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 #14
Muti Conducts Hindemith & Dvořák
Johann Strauss, Jr. Overture to The Gypsy Baron
Paul Hindemith Symphony, Mathis der Maler
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World)
Ricardo Muti conductor
October 2025
Isaac Albéniz Navarra
Isaac Albéniz Fête-Dieu à Séville from Ibéria, Book I
Isaac Albéniz Triana from Ibéria, Book II
Fritz Reiner conductor
1958 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #15
The Song of the Earth
Robert Schumann Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 38 (Spring)
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1977 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Karl 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 #16
Hrůša Conducts Mahler 9
Caroline Shaw Boris Kerner
Kenneth Olsen cello
Cynthia Yeh percussion
October 2020
Adolphus Hailstork Arabesques
Emma Gerstein flute
Cynthia Yeh percussion
April 2021
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 9
Jakub Hrůša conductor
June 2023
CSOradio Program #17
Rakitina, Weilerstein, & Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien, Op. 45
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62
Encore Johann Sebastian Bach Sarabande from Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
Alisa Weilerstein cello
Pyotr Tchaikovsky Suite from The Nutcracker, Op. 71a
Anna Rakitina conductor
March 2022
Igor Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe director
Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus
Emily Ellsworth director
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1997 (London)
CSOradio Program #18
Blomstedt Conducts Dvořák 8
Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104
Encore Svante Henryson Black Run from Colors in D Suite for Solo Cello
Andrei Ioniță cello
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88
Herbert Blomstedt conductor
March 2023
Ottorino Respighi Fountains of Rome
Johann Strauss, Jr. Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op. 324
Fritz Reiner conductor
1959 and 1960 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #19
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
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Ying Fang Soprano
March 2024
CSOradio Program #20
Hrůša Conducts Shostakovich 11
Édouard Lalo Overture to Le Roi d'Ys
Jean Martinon conductor
1967 (RCA)
Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1
Encore Traditional (trans. Buzarovski) Macedonian Folk Song
Simon Trpčeski piano
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103 (The Year 1905)
Jakub Hrůša conductor
March 2025
CSOradio Program #21
Beethoven, Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Wolfgang Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, K. 364
Stephanie Jeong violin
Julien Rachlin viola
Pytor Tchaikovsky (arr. Glazunov) Meditation from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42
Julien Rachlin violin
Wolfgang Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425 (Linz)
Julien Rachlin conductor
May 2022
Paul Hindemith Nobilissima visione
Jean Martinon conductor
1967 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #22
Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 3
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
Wiebke Lehmkuhl contralto
Chicago Symphony Chorus
James Bass director
Uniting Voices Chicago
Josephine Lee director
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
April 2025
CSOradio Program #23
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, BWV 988
Camille Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 (Organ)
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 #24
Celebrating Frederick Stock
Felix Mendelssohn Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
Frederick Stock conductor
1916 (Columbia)
Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No. 2
Maurizio Pollini piano
Claudio Abbado conductor
1977 (Deutsche Grammophone)
Edward Elgar Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61
Itzhak Perlman violin
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1981 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Alexander Scriabin Prometheus, Op. 60
Anatol Ugorski piano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe director
Pierre Boulez conductor
1996 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Niccolò Paganini (arr. Stock) Moto perpetuo, Op. 11
Frederick Stock conductor
1941 (Columbia)
CSOradio Program #25
Boulez Conducts Mahler, Bartók & Stravinsky
Gustav Mahler Totenfeier
1996 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Béla Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
1994 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Igor Stravinsky The Firebird
1992 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Pierre Boulez conductor
CSOradio Program #26
Carmina burana
Benjamin Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Seiji Ozawa conductor
1976 (RCA)
Jessie Montgomery Banner
Einojuhani Rautavaara Canticus Arcticus
Carl Orff Carmina burana
Joélle Harvey soprano
Reginald Mobley countertenor
Hugh Russell baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Jenny Wong guest director
Uniting Voices Chicago
Josephine Lee director
Osmo Vänskä conductor
March 2023