For Immediate Release: March 25, 2021 From the CSO’s Archives: The First 130 Years This Chicago Symphony Orchestra (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 wfmt.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 Overture to Oberon Sir Georg Solti conductor November 1973 (London) Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 Jean Martinon conductor Benny Goodman clarinet May 1968 (RCA) Weber Overture to Euryanthe Frederick Stock conductor January 1940 (Columbia) Nielsen Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 (The Four Temperaments) Morton Gould conductor June 1966 (RCA) Weber/Berlioz Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 Daniel Barenboim conductor March 1979 (Deutsche Grammophon) 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 Seiji Ozawa 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 Fritz Reiner 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 Lucia Popp soprano Yvonne Minton mezzo-soprano Mallory Walker tenor Gwynne Howell bass Chicago Symphony Chorus Margaret Hillis director May 1977 (London) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 8:00 p.m. Legends at the Piano MacDowell Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 23 Walter Hendl conductor Van Cliburn 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 Claudio Abbado 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 Murray Perahia piano October 1987 (London) Chicago Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 8:00 p.m. A Choral Celebration Poulenc Gloria Bernard Haitink conductor Jessica Rivera soprano Chicago Symphony Chorus Duain Wolfe 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 Helgoland 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 Opera of Chicago Chorus April 1994 (Nonesuch) Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky Fritz Reiner conductor Rosalind Elias 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 Carlo Maria Giulini 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) Riccardo Muti conductor October 2013 (CSO Resound) Barber The Lovers Andrew Schenk conductor Dale Duesing baritone Chicago Symphony Chorus Margaret Hillis director October 1991 (Koch) Verdi Già nella notte densa from Otello Sir Georg Solti conductor Kiri Te Kanawa soprano Luciano Pavarotti 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. Media Inquiries: Eileen Chambers, 312-294-3092 .