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