CSO Audio Program Notes

CSO Audio Program Notes

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CSO Audio Program Notes episodes

  • CSO Program Notes: Montgomery, Schubert 8 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
    A hundred years ago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave the world premiere of Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto with the composer as soloist. Denis Matsuev joins the CSO led by Manfred Honeck to celebrate this milestone with a performance of Prokofiev’s exuberant, poetic and witty score. Coincident Dances by Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery weaves a multicultural sonic tapestry to evoke the experience of walking through a New York City neighborhood. Schubert’s Eighth Symphony bursts with memorable themes that surprise and delight at every turn.
    Michael Tilson Thomas has withdrawn from these performances due to health reasons.
    Learn more: cso.org/performances/21-22/cs…-piano-concerto-no-3/
    27 min
  • Virtual Preconcert Conversation: Montgomery, Schubert 8 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
    A hundred years ago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave the world premiere of Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto with the composer as soloist. Denis Matsuev joins the CSO led by Manfred Honeck to celebrate this milestone with a performance of Prokofiev’s exuberant, poetic and witty score. Coincident Dances by Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery weaves a multicultural sonic tapestry to evoke the experience of walking through a New York City neighborhood. Schubert’s Eighth Symphony bursts with memorable themes that surprise and delight at every turn.
    Michael Tilson Thomas has withdrawn from these performances due to health reasons.
    Learn more: https://cso.org/performances/21-22/cso-classical/montgomery-schubert-8-prokofiev-piano-concerto-no-3/
    34 min
  • CSO Program Notes: Shostakovich, Schubert 3 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1
    Ukrainian-born piano powerhouse Alexander Gavrylyuk presents Prokofiev’s iridescent and rhythmically animated First Piano Concerto, the work with which the composer made his CSO performance debut, in 1918, as part of its U.S. premiere. James Conlon leads this program framed by Shostakovich’s steely Chamber Symphony, an adaptation of his elegiac Eighth String Quartet, and Schubert’s mercurial Symphony No. 3, which shines with youthful vigor.
    Michael Tilson Thomas has withdrawn from these performances due to health reasons.
    Learn more: https://cso.org/performances/21-22/cso-classical/shostakovich-schubert-3-prokofiev-piano-concerto-no-1/
    20 min
  • Virtual Preconcert Conversation: Shostakovich, Schubert 3 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1
    Ukrainian-born piano powerhouse Alexander Gavrylyuk presents Prokofiev’s iridescent and rhythmically animated First Piano Concerto, the work with which the composer made his CSO performance debut, in 1918, as part of its U.S. premiere. James Conlon leads this program framed by Shostakovich’s steely Chamber Symphony, an adaptation of his elegiac Eighth String Quartet, and Schubert’s mercurial Symphony No. 3, which shines with youthful vigor.
    Michael Tilson Thomas has withdrawn from these performances due to health reasons.
    38 min
  • CSO Program Notes: Saint-Saëns & Schumann
    Composer Augusta Holmès broke gender barriers in 19th-century Paris, studying with Romantic master César Franck and writing symphonic works on a heroic scale. The sumptuous Night and Love offers a snapshot of her remarkable talents. Saint-Saëns’ richly melodic concerto highlights CSO Principal Cello John Sharp, and Schumann’s Second Symphony expresses triumph after his struggles with illness and depression.
    Learn more: https://cso.org/performances/21-22/cso-classical/saint-saens-schumann/
    13 min
  • Virtual Preconcert Conversation: Saint-Saëns & Schumann
    Composer Augusta Holmès broke gender barriers in 19th-century Paris, studying with Romantic master César Franck and writing symphonic works on a heroic scale. The sumptuous Night and Love offers a snapshot of her remarkable talents. Saint-Saëns’ richly melodic concerto highlights CSO Principal Cello John Sharp, and Schumann’s Second Symphony expresses triumph after his struggles with illness and depression.
    Learn more: https://cso.org/performances/21-22/cso-classical/saint-saens-schumann/
    37 min
  • CSO Program Notes: Muti Conducts Mazzoli & Tchaikovsky Pathétique
    Tchaikovsky called his Pathétique Symphony “the best and especially the most open-hearted of my works.” Riccardo Muti leads this masterful and deeply tragic score, which was the last of Tchaikovsky’s works to be premiered during his lifetime. It is preceded by Liadov’s luminous nighttime scene and former Mead Composer-in-Residence Missy Mazzoli’s evocative meditation on her father's experiences as a soldier in Vietnam.
    Learn more: https://order.cso.org/21933/
    20 min
  • Virtual Preconcert Conversation: Muti Conducts Mazzoli & Tchaikovsky Pathétique
    Tchaikovsky called his Pathétique Symphony “the best and especially the most open-hearted of my works.” Riccardo Muti leads this masterful and deeply tragic score, which was the last of Tchaikovsky’s works to be premiered during his lifetime. It is preceded by Liadov’s luminous nighttime scene and former Mead Composer-in-Residence Missy Mazzoli’s evocative meditation on her father's experiences as a soldier in Vietnam.
    Learn more: https://order.cso.org/21933/
    35 min
  • Virtual Preconcert Conversation: Muti, Kavakos & Beethoven 7
    Greek virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos performs Brahms’ Violin Concerto, a work that he has recorded with a “wonderful poise and instinctive elegance” (The Guardian). A cornerstone of the violin repertoire, the concerto brims with orchestral drama, rapturous melodies and earthy folk-dance rhythms. Riccardo Muti concludes the program with Beethoven’s exhilarating Seventh Symphony.
    Learn more: https://order.cso.org/21924/
    25 min
  • CSO Program Notes: Muti, Kavakos & Beethoven 7
    Greek virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos performs Brahms’ Violin Concerto, a work that he has recorded with a “wonderful poise and instinctive elegance” (The Guardian). A cornerstone of the violin repertoire, the concerto brims with orchestral drama, rapturous melodies and earthy folk-dance rhythms. Riccardo Muti concludes the program with Beethoven’s exhilarating Seventh Symphony.
    Learn more: https://order.cso.org/21924/
    16 min

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