CSO Audio Program Notes
By Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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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.
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February 4, 6, and 9, 2010 - Mozart and Vaughan Williams | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, the young and talented Israeli pianist Shai Wosner debuts in Mozart's powerful and tragic Piano Concerto No. 20. Toronto-based conductor Peter Oundjian completes the concert with the serene Fifth Symphony of Vaughan Williams. | 2/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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January 21-23, 2010 - Boulez Conducts The Firebird | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, two formidable artists, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and his protege Tamara Stefanovich, join forces in Bartok's Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra. | 1/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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January 14-19, 2010 - The Rite Of Spring | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, the CSO will have you on the edge of your seat with its unparalleled delivery of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, conducted by David Robertson. | 12/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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January 7-12, 2010 - Bluebeard's Castle | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, Conductor Emeritus Pierre Boulez is joined by the radiant mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung and bass-baritone Falk Struckman for Bartok's haunting opera, based on the gruesome 17th-century French fable of Duke Bluebeard, who murderously dispensed of his multiple wives. | 12/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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December 17-19, 2009 - Tales From Tchaikovsky | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, Redmoon enlivens Orchestra Hall with the ancient art of shadow puppetry through video technology to poetically illuminate Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. | 12/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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December 10-12, 2009 - Mozart and Haydn | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, Nicholas Kraemer, one of today's leading Baroque music specialists, lets the musicians of the CSO shine in a selection of 18th-century gems. | 12/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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December 3 and 5, 2009 - Mahler and Mendelssohn | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, Nicole Cabell, winner of the 2005 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, joins conductor Markus Stenz in Mahler's Fourth Symphony. | 11/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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November 19-22, 2009 - Mozart and Schumann | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, British pianist Paul Lewis makes his debut with the Orchestra performing in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 12. | 11/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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October 29-31, 2009 - Mendelssohn 3 | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, Mendelssohn pays homage to the British Isles, one of his favorite places, with his rousing Scottish Symphony. We also present the world premiere of Songs for Adam, a cycle of meditations on Adam and Eve by poet Susan Stewart set by James Primosch. | 10/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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October 22-27, 2009 - Muti Conducts Brahms Requiem | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, Music Director Designate Riccardo Muti completes his two-week residency with this beloved and uplifting choral masterpiece. | 10/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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October 2, 2009 - Bernstein and Bartok | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, the joyous Overture to Candide sets the perfect mood to usher in the new concert season. Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman makes his CSO subscription debut in Bernstein's Serenade. | 10/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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October 15-18, 2009 - Muti Returns! | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, Music Director Designate Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in two weeks of programs during the 2009/10 season. | 10/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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October 8-10, 2009 - Bell Plays Bruch | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, Joshua Bell thrills Chicago audiences with performances of Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 and Saint-Saens' virtuosic Introduction and Rondo capriccioso. | 10/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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June 13, 2009 - American String Quintet | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. The CSO shares the concert with the legendary Emerson String Quartet, which performs one of the works Dvorak composed in Spillville, Iowa -- the American String Quintet. | 6/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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June 16, 2009 - String Quartet No. 10 | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. The Emerson String Quartet perform Dvorak's E-flat String Quartet with its brilliant use of Slavic dance forms such as the polka, the furiant, the boot-stomping skocna from Bohemia and a beautiful slow dumka lament. | 6/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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June 18 and 20, 2009 - My Homeland | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. Dvorak's genius extended far beyond his symphonies and concertos. Our three-week festival culminates in a varied program of operatic highlights, choral gems and one of his famous Slavonic Dances. | 6/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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May 28-31, 2009 - Mozart and Haydn | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. Mozart's majestic Symphony No. 39 is the first of his three magnificent and final symphonies, all written in a span of just seven weeks. | 5/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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June 4-6, 2009 - Dvorak Violin Concerto | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. Kicking off the Dvorak Festival, Dutch superstar Janine Jansen performs the lyrical Violin Concerto. | 5/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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June 10-11, 2009 - Dvorak Cello Concerto | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. Twenty-six-year-old American virtuoso Alisa Weilerstein is featured in Dvorak's Cello Concerto, one of the most beloved concertos ever written. | 5/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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May 21-25, 2009 - Scorched | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. Scorched is a landmark piece co-composed by CSO Mead Composer in-Residence Mark-Anthony Turnage and jazz guitarist John Scofield. | 5/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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May 14-16, 2009 - Sibelius 5 | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. Osmo Vanska conducts Sibelius's timeless Fifth Symphony. Nikolaj Znaider shines in Beethoven's soaring Violin Concerto. | 4/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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May 7-10, 2009 - Shostakovich 15 | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. A champion of Shostakovich's work, Bernard Haitink leads the CSO in a rare performance of the composer's autobiographical final symphony. | 4/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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April 28, 2009 - Brahms 1 | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. Don't miss the CSO's only performance of Brahms' First Symphony this season, led by Maestro Bernard Haitink. | 4/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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April 23 - April 25, 2009 - Schubert Great Symphony | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. Maestro Haitink leads the CSO in Schubert's sublime "Great" Symphony, considered the composer's finest orchestral work. The program also features Mahler's rich "Ruckert Lieder" for voice and orchestra and Webern's early composition "Im Sommerwind". | 4/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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April 16-21, 2009 - Bruckner 8 | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. Our third and final Bruckner symphony of the 2008/09 season--the Eighth--is conducted by Bernard Haitink, one of the world's foremost Bruckner experts. | 4/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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April 9 - April 14, 2009 - CSO and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. Audiences around the world have applauded Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's brilliant and innovative style. Witness the exciting fusion of contemporary dance and live classical music when the CSO and HSDC reunite for their sixth annual collaboration. | 4/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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April 3 - April 5, 2009 - Bach to Bach No. 2 | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. Hear amazing CSO musicians--including Mathieu Dufour and Robert Chen--team up with conductor and violinist Pinchas Zukerman for the second installment of our mini-Bach Festival. | 3/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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April 2 - April 7 - Bach to Bach No. 1 | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. This program launches our mini-Bach Festival in April, featuring outstanding CSO musicians Jennifer Gunn, Eugene Izotov, Christopher Martin and Robert Chen. Pinchas Zukerman both conducts and plays violin on this all-Bach concert, including Brandenburg Concerto No. 2. | 3/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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March 26 - March 28, 2009 - Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Beethoven | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. You won't want to miss the pairing of Daniele Gatti and the CSO in Beethoven's daring and dramatic Eroica Symphony, stunning in its epic scope and emotional impact. | 3/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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March 19 - March 21, 2009 - Brahms 4 | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, Jaap van Zweden conducts Brahms' lushly romantic and lyrical fourth symphony. This autumnal work is a crown jewel in Brahms' symphonic output. French keyboard virtuoso Jean-Yves Thibaudet will perform Liszt's mighty Second Piano Concerto. | 3/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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March 13 - March 15, 2009 - Beethoven Fives | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, an all-Beethoven program features two top "fives" - the eloquent Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor), as performed by pianist Valentina Lisitsa, and the magnificent Fifth Symphony, a groundbreaking work that changed the course of classical music forever. | 3/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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March 5 - March 7, 2009 - Boulez and Stravinsky | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, Pierre Boulez presents Pulcinella, Stravinsky's witty neoclassical ballet. Szymanowski's rhapsodic First Violin Concerto is one of the finest works of modern romanticism. | 2/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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February 26 - March 3, 2009 - Boulez Conducts Ameriques | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. In this episode, Pierre Boulez leads a program of works by modern American masters, including the exciting New York cityscape Ameriques by the pioneering French transplant Edgard Varese, and Elliott Carter's composition Reflexions. | 2/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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February 21-24, 2009 - Abraham Lincoln 200th Birthday | Welcome to this digital edition of Chicago Symphony Orchestra Audio Program Notes, written by CSO Program Annotator Phillip Huscher. This episode celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, including music by Copland, Roy Harris, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. | 2/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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