The Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays Shostakovich’s “13th Symphony” on the “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. The featured work is Shostakovich’s “13th Symphony”, sub-titled “Baba Yar”. Music Director Riccardo Muti conducts. Also on the program Prokofiev’s “Sinfonietta” and George Walker’s “Lyric for Strings”.

Tuesday February 4: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcasts (CSO 20-06)

Riccardo Muti conducts Shostakovich's “Babi Yar”

Prokofiev: Sinfonietta, Op. 5/48

Shostakovich:  Symphony No. 13, Op. 113, “Babi Yar”. Alexey Tikhomirov, bass; Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus; Duain Wolfe, director

George Walker (1922-2018): Lyric for Strings