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Salonen & Apkalna - Broadcast by CSO Association
Verdi's Requiem Mass, in its fervent quest for eternal rest, stands as a powerful demonstration of the composer's ability to harness the human voice. Hailed by NPR as “simply magnificent” for their two-time Grammy Award-winning CSO Resound recording of this work, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by a thrilling quartet of international singers to once again deliver a masterful blend of passion and precision. Please note: This program replaces Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/muti-verdi-requiem
Esteban Batallán, the CSO's principal trumpet since 2019, makes his much-anticipated debut as a soloist with the Orchestra in a pair of brilliant, high-flying concertos. Riccardo Muti frames the program with Joseph Haydn's tempestuous Symphony No. 48 and Schubert's Haydn-inspired Tragic Symphony. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/muti-and-esteban-batallan
2024 Ravinia Festival Opening Night: Celebration of Americana - Broadcast by CSO Association
Hear Part 2 as Fred Williams and co-host Doug McBurney discuss the highly improbable claims of neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory with Dr. Robert Stadler. * Robert Stadler, PhD: is the author of Evolution: What They Didn't Teach You in Biology. He got his PhD in medical engineering from the Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. He's a scientist in the medical device industry, where he's made things that actually work for over 2 decades, he's contributed to cardiac devices implanted in millions of people, all over the world! He has been elected fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineers, his 20+ articles and papers appear in a host of peer-reviewed journals, and he's approaching 200 US patents.
Hear Part 2 as Fred Williams and co-host Doug McBurney discuss the highly improbable claims of neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory with Dr. Robert Stadler. * Robert Stadler, PhD: is the author of Evolution: What They Didn't Teach You in Biology. He got his PhD in medical engineering from the Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. He's a scientist in the medical device industry, where he's made things that actually work for over 2 decades, he's contributed to cardiac devices implanted in millions of people, all over the world! He has been elected fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biomedical Engineers, his 20+ articles and papers appear in a host of peer-reviewed journals, and he's approaching 200 US patents.
In Randall Goosby, the pioneering American composer Florence Price “has her ideal champion,” writes The Guardian, “his playing full of old-school warmth and breadth but never schmaltzy.” Price's beguiling violin concerto shares a program with Prokofiev's enchanting Seventh Symphony, composed for a children's radio broadcast. The suite from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg gathers stirring moments from Wagner's opera. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/elder-goosby-and-price
Gavin and Kristi hear from Chris McBurney about how students in Ireland are responding to the gospel in different ways across very different contexts in the north and south of the island. Reflecting on the rise in spirituality, coupled with muddied worldviews, the beating heart of evangelism for young people still seems to remain rooted in authentic relationships. As leader of Christian Unions Ireland, Chris shares his passion for this type of ministry.Chris McBurney is the Director for Christian Unions Ireland. He lives in Comber with this wife Katie and two girls, Orla and Ava. Having become a Christian at university in Canterbury, he's spent the last 10 years working in student ministry both in England and across the island of Ireland.
Dvořák's radiant salute to the New World kicks off an American road trip with James Gaffigan at the wheel. Take in poignant selections from Gershwin's landmark opera — sung by Janai Brugger — and the composer's urbane and nostalgic love letter to Paris. Chicago native Florence Price sets two American poems to song, and a pair of symphonic showstoppers by Bernstein transports audiences to “New York, New York” and beyond. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/an-american-suite
Haitink Conducts Mahler 2 - Broadcast by CSO Association
Giulini Conducts Mahler 9 - Broadcast by CSO Association
Giulini Conducts Mahler 9 - Broadcast by CSO Association
Umpires boss Steve McBurney joined Jimmy Bartel, Laura Spurway and Joel Selwood. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Umpires boss Steve McBurney joined Jimmy Bartel, Laura Spurway and Joel Selwood. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The CSO brings the soaring emotional peaks and valleys of Mahler's Sixth Symphony to Chicago audiences before performing it on Amsterdam's Concertgebouw stage. The “hammer blows of fate” in the finale seem to foreshadow the tragedies in Mahler's life, including his own fatal illness. But the symphony brims with life's pleasures, too, from memories of mountain pastures (listen for the cowbells) to a rapturous portrait of the composer's wife, Alma. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/mahler-6-with-jaap-van-zweden
In this episode, Dr. Veronica McBurney, family physician and founder of Westbourne Medical Studios in Glasgow, joins Scott Becker to share how her global experiences and personal healing journey inspired a unique approach to integrative medicine. She also discusses the power of music, meditation, and energy in modern healthcare.
CSO Artist-in-Residence Daniil Trifonov, “without question the most astounding pianist of our age” (The Times of London), takes on Brahms' Second Piano Concerto, as remarkable for its rich orchestral writing as for its simultaneously glittering and muscular piano part. Dvořák's turbulent Seventh Symphony is both an expression of the composer's personal crises and a lyrical tribute to the Czech spirit. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/makela-and-trifonov
Beethoven, Mozart & Tchaikovsky - Broadcast by CSO Association
In his Third Symphony, Mahler portrays the whole of earthly existence. Its six movements — written for a massive orchestra, two choruses and a contralto soloist — explore humanity's relationship with nature using fanfares, marches, folk dances and bird calls. Children's voices portray angels while the sixth movement is a pantheistic love song to all of creation. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/makela-conducts-mahler-3
News for the Heart talks with Tracy McBurney on from Money to Powerful Mutations.Tracy took us on a deep and evolving journey. Grappling with complex feelings surrounding money, value, and her place in the world. We can sense her earnest desire to understand the often-opaque world of finance. Not just for personal gain, but through a lens of ethical responsibility. Her frustration with investments that don't align with her values resonates deeply. And highlights a yearning many of us feel to ensure our actions contribute to a more positive and beautiful world. This isn't just about returns; it's about a heartfelt need for congruence between her beliefs and her investments, a desire to sow seeds that nurture a better future for all.Beyond the practicalities of investment, Tracy is also courageously exploring her inner landscape. Her reflections on receiving and giving, and the impact of imbalance, speak to a universal struggle many face in navigating relationships and self-worth. The concept of an "implant of unworthiness". She explores the genetic influences on our connection to love are profound and deeply human themes. We can feel her vulnerability as she shares her own journey of healing and shifting her foundational beliefs. This isn't just about external changes in investment strategy. It's about an internal transformation, a shedding of old wounds to embrace a life lived from a place of love and authentic connection. Her desire to invest from her heart and light feels like a powerful act of self-alignment and a hopeful vision for a more compassionate future.We're getting to the Heart of What Matters!
Dancers from Chicago's world-renowned Joffrey Ballet join the CSO with newly commissioned choreographies. Symphonies by Haydn and the Chevalier de Saint-Georges abound in witty and joyful melodies while two 20th-century works are full of popular influences: Perkinson's jazz-tinted Sinfonietta No. 1 and Milhaud's rollicking Brazilian postcard, The Ox on the Roof. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/cso-and-the-joffrey-ballet
Canellakis & Gerstein - Broadcast by CSO Association
As part of Radio 3's Boulez at 100 day celebrating the centenary of composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, Michael Berkeley's guest is someone who knew Boulez well - composer and musicologist Gerard McBurney. McBurney is most closely associated with the music of Russian composers – particularly Shostakovich – as a result of having lived and studied in Russia in the 1980s. Notable Shostakovich scores he has rescued from oblivion with completions and orchestrations include the music-hall show Hypothetically Murdered and the opera Orango. He talks to Michael about life in Russia in the years immediately before the collapse of the Soviet Union. His many other musical projects have included working on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's long-running dramatized discovery series Beyond the Score, on many of which he collaborated with Boulez - about whom McBurney has first-hand insightful stories to relate.Producer: Graham RogersTo listen to this programme on most smart speakers, say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Private Passions".
Earth, in all its marvelous vitality and fragility, has inspired generations of composers. In The Oceanides, Sibelius conjures the water nymphs of Greek mythology and the broad majesty of the sea. Dvořák's The Wild Dove is based on a dark folktale about a dove's prophetic song. Childhood memories shape Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances, his sumptuous masterpiece. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/canellakis-and-rachmaninov
Pierre Boulez at 100 - Broadcast by CSO Association
Journey up the Rhine River, as lovingly portrayed in Robert Schumann's Rhenish Symphony. Listen for the flowing water and contemplate the majesty of the Cologne Cathedral. To begin, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider leads and performs the rich and alluring melodies of Bruch's First Violin Concerto. Pierre Boulez's iridescent Livre pour cordes marks the centenary of the composer's birth. This program will also be performed at Wheaton College on Friday, March 28. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/bruch-and-schumann-rhenish
Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony unfolds with the immediacy of a newsreel as it depicts the harrowing events of the 1905 Russian Revolution. Brimming with rebellious anthems and prisoners' songs, the Cold War-era score is widely heard as a veiled critique of the Soviet regime. Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto, a farewell to Russia, features the captivating Simon Trpčeski. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/hrusa-trpceski-and-rachmaninov
News for the Heart talks with Tracy McBurney on Overwhelm to Divine Love. We discussed their recent experiences with overwhelming situations. Tracy shared how she was guided to revisit the foundations of Body Talk, particularly focusing on teeth and brain rebalancing. They also touched on the astrological planet Pluto, which Tracy believes has been demoted but remains powerful. Tracy discussed the concept of the brain switching and its connection to dyslexia. Tracy also introduced the idea of body talk, a technique to balance the brain when it's overtaxed. She shared her personal experience of using body talk on herself and her family members, highlighting its effectiveness. We both discussed the concept of unhealed human pain and its connection to teeth. Tracy explained that teeth are alive and have consciousness, and that they can carry stories from past experiences. Tracy suggested that the issue of broken power on the back molars and we did a healing using myself as an example with a similar molar and root canal. They also discussed the idea of a soul choosing to take on unhealed human pain and how it can affect one's life.Tracy emphasizes the importance of bringing divine light and healing to these stories, particularly in the context of current events triggering past traumas. She recommends a practice of allowing divine light to enter and reconcile reactive moments, rather than judging or investigating them, as a way to heal and move forward.We are Getting to the Heart of What Matters with Tracy McBurney on Overwhelm to Divine Love!
Composed as Napoleon's forces were threatening Austria, Haydn's Mass in Time of War features an extraordinarily ominous use of timpani and ends with a plea for peace. Beethoven's spirited First Symphony bears the influence of Haydn but also foreshadows the development of his own compositional style. MacMillan's eloquent Larghetto is based on his choral setting of Psalm 51. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/haydn-mass-in-time-of-war
Celebrating Womens History Month - Broadcast by CSO Association
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Hear why Ravel is a classical music master, whether capturing the sensuous allure of Spain in Rapsodie espagnole or summoning “the Greece of [his] dreams” in his ravishing suite from Daphnis and Chloe. Barber's Second Essay reflects the turbulent emotions of wartime. CSO Principal Clarinet Stephen Williamson solos in the world premiere of Indigo Heaven, a work written for him by American composer Christopher Theofanidis. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/ravel-daphnis-and-chloe
The cool of the Arctic meets the warmth of Italy. The brooding, majestic themes of Sibelius' Fifth Symphony evoke the remote landscapes of conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali's native Finland. Tchaikovsky transports listeners to a Roman carnival in his Capriccio Italien. Seong-Jin Cho, lauded for his “expert music-making … miraculous in its execution” (The New York Times), takes on Prokofiev's incendiary Second Piano Concerto. This program will also be performed at Wheaton College on Friday, February 28. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/seong-jin-cho-plays-prokofiev/
Glover & Jacobs - Broadcast by CSO Association
Mixing ceremonial pomp with pastoral splendor, this survey of British classics features Haydn's last and grandest symphonic statement, the London Symphony; exquisite gems by Elgar and Britten, and the soaring beauty of Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending with violinist Stella Chen, winner of the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition and Gramophone's 2023 Young Artist of the Year. Marking the 150th anniversary of Ravel's birth, the program crosses the English Channel for the composer's beguiling Tzigane. CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen has withdrawn from his planned solo appearances in these performances due to rotator cuff tendinitis symptoms. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/glover-and-english-classics
The rugged, windswept beauty of Sibelius' Violin Concerto is a perfect showcase for Christian Tetzlaff, whose “fiery and compelling” 2022 CSO performance was named one of the year's 10 best by Chicago Classical Review. Schoenberg's Pelleas and Melisande is a lush, quintessentially romantic orchestral portrait of Maeterlinck's mysterious, symbolist play, while Wagner's prelude delivers a thrilling opener. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/tetzlaff-plays-sibelius
A taut and gripping thriller, Bartók's one-act opera follows Duke Bluebeard and his newest wife Judith as she opens the seven doors of his castle and discovers increasingly disturbing sights. Opera stars Christian Van Horn and Ekaterina Gubanova bring to life these ill-fated characters. Juxtaposed with this macabre folktale is Beethoven's joyful Second Symphony. Sung in Hungarian with English supertitles. Bluebeard's Castle by arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, publisher and copyright owner. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/salonen-and-bluebeards-castle
Kanneh-Mason Plays Elgar - Broadcast by CSO Association
Revel in the sonic splendor of the CSO with two of its signature works: Strauss' brash symphonic portrait of the infamous libertine Don Juan and Bartók's exhilarating Concerto for Orchestra, a virtuosic tour de force for every instrument. The organ in Salonen's “boldly cinematic” (Los Angeles Times) Sinfonia concertante adds another thrilling aural dimension. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/bartok-concerto-for-orchestra
Susanna Mälkki conductor Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson flute
*Sex Not Gender: Listen in as host Doug McBurney welcomes Nicole McBurney on to help us understand how linguists determine that words have a common ancestor, (and how Sal Cordova proved that proteins don't), and how "sex" became "gender" and what's wrong with all that. The Gay 90's: We'll examine etymology and biology and how back in the 1990s the western world saw a full court press to normalize perversion and corrupt the language. Losing the Culture War: In 2009 Bob Enyart interviewed one of the devil's more productive culture warriors; unrepentant sodomite Wayne Besen. You'll hear how few allegedly "christian" leaders have stood, (and how long they've been laying down) against the tide of sexual immorality that brought in the trannies and the child molesters. From Eden to Revelation: Look in on the history of feminism, paganism, divination & witchcraft, and hear how the more and more corrupt the world becomes, the more and more words are used to paper it over.
*Sex Not Gender: Listen in as host Doug McBurney welcomes Nicole McBurney on to help us understand how linguists determine that words have a common ancestor, (and how Sal Cordova proved that proteins don't), and how "sex" became "gender" and what's wrong with all that. The Gay 90's: We'll examine etymology and biology and how back in the 1990s the western world saw a full court press to normalize perversion and corrupt the language. Losing the Culture War: In 2009 Bob Enyart interviewed one of the devil's more productive culture warriors; unrepentant sodomite Wayne Besen. You'll hear how few allegedly "christian" leaders have stood, (and how long they've been laying down) against the tide of sexual immorality that brought in the trannies and the child molesters. From Eden to Revelation: Look in on the history of feminism, paganism, divination & witchcraft, and hear how the more and more corrupt the world becomes, the more and more words are used to paper it over.
Brimming with wry wit and affectionate warmth, Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto was a gift for his teenage son. Here, it's a showcase for the brilliant Lahav Shani, who conducts from the keyboard. Beethoven's powerful Egmont Overture captures the brave struggle for freedom and justice, while Brahms' stormy and heroic First Symphony is the culmination of years of labor by the composer. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/shani-shostakovich-and-brahms
Embark on a seafaring journey as Tchaikovsky summons Shakespeare's magical island and storm-tossed seas in The Tempest. Korngold evokes the swashbuckling sailors of the 1940 Hollywood epic The Sea Hawk, and Britten portrays the coastal village of his opera Peter Grimes. The voyage concludes as Konstantin Krimmel presents Mahler's song cycle about a traveling journeyman. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/the-tempest-and-the-sea-hawk
Musicians of the Orchestra - Broadcast by CSO Association
Rachmaninov's majestic First Symphony churns with youthful romantic fervor and ethereal mystery — perfect for a December outing. Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, inspired by Norway's national folk hero, includes the instantly familiar dream-like fantasy of “The Hall of the Mountain King.” Johannes Moser brings his “remarkably visceral and vivid playing” (Gramophone) to Lutosławski's wild and enchanting Cello Concerto. Learn more: cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/grieg-and-rachmaninov
Boulez Conducts Mahler, Bartók, & Stravinsky - Broadcast by CSO Association
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