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CSO 20-27 RELEASE DATE: June 26, 2020 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RADIO BROADCASTS Broadcast Schedule – Summer 2020 PROGRAM #: CSO 20-27 RELEASE DATE: June 26, 2020 Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Mahler 9 Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major PROGRAM #: CSO 20-28 RELEASE DATE: July 3, 2020 Sir András Schiff leads Bartók and Beethoven Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G Major Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056 (Sir András Schiff, piano) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 (Sir András Schiff, piano) PROGRAM #: CSO 20-29 RELEASE DATE: July 10, 2020 Riccardo Muti conducts Mozart's Requiem Schuman: Symphony No. 9 (Le fosse Ardeatine) Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 (Benedetta Torre, soprano; Sara Mingardo, contralto; Saimir Pirgu, tenor; Mika Kares, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director) PROGRAM #: CSO 20-30 RELEASE DATE: July 17, 2020 James Gaffigan conducts Bernstein, Barber, and Rachmaninov Bernstein: Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (James Ehnes, violin) Bach: Allegro assai (fourth movement) from Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005 (Encore) (James Ehnes, violin) Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 PROGRAM #: CSO 20-31 RELEASE DATE: July 24, 2020 Edo de Waart and Leila Josefowicz Adams: The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra) Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D (Leila Josefowicz, violin) Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 PROGRAM #: CSO 20-32 RELEASE DATE: July 31, 2020 Jaap van Zweden and Denis Kozhukhin Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 (Denis Kozhukhin, piano) Grieg: To Spring from Lyric Pieces (Encore) (Denis Kozhukhin, piano) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 PROGRAM #: CSO 20-33 RELEASE DATE: August 7, 2020 Sir Andrew Davis and Paul Lewis Tippett: Little Music for String Orchestra Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 (Paul Lewis, piano) Tippett: Praeludium for Brass, Bells, and Percussion Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Paul Lewis, piano) PROGRAM #: CSO 20-34 RELEASE DATE: August 14, 2020 Giovanni Antonini conducts Classical and Baroque treasures Boccherini: Symphony No. 6 in D Minor, G. 506, Op. 12, No. 4 (La casa del diavolo) Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C Major, RV 425 (Avi Avital, mandolin) Bach: Mandolin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 (Avi Avital, mandolin) Trad. Bulgarian, arr. Avital: Bucimis (Encore) (Avi Avital, mandolin) Vivaldi: Flautino Concerto in C Major, RV 443 (Giovanni Antonini, flauntino) Haydn: Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major (Drumroll) PROGRAM #: CSO 20-35 RELEASE DATE: August 21, 2020 Rafael Payare and Keith Buncke Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191 (Keith Buncke, bassoon) Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra PROGRAM #: CSO 20-36 RELEASE DATE: August 28, 2020 Manfred Honeck and Arabella Steinbacher Bach/Webern: Ricercar No. 2 from The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 Berg: Violin Concerto (Arabella Steinbacher, violin) Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 (Great) PROGRAM #: CSO 20-37 RELEASE DATE: September 4, 2020 Herbert Blomstedt conducts Brahms's Second Symphony Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 (Bertrand Chamayou, piano) Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 PROGRAM #: CSO 20-38 RELEASE DATE: September 11, 2020 Riccardo Muti conducts Verdi's Requiem Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Vittoria Yeo, soprano; Daniela Barcellona, mezzo- soprano; Piotr Beczala, tenor; Dmitry Belosselskiy, bass; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director) PROGRAM #: CSO 20-39 RELEASE DATE: September 18, 2020 Riccardo Muti conducts Brahms Double Concerto Wagner: Overture to The Flying Dutchman Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102 (Double) (Stephanie Jeong, violin; Kenneth Olsen, cello) Schumann: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97 (Rhenish) .
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