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Produced by Marty Ronish and hosted by Lisa Simeone, this weekly, two-hour series offers a unique format of engaging and lively content, including produced segments created to provide deeper insight into the music and programmatic themes found within the CSO’s concert season; interviews with CSO musicians, guest artists, and composers; and an exploration of the stories found within the CSO’s rich heritage of recordings and the Orchestra’s illustrious history in Chicago.

When and where to tune-in

Thursdays at 8pm on Classical 91.5

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September 2016 programs on The Chicago Symphony
Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.

Join the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this month, to hear selections from Wagner's epic Ring cycle, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, a rebroadcast of Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 2015 Symphony Ball and more, on Classical 91.5.

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August 2016 programs on The Chicago Symphony
Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.

Join the Chicago Symphony Orchestra this month, to hear Yo-Yo-Ma play Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1, Stravinsky's Elegy for JFK, and more. 

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July 2016 programs on The Chicago Symphony
Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.

Join the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, this month, to hear a range of music including Tchaikovsky's Pathetique, Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, and Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. 

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June 2016 programs on The Chicago Symphony
Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.

This month, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform a series of programs of both darkness and light.  June wraps with Alexander Scriabin's Prometheus, the Poem of Fire.

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May 2016 programs on The Chicago Symphony
Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.

This month, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs works by Shostakovich, Bach, Stravinsky and Mozart. Pianist Marc-André Hamelin joins the orchestra to perform Shostakovich's first piano concerto.

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April 2016 programs on The Chicago Symphony
Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.

This month, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs works by Bartók, Sibelius, Mozart, Berlioz and others. Harpist Xavier de Maistre will perform Ginastera's Harp Concerto, with Riccardo Muti conducting.

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