CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RADIO BROADCASTS Broadcast Schedule – Winter 2020

PROGRAM #: CSO 20-01 RELEASE DATE: December 27, 2019

Matthew Halls conducts Handel’s Messiah

Handel: Messiah Parts I-III (Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo- soprano; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Joshua Hopkins, baritone; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director)

PROGRAM #: CSO 20-02 RELEASE DATE: January 3, 2020

Conductor David Afkham and Pianist Emanuel Ax

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 (Emanuel Ax, piano) Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93 Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20 (Fritz Reiner, conductor)

PROGRAM #: CSO 20-03 RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2020

Riccardo Muti conducts Verdi's Requiem

Verdi: Patria oppressa! from Macbeth (Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director) Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut (Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director) 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 20-04 RELEASE DATE: January 17, 2020

Conductor Susanna Mälkki and Saxophonist Branford Marsalis

Bizet: Symphony in C Fauré: Pavane for Soprano Saxophone (Branford Marsalis, soprano saxophone) Williams: Escapades for Alto Saxophone from Catch Me If You Can (Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone) M. Wagner: Proceed, Moon Debussy: Ibéria from Images for Orchestra Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun (Cristian Măcelaru, conductor)

PROGRAM #: CSO 20-05 RELEASE DATE: January 24, 2020

Conductor Juraj Valčuha and Violinist Christian Tetzlaff

Haydn: Symphony No. 85 in B-flat Major (The Queen) Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 (Christian Tetzlaff, violin) J. Strauss, Jr: Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 R. Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3 (Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor)

PROGRAM #: CSO 20-06 RELEASE DATE: January 31, 2020

Riccardo Muti conducts Shostakovich's Babi Yar

Prokofiev: Sinfonietta, Op. 5/48 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, Op. 113 (Babi Yar) (Alexey Tikhomirov, bass; Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director) Walker: Lyric for Strings

PROGRAM #: CSO 20-07 RELEASE DATE: February 7, 2020

Conductor Riccardo Muti and Pianist David Fray

Beethoven: Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 (David Fray, piano) Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 3, 10, and 5 Hindemith: Symphony, Mathis der Maler Wagner: Prelude to Act 3 of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Fritz Reiner, conductor) Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Fritz Reiner, conductor)

PROGRAM #: CSO 20-08 RELEASE DATE: February 14, 2020

Riccardo Muti conducts Tchaikovsky and Debussy

Debussy: Nocturnes (Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director) Debussy: Sacred and Profane Dances (Sarah Bullen, harp) Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake, Op. 20a Puccini: Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana

PROGRAM #: CSO 20-09 RELEASE DATE: February 21, 2020

Riccardo Muti conducts Beethoven and Gershwin

Vivaldi: Piccolo Concerto in C Major, RV 444 (Jennifer Gunn, piccolo) Benshoof: Concerto in Three Movements for Piccolo and Orchestra (Jennifer Gunn, piccolo) Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 Stephenson: Bass Trombone Concerto (World premiere) (Charles Vernon, trombone) Gershwin: An American in Paris

PROGRAM #: CSO 20-10 RELEASE DATE: February 28, 2020

Neeme Järvi conducts Sibelius

Glazunov: Concert Waltz No. 1 in D Major, Op. 47 Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19 (Vadim Gluzman, violin) Sibelius: Suite from Karelia, Op. 11 Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in Eb Major, Op. 82 Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in Eb Major, K. 543 (Pinchas Zuckerman, conductor)

PROGRAM #: CSO 20-11 RELEASE DATE: March 6, 2020

Riccardo Muti conducts Mozart's Requiem

Cherubini: Chant sur la mort de Joseph Haydn (Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano; Dmitry Korchak, tenor; Enea Scala, tenor) 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 20-12 RELEASE DATE: March 13, 2020

Conductor John Storgårds and Violinist Gil Shaham

Grieg: Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 (Gil Shaham, violin) Raimi: Anger Management (Gil Shaham, violin) Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39 Prokofiev: Suite from Lieutenant Kijé (Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor)