Edo de Waart conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss’ music
"Haven’t I the right, after all, to write what music I please?” (Richard Strauss' words to his critics). Tonight it's an all- Richard Strauss program from the CSO.
A CSO Commission World Premiere on tonight’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcast
Take two cellos plus orchestra, title it "Antidotum Tarantulae XXI" and wonder like I do what that sounds like!
The Complete Brandenburg Concertos by J. S. Bach on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Common wisdom is that the Margrave (of Brandenburg) never bothered to perform these fabulous works [Bach's Brandenburg Concertos], and perhaps never even examined the score.
Pianist Mitsuko Uchida conducts the CSO from the piano bench: 3 Mozart Piano Concertos!
Pretty much anything that Mitsuko Uchida is involved in is going to be amazing. Tonight's Evening Concert features her.
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony on tonight’s “Evening Concert”
Edo de Waart says he'd take all of Beethoven's works with him to a (proverbial) desert island. Find out why he says that tonight.