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CSO - September Highlights

9/3: Janáček; J. Strauss, Jr. & Mussorgsky
This week, Seiji Ozawa opens the program with Janáček's Sinfonietta. Next on the program, Morton Gould leads Copland's Dance Symphony, followed by a collection of Johann Strauss Jr.'s best loved waltzes, polkas and overtures under Fritz Reiner's baton. Closing the broadcast, Carlo Maria Giulini conducts Mussorgsky's Pictures from an Exhibition.

Leoš Janáček                Sinfonietta
Seiji Ozawa, conductor

Aaron Copland             Dance Symphony
Morton Gould, conductor

Johann Strauss, Jr.        Wiener Blut, Op. 354
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Johann Strauss, Jr.        Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Johann Strauss, Jr.        Der Zigeunerbaron, Op. 418
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Johann Strauss, Jr.        Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 324
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Modest Mussorgsky      Pictures at an Exhibition
(orch. Maurice Ravel)   Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor

9/10: Afkam & Gluzman
On today’s broadcast, David Afkham leads the CSO in Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto, featuring Vadim Gluzman. Also included in this program are Debussy’s La mer and two pieces by Ravel: Menuet antique and La valse. Closing out the program, Bernard Haitink conducts Webern’s Im Sommerwind.

Conductor: David Afkham

Maurice Ravel              Menuet antique

Dmitri Shostakovich     Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77
Vadim Gluzman, violin

Valentin Silvestrov       Serenade
ENCORE                     Vadim Gluzman, violin

Claude Debussy            La mer

Maurice Ravel              La valse

Anton Webern              Im Sommerwind
BONUS                       Bernard Haitink, conductor

9/17: Mäkelä Conducts Lemminkäinen and Ein Heldenbelen
Zell Music Director Designate Klaus Mäkelä leads the CSO in Ein Heldeleben by Richard Strauss and Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen. Opening the broadcast is Wagner’s Prelude to the third act of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, in a vintage RCA recording conducted by sixth music director Fritz Reiner.

Richard Wagner           Prelude to Act 3 of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Fritz Reiner, conductor

Jean Sibelius                Lemminkäien, Op. 22
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

Richard Strauss            Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor

9/24: Muti Conducts Cavalleria rusticana
This week, Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, featuring Anita Rachvelishvili, Piero Pretti, Luca Salsi, Ronnita Miller and Sasha Cook. The broadcast closes with choral works by Verdi, including selections from Otello, Nabucco, Macbeth and the Requiem.

Pietro Mascagni            Cavalleria rusticana
Anita Rachvelishvili, mezzo-soprano
Piero Pretti, tenor
Luca Salsi, baritone
Ronnita Miller, mezzo-soprano            
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director

Giuseppe Verdi            “Fuoco di gioia!” from Otello
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director

Giuseppe Verdi            “Gli arredi festivi” from Nabucco
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director

Giuseppe Verdi            “Patria oppressa!” from Macbeth
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director

Giuseppe Verdi            Libera me from Messa da Requiem
Barbara Frittoli, soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director