Thursday 9 June 2016

Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Subscription Concerts 1953 - 1969

1953 – 1954


15, 16 October 1953
Fritz Reiner
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Brahms: Symphony No.  2


22, 23 October 1953
Fritz Reiner
Guiomar Novaes, piano
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, Linz


29, 30 October 1953
Fritz Reiner
Debussy: Images, Ibéria
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Shipboard Scene (arr. Reiner)
Prokofiev: Symphony No.  7


5, 6 November 1953
Fritz Reiner
Roberta Peters, soprano
Weber: Oberon, Overture
Mozart: Ma che vi fecha, O stele, Recitative and Aria, K. 368
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
Bartók: Two Romanian Dances (arr. Weiner)
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Zerbinetta’s Aria
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress, Act 1 Scene 3


12, 13 November 1953
Fritz Reiner
Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Barber: Souvenirs, ballet**
Delius: Irmelin, Prelude
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


19, 20 November 1953
Fritz Reiner
Janos Starker, cello
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


26, 27 November 1953
Fritz Reiner
Nan Merriman, contralto
Northwestern University Men's Chorus
Schumann: Genoveva, Overture
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Falla: El amor brujo, complete
Albeniz: Iberia, Triana (orch. Arbos)




3, 4 December 1953
Fritz Reiner
John Weicher, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Piston: Violin Concerto
Debussy: Petite Suite (orch. Buesser)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet


10, 11 December 1953
Fritz Reiner
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Hindemith: Symphony, Die Harmonie der Welt
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


17, 18 December 1953
Fritz Reiner
Nathan Milstein, violin
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


24, 26 December 1953
Fritz Reiner
Corelli: Concerto Grosso No. 8, Op. 6, Christmas
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Kodaly: Dances from Galanta
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Act III: Prelude, Dance of the Apprentices, Procession of the Mastersingers


31 December 1953, 1 January 1954
Fritz Reiner
Mozart: The Impresario, Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great
Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus Overture
Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut
Johann Strauss II: Schatzwalzer
Johann Strauss II: Thunder and Lightning Polka


7, 8 January 1954
Antal Doráti
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
Kodaly: Peacock Variations
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet


14, 15 January 1954
Igor Stravinsky
Soulima Stravinsky, piano
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss, Divertimento
Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
Stravinsky: Petrushka, Suite (1947 Version)
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1945 Version)


21, 22 January 1954
Ernest Ansermet
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring
 Debussy: Nocturnes, Nuages and Fetes
Honegger: Symphony No. 5, Di Tre Re
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Three Dances



28, 29 January 1954
Ernest Ansermet
Monique de la Bruchollerie, piano
 Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict, Overture
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


4, 5 February 1954
Bruno Walter
George Schick, piano
John Weicher, violin
Janos Starker, cello
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


11, 12 February 1954
Bruno Walter
Hilde Güden, soprano
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Handel: Amadigi Ah, Spietato, aria
Mozart: Zaide, Ruhe sanft, aria
Mahler: Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn (Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen, Ich atmet' einen linden Duft, Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


18, 19 February 1954
Fritz Reiner
Leon Fleisher, piano
Bach: Toccata and Fugue in C major (arr. Weiner)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Elgar: Enigma Variations


25, 26 February 1954
Fritz Reiner
    Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Handel: Solomon, Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Haydn: The Seasons, Willkommen jetzt...Welche Labung, Recitative and Aria
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Richard Strauss: Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils
Ravel: Sheherazade
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust: Three Orchestral Excerpts


4, 5 March 1954
Fritz Reiner
Byron Janis, piano
 Beethoven: Egmont, Overture
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1


11, 12 March 1954
Fritz Reiner
Ricardo Odnoposoff, violin
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, Overture
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Beethoven: Violin Concerto




18, 19 March 1954
Fritz Reiner
Pierre Fournier, cello
Weber: Euryanthe Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Thomson: Cello Concerto
Bloch: Schelomo
Borodin: Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances


25, 26 March 1954
Fritz Reiner
Joseph Szigeti, violin
 Dorothy Lane, harpsichord
Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture
Tartini: Violin Concerto in D Minor
Etler: Symphony No. 1
Scarlatti: The Good-Humored Ladies, Ballet Suite (arr. -Tommasini)
Bartok: Portrait No. 1
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Sibelius:, from Karelia Suite, Alla Marcia


1, 2 April 1954
Fritz Reiner
Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide, Overture (Wagner ending)
Weiner: Toldi, Suite
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


8, 9 April 1954
Fritz Reiner
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina, Prelude
Debussy: La Mer
Blacher: Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter


15, 16 April 1954
Fritz Reiner
Artur Rubinstein, piano
Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude and Good Friday Music
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


22, 23 April 1954
Fritz Reiner
Astrid Varnay, soprano
Hilde Güden, soprano
Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Excerpts (Act I, Duet: Octavian and Marschallin, Monologue: Marschallin, Duet: Octavian and Marschallin; Act II, Presentation of the Rose-- Duet: Octavian and Sophie, Finale Act III, Prelude, Exit of Baron Ochs, Trio, Duet and Finale)


1954 – 1955


14, 15 October 1954
Fritz Reiner
Irwin Fischer, organ
Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 3
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, Organ
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2


21, 22 October 1954
Fritz Reiner
Milton Preves, viola
Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino, Overture
Berlioz: Harold in Italy
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5


28, 29 October 1954
Fritz Reiner
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Haydn: Symphony No. 94, Surprise
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Closing Scene,
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey


4, 5 November 1954
Fritz Reiner
Ernst von Dohnanyi, piano
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Overture
Dohnanvi: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 3


11, 12 November 1954
Fritz Reiner
Andres Segovia, guitar
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict, Overture
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Guitar Concerto
Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane. Suite No. 2
Ravel: Alborada del gracloso
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Ravel: Bolero


18, 19 November 1954
Fritz Reiner
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra
Handel: Concerto Grosso for Strings, Op. 6, No. 5
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Copland: El Salon Mexico
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical
**Liebermann: Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra




25, 26 November 1954
Fritz Reiner
Zino Francescatti, violin
Arnold: Beckus the Dandipratt, Overture
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Richard Strauss: Don Juan


2, 3 December 1954
Fritz Reiner
Irmgard Seefried, soprano
Mozart: Serenade No. 13, Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Haydn: The Creation, Aria, Nun Bent Die Flur
Hindemith: Three Songs from Das Marienleben
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


9. 10 December 1954
Fritz Reiner
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra


16, 17 December 1954
Fritz Reiner
Philip Farkas, horn
Clyde Wedgwood, horn
Wayne Barrington, horn
Joseph Mourek, horn
Tcherepnin: Suite, Op. 87
Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns and Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish


23, 24 December 1954
Fritz Reiner
- Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel, Prelude
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Sinfonia, Pastorale and Chorale, Brich an, O Schoenes Morgenlicht,
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Suppe: The Beautiful Galite,a Overture
Rodgers: Carouse,l Waltz
Gould: American Salute


30, 31 December 1954
Josef Krips
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Prague
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


6, 7 January 1955
Bruno Walter
John Weicher, violin
Janos Starker, cello
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Haffner
Brahms: Double Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish




13, 14 January 1955
Bruno Walter
Weber: Euryanthe, Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 96, Miracle
Schoenberg: Transfigured Night
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8


20, 21 January 1955
Bruno Walter
Nancy Carr, soprano
Lillian Chookasian, contralto
Northwestern University Choral Union
Handel: Concerto Grosso for Strings, Op. 6, No. 12
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection


27, 28 January 1955
George Schick
Adolph Herseth, trumpet
Rudolph Nashan, trumpet
Rossini: Journey to Rheims, Overture
Manfredini: Concerto for Two Trumpets
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart
Dvorak: Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3
Khrennikov: Symphony No. 1


3, 4 February 1955
Fritz Reiner
Robert Casadesus, piano
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music, Overture in D (arr. Wuellner)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Ravel: Piano Concerto for Left Hand
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung, Act III Finale


10, 11 February 1955
Fritz Reiner
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon, Overture
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije Suite
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony


17, 18 February 1955
Fritz Reiner
Claudio Arrau, piano
Toch: Der Faecher, Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2


24, 25 February 1955
Fritz Reiner
John Weicher, violin
Hindemith: News of the Day, Overture
Mohaupt: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2




3, 4 March 1955
Fritz Reiner
Nathan Milstein, violin
Barbara Gibson, soprano
Glinka: Russian and Ludmilla, Overture
Dvorak: Violin Concerto
**Schreiber: Concerto Grosso for Four Solo Instruments, Soprano and Orchestra
Bartok: Hungarian Sketches
Falla: La Vida breve, Interlude and Dance


10, 11 March 1955
Fritz Reiner
Walter Gieseking, piano
Rossini: La scala di seta Overture
Mozart: Divertimento No. 17
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor


17, 18 March 1955
Fritz Reiner
Lois Marshall, soprano
Leslie Chabay, tenor
Morley Meredith, baritone
The Concert Choir
Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard
Orff: Carmina Burana


24, 25 March 1955
Fritz Reiner
Lukas Foss, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Foss: Piano Concerto No. 2
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
Johann Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods


31 March, 1 April 1955
Fritz Reiner
Isaac Stern, violin
Weber: Oberon, Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 4


7, 8 April 1955
Fritz Reiner
Sylvia Marlowe, harpsichord
Ernest Liegl, flute
John Weicher, violin
Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1
Liszt: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (orch. Weiner)
Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5


14, 15 April 1955
Fritz Reiner
Janos Starker, cello
Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, Prelude Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Prokofiev: Cello Concerto
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Overture
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Prelude to Act III, Dance of the Apprentices and Procession of the Mastersingers


21, 22 April 1955
Fritz Reiner
Frances Yeend, soprano
Carol Smith, contralto
Jan Peerce, tenor
Cesare Siepi, bass
Swedish Choral Club
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Choral


1955 – 1956


6, 7 October 1955
Fritz Reiner
Janos Starker, cello
Milton Preves, viola
John Weicher, violin
Bach-Respighi: Passacaglia in C minor (orch. Respighi)
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


13, 14 October 1955
Fritz Reiner
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture
Mozart: Don Giovanni, Recitative and Aria, In quali eccessi
Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te, Concert Aria
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Wolf: Italian Serenade
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Ariadne's Monologue
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz


20, 21 October 1955
Fritz Reiner
Louis Sudler, baritone
Beethoven: Fidelio Overture
Arne Oldberg: St. Francis of Assisi
 Schumann: Symphony No. 2
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite, 1919 Version


27, 28 October 1955
Fritz Reiner
Geza Anda, piano
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
Haydn: Symphony No. 102
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1


3, 4 November 1955
Carlo Maria Giulini
John Weicher, violin
Dorothy Lane, harpsichord
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (arr. Bernardino Molinari)
Pizzetti: Fedra, Prelude
Moussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


10, 11 November 1955
Carlo Maria Giulini
Rossini: L'ltaliana in Algeri, Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 94, Surprise
Debussy: La Mer
Ravel: Mother Goose, Suite
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Three Dances


17, 18 November 1955
Paul Paray
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Franck: Psyche, Psyche et Eros
. Debussy: Three Nocturnes, Nuages and Fetes
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice


24, 25 November 1955
Paul Paray
Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys; Overture
Chausson: Symphony in B flat major
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


1, 2 December 1955
Fritz Reiner
Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude


8, 9 December 1955
Fritz Reiner
Inge Borkh, soprano
Sowerby: Passacaglia, Interlude and Fugue
Beethoven: Fidelio, Abscheulicher and Aria, Komm Hoffnung
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Strauss: Salome, Final Scene


15, 16 December 1955
Fritz Reiner
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Dvorak: Carnival Overture
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Schumann: Introduction and Allegro appassionato
Richard Strauss: Burleske


22, 23 December 1955
Fritz Reiner
Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Suite
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


29, 30 December 1955
Fritz Reiner
Toni Koves, cimbalom
Camilla Wicks, violin
Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Bloch: Macbeth, Two Symphonic Interludes
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 in D major


5, 6 January 1956
Fritz Reiner
Janos Starker, cello
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 32
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Borowski: The Mirror
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture


12, 13 January 1956
Fritz Reiner
Artur Rubinstein, piano
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture
Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Suite
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Grieg: Piano Concerto


19, 20 January 1956
Bruno Walter
Hilde Güden, soprano
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
Donald Gramm, baritone
New York Concert Choir
Mozart: Mass in C minor, K. 427
Bruckner: Te Deum


26, 27 January 1956
Bruno Walter
John Weicher, violin
Milton Preves, viola
Mozart: The Magic Flute, Overture
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter


2, 3 February 1956
Bruno Walter
Schumann: Manfred, Overture
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Brahms: Symphony No. 3


9, 10 February 1956
Karl Böhm
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


16, 17 February 1956
Karl Böhm
Weber: Der Freischütz Overture
Mohaupt: Stadtpfeifermusik
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


23, 24 February 1956
Fritz Reiner
Verdi: Nabucco, Overture
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring


1, 2 March 1956
Fritz Reiner
Jascha Heifetz, violin
 Respighi: The Birds
Milhaud: Symphony No. 7**
Brahms: Violin Concerto


8, 9 March 1956
Fritz Reiner
Victoria de los Angeles, soprano
Heiden: Euphorion
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, Porgi amor Aria
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 1
Turina: Canto a Sevilla, Four Songs
Albeniz: Iberia, El Puerto and Triana (orch. Arbos)


15, 16 March 1956
Fritz Reiner
Andres Segovia, guitar
Richard Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann, Suite
Ponce: Concierto del Sur
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Prague


22, 23 March 1956
Fritz Reiner
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
Von Einem: Capriccio for Orchestra
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


29, 30 March 1956
Fritz Reiner
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Northwestern University Choral Union
Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude and Good Friday Music
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


5, 6 April 1956
Fritz Reiner
Ray Still, oboe
Clark Brody, clarinet
Leonard Sharrow, bassoon
Philip Farkas, horn
Michael Rabin, violin
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Winds
Beethoven: Violin Concerto


12, 13 April 1956
Fritz Reiner
Inge Borkh, soprano
Frances Yeend, soprano
Martha Lipton, mezzo-soprano
Paul Schoeffler, baritone
Julius Patzak, tenor
Chorus from the Lyric Theatre of Chicago
Richard Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann,Overture
Strauss: Elektra, Abridged


1956 – 1957


4, 5 October 1956
Fritz Reiner
Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 3
Richard Strauss: Sinfonia domestica
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


11, 12 October 1956
Fritz Reiner
Magda Laszlo, soprano
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Haffner
Bach: Cantata No. 210, Wedding Cantata, O holder Tag... and Hochteurer Mann...
Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale
Richard Strauss: Songs (Freundliche Vision, Morgen, Zueignung)
opus 10, No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien


18, 19 October 1956
Fritz Reiner
Berl Senofsky, violin
Charles Turner: Encounter
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


25, 26 October 1956
Fritz Reiner
Geza Anda, piano
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2


1, 2 November 1956
Fritz Reiner
Inge Borkh, soprano
Paul Schoeffler, baritone
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Aria, Dich, teure Halle
 - Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Hans Sachs' Monologue
Wagner: Die Walküre, Wotan's Farewell and Magic-Fire Music
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Senta's Ballad
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Wie aus der Ferne längst
Wagner: Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries


8, 9 November 1956
Fritz Reiner
John Weicher violin
Ernest Liegl, flute
Ralph Johnson, flute
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic


15, 16 November 1956
Fritz Reiner
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Suite
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Respighi: Pines of Rome




22, 23 November 1956
Fritz Reiner
Isaac Stern, violin
Debussy: Iberia
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Barber: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Overture


29, 30 November 1956
Fritz Reiner
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Mozart: The Magic Flute, Overture
Weber: Der Freischütz, Aria, Wie nahte mir der Schlummer
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Mendelssohn: Scherzo, from Octet for Strings
Wolf: Songs (Er ist’s, In der Fruehe, Schlafendes Jesuskind, Anakreon's Grab, Elfenlied)
Johann Strauss II: Emperor Waltz


6, 7 December 1956
Fritz Reiner
Byron Janis, piano
Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Burleske
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2


13, 14 December 1956
Fritz Reiner
Nathan Milstein, violin
 **Arnold: Symphony No. 2
Goldmark: Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung


20, 21 December 1956
George Szell
Weber: Oberon Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 92, Oxford
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


27, 28 December 1956
George Szell
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro. Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Delius: Irmelin, Prelude
Debussy: La Mer


3, 4 January 1957
Karl Böhm
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1919)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


10, 11 January 1957
Karl Böhm
Frances Yeend, soprano
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Berg: Wozzeck, Three Fragments
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


17, 18 January 1957
Bruno Walter
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


24, 25 January 1957
Bruno Walter
Brunetta Mazzolini, soprano
William Warfield, baritone,
Northwestern University Choral Union
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Brahms: A German Requiem
, William Ballard director


31 January, 1 February 1957
Sir Thomas Beecham
Haydn: Symphony No. 97
Handel: The Great Elopement, Suite (arr. Beecham)
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Berlioz: Les Troyens, March


7, 8 February 1957
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Schubert: Symphony No. 6
Dvorak: The Golden Spinning Wheel


14, 15 February 1957
Fritz Reiner
Beethoven: Egmont, Overture
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Hindemith: Symphony, Mathis der Maler


21, 22 February 1957
Fritz Reiner
Eugene Istomin, piano
Ganz: Laughter...Yet Love, Overture
Weber: Invitation to the Dance (arr. Berlioz)
Bartok: Divertimento for Strings
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9


28 February, 1 March 1957
Fritz Reiner
John Weicher, violin
Janos Starker, cello
Hanson: Elegy to the Memory of Serge Koussevitzky
Haydn: Symphony No. 103, Drumroll
Brahms: Double Concerto


7, 8 March 1957
Fritz Reiner
Dorothy Krieg, soprano
Myra Hess, piano
Handel: Solomon, Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3, Pastoral
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3




14, 15 March 1957
Fritz Reiner
Janos Starker, cello
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict, Overture
Debussy: Nocturnes, Nuages and Fetes
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1
Delius: In a Summer Garden
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso


21, 22 March 1957
Fritz Reiner
Weber: Der Freischütz, Overture
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4
Mozart: Divertimento No. 11
Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Waltzes (arr. by Reiner)


28, 29 March 1957
Fritz Reiner
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Goldmark: In Springtime, Overture
Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2


4, 5 April 1957
Fritz Reiner
Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani, Overture
Ravel: Vaises nobles et seritimentales
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathetique


11, 12 April 1957
Fritz Reiner
Riegger: Dance Rhythms
Stravinsky: Petrushka, Suite (1947 Version)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


1957 – 1958


17, 18 October 1957
Fritz Reiner
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, St.. Anne's (orch. Stock)
Debussy: La Mer
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Sibelius: Finlandia


24, 25 October 1957
Fritz Reiner
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 2
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
 (Yehudi Menuhin)
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter


31 October, 1 November 1957
Fritz Reiner
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
Eppert: Speed
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


7, 8 November 1957
Fritz Reiner
Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra
Schoenberg: Transfigured Night
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World


14, 15 November 1957
Fritz Reiner
Philippe Entremont, piano
Bach: Six-Part Ricercar, from The Musical Offering (arr. Webern)
Tcherepnin: Divertimento
 Franck: Symphonic Variations
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Albeniz: Ibéria, Navarra (orch. Arbos)


21, 22 November 1957
Fritz Reiner
Joseph Fuchs, violin
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Hindemith: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


28, 29 November 1957
Fritz Reiner
Eugene Istomin, piano
Bach: Fugue in G Minor (orch. Calliet)
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Haydn: Symphony No. 104, London




5, 6 December 1957
Fritz Reiner
Janos Starker, cello
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture
Hindemith: Cello Concerto
Mussorgsky: Khovantschina, Prelude
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


12, 13 December 1957
Fritz Reiner
Zino Francescatti, violin
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Brahms: Violin Concerto


19, 20 December 1957
Fritz Reiner
Louis Kentner, piano
Mozart: The Impresario, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


26, 27 December 1957
Fritz Reiner
Adele Addison, soprano
Russell Oberlin, countertenor
David Lloyd, tenor
Donald Gramm, bass-baritone
Apollo Musical Club
Handel: Messiah


2, 3 January 1958
Leopold Stokowski
Bach: Chorale Preludes (orch. Stokowski)
(Nun Komm', der Heiden Heiland, Komm', suesser Tod
Mein Jesu, was fuer Seelenweh befaellt dich in Getsemane,
Wir glauben al' an einen Gott)
Szabelski: Toccata
Wagner: Gotterdammerung, Act III Finale


9, 10 January 1958
Leopold Stokowski
Shostakovich: Prelude in E flat minor (orch. Stokowski)
Gliere: Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Ilya Mourometz (arr. Stokowski)
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Excerpts (Romeo and Juliet, Dance of the Young Maidens, Romeo at Juliet’s Tomb)
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Suite (arr. by Stokowski)


16, 17 January 1958
Carlo Maria Giulini
Moussorgsky: Prelude, Khovantschina
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


23, 24 January 1958
Carlo Maria Giulini
Boccherini: Symphony
Ghedini: Pezzo concertante
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Little Russian


30, 31 January 1958
Carlo Maria Giulini
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Wolf-Ferrari: Susanna’s Secret, Overture
Turchi: Piccolo Concerto Notturno
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2


6, 7 February 1958
Fritz Reiner
Emil Gilels, piano
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1


13, 14 February 1958
Fritz Reiner
Andre Tchaikowsky, piano
Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas, Overture
Schumann: Piano Concerto
+Mozart: A Musical Joke
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss, Divertimento


20, 21 February 1958
Fritz Reiner
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano
Richard Lewis, tenor
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, Linz
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde


27, 28 February 1958
Fritz Reiner
Roberta Peters, soprano
Rossini: The Barber of Seville, Overture
Mozart: Mia speranza adorata, Concert Aria
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Richard Strauss: Lieder (Wiegenlied, Saeusle, Liebe Myrte,
Staendchen, Amor!)
Richard Strauss: Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils


6, 7 March 1958
Eugene Ormandy
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (orch. Ormandy)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


13, 14 March 1958
Bruno Walter
Maria Stader, soprano
Maureen Forrester, contralto
David Lloyd, tenor
Otto Edelmann, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus


20, 21 March 1958
Fritz Reiner
Geza Anda, piano
Janos Starker, cello
Milton Preves, viola
John Weicher, violin
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote
27, 28 March 1958
Fritz Reiner
Zadel Skolovsky, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Wagner: Parsifal, Good Friday Spell
Wagner: Overture, Rienzi


3, 4 April 1958
Fritz Reiner
Leonie Rysanek, soprano
Regina Resnik, mezzo-soprano
David Lloyd, tenor
Giorgio Tozzi, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Verdi: Requiem Mass


10, 11 April 1958
Fritz Reiner
Vronsky and Babin, pianos
Auber: Masaniello, Overture
Copland; The Tender Land, Suite
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos
Granados: Intermezzo from Goyescas
Falla: La vida breve, Interlude and Dance
Albeniz: Iberia, Fete-Dieu a Seville and Triana, (orch. Arbos)


17, 18 April 1958
Fritz Reiner
Rudolf Firkusny, piano
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Three Dances
Dvorak: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4


24, 25 April 1958
Fritz Reiner
Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude Act I
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Dawn and Siegfried's. Rhine Journey
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Act III, Prelude, Dance of the Apprentices and Procession of the Mastersingers


1958 – 1959


23, 24 October 1958
Fritz Reiner
Adele Addison, soprano
Regina Resnik, mezzo-soprano
Jon Vickers, tenor
Jerome Hines, bass
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Beethoven: Leonore. Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Choral


30, 31 October 1958
Fritz Reiner
Isaac Stern, violin
Rossini: La scala di seta, Overture
Arne Oldberg: Dramatic Overture, Paolo and Francesca
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


6, 7 November 1958
Fritz Reiner
Maria Tipo, piano
J.C. Bach: Sinfonia for Double Orchestra, Op.18, No. 1
Bartok: Two Romanian Dances (arr. Weiner)
Randall Thompson: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4


13, 14 November 1958
Fritz Reiner
Mihaly Virizlay, cello
 Weber: Euryanthe, Overture
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Robert Russell Bennett: Eight Etudes


20, 21 November 1958
Fritz Reiner
Ania Dorfmann, piano
Rossini: La Cenerentola, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical
Piston: Symphony No. 6


27, 28 November 1958
Fritz Reiner
Nathan Milstein, violin
Bartok: Hungarian Sketches
Haieff: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Violin Concerto


4, 5 December 1958
Fritz Reiner
Lisa Della Casa, soprano
Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Mahler: Symphony No. 4




11, 12 December 1958
Fritz Reiner
Robert Casadesus, piano
 Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Prague
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 4
Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes
Borodin: Prince Igor, Polovtsian March


18, 19 December 1958
Fritz Reiner
Mozart: Don Giovanni, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


26, 27 December 1958
Fritz Reiner
Margaret Hillis*
Morley Meredith, baritone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
The Children's Choir of First Unitarian Church
Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss, Divertimento
Honegger: A Christmas Cantata*


2, 3 January 1959
Hans Rosbaud
Haydn: Symphony No. 90
Roussel: The Spider's Banquet
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Beethoven


8, 9 January 1959
Hans Rosbaud
Frances Yeend, soprano
Berg: Wozzeck, Three Fragments
Debussy: La Mer
Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Hindemith: Concerto for Orchestra


15, 16 January 1959
Fernando Previtali
Rossini: L'Italiana in'Algeri, Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish
Busoni: Turandot Suite, Excerpts
Ravel: Mother Goose, Suite
Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani, Overture


22, 23 January 1959
Fernando Previtali
Sammartini: Symphony No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Casella: La Giara, Suite
Martucci: Notturno
Verdi: La forza del destino, Overture




29, 30 January 1959
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusina, Overture
Gretry: Zemire et Azor, Suite
Haydn: Symphony No. 99
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Liszt: Orpheus
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Alla Marcia


5, 6 February 1958
Sir Thomas Beecham
Handel: The Faithful Shepherd, Suite (arr. Beecham)
Bizet: Symphony in C
Berlioz: King Lear, Overture
Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet, Walk to the Paradise Garden
Debussy: L'Enfant prodigue, Cortege and Air de Danse
Chabrier: Marche joyeuse


12, 13 February 1959
Walter Hendl
Gary Graffman, piano
 Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Hindemith: Sinfonia Serena
Respighi: Roman Festivals


19, 20 February 1959
Fritz Reiner
Byron Janis, piano
 Glinka: Russian and Ludmila, Overture
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Bartok: Suite No. 1 for Orchestra


26, 27 February 1959
Fritz Reiner
Walter Hendl*
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture
Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole*


5, 6 March 1959
Fritz Reiner
Rosalind Elias, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Ravel: La Valse
Chausson: Poeme de l’amour et de la mer
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky


12, 13 March 1959
Fritz Reiner
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, Clock
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3




19, 20 March 1959
Fritz Reiner
Andre Tchaikowsky, piano
 Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6


26, 27 March 1959
Fritz Reiner
Milton Preves, viola
Weber: Oberon Overture
Bartok: Viola Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


2, 3 April 1959
Fritz Reiner
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Schumann: Genoveva, Overture
Weiner: Hungarian Folk Dances
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


9, 10 April 1959
Fritz Reiner
Antonio Janigro, cello
Milton Preves, viola
 John Weicher, violin
Beethoven: Fidelio, Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 100, Military
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote


16, 17 April 1959
Fritz Reiner
George London, bass-baritone
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude to Act I
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Aria, Engulfed in Ocean's Deepest Wave
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Act III, Suite
Wagner: Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyries, Wotan's Farewell, and Magic Fire Music
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Dawn, and Siegfried's Death Music


23, 24 April 1959
Fritz Reiner
Maria Stader, soprano
Russell Oberlin, countertenor
John McCollum, tenor
Kenneth Smith, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
First Unitarian Church Children's Choir
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus


30 April, 1 May 1959
Fritz Reiner
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


1959 - 1960


15, 16 October 1959
Fritz Reiner
Florence Kopleff, contralto
Charles Bressler, tenor
Kenneth Smith, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Dramatic Symphony


22, 23 October 1959
Fritz Reiner
Adele Addison, soprano
Regina Sarfaty, mezzo-soprano
Florence Kopleff, contralto
Charles Bressler, tenor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Stravinsky: Mavra
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Respighi: Pines of Rome


29, 30 October 1959
Fritz Reiner
Sidney Harth, violin
Frank Miller, cello
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Double Concerto
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra


5, 6 November 1959
Fritz Reiner
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Chou Wen-Chung: Landscapes
Bloch: Cortege funebre, from Three Jewish Poems
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde


12, 13 November 1959
Fritz Reiner
Stravinsky: Chorale Variations on Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her
Rorem: Design for Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


19, 20 November 1959
Walter Hendl
Eugene Istomin, piano
 Copland: Appalachian Spring, Suite
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1




26, 27 November 1959
Fritz Reiner
Brenda Forbes, speaker
Marion Vincent, soprano
Geraldine Glover, soprano
Women of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, excerpts (Overture, Scherzo, Ye Spotted Snakes, Intermezzo, Nocturne, Wedding March, Finale)


3, 4 December 1959
Fritz Reiner
Geza Anda, piano
 Brahms: Eight Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (orch. Thomson)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Schumann: Symphony No. 4


10, 11 December 1959
Fritz Reiner
Leonard Pennario, piano
Stravinsky: Agon
Kodaly: Peacock Variations
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3


17, 18 December 1959
Fritz Reiner
Clark Brody, clarinet
Leonard Sharrow, bassoon
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Excerpts
Richard Strauss: Duet-Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon with String Orchestra and Harp
Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture


24, 26 December 1959
Walter Hendl
Walter Hendl, piano
William Schuman: Symphony No. 5 for Strings
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish


31 December 1959, 1 January 1960
Alfred Wallenstein
Mozart: Symphony No. 31, Paris
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2
Johann Strauss II: Emperor Waltz


7, 8 January 1960
Igor Markevitch
Gavin Williamson, harpsichord
Handel: Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 5 ()
Schubert: Symphony No. 3
Britten:. Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell
- Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


14, 15 January 1960
Igor Markevitch
Sibelius: En Saga
Falla: The Three Cornered Hat Three Dances
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
21, 22 January 1960
Igor Markevitch
Messiaen: Hymn for Large Orchestra
Satie: Parade ballet in one act (1917)
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


28, 29 January 1960
Fritz Reiner
Joseph Fuchs, violin
 Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Brahms: Violin Concerto


4, 5 February 1960
Fritz Reiner
Byron Janis, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
' Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 ()
Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Three Orchestral Excerpts


11, 12 February 1960
Fritz Reiner (11)
Walter Hendl (12)
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Debussy: La Mer
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished


18, 19 February 1960
Fritz Reiner
Rosalyn Tureck, piano
Bach: Klavier Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite


25, 26 February 1960
Fritz Reiner
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture
Richard Strauss: Intermezzo, Dreaming by the Fireside
Stravinsky: Divertimento from The Fairy's Kiss
Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 1


3, 4 March 1960
Sir John Barbirolli
Barbirolli: Elizabethan Suite (Barbirolli arrangement of music from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book):
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


10, 11 March 1960
Sir John Barbirolli
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Mahler: Symphony No. 9




17, 18 March 1960
Sir Thomas Beecham
Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave Overture
Delius: On the River, from Florida Suite
Handel: Love in Bath Suite (arr. Beecham)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


24, 25 March 1960
Fritz Reiner
Sidney Harth, violin
Frank Miller, cello
Ray Still, oboe
Leonard Sharrow, bassoon
Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude to Act I
Donato: Sinfonietta No. 2
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante
Satie: Two Gymnopedies (orch. Debussy)
Ravel: La Valse


31 March, 1 April 1960
Fritz Reiner
Isaac Stern, violin
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Beethoven: Romance in F major
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut
Johann Strauss II: Roses from the South
Johann Strauss II: The Gypsy Baron, Treasure Waltz


7, 8 April 1960
Fritz Reiner
Van Cliburn, piano
 Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2


14, 15 April 1960
Fritz Reiner
Frank Miller, cello
Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude and Good Friday Music
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 2
Dohnanyi: Suite for Orchestra


21, 22 April 1960
Fritz Reiner
Adele Addison, soprano
William Warfield, baritone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Brahms: A German Requiem


1960 – 1961


13, 14 October 1960
Walter Hendl
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5


20, 21 October 1960
Walter Hendl
Van Cliburn, piano
Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale
MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2


27, 28 October 1960
Antonio Votto
Guiomar Novaes, piano
Weber: Der Freischütz, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Debussy: La Mer


3, 4 November 1960
Robert Shaw
Adele Addison, soprano
Regina Sarfaty, mezzo-soprano
Richard Lewis, tenor
Eberhard Waechter, baritone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis


10, 11 November 1960
Hans Rosbaud
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: Images, Gigues and Rondes de printemps
Roussel: Suite in F major


17, 18 November 1960
Hans Rosbaud
Schoenberg: Accompaniment to a Cinema Scene
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Haydn: Symphony No. 102
Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 2


24, 25 November 1960
Walter Hendl
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Donald Peck, flute
Gavin Williamson, harpsichord
Riegger: Symphony No. 4
Henze: Five Neopolitan Songs
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2
Hindemith: Philharmonic Concerto (Variations for Orchestra)




1, 2 December 1960
Paul Kletzki
Leonid Kogan, violin
 Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 3


8, 9 December 1960
Walter Hendl
Antonio Janigro, cello
 Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4
Dvorak: Cello Concerto


15, 16 December 1960
Leopold Stokowski
Malcolm Frager, piano
Janos Hosszu, cimbalom
Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1
Kodaly: Hary Janos, Suite
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


29, 30 December 1960
Pierre Monteux
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Haffner
Creston: Symphony No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


5, 6 January 1961
Pierre Monteux
Mary Sauer, piano
Cherubini: Anacreon, Overture
Franck: Symphony
Stravinsky: Petrushka (Original Version)


12, 13 January 1961
Andre Cluytens
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2


19, 20 January 1961
Andre Cluytens
Haydn: Symphony No. 96, Miracle
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905


26, 27 January 1961
Andre Cluytens
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Milhaud: La Creation du Monde
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, From the New World


2, 3 February 1961
Walter Hendl
Robert La Marchina, cello
Milton Preves, viola
Sidney Harth, violin
Weber: Oberon Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote


9, 10 February 1961
Walter Hendl
Nathan Milstein, violin
Schumann: Manfred, Overture
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
Brahms: Violin Concerto


16, 17 February 1961
Eleazar de Carvalho
Dimitri Bashkirov, piano
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


23, 24 February 1961
Erich Leinsdorf
Sidney Harth, violin
Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Interludes (arr. Leinsdorf)
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


2, 3 March 1961
Walter Hendl
Annie Fischer, piano
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


9, 10 March 1961
William Steinberg
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Hindemith: Symphony, Mathis der Maler
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture


16, 17 March 1961
William Steinberg
Schubert: Symphony No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8


23, 24 March 1961
Walter Hendl
Jacob Lateiner, piano
Walton: Portsmouth Point, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Ravel: La Valse


30, 31 March 1961
Fritz Reiner
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral




6, 7 April 1961
Fritz Reiner
Leonard Pennario, piano
 Rossini: La scala di seta, Overture
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


13, 14 April 1961
Fritz Reiner
Isaac Stern, violin
Mozart: Les Petits Riens, Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 31, Paris
Weiner: Pastorale, Fantasy and Fugue
Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2


20, 21 April 1961
Fritz Reiner
Eugene Istomin, piano
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict, Overture
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor


27, 28 April 1961
Fritz Reiner
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Florence Kopleff, contralto
John McCollum, tenor
Donald Gramm, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9


1961 - 1962


12, 13 October 1961
Leopold Stokowski
Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (arr. Stokowski}
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Tcherepnin: Georgiana Suite
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol


19, 20 October 1961
Erich Leinsdorf
Janos Starker, cello
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


26, 27 October 1961
Andre Cluytens
Milton Preves, viola
Honegger: Symphony No. 3, Liturgique
Ravel: La Valse
Berlioz: Harold in Italy


2, 3 November 1961
Hans Rosbaud
Sidney Harth, violin
Donald Peck, flute
Ralph Johnson, flute
Zino Francescatti, violin
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Beethoven: Violin Concerto


9, 10 November 1961
Hans Rosbaud
Robert Casadesus, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Franck: Symphonic Variations
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso


16, 17 November 1961
Hans Rosbaud
John Browning, piano
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Roussel: Symphony No. 3
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


23, 24 November 1961
Hans Rosbaud
Sidney Harth, violin
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture
Dvořák: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6




30 November, 1 December 1961
Hans Rosbaud
A. Gabrieli: Aria della Battaglia, for Wind Instruments (arr. Ghedini)
Schubert: Symphony No. 4, Tragic
Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra
Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra


7, 8 December 1961
George Szell
Erica Morini, violin
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Brahms: Violin Concerto


14, 15 December 1961
George Szell
Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Walton: Symphony No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


21, 22 December 1961
George Szell
Artur Rubinstein, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 92, Oxford
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17


4, 5 January 1962
Leopold Stokowski
Byron Janis, piano
Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain, (arr. Stokowski/Rimsky-Korsakov)
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Siegfried's Rhine Journey,
Siegfried's Death Music, and Act III Finale


11, 12 January 1962
Leopold Stokowski
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica
+Khrennikov: Much Ado About Nothing, Incidental Music
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet


18, 19 January 1962
Fritz Reiner
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Richard Strauss: Sinfonia domestica
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor


25, 26, 27 January 1962
Fritz Reiner
Sidney Harth violin
Mary Sauer, harpsichord
 Emil Gilels, piano
 Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3




1, 2 February 1962
Walter Hendl
Erick Friedman, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1


8, 9 February 1962
Fritz Reiner
Lisa Della Casa, soprano
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Richard Strauss: Intermezzo, Dreaming by the Fireside
Richard Strauss: Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils and Final Scene


15, 16 February 1962
Carlo Maria Giulini
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces


22, 23 February 1962
Carlo Maria Giulini
Nathan Milstein, violin
 Haydn: Symphony No. 104, London
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Britten: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod


1, 2 March 1962
Jean Martinon
Isaac Stern, violin
Mozart: Symphony No, 41, Jupiter
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Bartok: Rhapsody No. 1
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole


8, 9 March 1962
Jean Martinon
Rossini: La scala di. Seta, Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
Martin: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra
Debussy: La Mer


15, 16 March 1962
Jean Martinon
Handel: Berenice Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Martinon: Symphony No. 2, Hymne a la Vie
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1919)


22, 23 March 1962
Fritz Reiner
Igor Oistrakh, violin
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


29, 30 March 1962
Fritz Reiner
Van Cliburn, piano
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2


5, 6 April 1962
Erich Leinsdorf
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Excerpts (Overture, Introduction, Adagio - Andante quasi Allegretto, Grave, Allegro con brio, Adagio - Allegro Molto, Allegro, Andantino - Adagio - Allegro, Finale: Allegretto)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10


12, 13 April 1962
Erich Leinsdorf
Antonio Janigro, cello
Mozart: Divertimento No. 7
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg)


19, 20 April 1962
Walter Hendl
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (orch. Respighi)
Mennin: Symphony No. 6
Britten: Peter Grimes, Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia


26, 27 April 1962
Fritz Reiner
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Carol Smith, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Handel: Israel in Egypt


1962 – 1963


4, 5 October 1962
Leopold Stokowski
Bach: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (orch. Stokowski)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Shostakovich: Prelude in E flat minor Op. 34 (orch. Stokowski)
Gliere: Symphony No. 3, Ilya Mourometz (arranged and abridged by Stokowski)


11, 12 October 1962
Paul Kletzki
Schubert: ’Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


18, 19 October 1962
Paul Kletzki
Wanda Wilkomirska, violin
Honegger: Symphony No. 2, for Strings and Trumpet
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


25, 26 October 1962
Eleazar de Carvalho
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Stravinsky: Petrushka, Suite (1947)


1, 2 November 1962
Hans Rosbaud
Adolph Herseth, posthorn
Byron Janis, piano
 Mozart: The Magic Flute, Overture
Mozart: Serenade No. 9, Posthorn
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


8, 9 November 1962
Hans Rosbaud
Rossini: Sonata for Two Violins, Cello and Contrabass (arr. Casella)
Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso, Op. 3, No. 11
Respighi: The Birds
Schumann: Symphony No. 2


15, 16 November 1962
Hans Rosbaud
Leonard Pennario, piano
Handel: Agrippina Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 97
Khachaturian: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet


22, 23 November 1962
Hans Rosbaud
Brahms Symphony No 3
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


29, 30 November 1962
Hans Rosbaud
Adele Addison, soprano
John Reardon, baritone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Rebel: 'Les Elements, Ballet Suite
Debussy: Jeux
Faure: Requiem


6, 7 December 1962
Hans Rosbaud
Eugene Istomin, piano
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 9


13, 14 December 1962
Fritz Reiner
Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 3
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Suite
Bartok: Deux Images
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


20, 21 December 1962
Fritz Reiner
Zino Francescatti, violin
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4


3, 4 January 1963
Paul Kletzki
Nathan Milstein, violin
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


10, 11 January 1963
Paul Kletzki
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


17, 18 January 1963
Walter Hendl
Frank Miller, cello
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture
Piston: Symphony No. 7
Bloch: Schelomo
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


24, 25 January 1963
Josef Krips
Isaac Stern, violin
Weber: Der Freischütz Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1919)


31 January, 1 February 1963
Josef Krips
Mozart: Symphony No. 4l, Jupiter
Webern: Passacaglia
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


7, 8 February 1963
Josef Krips
Walton: Scapino, A Comedy Overture
William Schuman: Symphony No. 3
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


14, 15 February 1963
Charles Munch
Faure: Pelleas et Mélisande, Suite
Ravel: Vaises nobles et sentimentales and La Valse (played without pause)
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3, Organ
1963


21, 22 February 1963
Charles Munch
Hans Richter-Haaser, piano
Rameau: Dardanus, Suite (Arr. d'Indy)
Debussy: La Mer
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


28 February, 1 March 1963
Fritz Reiner
Leontyne Price, soprano
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict Overture
Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete
Granados: Intermezzo from Goyescas
Falla: El amor brujo
Albeniz: Iberia, Triana (orch. Arbós)


7, 8 March 1963
Fritz Reiner
John Weicher, violin
Donald Peck, flute
Ray Still, oboe
Adolph Herseth, trumpet
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, Clock
Wagner: Lohengrin, Preludes Acts 1 and 3
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture


14, 15 March 1963
William Steinberg
Lopatnikov: Festival Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, Linz
Tchdikovsky: Manfred Symphony


21, 22 March 1963
William Steinberg
Frances Yeend, soprano
Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano
Charles Bressler, tenor
Ara Berberian, bass
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Bach: Mass in B minor


28, 29 March 1963
Paul Hindemith
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


4, 5 April 1963
Paul Hindemith
Schumann: Manfred Overture
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Beethoven
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Hindemith: Sinfonietta in E major


11, 12 April 1963
Fritz Reiner
Donald Peck, flute
Edward Druzinsky, harp
Wagner: Parsifal, Good Friday Music
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp
Robert Russell Bennett: Symphony
Weber: Euryanthe Overture


18, 19 April 1963
Fritz Reiner
Van Cliburn, piano
Rossini: Semiramide, Overture
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4


25, 26 April 1963
Walter Hendl
Leon Fleisher, piano
 Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


2, 3 May 1963
Walter Hendl
Clark Brody, clarinet
 Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Overture
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


1963 – 1964


10, 11 October 1963
Jean Martinon
Haydn: Symphony No. 104, London
Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Suite
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


17, 18 October 1963
Jean Martinon
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Excerpts (Montagues and Capulets, Juliet, Folk Dance, Dance of the Maidens, Romeo at Juliet’s Tomb)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, orchestral music


24, 25 October 1963
Jean Martinon
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra


31 October, 1 November 1963
Jean Martinon
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Rameau: Les Paladins, Scene No. 1 (arr. Desormière)
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1


7, 8 November 1963
Walter Hendl
William Schuman: Credendum
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish


14, 15 November 1963
Jean Martinon
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide, Overture
Martinon: Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


21, 22 November 1963
Jean Martinon
Byron Janis, piano
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Henze: Symphony No. 3
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2


28, 29 November 1963
Jean Martinon
Adele Addison, soprano
Coral Smith, contralto
Walter Corringer, tenor
William Warfield, bass
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Mozart: Requiem




5, 6 December 1963
Jean Martinon
David Oistrakh, violin
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Brahms: Violin Concerto


12, 13 December 1963
Jean Martinon
Rossini: Overture, The Journey to Rheims
Sessions: The Black Maskers, Suite
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


19, 20 December 1963
Walter Hendl
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Ginastera: Violin Concerto
Franck: Symphony


26, 27 December 1963
Walter Hendl
Ivan Davis, piano
Kodály: Dances from Galanta
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


9, 10 January 1964
Sixten Ehrling
Eugene Istomin, piano
Blomdahl: Symphony No. 3, Facets
Respighi: Roman Festivals
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2


16, 17 January 1964
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Overture
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude


23, 24 January 1964
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Nathan Milstein, violin
Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Sibelius: En Saga
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung


30, 31 January 1964
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Egk: French Suite after Rameau
Bruckner: Symphony No.  3


6, 7 February 1964
Paul Kletzki
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1



13, 14 February 1964
Paul Kletzki
Gina Bachauer, piano
Casella: Concerto for Strings, Piano anc Percussion
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.  5


20, 21 February 1964
Jean Martinon
Hans Richter-Haaser, piano
Mozart: The Magic Flute, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22
Ravel: Mother Goose, Suite
Falla: The Three Cornered Hat, Suites Nos. 1 and 2


27, 28 February 1964
Jean Martinon
Steven Starek, violin
Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus, Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Hindemith: Symphony, Mathis der Maler


5, 6 March 1964
Jean Martinon
Zino Francescatti, violin
Handel: Concerto Grosso in A major, Op. 6 No. 11
Honegger: Symphony No. 4, Deliciae Basilienses
Sibelius: Violin Concerto


12, 13 March 1964
Jean Martinon
Donald Peck, flute
Victor Altay, violin
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Martinů: Concerto for Flute, Violin and Orchestra
Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


19, 20 March 1964
Jean Martinon
Frank Miller, cello
Carter: Holiday Overture
Lalo: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique


26, 27 March 1964
Jean Martinon
Steven Staryk, violin
Milton Preves, viola
Schubert: Symphony No.  5
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola
Elgar: Enigma Variations


2, 3 April 1964
Jean Martinon
Pierre Fournier, cello
Purcell: Abdelazer, Suite
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Suites Nos. 1 and 2


9, 10 April 1964
Walter Hendl
Verdi: Luisa Miller, Overture
Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2
Schumann: Symphony No.  3, Rhenish


23, 24 April 1964
Jean Martinon
Van Cliburn, piano
Beethoven: Egmont, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Richard Strauss: Dance Suite after Couperin
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


30 April, 1 May 1964
Jean Martinon
Walter Hendl, piano
Mozart: Serenade in B flat major, K. 361
Kodály: Symphony
Gershwin: Piano Concerto


7, 8 May 1964
Jean Martinon
Ingrid Bjoner, soprano
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
Heinz Rehfuss, bass
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Mozart: Symphony No. 31, Paris
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Choral


14, 15 May 1964
Jean Martinon
Rosenthal: Music Manhattan, symphonic poem
Blacher: Orchestral Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Brahms: Symphony No. 2





1964 – 1965


8, 9 October 1964
Jean Martinon
Schumann: Manfred, Overture
Brahms: Symphony No.  3
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite


15, 16 October 1964
Jean Martinon
Ray Still, oboe
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


22, 23 October 1964
Jean Martinon
Haydn: Symphony No.  99
Lees: Symphony No.  2
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


29, 30 October 1964
Jean Martinon
Leonid Kogan, violin
Barber: Symphony No. 1, In one movement
Britten: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell
Beethoven: Violin Concerto


5, 6 November 1964
Louis Lane
Gyorgy Sebok, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 32
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
Sibelius: Symphony No.  5


12, 13 November 1964
Jean Martinon
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Mozart: Symphony No.  35, Haffner
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Reger: Piano Concerto


19, 20 November 1964
Jean Martinon
Steven Staryk, violin
Frank Miller, cello
Constant: 24 Preludes for Orchestra
Shostakovich: Symphony No.  1
Brahms: Double Concerto




26, 27 November 1964
Jean Martinon
Frances Bible, soprano
Saramae Endich, soprano
Florence Kopleff, contralto
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Vivaldi: Gloria (arr. Casella)
Debussy: Nocturnes
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Suites Nos. 1 and 2


3, 4 December 1964
Jean Martinon
Janos Starker, cello
Handel: Royal Fireworks Music, Suite (arr. Harty)
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C major
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Prokofiev: Chout, ballet suite


10, 11 December 1964
Jean Martinon
Sidney Harth, violin
Klebe: Die Zwitscermaschine
Walton: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


17, 18 December 1964
Irwin Hoffman
Victor Aitay, violin
Villa-Lobos: Uiropuru
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No.  1


25, 26 December 1964
Walter Hendl
Emil Gilels, piano
Barber: Die Natali
Nielsen: Symphony No.  6, Sinfonia semplice
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1


31 December 1964, 1 January 1965
Willem van Otterloo
Byron Janis, piano
Weber: Euryanthe, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Brahms: Symphony No.  1


7, 8 January 1965
Willem van Otterloo
Lois Marshall, soprano
Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Franck: Psyche, Suite
Mahler: Symphony No.  4


14, 15 January 1965
Irwin Hoffman
Erica Morini, violin
Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione, suite
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7




21, 22 January 1965
Paul Kletzki
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic


28, 29 January 1965
Carlo Maria Giulini
Mozart: Divertimento No. 15, K. 287
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter


4, 5 February 1965
Carlo Maria Giulini
Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3
Schubert: Symphony No.  8, Unfinished
Ghedini: Appunti per un Credo
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole


11, 12 February 1965
Jean Martinon
Rudolf Firkusny, piano
Hindemith: News of the Day, Overture
Martinů: Piano Concerto No. 2
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


18, 19 February 1965
Jean Martinon
Marie Stader, soprano
Kenneth Smith, bass
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: A German Requiem


25, 26 February 1965
Jean Martinon
Christian Ferras, violin
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture
Berg: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral


4, 5 March 1965
Charles Munch
Clifford Curzon, piano
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Tcherepnin: Symphony No. 4
Ravel: La Valse


11, 12 March 1965
Jean Martinon
Grace Bumbry, soprano
Murray Dickie, baritone
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Overture
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Two Arias (Che pura ciel and Che foro senza Euridice)
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde




18, 19 March 1965
Jean Martinon
André Navarra, cello
Schubert: Symphony No. 4, Tragic
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante for cello and orchestra
Debussy: La mer


25, 26 March 1965
Irwin Hoffman
Steven Staryk, violin
Berlioz: King Lear, Overture
Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Band
Sibelius: Symphony No.  2


1, 2 April 1965
Jean Martinon
Vegh String Quartet
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
Martinon: Concerto Lyrique
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


8, 9 April 1965
Jean Martinon
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit, symphonic poem
Roussel: Symphony No.  3
Brahms: Violin Concerto


15, 16 April 1965
Jean Martinon
Adolph Herseth, trumpet
Weber: Der Freischütz, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Jolivet: Trumpet Concertino
Varèse: Arcana


22, 23 April 1965
Jean Martinon
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Charles Bressler, tenor
Ara Berberian, bass
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Haydn: The Seasons


29, 30 April 1965
Jean Martinon
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica















1965 – 1966


23, 24 September 1965
Jean Martinon
Marilyn Horne, soprano
Richard Verreau, tenor
Ezio Flagello, bass
Chicago Children’s Choir
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust


30 September, 1, 2 October 1965
Jean Martinon
Steven Staryk, violin
Mozart: Symphony No.  33
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue
Mozart: Symphony No.  38, Prague


6, 7 October 1965
Jean Martinon
John Browning, piano
Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto, Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
Barber: Piano Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite


14, 15, 16 October 1965
Jean Martinon
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Roussel: The Spider’s Banquet, ballet suite
Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass
Beethoven: Violin Concerto


21, 22 October 1965
Jean Martinon
Jean Madeira, contralto
Narciso Yepes, guitar
Haydn: Symphony No. 60, il distratto
Vivaldi: Guitar Concerto in D major
Ohana: Guitar Concerto
Falla: Love the Magician, ballet


28, 29, 30 October 1965
Irwin Hoffman
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Handel: Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op. 6 No. 10
Chausson: Symphony
Riegger: Dichotomy
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2


4, 5 November 1965
Irwin Hoffman
Frank Miller, cello
Elgar: In the South, Overture
Viski: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Little Russian




11, 12, 13 November 1965
Alfred Wallenstein
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Suite from Act 3
Wagner: Siegfried, Forest Murmurs
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Siegfried’s Death Music
Wagner: Die Walküre, Ride of the Valkyrie


18, 19 November 1965
Jean Martinon
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite
Odeon Partos: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World


25, 26, 27 November 1965
Jean Martinon
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Rossini: William Tell, Overture
Sessions: Symphony No. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3


2, 3 December 1965
Jean Martinon
Pierre Doukan, violin
Sibelius: En Saga
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947)


9, 10, 11 December 1965
Georg Solti
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Bartók: Dance Suite
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


16, 17 December 1965
Georg Solti
Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


30, 31 December 1965
Jean Martinon
Eileen Farrell, soprano
Bernstein: Candide, Overture
Martinon: Symphony, Altitudes
Stock: Symphonic Variations on an Original Theme
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Finale


6, 7, 8 January 1966
Jean Martinon
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano
André Montal, tenor
Peter Harrower, bass
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus
J.C. Bach: Sinfonia for Double Orchestra, Op. 18 No. 3
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Stravinsky: Les Noces

13, 14, 15 January 1966
André Previn
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor


20, 21, 22 January 1966
Günther Schuller
Edith Peinemann, violin
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Overture
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2
Schuller: Gala Music


26, 27 January 1966
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Donald Peck, flute
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Gesensaway: Flute Concerto
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


3, 4 February 1966
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Hans Richter-Haaser, piano
Shostakovich: Prelude and Scherzo for Strings, Op. 11
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Hiller


10, 11 February 1966
Jean Martinon
Hermann Prey, baritone
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Henze: Five Neapolitan Songs
Martin: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and Strings


17, 18 February 1966
Jean Martinon
Gina Bachauer, piano
Roussel: Pour une fête de printemps
Diamond: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2


17, 18, 19 March 1966
Jean Martinon
Zino Francescatti, violin
Haydn: Symphony No.  101, Clock
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Ravel: Tzigane
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Infante
Ravel: Boléro


24, 25 March 1966
Leopold Stokowski
Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (orch. Stokowski)
Beethoven: Symphony No.  8
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10




31 March, 1, 2 April 1966
Seiji Ozawa
Isaac Stern, violin
Mozart: Symphony No.  36, Linz
Ives: Symphony No. 4
Dvořák: Violin Concerto


7, 8, 9 April 1966
Jean Martinon
Judith Raskin, soprano
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Ernst Haefliger, tenor
John Boyden, baritone
Kenneth Smith, bass-baritone
Chicago Orchestra Symphony Chorus
Bach: St. John Passion


14, 15 April 1966
Jean Martinon
Philippe Entremont, piano
Falla: Homenajes
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Symphony No. 4


21, 22, 23 April 1966
Jean Martinon
Bethany Beardslee, soprano
Edward Druzinsky, harp
Bizet: Symphony in C major
Handel: Harp Concerto in B flat major, Op. 4 No. 6
Berg: Lulu, Symphonic Suite


28, 29 April 1966
Jean Martinon
Montserrat Caballé, soprano
Haydn: Symphony No. 92, Oxford
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Weber: Oberon, Ozean, du Ungeheuer, Scene and Aria
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra


5, 6, 7 May 1966
Jean Martinon
Claude Helffer, piano
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite


12, 13 May 1966
Jean Martinon
György Sebok, piano
Steven Staryk, violin
Frank Miller, cello
Shapey: Rituals for Orchestra
Perle: Three Movements for Orchestra
Beethoven: Triple Concerto


19, 20, 21 May 1966
Jean Martinon
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (realised Cooke)



1966 – 1967


29, 30 September, 1 October 1966
Jean Martinon
Beethoven: The Consecration of the House, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Inextinguishable


6, 7 October 1966
Jean Martinon
John Browning, piano
Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Schumann: Symphony No.  2


13, 14, 15 October 1966
Jean Martinon
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
Handel: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6 No. 6
Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques
Brahms: Violin Concerto


20, 21 October 1966
Jean Martinon
Bethany Beardslee, soprano
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Berg: Wozzeck, Three Excerpts
Stravinsky: Variations in Memoriam Aldous Huxley
Stravinsky: Petrushka


27, 28, 29 October 1966
Irwin Hoffman
Leonid Kogan, violin
Brahms: Serenade No. 1
Webern: Symphony
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1


3, 4 November 1966
Jean Martinon
Steven Staryk, violin
Frank Miller, cello
Ray Still, oboe
Willard Elliot, horn
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante
Kay: Serenade for Orchestra
Schumann: Piano Concerto


24, 25 November 1966
Jean Martinon
Willard Elliot, bassoon
Emil Gilels, piano
Martin: Les Quatre Elements
Willard Elliot: Bassoon Concerto
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor




1, 2, 3 December 1966
Jean Martinon
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Ernst Haefliger, tenor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Nielsen: Helios, Overture
Martinon: The Song of Songs


8, 9 December 1966
Rafael Kubelik
Pierre Fournier, cello
Haydn: Symphony No. 102
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No.  8


15, 16, 17 December 1966
Rafael Kubelik
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 34
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Janáček: Sinfonietta


22, 23 December 1966
Rafael Kubelik
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8


5, 6, 7 January 1967
Julius Rudel
Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano
Wagner: Rienzi, Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 28
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex, Jocasta’s aria
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3


12, 13 January 1967
Jean Martinon
Van Cliburn, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 101
Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


19, 20, 21 January 1967
Jean Martinon
Isaac Stern, violin
Britten: Peter Grimes, Four Sea Interludes
Debussy: Three Images
Hindemith: Violin Concerto


26, 27 January 1967
Jean Martinon
Peter Frankl, piano
J.C. Bach: Sinfonia for Double Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 18 No. 1
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15
Ruggles: Sun Treader
D’Indy: Istar, Symphonic Variations
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude




2, 3, 4 February 1967
Jean Martinon
Weber: Oberon, Overture
Enescu: Orchestral Suite No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


9, 10 February 1967
Charles Munch
Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


16, 17, 18 February 1967
Charles Munch
Zino Francescatti, violin
Honegger: Symphony No. 2
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
Roussel: Symphony No. 3


23, 24 February 1967
Carlo Maria Giulini
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Haydn: Symphony No.  94, Surprise
Cherubini: Requiem in C minor


2, 3, 4 March 1967
Carlo Maria Giulini
Ray Still, oboe
Mozart: Don Giovanni, Overture
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart: Oboe Concerto
Mozart: Dicertmento No. 11
Mozart: Symphony No. 39


9, 10 March 1967
Carlo Maria Giulini
Witold Malcuzynski, piano
Petrassi: Concerto for String Orchestra No. 4
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


16, 17 March 1967
Jean Martinon
Chicago Symphony String Quartet
Ganz: Symphonic Overture to an Unwritten Comedy, Laughter – Yet Love
Lees: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


23, 24, 25 March 1967
Jean Martinon
Regina Resnik, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Children’s Choir
Mahler: Symphony No. 3




30, 31 March 1967
Jean Martinon
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Beethoven: Fidelio, Overture
Roussel: Symphony No. 4
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3

6 April 1967
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf
Haydn: Symphony No. 13
Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
(swap with Chicago Symphony Orchestra)


7 April 1967
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Colgrass: As Quiet As
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite


20, 21 April 1967
Irwin Hoffman
Byron Janis, piano
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical
Richard Strauss: Burleske
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


27, 28, 29 April 1967
Jean Martinon
Evelyn Lear, soprano
Thomas Stewart, baritone
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle


4, 5, 6 May 1967
Jean Martinon
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, four excerpts
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2


11, 12 May 1967
Jean Martinon
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Mihalovici: Symphonies pour le temps present
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


18, 19, 20 May 1967
Jean Martinon
Brenda Forbes, Jeanne d’Arc
Hal Robinson, Brother Dominique
Teresa Orantes, Peggy Smith, Betty Allen, Charles Bressler, John West, Norman Saffen, David Ashenhurst, Jonas Kruskel, soloists
Chicago Children’s Chorus
Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher

1967 – 1968


28, 29 September 1967
Jean Martinon
Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 3
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Reformation
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


5, 6, 7 October 1967
Jean Martinon
Peggy Smith, soprano
Buxtehude: Ciaconne in E minor (orch. Chavez)
Sessions: Symphony No. 7
Mahler: Symphony No. 4


12, 13 October 1967
Jean Martinon
Robert Casadesus, piano
Gaby Casadesus, piano
Jean Casadesus, piano
Schumann: Genoveva, Overture
Mozart: Concerto for Three Pianos
Franck: Symphonic Variations
Dallapiccola: Variations for Orchestra
Ravel: La valse


19, 20, 21 October 1967
Alfred Wallenstein
Stravinsky: Symphony in C major
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic


26, 27 October 1967
Alfred Wallenstein
Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano
Walter Berry, baritone
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Mahler: Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Martinon: Overture for a Greek Tragedy
Ravel: Don Quichotte a Dulcinée
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Act 3 Finale


2, 3, 4 November 1967
Jean Martinon
Rollino and Sheftel, piano duo
Gary Karr, double bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Henze: Sicilian Muses
Henze: Double Bass Concerto
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suites Nos. 1 and 2


23, 24 November 1967
Georges Prêtre
Alexis Weissenberg, piano
Poulenc: Les Biches, Suite
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8




30 November, 1, 2 December 1967
Jean Martinon
William Schuman: Symphony No. 8
Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


7, 8 December 1967
Jean Martinon
Rudolf Firkusny, piano
Haydn: Orfeo ed Euridice, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


14, 15, 16 December 1967
Sixten Ehrling
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Jorge Bolet, piano (16)
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Berg: Violin Concerto (14, 15)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 (16)
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5


21, 22 December 1967
Sixten Ehrling
Leonard Rose, cello
Creston: Chionic Ode
Bloch: Schelomo
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


4, 5 January 1968
Antal Doráti
Sidney Weiss, violin
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Mahler: Symphony No. 6


11, 12, 13 January 1968
Eugene Ormandy
Frank Miller, cello
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Casella: Paganiniana
Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote


18, 19, 20 January 1968
Irwin Hoffman
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Hindemith: Symphony, Mathis der Maler


25, 26 January 1968
Ernest Ansermet
Weber: Euryanthe, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: Six Epigraphes antiques
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Falla: The Three Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2




1, 2, 3 February 1968
Jean Martinon
Nathan Milstein, violin
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5


8, 9 February 1968
Jean Martinon
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Chicago Symphony Men’s Chorus
Mennin: Symphony No. 7
Chausson: Poème de l’amour et de la mer
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


15, 16 February 1968
Leopold Stokowski
Shostakovich: The Age of Gold, Suite
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6
Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3, Symphony Poem


22, 23, 24 February 1968
Sixten Ehrling
Frank Miller (conducted first half on 22)
György Sebok, piano
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Ravel: Mother Goose, Suite
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole


29 February, 1, 2 March 1968
Aram Khachaturian
Karine Georgian, cello
Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2
Khachaturian: Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra
Khachaturian: Spartacus, Ballet Suite


7, 8 March 1968
Henry Mazer
Peter Pears, tenor
Haydn: Symphony No.  100, Military
Mozart: Si mostra la sorte, Concert Aria, K. 209
Mozart: Misero! O sogno o son desto, Concert Aria, K. 431
Britten: Les Illuminations
Hindemith: Nobilissima Visione, Suite


14, 15, 16 March 1968
Irwin Hoffman
Geza Anda, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 31, Paris
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2


21, 22 March 1968
George Szell
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


4, 5, 6 April 1968
Jean Martinon
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Skrowaczewski: Symphony for Strings
Chavez: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


11, 12 April 1968
Jean Martinon
Agnes Giebel, soprano
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Haydn: Symphony No. 49, La Passione
Graun: Der Tod Jesu
Fauré: Requiem


18, 19, 20 April 1968
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Beethoven: Egmont, Overture
Lutoslawski: Funeral Music
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


25, 26 April 1968
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Pierre Doukan, violin
Blacher: Concertante Music
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


2, 3, 4 May 1968
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Monique Haas, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Haffner
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite


9, 10 May 1968
Jean Martinon
Janos Starker, cello
Edward Druzinsky, harp
Haydn: Symphony No. 104
Hindemith: Cello Concerto
Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Strings, Flute and Clarinet
Debussy: La mer


16, 17, 18 May 1968
Jean Martinon
Lorna Haywood, soprano
Florence Kopleff, contralto
Ernest Haefliger, tenor
Thomas Paul, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Missa solemnis



1968 – 1969


26, 27, 28 September 1968
István Kertesz
Mozart: Symphony No.  29
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


3, 4 October 1968
István Kertesz
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 67
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 6


10, 11, 12 October 1968
István Kertesz
Peter Frankl, piano
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


17, 18 October 1968
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Haydn: Symphony No.  92, Oxford
Henze: Undine, Ballet Suite
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


24, 25, 26 October 1968
Irwin Hoffman
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
Crumb: Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II)
Berg: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


31 October, 1 November 1968
Jean Martinon
Claude Helffer, piano
Dukas: La Peri, Fanfare
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Martinon: Symphony No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique


7, 8 November 1968
Jean Martinon
Alexis Weissenberg, piano
Haydn: Armida, Overture
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra


14, 15, 16 November 1968
Jean Martinon
Martina Arroyo, soprano
Carol Smith, contralto
Sandor Konya, tenor
Malcolm Smith, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Messa da Requiem


21, 22 November 1968
Jean Martinon
Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, Overture
Constant: Chaconne et Marche Militaire
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (arr. Cooke)


28, 29 November 1968
William Steinberg
Jeanne-Marie Darre, piano
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8


5, 6, 7 December 1968
William Steinberg
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Stravinsky: Le Chant du Rossignol
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony


12, 13 December 1968
William Steinberg
James Oliver Buswell IV, violin
Mozart: Don Giovanni, Overture
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Robert Starer: Samson Agonistes, symphonic portrait
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


19, 20, 21 December 1968
William Steinberg
Barber: Die Natali
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


2, 3, 4 January 1969
Rafael Kubelik
Grant Johannesen, piano
Mozart: Divertimento No. 11
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter


9, 10 January 1969
Rafael Kubelik
Mahler: Symphony No. 9


16, 17, 18 January 1969
Rafael Kubelik
Edith Peinemann, violin
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


23, 24 January 1969
Rafael Kubelik
Smetana: Ma vlast




30, 31 January, 1 February 1969
Hans Werner Henze
Christoph Eschenbach, piano
Henze: Telemanniana
Haydn: Symphony No. 83, La Poule
Henze: Piano Concerto No. 2


13, 14 February 1969
Irwin Hoffman
Isaac Stern, violin
Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 3
Mozart: Adagio in E major, K. 261
Mozart: Rondo in C major, K. 373
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9


20, 21, 22 February 1969
Pierre Boulez
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Debussy: Jeux
Webern: Passacaglia
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1
Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra
Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum


27, 28 February 1969
Pierre Boulez
Jacqueline du Pré, cello
Haydn: Symphony No.  91
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Boulez: Livre pour cordes
Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra


6, 7, 8 March 1969
Carlo Maria Giulini
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra
Franck: Psyche et Eros, symphonic poem
Debussy: Three Nocturnes
Weber: Der Freischütz, Overture


13, 14 March 1969
Carlo Maria Giulini
Veronica Tyler, soprano
Joanna Simon, mezzo-soprano
Stanley Kolk, tenor
Thomas Paul, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Serenade for Wind Instruments, K. 361
Mozart: Requiem


20, 21, 22 March 1969
Georg Solti
Gina Bachauer, piano
Walton: Partita for Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 2




27, 28 March 1969
Georg Solti
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Overture
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


3, 4, 5 April 1969
Georg Solti
Heather Harper, soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No.  2, Resurrection


17, 18 April 1969
Eugene Ormandy
Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 3
Ives: Symphony No. 2, The Camp Meeting
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


24, 25, 26 April 1969
Irwin Hoffman
Esther Glazer, violin
Lili Chookasian, contralto
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky


1, 2, 3 May 1969
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
John Browning, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5
Falla: The Three Cornered Hat, Suites Nos. 1 and 2


8, 9, 10 May 1969
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Carolyn Smith-Meyer, soprano
Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano
Enrico Di Giuseppe, tenor
William Metcalf, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Falla: Love the Magician

Orff: Carmina Burana