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For Immediate Release: March 25, 2021

From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years

This (CSO) radio broadcast series airs weekly through June 2021 on Tuesday evenings from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. on WFMT (98.7 FM) in Chicago, and is also available via streaming on .com and the WFMT app (wfmt.com/app).

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Benny Goodman in Nielsen and Weber Weber to Sir conductor November 1973 () Weber Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 conductor Benny Goodman clarinet May 1968 (RCA) Weber Overture to conductor January 1940 (Columbia) Nielsen Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 (The Four Temperaments) conductor June 1966 (RCA) Weber/Berlioz Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 conductor March 1979 () Nielsen Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57 Morton Gould conductor Benny Goodman clarinet June 1966 (RCA) Fisher/Gould Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town) Morton Gould conductor Benny Goodman clarinet June 1966 (CSO: The First 100 Years)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Celebrating Victor Aitay Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade conductor Victor Aitay violin June and July 1969 (RCA) Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in D Minor Sir Georg Solti conductor November 1993 (London) Weiner Prince Csongor and the Goblins Sir Georg Solti conductor November 1993 (London) Bartók Hungarian Sketches conductor December 1958 (RCA) Kodály Háry János Suite Neeme Järvi conductor February 1990 (Chandos) Beethoven Benedictus from Missa solemnis in D Major Sir Georg Solti conductor Victor Aitay violin mezzo-soprano Gwynne Howell director May 1977 (London)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Legends at the Piano MacDowell No. 2, Op. 23 conductor piano October 1960 (RCA) Bartók Piano Concerto No. 1 Seiji Ozawa conductor Peter Serkin piano July 1966 (RCA) Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21 conductor Ivo Pogorelich piano February 1983 (Deutsche Grammophon) Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos in E-flat Major, K. 365 Sir Georg Solti conductor and piano piano October 1987 (London)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 8:00 p.m. A Choral Celebration Poulenc Gloria conductor Jessica Rivera soprano Chicago Symphony Chorus director November 2007 (CSO Resound) Barber Prayers of Kierkegaard Andrew Schenck conductor Sarah Reese soprano Chicago Symphony Chorus Margaret Hillis director October 1991 (Koch) Bruckner Daniel Barenboim conductor Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus Margaret Hillis director Górecki Euentes ibant et flebant, Op. 32 John Nelson conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus Lyric of Chicago Chorus April 1994 (Nonesuch) Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky Fritz Reiner conductor mezzo-soprano Chicago Symphony Chorus Margaret Hillis director March 1959 (RCA)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 8:00 p.m. World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893 (1:45:56) Schumann Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 conductor Artur Rubinstein piano March 1967 (RCA) Schubert Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 (Unfinished) Seiji Ozawa conductor August 1968 (RCA) Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica) Sir Georg Solti conductor May 1989 (London)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Celebrating Valentine’s Day Prokofiev Selections from Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet before Parting, Romeo at Juliet’s Tomb) conductor October 2013 (CSO Resound) Barber The Lovers Andrew Schenk conductor Chicago Symphony Chorus Margaret Hillis director October 1991 (Koch) Verdi Già nella notte densa from Sir Georg Solti conductor soprano tenor April 1991 (London) Strauss Domestic Symphony, Op. 53 Fritz Reiner conductor November 1956 (RCA)

Program details for the remainder of the broadcasts in this series will be posted on cso.org/radio.

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