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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 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 Listings, December 28, 2025 to March 22, 2026
Dec 28, 2025
CSOradio Program #1
A Chicago Symphony Chorus Spotlight

Anton Bruckner Psalm 150
Ruth Welting soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis director
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1979 (Deutsche Grammophon)

Béla Bartók Cantata profana
John Aler tenor
John Tomlinson baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis director
Pierre Boulez conductor
1991 (Deutsche Grammophon)

Johannes Brahms A German Requiem
Kiri Te Kanawa soprano
Bernd Weikl baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis director
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1978 (London)

Jan 04, 2026
CSOradio Program #2
Sokhiev and Avdeeva

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)

Jan 11, 2026
CSOradio Program #3
Canellakis and Gerstein

Gioachino Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1972 (London)

Augusta 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

Jan 18, 2026
CSOradio Program #4
Great Guest Soloists

Jeanne 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
Georg Solti conductor
1970 (London)

Richard Strauss Burleske in D Minor
Byron Janis piano
Fritz Reiner conductor
1957 (RCA)

Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Jacqueline du Pré cello
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1970 (Angel)

Jan 25, 2026
CSOradio Program #5
Contemporary American Composers

Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Fritz Reiner conductor
1962 (RCA)

Jessie Montgomery Hymn for Everyone
Max Raimi Three Lisel Mueller Settings
Elizabeth DeShong soprano
Philip Glass Symphony No. 11
Riccardo Muti conductor
2023 (CSO Resound)

Feb 01, 2026
CSOradio Program #6
Salonen and 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

Feb 08, 2026
CSOradio Program #7
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
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis director 
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1986 (London)

Feb 15, 2026
CSOradio Program #8
Haitink Conducts Mahler 2

Alexander Scriabin The Poem of Ecstacy, 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
Bernard Haitink conductor
2008 (CSO Resound)

Feb 22, 2026
CSOradio Program #9
Mäkelä and Trifonov

Antonín Dvořák Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Fritz Reiner conductor
1956 (RCA)

Maurice Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess
Fritz Reiner conductor
1957 (RCA)

Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
ENCORE Pyotr Tchaikovsky/arr. Pletnev Vision from The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66
Daniil Trifinov piano
Pierre Boulez Initiale for Brass Septet
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70
Klause Mäkelä conductor
April 2025

Mar 01, 2026
CSOradio Program #10
Shani and Rana

Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D Major (Classical)
Sergei Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Beatrice Rana piano
ENCORE Pyotr Tchaikovsky Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (for piano four hands)
Beatrice Rana and Lahav Shani piano
Sergei Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Lahav Shani conductor
February 2023

Richard Wagner The Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
Richard Wagner Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
Richard Wagner Siegfried’s Death and Funeral March from Götterdämmerung
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1991 (Erato)

Mar 08, 2026
CSOradio Program #11
Mäkelä Conducts Symphonie fantastique

Hector Berlioz Harold in Italy, Op. 16
Antoine Tamestit viola
Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
ENCORE Georges Bizet Adiagetto from Suite No. 1 from L’arlésienne
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
October 2025 

Hector Berlioz Les francs-juges Overture, Op. 3
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1973-1974 (London)

Mar 15, 2026
CSOradio Program #12
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
Jakub Hrůša conductor
May 2017

Mar 22, 2026
CSOradio Program #13
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
Franz Schubert Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 (Tragic)
Esteban Batallán trumpet
Riccardo Muti conductor
June 2025

Richard Strauss Der Bürger als Edelmann, Op. 60
Fritz Reiner conductor
1956 (RCA)