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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 #1
The Song of the Earth
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 (Spring)
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1977 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Carl Goldmark In Springtime
Frederick Stock conductor
1925 (Victor)
Gustav Mahler Das Lied von der Erde
Maureen Forrester contralto
Richard Lewis tenor
Fritz Reiner conductor
1959 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #2
Zhang & Trpčeski
Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1977 (London)
Nokuthula Ngwenyama Primal Message
Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Simon Trpčeski piano
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 6 in E-flat Minor, Op. 111
Xian Zhang conductor
October 2022
CSOradio Program #3
Muti, Montgomery & Rachmaninov 2
Richard Wagner Overture to Tannhäuser
Jessie Montgomery Transfigure to Grace
Sergei Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
Riccardo Muti conductor
May 2023
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Solemn Prelude
Riccardo Muti conductor
September 2022
CSOradio Program #4
Mälkki, Liebermann & Mahler 4
Wolfgang Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1979 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Richard Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
Lowell Liebermann Flute Concerto No. 2, Op. 142
ENCORE Claude Debussy Syrinx
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson flute
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Ying Fang soprano
Susanna Mälkki conductor
March 2024
CSOradio Program #5
Hannu Lintu & Ray Chen
Carl Nielsen Helios Overture, Op. 17
Hannu Lintu conductor
February 2020
Magnus Lindberg Serenades
Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 21
Ray Chen violin
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
Hannu Lintu conductor
December 2021
CSOradio Program #6
Kanneh-Mason Plays Elgar
Alberto Ginastera String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
Stephanie Jeong violin
Simon Michal violin
Weijing Michal viola
Kenneth Olsen cello
Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85
ENCORE Sheku Kanneh-Mason Melody
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
Paavo Järvi conductor
February 2024
CSOradio Program #7
Salonen & Kuusisto
Maurice Ravel Mother Goose
Bryce Dessner Violin Concerto
Pekka Kuusisto violin
Igor Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
May 2022
Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1981 (London)
CSOradio Program #8
Afkham & Gluzman
Maurice Ravel Menuet antique
Dimitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77
ENCORE Valentin Silvestrov Serenade
Vadim Gluzman violin
Claude Debussy La mer
Maurice Ravel La valse
David Afkham conductor
May 2022
Anton Webern Im Sommerwind
Bernard Haitink conductor
2009 (CSO Resound)
CSOradio Program #9
Glover & Jacobs
Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 71 in B-flat Major
Wolfgang Mozart Oboe Concerto in C Major, K. 314
William Welter oboe
George Frideric Handel Organ Concerto No. 4 in F Major, Op. 4, No. 4
ENCORE Johann Sebastian Bach Sinfonia to Cantata BWV 29
Paul Jacobs organ
Wolfgang Mozart Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201
Jane Glover conductor
March 2022
Wolfgang Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat Major, K. 447
Dale Clevenger horn
Claudio Abbado conductor
1981 (Deutsche Grammophon)
CSOradio Program #10
Muti & the CSO
Gaetano Donizetti Overture to Don Pasquale
Giuseppe Verdi The Four Seasons from I vespri sicilliani
Emmanuel Chabrier España
Osvaldo Golijov Megalopolis Suite
Maurice de Falla Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat
Riccardo Muti conductor
November 2024
Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition
Fritz Reiner conductor
1957 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #11
Celebrating Women's History Month
Jessie Montgomery Hymn for Everyone
Riccardo Muti conductor
2023 (CSO Resound)
Alban Berg Violin Concerto
Kyung-Wha Chung violin
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1983 (London)
Shulamit Ran Legends
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1993 (Albany)
Antonín Dvořák Silent Woods
Jacqueline du Pré cello
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1970 (Angel)
Augusta Read Thomas ... words of the sea...
Pierre Boulez conductor
1996 (ARTCD)
Richard Strauss Four Last Songs
Lucia Popp soprano
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1977 (Decca)
CSOradio Program #12
Great Guest Soloists
Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Jascha Heifetz violin
Walter Hendl conductor
1959 (RCA)
Gustav Mahler Songs of a Wayfarer
Yvonne Minton mezzo-soprano
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1970 (London)
Richard Strauss Burleske in D minor
Byron Janis piano
Fritz Reiner conductor
1957 (RCA)
Antonin Dvořák Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Jacqueline du Pré cello
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1970 (Angel)
CSOradio Program #13
Pierre Boulez at 100
Igor Stravinsky Fireworks, Op. 4
1992 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Alexander Scriabin Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60
Anatol Ugorski piano
Duain Wolfe director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
1996 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Edgard Varèse Ionisation
1995 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Arnold Schoenberg Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
1991 (Erato)
Béla Bartók Rhapsody for Violin No. 2
Gil Shaham violin
1998 (Detusche Grammophon)
Pierre Boulez conductor
Pierre Boulez Notations VII
Daniel Barenboim conductor
2000 (Teldec)
Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella
Roxana Constantinescu mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan tenor
Kyle Ketelsen bass-baritone
Pierre Boulez conductor
2009 (CSO Resound)