As the Chicago Symphony Orchestra family, and the wider musical world, continues to mourn the death of violinist Samuel Magad, tune in Friday Friday afternoon from 1 until 4 as we remember this celebrated artist, who served as a member of the CSO's first violin section from 1958 until 2007, including 35 years as concertmaster, the position he held longer than any other player in the CSO’s history. He died on May 25, 2026, in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Magad was 94.
On Friday afternoon's Classical Music with Foley Schuler, we'll hear him featured with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as soloist in Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade as well as one of Magad's signature works, the Violin Concerto by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music—every weekday afternoon from 1 until 4 on Blue Lake Public Radio.
