Tuesday night April 9 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”. Guest conductor Klaus Mäkelä returns lead to the CSO in Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. The program includes the U.S. premiere of Aino by Jimmy López Bellido, which the CSO co-commissioned.

Tuesday night September 5 at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on WILL-FM 90.9 it’s the “Chicago Symphony Orchestra Radio Broadcast”.  You’ll hear Sibelius’ “Finlandia” and “5th Symphony” and “The Swan of Tuonela”. Hannu Lintu guest conducts. Also on the program Nielsens’ “Violin Concerto” with soloist Pekka Kuusisto.

The program comes to us from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble that Jansons led for many years.