For Immediate Release: September 15,.2020

From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years

This (CSO) radio broadcast series airs weekly 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 wfmt.com and the WFMT app (wfmt.com/app).

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 8:00 p.m. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Firsts Mendelssohn Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 , conductor Recorded in May 1916 (Columbia Graphophone Company) Wagner A Faust Overture , conductor Recorded in October 1991 (CSO) Strauss Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 Sir , conductor Recorded in September and October 1977 (CSO) Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major , conductor , soprano Recorded in December 1958 (RCA) Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Daniel Barenboim, conductor Recorded in September 1992 (Teldec)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 8:00 p.m. conducts Bruckner’s Seventh Wagner Overture to Tannhäuser Sir Georg Solti, conductor Recorded in May 1976 () Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E Major Recorded in May 2007 (CSO Resound) Wagner Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde Sir Georg Solti, conductor Recorded in May 1977 (London)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, October 6, 2020, 8:00 p.m. in Chicago Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Daniel Barenboim, conductor Recorded in May 1997 (Warner Classics) Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 60 (Leningrad) Leonard Bernstein, conductor Recorded in June 1988 ()

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 8:00 p.m. David Del Tredici’s Final Alice Mozart/Busoni: Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384 Daniel Barenboim, conductor Recorded in February 1996 (CSO) Mozart Divertimento No. 17 in D Major, K. 334 Fritz Reiner, conductor Recorded in April 1955 (RCA) Del Tredici Final Alice Sir Georg Solti, conductor Barbara Hendricks, soprano Fred Hemke and Robert Black, soprano saxophones Fred Spector, mandolin Frederic Chrislip, tenor banjo Herman Troppe, accordion Recorded in January 1980 (London)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 8:00 p.m. and the CSO Strauss , Op. 20 Sir Georg Solti, conductor Recorded in May 1972 (London) Strauss in D Minor for and Orchestra Désiré Defauw, conductor , piano Recorded in April 1946 (RCA) Strauss Symphonic Fantasy Daniel Barenboim, conductor Recorded in September and October 1992 (Erato) Strauss Horn No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11 Daniel Barenboim, conductor , horn Recorded in October 1998 (Teldec) Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils and Final Scene from , Op. 54 Fritz Reiner, conductor , soprano Recorded in March 1954 and December 1955 (RCA)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 8:00 p.m. Liszt’s and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique Mussorgsky A , conductor Recorded in August 1968 (RCA) Rachmaninov The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 Fritz Reiner, conductor Recorded in April 1957 (RCA) Liszt Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra Fritz Reiner, conductor Byron Janis, piano Recorded in February 1959 (RCA) Sibelius Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1 Frederick Stock, conductor Recorded in December 1925 (Victor) Berlioz Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 , conductor Recorded in February 1983 (Deutsche Grammophon)

Programming details for the remainder of the broadcasts in this series will continue to post online at cso.org/radio

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