Since the beginning of its history, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been closely associated with the music of Anton Bruckner. Learn more about their longstanding connection in celebration of the Bruckner bicentennial this month. cso.org/experience/art…

September 25, 1951: Rafael Kubelík conducts the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra's first television concert on WENR-TV (sponsored by @Chicago_Title and Trust), inaugurating the first and longest-running series of telecasts by an American orchestra. #OTD cso.org/experience/art…

September 25, 1971: At the Musikverein Wien in Vienna, Sir Georg Solti leads the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra in Bartók's Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta and Mahler's Fifth Symphony during the first European tour. #OTD experience.cso.org/article/4543/t…

September 27, 1990: Sir Georg Solti leads the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra's first subscription concert of the centennial season with a performance of Bartók's First Piano Concerto (with Daniel Barenboim) and Mahler's Fifth Symphony. #OTD csoarchives.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/sol…

September 28, 1971: Sir Georg Solti conducts the @ChicagoSymphony in Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, and Brahms's First at @TeatroAllaScala in Milan during the first European tour. #OTD experience.cso.org/article/4543/t…

September 26, 1974: During its second European tour, the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra makes its debut at the Het Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Sir Georg Solti leads Beethoven's First Symphony and Mahler's Fifth Symphony. #OTD csoarchives.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/sol…

September 29, 1983: Sir Georg Solti leads the world premiere of #Lutosławski’s Third Symphony, a @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra commission. #OTD cso.org/experience/art…

September 30, 1999: Daniel Barenboim—as conductor and pianist—leads the U.S. premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's Sotto voce, a @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra commission. Daniel Barenboim #OTD cso.org/experience/art…

October 1, 1921: Margaret Hillis, founder and director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus from 1957 until 1994 and the first woman to conduct the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra, is born in Kokomo, Indiana. #OTD experience.cso.org/curation/marga…

October 2, 1971: Sir Georg Solti leads Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, and Brahms's First Symphony at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris during the @ChicagoSymphony's first European tour. #OTD experience.cso.org/article/4543/t…

October 2, 1980: Sir Georg Solti and the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra and Chorus open the ninetieth season with #Mahler's Eighth Symphony. #OTD

October 3, 1968: Alicia de Larrocha is soloist with the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra in Schumann's Piano Concerto. The concert also includes Haydn's Symphony no. 67 and Dvořák’s's Sixth Symphony. István Kertész conducts. #OTD

October 4, 1997: Daniel Barenboim leads the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra and Chorus in an opening night gala concert, celebrating the official opening of Symphony Center. Daniel Barenboim #OTD cso.org/experience/art…

October 5, 1979: At Holy Name Cathedral, Sir Georg Solti leads the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra in Bruckner's Fifth Symphony, given in honor of Pope John Paul II's visit to Chicago. #OTD cso.org/experience/art…

October 6, 1990: The @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra's 100th season begins with a gala centennial concert. Sir Georg Solti Daniel Barenboim Yo-Yo Ma Leonard Slatkin #OTD csoarchives.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/sol…

October 7, 1976: Sir Georg Solti leads the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra in the world premiere of David Del Tredici's Final Alice. Barbara Hendricks is soloist. Barbara Hendricks #OTD cso.org/experience/aud…

October 8, 2012: Riccardo Muti and the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra make their debut in Mexico, performing Franck's Symphony in D minor and Brahms's Second Symphony at the @TeatroJuarez in Guanajuato. @MaestroMuti #OTD cso.org/experience/art…

October 9, 1952: Rafael Kubelík leads the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra in Gluck's Overture to Iphigénie en Aulide, Honegger's Fifth Symphony, and Schubert's Ninth Symphony. #OTD cso.org/experience/art…

October 10, 2013: Celebrating Giuseppe Verdi's 200th birthday, @MaestroMuti leads the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra, Chorus, and soloists in the Requiem. The concert is simulcast worldwide over the internet. #OTD cso.org/experience/art…

October 11, 1835: Theodore Thomas—the @ChicagoSymphony Orchestra's founder and first music director—is born in Esens, East Friesland. #OTD cso.org/experience/art…