On this broadcast, Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Brahms’s Third and Fourth symphonies from concert performances given at Orchestra Hall in Chicago in May 2017. Rounding out this program, Muti conducts the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet.

Brahms Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Originally recorded at concerts in May 2017

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Originally recorded at concerts in April 2016

This program will be available until November 18, 2018.

Brian Wise is the producer for CSO radio broadcasts.

Program notes for Brahms’s Third and Fourth symphonies can be found here, and notes for Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet can be found here.

Performer Biography
Riccardo Muti, Zell Music Director and conductor

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TOP: Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on May 4, 2017, in Orchestra Hall. | ©Todd Rosenberg Photography 2017

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