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 6 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
Sokhiev & Adveera
Andrzej Panfunik Heroic Overture
Frédéric Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11
Yulianna Avdeeva piano
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 13 (Winter Dreams)
Tugan Sokhiev conductor
April 2024
Richard Wagner Prelude to Tristan and Isolde
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1994 (Teldec)
CSOradio Program #28
Salonen & Apkalna
Igor Stravinsky Four Studies for Orchestra
Pierre Boulez conductor
1992 (DGG)
Richard Strauss Don Juan, Op. 20
Esa-Pekka Salonen Sinfonia Concertante for Organ and Orchestra
ENCORE Aivars Kalejs Toccata on the Chorale “Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr”
Iveta Apkalna organ
Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor
January 2025
CSOradio Program #29
Composers' Early Successes
Richard Wagner Overture to Rienzi
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1999 (Teldec)
Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11
Dale Clevenger horn
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1998 (Teldec)
Igor Stravinsky Fireworks, Op. 4
Pierre Boulez conductor
1992 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1
Byron Janis piano
Fritz Reiner conductor
1957 (RCA)
Felix Mendelssohn Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 21
Jean Martinon conductor
1967 (RCA)
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10
Leonard Bernstein conductor
1988 (Deutsche Grammophon)
CSOradio Program #30
Solti Conducts Beethoven and Liszt
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 19
Vladimir Ashkenazy piano
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1972 (London)
Franz Liszt A Faust Symphony
Siegfried Jerusalem tenor
Margaret Hillis director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1986 (London)
CSOradio Program #31
Muti & the CSO
Gatano 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
Ricardo Muti conductor
November 2024
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart String Quintet in C Minor, K. 406/516b
Lei Hou violin
Qing Hou violin
Catherine Brubaker viola
Lawrence Neuman viola
Karen Basrak cello
CSOradio Program #32
Barenboim Conducts Bruckner 4
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1977 (DGG)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini, Op. 34
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1981 (DGG)
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major (Romantic)
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1972 (DGG)
CSOradio Program #33
Janáček; J. Strauss, Jr. & Mussorgsky
Leoš Janáček Sinfonietta
Seiji Ozawa conductor
1970 (RCA)
Aaron Copland Dance Symphony
Morton Gould conductor
1965 (RCA)
Johann Strauss, Jr. Wiener Blut, Op. 354
Fritz Reiner conductor
1960 (RCA)
Johann Strauss, Jr. Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388
Fritz Reiner conductor
1960 (RCA)
Johann Strauss, Jr. Der Zigeunerbaron, Op. 418
Fritz Reiner conductor
1960 (RCA)
Johann Strauss, Jr. Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324
Fritz Reiner conductor
1960 (RCA)
Modest Mussorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition
Carlo Maria Giulini conductor
1976 (Deutsche Grammophon)
CSOradio Program #34
Musicians of the Orchestra
Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Seiji Ozawa conductor
1967 (RCA)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto in F Minor
Arnold Jacobs tuba
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1977 (DGG)
Jules Massenet Meditation from Thaïs
Steven Staryk violin
Jean Martinon conductor
1966 (RCA)
Robert Schumann Konzertstück for Four Horns in F Major, Op. 86
Dale Clevenger horn
Richard Oldberg horn
Thomas Howell horn
Norman Schweikert horn
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1976 (London)
Claude Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Donald Peck flute
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1976 (London)
Richard Strauss Don Quixote, Op. 35
Samuel Magad violin
Charles Pikler viola
John Sharp cello
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1991 (Erato)
CSOradio Program #35
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis
John Adams The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
Dmitri Shostakovich Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1
Duke Ellington Big Fat Alice's Blues
Duke Ellington Amad
Duke Ellington The Mooch
Segei Prokofiev Selections from Romeo and Juliet
Wynton Marsalis All American Pep from Swing Symphony
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Wynton Marsalis trumpet
Giancarlo Guerrero conductor
April 2024
CSOradio Program #36
Reiner Rarities
Dmitry Kabalevsky Colas Breugnon Overture
Fritz Reiner conductor
1959 (RCA)
Joseph Haydn Symphony No. 88 in G Major
Fritz Reiner conductor
1960 (RCA)
Jaromír Weinberger Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper
Fritz Reiner conductor
1956 (RCA)
Rolf Liebermann Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Fritz Reiner conductor
1954 (RCA)
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Lisa Della Casa soprano
Fritz Reiner conductor
1958 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #37
Muti & Batallán
Georg Philipp Telemann Trumpet Concerto in D Major, TWV 41: D7
Esteban Batallán trumpet
Riccardo Muti conductor
June 2025
Sergei Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60
Fritz Reiner conductor
1957 (RCA)
Michael Haydn Concerto for Trumpet in D Major MH 104
Esteban Batallán trumpet
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 (Tragic)
Riccardo Muti conductor
June 2025
Richard Strauss Der Bürger als Edelmann, Op. 60
Fritz Reiner conductor
1956 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #38
Harding Conducts The Planets
Robert Schumann Overture to Manfred, Op. 115
Johannes Brahms Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Gustav Holst The Planets, Op. 32
Jenny Wong director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Daniel Harding conductor
November 2023
Igor Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Duain Wolfe director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1997 (London)
CSOradio Program #39
Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 3
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
Wiebke Lehmkuhl contralto
James Bass director, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Josephine Lee director, Uniting Voices Chicago
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
April 2025