Radio Features


As the producer of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s national weekly radio series, I have scripted and produced a range of broadcasts. Below are several highlights.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Gaffigan Conducts Shostakovich 8

James Gaffigan leads the CSO in music by Dorman and Shostakovich. Photo: Todd Rosenberg
James Gaffigan leads the CSO in music by Dorman and Shostakovich. Photo: Todd Rosenberg

On this CSO broadcast, James Gaffigan conducts Avner Dorman’s Eternal Rhythm followed by a Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8. 


Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Muti Conducts Shostakovich 6

Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in Shostakovich's Symphony No. 6. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.
Riccardo Muti leads the CSO in Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 6. Photo by Todd Rosenberg.

On this Chicago Symphony Orchestra broadcast, Riccardo Muti leads Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Liszt’s Mazeppa, and works by Mendelssohn, Schoenberg and Rands.


Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Muti and Uchida

Mitsuko Uchida (c) Geoffroy Schied
Mitsuko Uchida (c) Geoffroy Schied

Riccardo Muti leads Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro and Piano Concerto No. 20 (with Mitsuko Uchida, pictured), plus Stravinsky’s Firebird suite.


Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Kirill Karabits and Sunwook Kim

Kirill Karabits acknowledges Sunwook Kim | © Anne Ryan 2019
Kirill Karabits acknowledges Sunwook Kim | © Anne Ryan 2019

Kirill Karabits conducts Lutoslawski’s folk-inspired Concerto for Orchestra. And Sunwook Kim is the soloist in Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto.