Happy birthday, Johann Sebastian Bach! Celebrate with a new recording of an excerpt from the composer’s graceful Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor, performed here in Symphony Center’s Grainger Ballroom by CSO Concertmaster Robert Chen and Principal Oboe William Welter. Hear them perform the work live in Orchestra Hall as part of an all-Bach CSO program on March 28–April 2. Get tickets today at cso.org/ps/23969 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Happy Birthday Christoph Graupner🥳Botd 1683! The music of the German baroque composer is sadly not played as much as his contemporaries Bach, Handel and Telemann, but we're big fans. Here's his Overture in E major, GWV 440. Steven Devine: director, organ Rodolfo Richter: violin Andrew Roberts: violin Martin Kelly: viola Jonathan Manson: cello Cecelia Bruggemeyer: bass Lisa Beznosiuk: flute Katharina Spreckelsen: oboe d’amore Sound: David Hinitt Watch more performances in full at our YouTube mem