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
Szeps-Znaider & Carpenter
Paul Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Francis Poulenc Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings, and Timpani
ENCORE Johann Sebastian Bach Variation No. 20 from Goldberg Variations
Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78
Cameron Carpenter organ
Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conductor
December 2022
Maurice Ravel Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe
Maurice Ravel Boléro
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1991 (Erato)
CSOradio Program #15
Canellakis & Gerstein
Gioachino Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1972 (London)
August Read Thomas Brio
Robert Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
ENCORE Frédéric Chopin Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42
Kirill Gerstein piano
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Karina Canellakis conductor
May 2022
CSOradio Program #16
A Chicago Symphony Chorus Spotlight
Anton Bruckner Psalm 150
Ruth Welting soprano
Margaret Hillis director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1979 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Béla Bartók Cantata profana
John Aler tenor
John Tomlinson baritone
Margaret Hillis director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Pierre Boulez conductor
1991 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Johannes Brahms A German Requiem
Kiri Te Kanawa soprano
Bernd Weikl baritone
Margaret Hillis director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1978 (London)
CSOradio Program #17
Beethoven, Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, K. 320d [364]
Stephanie Jeong violin
Julien Rachlin viola
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky (arr. Glazunov) Meditation from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42
Julien Rachlin violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425 (Linz)
Julien Rachlin conductor
May 2022
Paul Hindemith Nobilisima visione
Jean Martinon conductor
1967 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #18
Mäkelä Conducts Shostakovitch 10
Richard Strauss Excerpt from Don Juan, Op. 20
Fritz Reiner conductor
1960 (RCA)
Sauli Zinovjev Batteria
Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
ENCORE Pēteris Vasks Gramata cellam: II. Dolcissimo
Sol Gabetta cello
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
April 2024
CSOradio Program #19
Mäkelä Conducts López Bellido & Mahler 5
John Corigliano Tournaments Overture
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1984 (CSO First 100 Years)
Jean Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela No. 2 from Four Legends from the Kalevela, Op. 22
Jimmy López Bellido Aino
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
February 2023
CSOradio Program #20
Thielemann Conducts Bruckner
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C Minor (1890 version)
Christian Thielemann conductor
October 2022
Richard Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1994 (Teldec)
Mason Bates Primordial Orchestra from Philharmonia Fantastique
Mason Bates Finale and Rebirth of Sprite from Philharmonia Fantastique
Edwin Outwater conductor
2021 (Sony)
CSOradio Program #21
Giulini Conductis Mahler 9
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (Classical)
Carlo Maria Giulini conductor
1976 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9
Carlo Maria Giulini conductor
1976 (Deutsche Grammophon)
CSOradio Program #22
Haitink Conducts Mahler 2
Alexander Scriabin The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
Pierre Boulez conductor
1995 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
Miah Persson soprano
Christianne Stotijin mezzo-soprano
Duain Wolfe director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Bernard Haitink conductir
2008 (CSO Resound)
CSOradio Program #23
2024 Ravinia Festival Opening Night: Celebration of Americana
John Stafford Smith (arr. Stock) The Star-Spangled Banner
Aaron Copland Suite from Appalachian Spring (full orchestra version)
James P. Johnson (orch. Davind Rimelis, arr. Nicholas Hersh) Charleston
Samuel Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha soprano
George Gershwin (orch. Grofé) Rhapsody in Blue
ENCORE James P. Johnson (ed. and arr. Nicholas Hersh) Victory Stride
Michelle Cann piano
Marin Alsop conductor
July 2024
Charles Ives (arr. Schuman) Variations on America
Morton Gould conductor
1966 (RCA)
Morton Gould Spirituals for Orchestra
Morton Gould conductor
1965 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #24
Hrůša Conducts Má vlast
Gustav Mahler Totenfeier
Pierre Boulez conductor
1996 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Bedřich Smetana Vysehrad, No. 1 from Má vlast
Bedřich Smetana The Moldau, No. 2 from Má vlast
Bedřich Smetana Sárka, No. 3 from Má vlast
Bedřich Smetana From Bohemia's Fields and Groves, No. 4 from Má vlast
Bedřich Smetana Tábor, No. 5 from Má vlast
Bedřich Smetana Blanik, No. 6, from Má vlast
CSOradio Program #25
Muti Conducts Sleeping Beauty & Swan Lake
Emil von Reznicek Overture to Donna Diana
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Suite from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66a
Riccardo Muti conductor
January 2022
Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F Major
Stephanie Jeong violin
So Young Bae violin
Lawrence Neuman viola
Kenneth Olsen cello
Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a
Johann Strauss, Jr. Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
Riccardo Muti conductor
January 2022
CSOradio Program #26
Muti, Herbert & Pines of Rome
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Divertimento in F Major, K. 138
William Kraft Timpani Concerto No. 1
David Herbert timpani
Ottorino Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1
Ottorino Respighi Pines of Rome
Riccardo Muti conductor
May 2023
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quartet for Flute and Strings in D Major, K. 285
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson flute
Robert Chen violin
Li-Kuo Chang viola
John Sharp cello
Alberto Ginastera String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20
Stephanie Jeong violin
Simon Michal violin
Weijing Wang viola
Kenneth Olsen cello