7/2: Guests in the House
Opening the broadcast is Khachaturian’s Third Symphony led by Leopold Stokowski, followed by John Williams’s Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello and Orchestra with Yo-Yo Ma under the baton of Williams himself. Next, Neeme Järvi conducts Kodály’s Dances of Galánta, and closing the broadcast, Pierre Monteux leads Franck’s Symphony in D minor.
Aram Khachaturian Symphony No. 3 in C Major
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
John Williams Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello and Orchestra
John Williams, conductor; Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Zoltán Kodály Dances of Galánta
Neeme Järvi, conductor
César Franck Symphony in D Minor
Pierre Monteux, conductor
7/29: Barenboim Conducts Bruckner 4
This week, we hear Daniel Barenboim leading the CSO before his tenure as ninth music director. Opening the broadcast is Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio espagnol, followed by Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini and Bruckner’s Romantic Symphony.
Nikolai Rimsky- Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Korsakov Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Peter Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 4 in E-flat Major (Romantic)
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
7/16: 2024 Ravinia Opening Night: Celebration of Americana
Marin Alsop, chief conductor of the Ravinia Festival, leads the CSO in a program celebrating American composers. Opening the program is Copland’s Suite from Appalachian Spring, followed by Johnson’s Charleston. Next, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha joins in Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Rounding out the program is Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, featuring Michelle Cann.
John Stafford Smith The Star-Spangled Banner
(arr. Frederick Stock)
Aaron Copland Suite from Appalachian Spring (full orchestra version)
James P. Johnson Charleston [abridged]
(orch. Davind Rimelis, arr. Nicholas Hersh)
Samuel Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, soprano
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
(orch. Ferdinand Grofé)
James P. Johnson Victory Stride
(ed. and arr. Nicholas Hersh)
BONUS
Charles Ives Variations on America
(arr. William Schuman) Morton Gould, conductor
Morton Gould Spirituals for Orchestra
Morton Gould, conductor
7/23: Kanneh-Mason Plays Elgar
On this week’s broadcast, Paavo Järvi leads the CSO in Beethoven’s Leonore Overture no. 3, followed by Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Rounding out the program is Nielsen’s Fifth Symphony.
Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Edward Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
Sheku Kanneh-Mason Melody
ENCORE
Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
7/30: Mahler Festival Broadcast: Mahler 7
This week, Jaap van Zweden leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, recorded live at the 2025 Mahler Festival in Amsterdam. Opening the broadcast, Claudio Abbado conducts Mahler’s Rückert Lieder, featuring Hanna Schwarz. The program concludes with a 1930 RCA recording of Karl Goldmark’s Ballet Music from The Queen of Sheba, under the baton of second music director Frederick Stock.
Gustav Mahler Rückert Lieder
BONUS Hanna Schwarz, mezzo-soprano; Claudio Abbado, conductor
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Karl Goldmark Ballet Music from The Queen of Sheba
BONUS Frederick Stock, conductor