jean Martinon conductor
1967 (RCA)
Shostakovich SymphonyNo.1in F Minor, Op. 10
Leonard Bernstein conductor
1988 (Deutsche Grammophon)
CSOradio Program #30
Alsop & Vondráček
Barber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Lukáš Vondráček piano
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 35 (Enigma)
Marin Alsop conductor
February 2022
Bernstein Prologue, Tonight, Rumble, and Somewhere from West Side Story
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1998 (London)
CSOradio Program #31
Muti, Montgomery & Rachmaninov 2
Wagner Overture to Tannhäuser
Montgomery Transfigure to Grace
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
May 2023
Coleridge-Taylor Solemn Prelude
September 2022
Riccardo Muti conductor
CSOradio Program #32
Jurowski & Helmchen
Mozart Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1996 (CSO First 100 Years)
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
ENCORE Bach Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Martin Helmchen piano
Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65
Vladimir Jurowski conductor
CSOradio Program #33
Guests in the House
Khachaturian Symphony No. 3 in C Major
Leopold Stokowski conductor
1968 (RCA)
Williams Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello and Orchestra
Yo-Yo Ma cello
John Williams conductor
2008 (Sony)
Kodály Dances of Galánta
Neeme Järvi conductor
1990 (Chandos)
Franck Symphony in D Minor
Pierre Monteux conductor
1961 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #34
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
Scott Hostetler english horn
Bellido Aino
Mahler Symphony No. 5
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
CSOradio Program #35
Celebrating Margaret Hillis
Brahms Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen from A German Requiem, Op. 45
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis director
Sir Georg Solti conductor
Bartók Cantata profana
John Aler tenor
John Tomlinson bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis director
Pierre Boulez conductor
1991 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Verdi Messa da Requiem
Leontyne Price soprano
Janet Baker mezzo-soprano
Veriano Luchetti tenor
José van Dam bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis director
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1977 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #36
Ozawa Conducts Beethoven and Bartók
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
1968 (RCA)
Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
1969 (Angel)
Schoenberg Piano Concerto
Peter Serkin piano
1967 (RCA)
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
1969 (Angel)
Seiji Ozawa conductor
CSOradio Program #37
Guerrero & Binelli
Buxtehude (arr. & orch. Chávez) Chaconne in E Minor (reduced instrumentation)
Piazzolla Aconcagua Concerto for Bandoneón and Orchestra
Piazzola (trans. Binelli) Oblivion for Bandoneón and Strings
Daniel Binelli bandoneón
Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 in F Minor
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1984 (London)
CSOradio Program #38
Mäkelä Conducts Shostakovich 10
Strauss Excerpt from Don Juan, Op. 20
Fritz Reiner conductor
1960 (RCA)
Zinovjev Batteria
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
Sol Gabetta cello
Vasks Gramata cellam: II. Dlcissimo
Shostakovich Symphony NO. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
April 2024
CSOradio Program #39
de Ridder & Barnatan
Gershwin Porgy and Bess, A Symphonic Picture
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Ravel Piano Concerto in G Major
Inon Barnatan piano
André de Ridder conductor
January 2022
Bizet Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from L'arlésienne
Paganini/Stock Moto perpetuo, Op. 11
Jean Martinon conductor
1967 & 1966 (RCA)