5/7: Mälkki, Liebermann & Mahler 4
This week, guest conductor Susanna Mälkki leads the world premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s Flute Concerto No. 2, a CSO-commissioned work featuring Principal Flute Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson. Opening the program is the Prelude to Act I of Wagner’s Lohengrin, and closing it is Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, featuring soprano Ying Fang.
Wolfgang Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1979 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Richard Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
Lowell Liebermann Flute Concerto No. 2, Op. 142
Claude Debussy Syrinx (Encore)
Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson flute
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Susanna Mälkki conductor
Ying Fang Soprano
March 2024
5/14: Hrůša Conducts Shostakovich 11
On this week’s episode, Jakub Hrůša leads the CSO in Shostakovich’s Eleventh Symphony and Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto, featuring Simon Trpčeski. To open, Jean Martinon conducts Lalo’s Overture to Le Roi d'Ys.
Édouard Lalo Overture to Le Roi d'Ys
Jean Martinon conductor
1967 (RCA)
Sergei Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 1
Rachmaninov
Traditional Macedonian Folk Song (Encore)
(trans. Buzarovski) Simon Trpčeski piano
Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103, The Year 1905
Jakub Hrůša conductor
March 2025
5/21: Beethoven, Mozart & Tchaikovsky
This week, Julian Rachlin showcases his singular versatility as a violinist, violist and conductor. He joins Associate Concertmaster Stephanie Jeong in Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante before leading a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Meditation from Souvenir d’un lieu cher. Taking the podium, Rachlin bookends the program by conducting works by Beethoven and Mozart.
Ludwig van Beethoven Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, K. 364
Stephanie Jeong violin
Julien Rachlin viola
Pytor Tchaikovsky (arr. Glazunov) Meditation from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42
Julien Rachlin violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425 (Linz)
Julien Rachlin conductor
May 2022
Paul Hindemith Nobilissima visione
Jean Martinon conductor
1967 (RCA)
5/28: Mäkelä Conducts Mahler 3
This week, Zell Music Designate Klaus Mäkelä leads Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, featuring vocal soloist Wiebke Lehmkuhl, the Chicago Symphony Chorus, and Uniting Voices Chicago.
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3 in D Minor
Wiebke Lehmkuhl contralto
Chicago Symphony Chorus
James Bass director
Uniting Voices Chicago
Josephine Lee director
Klaus Mäkelä conductor
April 2025