http://cso.org en-us Copyright Chicago Symphony Orchestra Written by Phillip Huscher for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes are accessible, interesting, and full of information about the works being performed by the CSO as well as the history and personalities behind the music. Download Program Note PDFs at cso.org/ProgramNotes. Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes are accessible, interesting, and full of information about the works being performed by the CSO as well as the history and personalities behind the music. no Tue, 14 May 2013 09:00:00 EST webmaster@cso.org (CSO Web Team) Copyright Chicago Symphony Orchestrachicago,symphony,orchestra,cso,classical,music,performing,arts,composer,musician,gerard,mcburney,nonprofit,220,history,musicology,study,orchestra,riccardo,muti,yo,yo,ma,pierre,boulez,bernard,haitink,huscher,entertainment,conductor,performer,backstage,progMusicSociety & Culture/Historywebmaster@cso.orgChicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Teamchicago,symphony,orchestra,cso,classical,music,performing,arts,composer,musician,gerard,mcburney,nonprofit,220,history,musicology,study,orchestra,riccardo,muti,yo,yo,ma,pierre,boulez,bernard,haitink,huscher,entertainment,conductor,performer,backstage,prog41.877589-87.628188Subscribe with PodnovaSubscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with ODEOSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO September 20-28. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO September 20-28. Riccardo Muti and the CSO raise the curtain on the 2012/13 season with Dvorak's brilliant and glowing Fifth Symphony, followed by Martucci's gorgeous night music, Notturno. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_092012.mp3 Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:15:30 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, muti, dvorak, martucci, resphighi webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/Wl_2iXoOQpE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/Wl_2iXoOQpE/CSO_Program_Notes_092012.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_092012.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO October 18-20. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO October 18-20. Following rave reviews of their respective CSO debuts, brothers Renaud and Gautier Capucon return and team up with the CSO for Brahms' Double Concerto, a lyrical and passionate outpouring that can only be enhanced by the unique personal chemistry between these two soloists. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_101812.mp3 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:17:18 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, brahms, haitink, capucon webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/vml3cyA2M9M" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/vml3cyA2M9M/CSO_Program_Notes_101812.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_101812.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO October 25-27. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO October 25-27. Internationally known for his Beethoven interpretations, former Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink joins the CSO for this profound work. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_102512.mp3 Mon, 8 Oct 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:21:23 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, beethoven, haitink, wall, fink webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/-50wGMc_Q6Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/-50wGMc_Q6Q/CSO_Program_Notes_102512.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_102512.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO November 1-3. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO November 1-3. Our guide to Mahler's universal piece is Semyon Bychkov, acclaimed for his ability to grasp both the largest architectural sweep and the smallest detail. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_110112.mp3 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:13:38 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, mahler, bychkov, fink, wolfe, chorus webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/kTmNSQQX42M" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/kTmNSQQX42M/CSO_Program_Notes_110112.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_110112.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO November 8-11. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO November 8-11. Wagner called Beethoven's Seventh Symphony "the apotheosis of the dance," an apt description given its exuberant rhythms and elegant, carefree lines. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_110812.mp3 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:15:27 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, britten, walton, beethoven, dutoit, shaham webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/TfOMuzCrSt8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/TfOMuzCrSt8/CSO_Program_Notes_110812.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_110812.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO November 14-17. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO November 14-17. Winner of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition, emerging young pianist Daniil Trifonov joins Charles Dutoit for Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto, which features what is surely the most recognizable of all concerto openings. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_111412.mp3 Mon, 29 Oct 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:18:18 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, tchaikovsky, stravinsky, dutoit, trifonov webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/A674lyqU56Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/A674lyqU56Y/CSO_Program_Notes_111412.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_111412.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO November 29-December 1. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO November 29-December 1. Alice Coote lends her dark-hued mezzo-soprano to Berlioz's popular setting of French poems by Theophile Gautier with Sir Mark Elder on the podium. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_112912.mp3 Wed, 7 Nov 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:13:51 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, berlioz, shostakovich, elder, coote webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/NBpGjP-jygY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/NBpGjP-jygY/CSO_Program_Notes_112912.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_112912.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO December 6-9. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO December 6-9. Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony, composed after Stalin's death, bears the eloquent testimony of an artist who survived the Soviet dictator's increasingly unhinged reign. Vasily Petrenko conducts, http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_120612.mp3 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:13:41 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, barber, shostakovich, elgar, petrenko, chen webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/hT57ZRy5TSE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/hT57ZRy5TSE/CSO_Program_Notes_120612.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_120612.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO December 13-18. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO December 13-18. Among England's leading Baroque specialists, Harry Bicket conducts a program featuring the Chicago premiere of the double concerto by CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Anna Clyne paired with the Bach Concerto for Two Violins, both performed by Jennifer Koh and Jaime Laredo. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_121312.mp3 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:11:38 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, bach, clyne, stravinsky webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/Fz42TB0CbKo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/Fz42TB0CbKo/CSO_Program_Notes_121312.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_121312.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO December 20-22. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO December 20-22. Tchaikovsky's monumental Manfred Symphony portrays the brooding, tormented and troubled Romantic hero from Byron's dramatic poem. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_122012.mp3 Tue, 4 Dec 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:19:02 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, van zweden, shostakovich, rouse, tchaikovsky webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/ql9iEv5yh2g" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/ql9iEv5yh2g/CSO_Program_Notes_122012.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_122012.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO January 10-15. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO January 10-15. Radu Lupu performs Beethoven's First Piano Concerto, with its introspective passion simmering behind militaristic rhythms. We then return to the Beethoven of revolutionary, groundbreaking statements with his mighty "Eroica" Symphony, led by Music Director Riccardo Muti. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_011013.mp3 Fri, 7 Dec 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:14:11 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, beethoven, lupu, muti webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/QNtYTytTq0U" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/QNtYTytTq0U/CSO_Program_Notes_011013.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_011013.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO January 17-19. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO January 17-19. Riccardo Muti conducts Brahms' beloved Fourth Symphony. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_011713.mp3 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:00:00 EST 00:18:20 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, brahms, stravinsky, busoni, muti webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/WfYuHIoKswU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/WfYuHIoKswU/CSO_Program_Notes_011713.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_011713.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO February 15-19. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO February 15-19. Sir Mark Elder returns to lead one of Dvorak's more macabre tone poems, The Water Goblin. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_021513.mp3 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:15:53 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, dvorak, rachmaninov, sibelius, elder, ohlsson webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/DijNqcpROok" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/DijNqcpROok/CSO_Program_Notes_021513.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_021513.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO February 21-23. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO February 21-23. Hear Esa-Pekka Salonen, Stefan Vinke, Linda Watson, John Relyea and Michelle DeYoung perform Act 2 of Wagner's exalted opera, which contains some of its most entrancing music as the two lovers express their overwhelming passion for one another. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_022113.mp3 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:17:36 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, wagner, salonen, watson, vinke, relyea, deyoung, panikkar webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/ntQ9KaZut6c" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/ntQ9KaZut6c/CSO_Program_Notes_022113.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_022113.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO February 28 - March 2. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO February 28 - March 2. CSO Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant Yo-Yo Ma performs Lutoslawski's emotionally charged Cello Concerto, originally composed in the late-1960s for the legendary Rostropovich. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_022813.mp3 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:19:50 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, salonen, ma, sibelius, lutoslawski, tchaikovsky webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/7pjRTeLU5VY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/7pjRTeLU5VY/CSO_Program_Notes_022813.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_022813.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO March 7-12. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO March 7-12. Cristian Macelaru, associate conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, joins legendary pianist Yefim Bronfman for Bartok's stunningly virtuosic Second Piano Concerto, a work for which Bronfman earned a Grammy Award in 1997. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_030713.mp3 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:12:00 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, bronfman, bartok, macelaru, debussy webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/NkaiRFaVogo" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/NkaiRFaVogo/CSO_Program_Notes_030713.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_030713.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO March 14-16. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO March 14-16. Schoenberg's intensely expressive and technically challenging Violin Concerto is performed by rising young violinist Michael Barenboim. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_031413.mp3 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:20:56 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, fisch, barenboim, schoenberg, mahler webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/ajImqyqGDE4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/ajImqyqGDE4/CSO_Program_Notes_031413.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_031413.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO March 21-24. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO March 21-24. CSO Principal Flute Mathieu Dufour takes center stage to play Khachaturian's sparkling Flute Concerto, an adaptation by Jean-Pierre Rampal for flute of the composer's violin concerto. Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony runs the gamut of emotions from despair to exuberant joy. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_032113.mp3 Tue, 5 Mar 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:17:07 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, khachaturian, tchaikovsky, dufour, sokhiev webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/Ihvk4nVD37Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/Ihvk4nVD37Y/CSO_Program_Notes_032113.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_032113.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO March 28-30. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO March 28-30.Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida performs and conducts two of his greatest concertos--the charming No. 17 in G Major and the beloved No. 27 in B-flat Major. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_032813.mp3 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:13:16 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, mozart, uchida webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/ZW7LUJ4eIN0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/ZW7LUJ4eIN0/CSO_Program_Notes_032813.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_032813.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO April 4-6. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO April 4-6. Spectacular pianist Yuja Wang, who wowed Chicago audiences and critics alike with her performance of Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto in 2007, returns to play Prokofiev's colorful and invigorating Third Piano Concerto which the composer himself first premiered with the CSO in 1921. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_040413.mp3 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:17:15 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, prokofiev, nielsen, wang, oramo webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/l0L-rJyP9W8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/l0L-rJyP9W8/CSO_Program_Notes_040413.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_040413.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO April 11-16. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO April 11-16. The Chorus joins Music Director Riccardo Muti and the CSO for Bach's monumental Mass in B Minor. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_041113.mp3 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:14:51 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, bach, muti webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/E6zoZr6szSg" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/E6zoZr6szSg/CSO_Program_Notes_041113.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_041113.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO April 18-23. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO April 18-23. Music Director Riccardo Muti Conducts Beethoven Symphony No. 4 http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_041813.mp3 Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:14:51 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, beethoven, mozart, vivaldi, muti webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/pNeMX7JCJXA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/pNeMX7JCJXA/CSO_Program_Notes_041813.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_041813.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO April 25-27. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO April 25-27. Italian musical masters Riccardo Muti and Maurizio Pollini collaborate with the CSO for Mozart's majestic and inventive Piano Concerto No. 21. Schumann's Third Symphony, a musical postcard from the vistas of the Rhineland, follows intermission. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_042513.mp3 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:14:06 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, muti, pollini, beethoven, mozart, mendelssohn, schumann webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/9PDqJlm7YzI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/9PDqJlm7YzI/CSO_Program_Notes_042513.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_042513.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 1-4. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 1-4. Spanish flamenco royalty Marina Heredia lends her alluring voice to Falla's El amor brujo, which weaves the tale of two young Gypsy lovers who chase away an evil ghost with a fiery flamenco dance. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_050113.mp3 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:09:00 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, casado, heredia, ravel, falla webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/4XJhc_fFQhU" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/4XJhc_fFQhU/CSO_Program_Notes_050113.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_050113.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 9-14. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 9-14. Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade is one of his most richly evocative scores, his sense of orchestral color enlivened and refined by his encounter with Wagner's musical dramas. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_050913.mp3 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:18:24 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, price, rimsky-korsakov, chen webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/UXhEJhhBNw4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/UXhEJhhBNw4/CSO_Program_Notes_050913.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_050913.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 16-21. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 16-21. Inspired by the revolutionary qualities of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos plunged into a dark, primitive world with Amazonas, a ballet which depicts a beautiful maiden who is devoured by a monster when she bathes in the Amazon. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_051613.mp3 Fri, 3 May 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:15:10 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, villa-lobos, beethoven, serkin, mena webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/ARP66PN4mZ8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/ARP66PN4mZ8/CSO_Program_Notes_051613.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_051613.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 23-28. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 23-28. French piano icon Jean-Yves Thibaudet draws out the subtleties and expressive colors of Saint-Sa�ns' exotic Fifth Piano Concerto, written while the composer was visiting Cairo. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_052313.mp3 Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:14:01 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, saint-saens, revueltas, prieto, thibaudet webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/X1iDr7w2VcM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/X1iDr7w2VcM/CSO_Program_Notes_052313.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_052313.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 30 - June 4. Welcome to this digital edition of Phillip Huscher's Program Notes for upcoming concerts by the CSO May 30 - June 4. The magisterial opening movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 is one of the most unforgettable in the composer's orchestral canon. Phenomenal French pianist David Fray joins lauded conductor Jaap Van Zweden for this work, which Beethoven chose for one of his first Viennese appearances as soloist. http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_053013.mp3 Tue, 14 May 2013 09:00:00 EST 00:14:18 podcast, music, cso, interviews, classical, orchestra, symphony, chicago, program, notes, mozart, bart�k, van zweden, fray webmaster@cso.org (Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web Team)no<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~4/1WLb2QYgY5I" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CsoAudioProgramNotes/~3/1WLb2QYgY5I/CSO_Program_Notes_053013.mp3http://cso.org/uploadedFiles/3_Shop/Catalog/Media/Tracks/Full/CSO_Program_Notes_053013.mp3 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Web TeamnonadultWritten by Phillip Huscher for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra