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
Guests in the House
Aram Khachaturian Symphony No. 3 in C Major
Leopold Stokowski conductor
1968 (RCA)
John Williams Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello and Orchestra
John Williams conductor
Yo-Yo Ma cello
2008 (Sony)
Zoltán Kodály Dances of Galánta
Neeme Järvi conductor
1990 (Chandos)
César Franck Symphony in D Minor
Pierre Monteux conductor
1961 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #28
Barenboim Conducts Bruckner 4
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1977 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini, Op. 34
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1981 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major (Romantic)
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1972 (Deutsche Grammophon)
CSOradio Program #29
2024 Ravinia Festival Opening Night: Celebration of Americana
John Stafford Smith (arr. Stock) The Star-Spangled Banner
Aaron Copland Suite from Appalachian Spring
James P. Johnson (orch. Rimelis, arr. 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. Hersh) Victory Stride
Michelle Cann piano
Marin Alsop conductor
July 2024
CSOradio Program #30
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 #31
Mahler Festival Broadcast: Mahler 7
Gustav Mahler Rückert Lieder
Hanna Schwarz mezzo-soprano
Claudio Abbado conductor
1981 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7
Jaap van Zweden conductor
May 2025
Karl Goldmark Ballet Music from The Queen of Sheba
Frederick Stock conductor
1930 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #32
Ozawa Conducts Beethoven and Bartók
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
1968 (RCA)
Alexander Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
1969 (Angel)
Arnold Schoenberg Piano Concerto
Peter Serkin piano
1967 (RCA)
Béla Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
1969 (Angel)
Seiji Ozawa conductor
CSOradio Program #33
Mäkelä Conducts Rite of Spring
Albert Roussel Bacchus and Ariande Suite No. 2
1964 (RCA)
Maurice Ravel Pavane for a Dead Princess
1967 (RCA)
Jean Martinon conductor
Darius Milhaud Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58
George Gershwin An American in Paris
Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
March 2026
CSOradio Program #34
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 #35
Benny Goodman in Nielsen and Weber
Carl Maria von Weber Overture to Oberon
Sir Georg Solti conductor
1973 (London)
Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73
Benny Goodman clarinet
Jean Martinon conductor
1967 (RCA)
Carl Nielsen Helios Overture, Op. 17
Jean Martinon conductor
1966 (RCA)
Carl Nielsen Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57
Benny Goodman clarinet
Morton Gould conductor
1966 (RCA)
Carl Maria von Weber (arr. Berlioz) Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
Fritz Reiner conductor
1957 (RCA)
Carl Maria von Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 74
Benny Goodman clarinet
Jean Martinon conductor
1968 (RCA)
Fred Fisher (arr. Gould) Chicago
Benny Goodman clarinet
Morton Gould conductor
1966 (RCA)
CSOradio Program #36
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
Johann Strauss, Jr. Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388
Johann Strauss, Jr. Der Zigeunerbaron, Op. 418
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 #37
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 2023
CSOradio Program #38
Mäkelä Conducts Lemminkäinen and Ein Heldenleben
Richard Wagner Prelude to Act 3 of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Fritz Reiner conductor
1959 (RCA)
Richard Strauss Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Jean Sibelius Lemminkäinen, Op. 22
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
February 2026
CSOradio Program #39
Muti Conducts Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana
Anita Rachvelishvili Santuzza
Piero Pretti Turiddu
Luca Salsi Alfio
Ronnita Miller Mama Lucia
Sasha Cooke Lola
Alessandra Visconti A woman
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe director
Riccardo Muti conductor
2022 (CSO Resound)
Giuseppe Verdi Fuoco di gioia! from Otello
2011 (CSO Resound)
Giuseppe Verdi Gli arredi festivi from Nabucco
Giuseppe Verdi Patria oppressa! from Macbeth
2017 (CSO Resound)
Giuseppe Verdi Sanctus and Libera me from Messa da Requiem
Barbara Frittoli soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe director
Riccardo Muti conductor
2009 (CSO Resound)