Sunday, 3 July 2016

LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - 1984 - 1989

Barry Tuckwell
Peter Katin, piano
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Rossini: Overture to The Thieving Magpie
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor


18 September 1984
Richard Hickox
Oscar Shumsky, violin
David Wilson-Johnson, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Walton: In Honour of the City of London
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast


24 September 1984
Andrzej Panufnik
Michael Davis*
Alberto Portugheis, piano
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3*
Panufnik: Piano Concerto
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 *
Panufnik: Sinfonia Votiva


4 October 1984
Claudio Abbado
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’


8 October 1984
Claudio Abbado
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Mendelssohn: The Fair Melusine, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’


14 October 1984
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Suite
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


19 October 1984
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Viktoria Postnikova, piano
Elgar: Cockaigne, Overture
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)


22 October 1984
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


6 November 1984
Paavo Berglund
Boris Belkin, violin
Verdi: Overture to The Force of Destiny
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1

8 November 1984
Paavo Berglund
András Schiff, piano
Mendelssohn: Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne and Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


15 November 1984
Andre Bernard
Pierre Amoyal, violin
Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


20 November 1984
Pierre Boulez
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Berg: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)
Pinchas Zukerman, violin


22 November 1984
Pinchas Zukerman
Rossini: Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
Dvořák: Serenade in D minor, Op. 44
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons


27 November 1984
Pierre Boulez
Jessye Norman, soprano
Webern: Passacaglia
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin


29 November 1984
John Georgiadis
Cristina Bruno, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Ravel: Bolero


1 December 1984
Grzegorz Nowak
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan tutte
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Ravel: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from Daphnis and Chloe


9 November 1984
Gilbert Kaplan
Benita Valente, soprano
Maureen Forrester, mezzo-soprano
Cardiff Polyphonic Choir
The Dyfed Choir
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’



10 December 1984
Eduardo Mata
Anthony Camden, oboe
Roy Jowitt, clarinet
Robert Bourton, bassoon
Hugh Seenan, horn
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Wind Instruments
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


19 January 1985
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Ju Hee Soh, piano
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Fauré: Incidental Music to Pelleas and Melisande
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
Ravel: La Valse


24 January 1985
Rudolf Barshai
Ju Hee Soh, piano
Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


27 January 1985
Norman del Mar
Jack Brymer, clarinet
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Finzi: Clarinet Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


30 January 1985
John Georgiadis
Andrzej Panufnik: *
Jennifer Bate, organ
Albinoni: Adagio in G minor
Panufnik: Metasinfonia*
Handel: Organ Concerto in F (The Cuckoo and the Nightingale)
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Poulenc: Organ Concerto


31 January 1985
Edward Downes
Sally Ann Bottomley, piano
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


3 February 1985
Claudio Abbado
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Elizabeth Connell, soprano
Karita Mattila, soprano
Hans Peter Blochwitz, tenor
London Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 (Hymn of Praise)



7 February 1985
Jacek Kasprzyk
Douglas Cummings, cello
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Overture
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra


9 February 1985
Maxim Shostakovich
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


14 February 1985
Tamas Vasary
Tamas Vasary, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


17 February 1985
Richard Hickox
Eiddwen Harrhy, soprano
Alfreda Hodgson, mezzo-soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Mendelssohn: Elijah


21 February 1985
Richard Hickox
Mayumi Fujikawa, violin
Brahms: Hungarian Dances
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Elgar: Enigma Variations


26 February 1985
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Maria Ewing, soprano
Paul Tortelier, cello
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra
Stravinsky: The Firebird (1945)


28 February 1985
Jeffrey Tate
Jorge Bolet, piano
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’


2 March 1985
Richard Hickox
Jorge Bolet, piano
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’



5 March 1985
Yoel Levi
Maurice Murphy, trumpet
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’
Mozart: Trumpet Concerto in D major
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


7 March 1985
Yoel Levi
Dmitri Alexeev, piano
Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Prokofiev: Ballet Suite from Romeo and Juliet


10 March 1985
Sir Charles Groves
Elaine Woods, soprano
Pednelope Walker, mezzo-soprano
John Mitchinson, tenor
Donald McIntyre, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Tippett: Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


14 March 1985
Claudio Abbado
Salvatore Accardo, violin
Ligeti: Lontano
Berg: Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


16 March 1985
Richard Hickox
Michael Davis, violin
Ashley Arbuckle, violin
Ian Watson, harpsichord
Susan Milan, flute
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D minor
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Bach: Suite No. 3


21 March 1985
Claudio Abbado
Jessye Norman, soprano
Dunja Vejzovic, contralto
Berg: Three Pieces
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Bach: Prelude and Fugue (orch. Schoenberg)
Berg: Three Fragments from Wozzeck


23 March 1985
Barry Tuckwell
Nina Milkina, piano
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)


28 March 1985
Claudio Abbado
Bruno Canino, piano
Antonio Ballista, piano
Berio: Concerto for Two Pianos
Mahler: Symphony No. 5



3 April 1985
Claudio Abbado
Maria Ewing, soprano
Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Berg: Adagio from Lulu
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Mahler: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
Debussy: Three Nocturnes


7 April 1985
Claudio Abbado
Lucia Popp, soprano
Jessye Norman, soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Rihm: Dis-Kontur
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’


11 April 1985
Claudio Abbado
Webern: Five Pieces
Boulez: Notations
Mahler: Symphony No. 7


14 April 1985
Claudio Abbado
Maurice Bourgue, oboe
Ann Murray, soprano
Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra
Maderna: Oboe Concerto No. 3
Mahler: Symphony No. 4


18 April 1985
 John Georgiadis
Olivier Gardon, piano
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Respighi: Pines of Rome


21 April 1985
Sir Colin Davis
Julia Varady, soprano
Marie McLaughlin, soprano
Lynn Hargan, soprano
Linda Finnie, mezzo-soprano
Alfreda Hodgson, contralto
William Cochran, tenor
Hartmut Welker, baritone
Gwynne Howell, bass
Brighton Festival Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 8


25 April 1985
Jane Glover
Imogen Cooper, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’


27 April 1985
Edmon Colomer
Brigitte Engerer, piano
Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’

30 April 1985
Sir Colin Davis
Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique


2 May 1985
Geoffrey Simon
Margaret Fingerhut, piano
Smetana: Overture and Dances from The Bartered Bride
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Symphony No. 2, ‘Little Russian’ Tchaikovsky:


16 May 1985
Myung-Whun Chung
Boris Belkin, violin
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6


19 May 1985
Myung-Whun Chung
David Golub, piano
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Gershwin: Piano Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


23 May 1985
Myung-Whun Chung
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet
Copland: Ballet Suite from Billy the Kid
Purcell: Trumpet Concerto from ‘The Indian Queen’
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)


1 June 1985
Richard Hickox
Heather Harper, soprano
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


6 June 1985
James Paul
Santiago Rodriguez, piano
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


8 June 1985
Claudio Abbado
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Igo Pogorelich, piano
Ravel: Mother Goose
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Infanta
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole


13 June 1985
Lorin Maazel
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5



15 June 1985
Lorin Maazel
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


20 June 1985
Barry Tuckwell
Oleg Maisenberg, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 20
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 0 in E flat, K370b
Wagner: Overture to The Mastersingers


23 June 1985
 John Georgiadis
Stephen Hough, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Ravel: Bolero


27 June 1985
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Pierre Amoyal, violin
Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World


29 June 1985
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade


2 July 1985
Neville Marriner
John Browning, piano
Verdi: Overture to The Sicilian Vespers
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


31 July 1985
Claudio Abbado
Natalia Gutman, cello
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, ‘Reformation’
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8


23 August 1985
Howard Shelley
Howard Shelley, piano
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Salieri: Sinfonia in D major, ‘Veneziana’
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, ‘Jupiter’




15 September 1985
Richard Hickox
Douglas Cummings, cello
John Tomlinson, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast


22 September 1985
Claudio Abbado
Jessye Norman, soprano
Southend Boys Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Berg: Altenberg Lieder
Mahler: Symphony No. 3


26 September 1985
Gerard Schwarz
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Beethoven: Overture and Finale to The Creatures of Prometheus
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)


28 September 1985
Gerard Schwarz
Pierre Amoyal, violin
Stravinsky: Le Chant du Rossignol
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


3 October 1985
Claudio Abbado
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Dvořák Symphony No. 8
Ives: The General Slocum
Ives: The Yale Princeton Football Game
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


10 October 1985
Pierre Boulez
Hanna Schwarz, mezzo-soprano
Walter Raffeiner, tenor
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde


12 October 1985
Yuri Ahronovitch
Ilan Rechtman, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien


17 October 1985
Claudio Abbado
Peter Serkin, piano
Isaac Stern, violin
Elizabeth Connell, soprano
Walton Grönroos, baritone
Berg: Chamber Concerto
Mahler: Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn


20 October 1985
Richard Hickox
Heather Harper, soprano
Alfreda Hodgson, contralto
Arthur Davies, tenor
London Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Das klagende Lied
Britten: Spring Symphony


24 October 1985
Claudio Abbado
Maria Ewing, soprano
Nono: Liebeslied
Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Nono: A Carlo Scarpa architetto
Berg: Der Wein


26 October 1985
Claudio Abbado
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


2 November 1985
Norman del Mar
Carol Wincenc, flute
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The Golden Cockerel
Mozart: Flute Concerto
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Falla: Three Dances from The Three Cornered Hat


7 November 1985
Andrew Davis
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Berlioz: Les Francs-Juges, Overture
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


14 November 1985
Andrew Davis
Louis Lortie, piano
Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


17 November 1985
Geoffrey Simon
Gary Karr, double bass
Michael Davis, violin
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Paganini: Fantasia on a Theme by Rossini
Bloch: Prayer from Three Sketches of Jewish Life
Bottesini: Gran Duo Concertante for Violin and Double Bass
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’



21 November 1985
Yuri Simonov
Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano
Berlioz: King Lear, Overture
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique


28 November 1985
Yuri Simonov
Peter Katin, piano
Liadov: Kikimora
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


3 December 1985
Lukas Foss
Stephen Hough, piano
Simon Bainbridge: Ceremony and Fanfare
Ives: Decoration Day
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


14 December 1985
Raffaello Monterosso
Suzanne Murphy, soprano
Bruce Brewer, tenor
Bonaventura Bottone, tenor
Fionna Kimm, soprano
Ian Caddy, bass
Cyril Somers, tenor
Martin Elliott, bass
The Ambrosian Singers
Bellini: I Puritani (Malibran version) (concert performance)


9 January 1986
Günther Herbig
Sergei Edelmann, piano
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


16 January 1986
Günther Herbig
Mayumi Fujikawa, violin
Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan tutte
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’


18 January 1986
Hans Vonk
Christian Zacharias, piano
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4


25 January 1986
Mstislav Rostropovich
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4



30 January 1986
Richard Williams
Jorge Bolet, piano
Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


1 February 1986
Richard Hickox
Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano
Arthur Davies, tenor
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
The Dream of Gerontius Elgar:


9 February 1986
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé, Suite
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite


13 February 1986
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Sibelius: Suite from Pelleas and Melisande
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5


16 February 1986
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Viktoria Postnikova, piano
Alfreda Hodgson, contralto
London Symphony Chorus
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, cantata


20 February 1986
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Satie: Parade
Debussy: La Boite à Joujoux
Ravel: Une barque sur l’ocean
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


23 February 1986
Maxim Shostakovich
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


2 March 1986
Jorge Rubio
Imogen Cooper, piano
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’



8 March 1986
John Georgiadis
Sally Ann Bottomley, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


11 March 1986
Eduardo Mata
John Lill, piano
Gluck: Overture to Iphigenie en Aulide
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


13 March 1986
Eduardo Mata
John Williams, guitar
Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus
Albeniz: Three Pieces from Iberia
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Debussy: Nocturnes
Ravel: La Valse


16 March 1986
Richard Hickox
Penelope Walmsley-Clark, soprano
James Bowman, counter-tenor
Brian Rayner Cook, baritone
Southend Boys Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Bizet: Suite No. 1 from Carmen
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Orff: Carmina Burana


20 March 1986
Marek Janowski
Georgine Resick, soprano
Jill Gomez, soprano
John Graham-Hall, tenor
David Thomas, bass
Pro Musica Chorus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Mozart: Mass in C minor


22 March 1986
Owain Arwel Hughes
Marguerite Wolff, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


27 March 1986
Sir Neville Marriner
Peter Donohoe, piano
Cullen/Gunning/Palme: Ode to Richard Rodney Bennett
Rodney Bennett: Music for Strings
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Holst: The Planets, Suite



30 March 1986
Sir Neville Marriner
Peter Donohoe, piano
Introduction and Dance of the Persian Maidens from Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


3 April 1986
Myung-Whun Chung
Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, piano
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


5 April 1986
Myung-Whun Chung
Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, piano
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


13 April 1986
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The Tale of Tsar Sultan
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


20 April 1986
Sir Charles Mackerras
Julian Lloyd Webber, cello
Sullivan: Overture di Ballo
Sullivan: Cello Concerto in D major
Elgar: Romance
Elgar: Enigma Variations



27 April 1986
Christopher Zimmerman
Naum Grubert, piano
Tchaikovsky: Hamlet
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


29 April 1986
Bramwell Tovey
John Ogdon, piano
Jack Brymer, clarinet
Ransom Wilson, flute
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (orchestral version)
Bernstein: Suite from On the Waterfront
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird
Bernstein: Halil
Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs


2 May 1986
David Shallon
Heather Harper, soprano
Bernstein: Symphony No. 1, ‘Jeremiah’
Mahler: Symphony No. 1



4 May 1986
John Mauceri
Nan Christie, soprano
Joyce Castle, mezzo-soprano
Damon Evans, tenor
David Eisler, soprano
Bonaventura Bottone, tenor
Mark Tinkler, baritone
Terence Stamp, narrator
Richard Hickox Singers
Stravinsky: Star Spangled Banner
Blitzstein: Airborne Symphony
Bernstein: Suite from Candide


6 May 1986
Leonard Bernstein
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Aled Jones, treble
London Symphony Chorus
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Bernstein: Serenade
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2, ‘The Age of Anxiety’


8 May 1986
John Mauceri
Bernstein: A Musical Toast
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


9 May 1986
Leonard Bernstein
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Aled Jones, treble
London Symphony Chorus
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Bernstein: Serenade
Bernstein: Symphony No. 2, ‘The Age of Anxiety’


10 May 1986
Richard Hickox
Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Weber: Overture to Oberon
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Elgar: The Music Makers


18 May 1986
Gilbert Kaplan
Jill Gomez, soprano
Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Pro Musica Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’


22 May 1986
Yoel Levi
Ju Hee Suh, piano
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


25 May 1986
Barry Tuckwell
Olivier Gardon, piano
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3
Falla: Three Dances from The Three Cornered Hat


27 May 1986
Yoel Levi
Ju Hee Suh, piano
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


30 May 1986
Trevor Pinnock
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks
Bach: Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen from Cantata 51
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide
Handel: Two Arias from Semele (Oh sleep, why dost thou leave me? And Myself I shall adore)
Haydn: Symphony No. 93


19 June 1986
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Nathan Milstein, violin
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947)
Weinberger: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper


20 June 1986
Geoffrey Simon
James Tocco, piano
Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune


22 June 1986
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Ivo Pogorelich, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 100, ‘Military’
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Kodály: Suite from Hary Janos


26 June 1986
Owain Arwel Hughes
John Lill, piano
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


29 June 1986
Sir Charles Mackerras
Cristina Ortiz, piano
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, ‘Great’


20 July 1986
Jorge Rubio
Carlos Bonell, guitar
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Falla: Three Dances from The Three Cornered Hat
Bizet: Carmen Preludes
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Infanta
Ravel: Bolero


26 July 1986
William Boughton
Alexander Micheljew, cello
Wagner: Overture to The Mastersingers
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


7 August 1986
Sir Neville Marriner
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Walton: Excerpts from Henry V Film Music (with speeches)


9 August 1986
Lorin Maazel
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks




7 September 1986
Barry Tuckwell
Cristina Ortiz, piano
Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


13 September 1986
Geoffrey Simon
Stephanie Chase, violin
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Ravel: La Valse


18 September 1986
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique


20 September 1986
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Debussy: Three Nocturnes
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1919)


25 September 1986
Maxim Shostakovich
Lynn Harrell, cello
Shostakovich: Suite from The Age of Gold
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15


28 September 1986
Sir Colin Davis
Bruno Leonardo Gelber, piano
London Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe


4 October 1986
Andrew Litton
Alexander Baillie, cello
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


5 October 1986
Alvaro Cassuto
Carlos Bonell, guitar
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Overture
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte
Ravel: Bolero
Chabrier: Espana
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol



12 October 1986
Richard Hickox
Heather Harper, soprano
Stephen Roberts, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Brahms: A German Requiem


14 October 1986
Sir Charles Groves
Evelyn Glennie, marimba
Jo Ann Pickens, soprano
Donnie Ray Albert, bass-baritone
Alan Brind, violin
Weinberger: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper
Creston: Concertino for Marimba
Gershwin: Songs from Porgy and Bess
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra


16 October 1986
Yuri Simonov
Ralph Kirshbaum, cello
Mendelssohn: Excerpts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien


20 October 1986
Sir Yehudi Menuhin
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Elgar: Enigma Variations


23 October 1986
Yuri Simonov
Peter Donohoe, piano
Khachaturian: Excerpts from Spartacus
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade


26 October 1986
Claus Peter Flor
Jose Feghali, piano
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


30 October 1986
Mariss Jansons
Evgeny Kruchewski, piano
Verdi: Overture to The Sicilian Vespers
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5



1 November 1986
Yuri Ahronovitch
Ida Haendel, violin
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4



6 November 1986
James Judd
Ivo Pogorelich, piano
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2



9 November 1986
Michael Tilson Thomas
Cecile Ousset, piano
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben



13 November 1986
Michael Tilson Thomas
Benita Valente, soprano
Alfred Hodgson, contralto
Arthur Davies, tenor
Stafford Dean, baritone
Pro Musica Chorus
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


20 November 1986
Michael Tilson Thomas
Benita Valente, soprano
Alfred Hodgson, contralto
Arthur Davies, tenor
Stafford Dean, baritone
Pro Musica Chorus
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


23 November 1986
Claudio Abbado
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Maria Ewing, soprano
Claudia Eder, mezzo-soprano
Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus
Debussy: Prélude á l’après-midi d’un faune
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Debussy: La demoiselle élue
Debussy: Iberia


25 November 1986
Claudio Abbado
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Mendelssohn: A Calm Sea and a Properous Voyage, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7



30 November 1986
Claudio Abbado
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


2 December 1986
James Loughran
John Lill, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3


7 December 1986
James Loughran
John Lill, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’


9 December 1986
Gary Bertini
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Mahler: Symphony No. 6


13 December 1986
Leonard Slatkin
Natalia Gutman, cello
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


14 December 1986
Gary Bertini
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


3 January 1987
Sir Colin Davis
Murray Perahia, piano
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict, Overture
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5


25 January 1987
Claudio Abbado
Stephen Hough, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 16
Mahler: Symphony No. 9


27 January 1987
Claudio Abbado
Jean-Louis Steuermann, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
Mahler: Symphony No. 9



29 January 1987
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Ida Haendel, violin
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete


1 February 1987
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Viktoria Postnikova, piano
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe


8 February 1987
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Debussy: Images
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


10 February 1987
Richard Hickox
Lorraine McAslan, violin
Prokofiev: March and Scherzo from The Love of Three Oranges
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Holst: The Planets


12 February 1987
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Janet Suzman, narrator
Ian McDiarmid, actor
Gary Oldman, actor
Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin


15 February 1987
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Salvatore Accardo, violin
Gwynne Howell, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Gershwin: Overture to Girl Crazy
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast


22 February 1987
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Roy Jowitt, clarinet
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements


26 February 1987
Günther Herbig
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’



1 March 1987
Günther Herbig
Katia and Marielle Labèque, piano
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos, K365
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8


15 March 1987
Myung-Whun Chung
Fou T’song, piano
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6


17 March 1987
Myung-Whun Chung
Kun Woo Paik, piano
Cynthia Haymon, soprano
Lucia Valentini-Terrani, mezzo-soprano
Keith Lewis, tenor
Willard White, bass-baritone
Mozart: Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Rossini: Stabat Mater


19 March 1987
Sir Colin Davis
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


21 March 1987
Myung Whun Chung
Barry Douglas, piano
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 6


22 March 1987
Sir Colin Davis
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


26 March 1987
Richard Hickox
Alison Hargan, soprano
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Philip Langridge, tenor
John Graham-Hall, tenor
Willard White, bass-baritone
Geoffrey Moses, bass
Robert Hardy, narrator
London Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Mass in C major
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex


2 April 1987
Neeme Järvi
Cecile Ousset, piano
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 1



5 April 1987
Geoffrey Simon
Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade


9 April 1987
Wyn Morris
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


11 April 1987
Richard Hickox
Penelope Walmsley-Clark, soprano
John Aler, tenor
Alan Opie, baritone
Southend Boys’ Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été (original version)
Orff: Carmina Burana


12 April 1987
Sir Charles Mackerras
Hideko Udagawa, violin
Smetana: Vltava
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


16 April 1987
Gerard Schwarz
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Chabrier: España
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Ravel: Bolero
Falla: The Three Cornered Hat, complete


19 April 1987
Gerard Schwarz
Augustin Dumay, violin
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Suite
Prokofiev: Pushkin Waltzes
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor


26 April 1987
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Ju Hee Suh, piano
Mussorgsky: Night on The Bare Mountain
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


28 April 1987
Barry Tuckwell
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Michael Roll, piano
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22
Richard Strauss: Don Juan


3 May 1987
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Kun Woo Paik, piano
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart: Piano Concerto No, 20
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Infanta
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Ravel: La Valse


10 May 1987
Jeffrey Tate
Arleen Auger, soprano
Sheila Armstrong, soprano
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor
Willard White, bass-baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Mozart: Mass in C minor


12 May 1987
Jeffrey Tate
Raphael Oleg, violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Violin Concerto


14 May 1987
Neeme Järvi
Jan Erik Gustafsson, cello
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Prokofiev: Suite No. 2 and the Death of Tybalt from Romeo and Juliet


17 May 1987
Neeme Järvi
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10


21 May 1987
Leonard Slatkin
Midori, violin
Rossini: Overture to The Thieving Magpie
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5


24 May 1987
Leonard Slatkin
Christian Zacharias, piano
Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


26 May 1987
Leonard Slatkin
John Lill, piano
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’



31 May 1987
Yuri Ahronovitch
Gil Shaham, violin
Rimsky-Korsakov: Excerpts from The Invisible City of Kitezh
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


4 June 1987
John Mauceri
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


7 June 1987
John Mauceri
Stephen Hough, piano
Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky


11 June 1987
Paul Anthony McRae
Joanna McGregor, piano
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, ‘From the New World’


14 June 1987
Maxim Shostakovich
Gary Hoffmann, cello
Dimiter Petkov, bass
London Voices
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, ‘Babi Yar’


21 June 1987
Michael Tilson Thomas
Paul Nicholas, singer
Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Levant: Dirge
Gershwin: The Bad and the Beautiful
Bernstein: The Subway Ride and Imaginary
Bernstein: Coney Island Sequence
Gershwin: Second Rhapsody
Gershwin: Songs from Shall We Dance?
Brahms: Piano Quartet (orch. Schoenberg)


25 June 1987
Michael Tilson Thomas
Michel Beroff, piano
Debussy: Prélude á l’après-midi d’un faune
Milhaud: La Creation du monde
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (orchestral version)
Debussy: La plus que lente
Gershwin: Nocturne for Lily Pons
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Gershwin: An American in Paris



28 June 1987
Michael Tilson Thomas
Cynthia Harmon, soprano
Bernard Thacker, tenor
Willard White, bass-baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Berg: Lulu Suite
Gershwin: Excerpts from Porgy and Bess




6 September 1987
Richard Hickox
Nina Milkina, piano
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Overture
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Infanta
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


19 September 1987
Lorin Maazel
Wilhelmina Fernandez, soprano
Linda Finnie, mezzo-soprano
Kurt Streit, tenor
Peter Meven, bass-baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


22 September 1987
Lorin Maazel
Wilhelmina Fernandez, soprano
Linda Finnie, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, ‘Resurrection’


24 September 1987
Lorin Maazel
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


6 October 1987
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
John Lill, piano
Rossini: Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


15 October 1987
Maxim Shostakovich
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Bernstein: Slava!, Overture
Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
Dvořák: Cello Concerto


18 October 1987
Maxim Shostakovich
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


22 October 1987
Otmar Suitner
Hiroko Nakamura, piano
Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


1 November 1987
Neeme Järvi
Peter Donohoe, piano
Schumann: Overture to Genoveva
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Brahms: Symphony No. 4

12 November 1987
Claudio Abbado
Michel Beroff, piano
Lucia Valentini-Terrani, mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky


19 November 1987
Michael Tilson Thomas
Jard Van Nes, contralto
Southend Boys’ Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 3


26 November 1987
Kenneth Klein
Hideko Udagawa, violin
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8


29 November 1987
Richard Hickox
Carter Larsen, piano
Grieg: Suite No. 2 from Peer Gynt
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


13 December 1987
Wyn Morris
Peter Katin, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


16 December 1987
James Judd
John Lill, piano
Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Sleeping Beauty
Tchaikovsky: 1812, Overture


2 January 1988
Wyn Morris
David Golub, piano
Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’


6 January 1988
Sir Colin Davis
Murray Perahia, piano
Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7



8 January 1988
Sir Colin Davis
John Williams, guitar
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Steve Gray: Guitar Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 1


17 January 1988
Richard Hickox
Heather Harper, soprano
Penelope Walmsley-Clark, mezzo-soprano
James Bowman, counter-tenor
Donald Maxwell, baritone
Southend Boys Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Orff: Carmina Burana


21 January 1988
Wyn Morris
David Golub, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’


24 January 1988
Richard Hickox
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
David Wilson Johnson, baritone
Ernst Kovacic, violin
London Symphony Chorus
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
Hoddinott: The Heaventree of Stars for Violin and Orchestra
Elgar: Sea Pictures
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast


31 January 1988
Jeffrey Tate
Yo Yo Ma, cello
Robert Saxton: In the Beginning
Walton: Cello Concerto
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5


11 February 1988
Geoffrey Simon
Gwendolyn Mok, piano
Richard Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Johann Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


13 February 1988
Richard Hickox
Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano
Philip Langridge, tenor
Gwynne Howell, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius



18 February 1988
Paul Freeman
Sergiu Schwartz, violin
Alexis Golovin, piano
Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite


21 February 1988
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5
Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
Albeniz: Sevilla and Granada from Iberia (orch de Burgos)
Weinberger: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper


25 February 1988
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
David Wehr, piano
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’


28 February 1988
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Elizabeth Gale, soprano
Alfreda Hodgson, mezzo-soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Mendelssohn: Elijah


6 March 1988
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Augustin Dumay, violin
Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


11 March 1988
Bramwell Tovey
Gil Shaham, violin
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


18 March 1988
Richard Williams
Gwenneth Pryor, piano
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)
Ravel: Bolero



24 March 1988
Amedeo Monetti
Maria Clara Monetti, piano
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Smetana: Vltava
Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet


27 March 1988
Claus Peter Flor
Israela Margalit, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


31 March 1988
Barry Tuckwell
Mayumi Fujikawa, violin
Barry Tuckwell, horn
Mendelssohn: Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Violin Concerto Mendelssohn:
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3
Elgar:
Enigma Variations

7 April 1988
Michael Tilson Thomas
Jorge Bolet, piano
Till Eulenspiegel Richard Strauss:
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel: Mother Goose


11 April 1988
Michael Tilson Thomas
Stephen Hough, piano
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


16 April 1988
Roger Norrington
Lynne Dawson, soprano
Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano
Philip Langridge, tenor
John Tomlinson, bass
The Schutz Choir of London
Handel: The Messiah


17 April 1988
Vladimir Spivakov
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2
Haydn: Symphony No. 94, ‘Surprise’



21 April 1988
Pinchas Zukerman
David Shallon*
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Ralph Kirshbaum, cello
Violin Concerto in E major Bach:
Variations on a Rococo Theme Tchaikovsky:
Double Concerto Brahms: *


23 April 1988
David Zinman
James Galway, flute
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Lukas Foss: Renaissance Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Bizet: Carmen Fantasy (arr. Galway)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8


24 April 1988
David Zinman
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Violin Concerto


1 May 1988
Yuri Ahronovitch
Joshua Bell, violin
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Suite from The Nutcracker
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor


5 May 1988
Yuri Ahronovitch
Salvatore Accardo, violin
Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Bernstein: Serenade after Plato’s Symposium
Brahms: Violin Concerto


8 May 1988
Wyn Morris
Alison Hargan, soprano
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
David Rendall, tenor
Gwynne Howell, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, ‘Choral’


13 May 1988
Valery Gergiev
Vadim Repin, violin
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


15 May 1988
Valery Gergiev
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’

19 May 1988
Myung-Whun Chung
Myung-Whun Chung, piano
Kyung Wha Chung, violin
Myung Wha Chung, cello
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


22 May 1988
Myung-Whun Chung
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Mussorgsky: Prelude and Gopak from Sorochintsky Fair
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet


26 May 1988
Kent Nagano
Gidon Kremer, violin
Turnage: Night Dances
Schnittke: Violin Concerto No. 4
Maxwell Davies: Symphony No. 2


29 May 1988
Kent Nagano
Weber: Le Spectre de la Rose
Chopin: Suite from Les Sylphides
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


31 May 1988
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Maria Ewing, soprano
Cécile Ousset, piano
Lambert: Tout l’univers obeit a l’amour
Dumont: Air tender, O mon Coeur
Charpentier: Introduction Nouveau for Le Mariage Force
Lully: Premiere entrée from The Ballet des Nations
Charpentier: Chaconne Charmante paix (Les Arts Florissants)
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Ravel: Bolero


2 June 1988
Shlomo Mintz
Shlomo Mintz, violin
Schubert: Overture to Rosamunde
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, ‘Prague’
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons


5 June 1988
Jeffrey Tate
Nigel Kennedy, violin
Simon Callow, narrator
Benjamin: Ringed by the Flat Horizon
Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
Elgar: Violin Concerto



10 June 1988
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
John Williams, guitar
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Infanta
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Albeniz: Granada and Sevilla from Iberia (orch. De Burgos)
Falla: Pantomime and Ritual Fire Dance from Love the Magician
Chapi: Prelude from La Revoltosa
Granados: Intermezzo from Goyescas
Giminez: Intermezzo from Las Bodas de Luis Alonso


12 June 1988
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Ibert: Escales
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


19 June 1988
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Michel Beroff, piano
London Symphony Chorus
Debussy: Three Nocturnes
Debussy: La Mer
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Ravel: Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloe


30 June 1988
Paul Freeman
Sequeira Costa, piano
James Campbell, clarinet
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Enescu: Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1


3 July 1988
Sir Charles Mackerras
Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


7 July 1988
Neeme Järvi
Lydia Mordkovitch, violin
Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


10 July 1988
Neeme Järvi
Katia and Marielle Labèque, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1945)



24 July 1988
Richard Hickox
Steven Isserlis, cello
Ladies of the London Symphony Chorus
Cockaigne, Overture Elgar:
Cello Concerto Elgar:
The Planets, Suite Holst:


28 July 1988
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Stravinsky: Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Falla: Suites 1 and 2 from The Three Cornered Hat


30 July 1988
Michael Tilson Thomas
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor (orch. Schoenberg)

15 September 1988
Michael Tilson Thomas
Anna Steiger, soprano
Knussen: Flourish with Fireworks
Holloway: Clarissa’s Scene from Clarissa Symphony
Mahler: Symphony No. 9


18 September 1988
Michael Tilson Thomas
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra


25 September 1988
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast


27 September 1988
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Felix Schmidt, cello
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
London Symphony Chorus
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast


9 October 1988
Vladimir Spivakov
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
Alexander Barfabtschik, violin
Douglas Cummings, cello
Roy Carter, oboe
Martin Gatt, bassoon
Bach: Concerto in D minor for Two Violins
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante
Haydn: Symphony No. 45, ‘Farewell’


12 October 1988
Leonard Bernstein
Paul Edmund-Davies, flute
Andrew Marriner, clarinet
Bernstein: Jubilee Games
Bernstein: Halil
Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Bernstein: Suite No. 2 from Dybbuk
Bernstein: Suite from Fancy Free


13 October 1988
Leonard Bernstein
Paul Edmund-Davies, flute
Andrew Marriner, clarinet
Bernstein: Jubilee Games
Bernstein: Halil
Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Bernstein: Suite No. 2 from Dybbuk
Bernstein: Suite from Fancy Free



20 October 1988
Lawrence Foster
Alfred Brendel, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 1, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3


22 October 1988
Lawrence Foster
Alfred Brendel, piano
Beethoven: Leonore No. 2, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4


30 October 1988
Michael Schønwandt
Alfred Brendel, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’


3 November 1988
Sir Colin Davis
Claudio Arrau, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


5 November 1988
Sir Colin Davis
Edith Wiens, soprano
Anne Mason, mezzo-soprano
Alejandro Ramirez, tenor
Aldo Baldin, tenor
Rainer Scholze, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, ‘Italian’
Schubert: Mass in E flat major


13 November 1988
Witold Rowicki
Igor Oistrakh, violin
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


15 November 1988
Mstislav Rostropovich
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
Shostakovich: Festival Overture
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


24 November 1988
Mstislav Rostropovich
Shostakovich: Five Extracts from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8



27 November 1988
Claudio Abbado
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante for Cello and Orchestra
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (complete)


1 December 1988
Mstislav Rostropovich
Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7, ‘Leningrad’


8 December 1988
Mstislav Rostropovich
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12


11 December 1988
Mstislav Rostropovich
London Symphony Chorus
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 3
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, ‘The Year 1905’


15 December 1988
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10


5 January 1989
Sir Colin Davis
Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


8 January 1989
Richard Hickox
Hideko Udagawa, violin
Penelope Walmsley-Clarke, soprano
James Bowman, counter-tenor
Donald Maxwell, baritone
Southend Boys’ Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Brahms: Song of Destiny
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Orff: Carmina Burana


22 January 1989
Michael Tilson Thomas
Sylvia Greenberg, soprano
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


26 January 1989
Jun’ichi Hirokami
Barry Douglas, piano
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

29 January 1989
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Arleen Auger, soprano
Ravel: Une barque sur l’ocean
Ravel: Shéhérazade, song cycle
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique


5 February 1989
Myung-Whun Chung
Hélène Grimaud, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Suite from The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pathétique’


9 February 1989
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


12 February 1989
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Janice Cairns, soprano
Janice Taylor, contralto
Tonio de Paulo, tenor
Justino Diaz, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Requiem Mass


16 February 1989
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Janice Cairns, soprano
Janice Taylor, contralto
Tonio de Paulo, tenor
Justino Diaz, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Requiem Mass


19 February 1989
Michael Tilson Thomas
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


26 February 1989
Michael Tilson Thomas
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


2 April 1989
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Igor Oistrakh, violin
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


6 April 1989
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Igor Oistrakh, violin
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

9 April 1989
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Louis Lortie, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Ravel: Bolero


20 April 1989
Richard Hickox
Rosalind Plowright, soprano
Linda Finnie, mezzo-soprano
Arthur Davies, tenor
John Rawnsley, baritone
Jeremy Budd, treble
London Symphony Chorus
Mendelssohn: Elijah


30 April 1989
Michael Tilson Thomas
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin
Thomas Randle, tenor
Peter Ustinov, narrator
Balakirev: Russia, symphonic poem
Borodin: The Sea (orch. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Cui: Suite Concertante (Intermezzo Scherzando)
Mussorgsky: Entr’acte from Khovanshchina
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite


7 May 1989
Michael Tilson Thomas
Makvala Kasrashvili, soprano
Jon Frederic West, tenor
Dolora Zajick, mezzo-soprano
Edward R. White, jnr, bass
Sergei Leiferkus, baritone
Alfreda Hodgson, contralto
Gaby Agis, dancer
London Symphony Chorus
Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada (concert performance)


14 May 1989
Michael Tilson Thomas
Paata Burchuladze, bass
Liadov: Kikimora
Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade


18 May 1989
Michael Tilson Thomas
Borodin: Finale from Mlada
Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Mussorgsky: March from Mlada
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)



24 May 1989
Seiji Ozawa
Hildegard Behrens, Elektra
Christa Ludwig, Klytemnestra
Nadine Secunde, Chrysothemis
Ragnar Ulfung, Aegist
Jorma Hynninen, Orest
Joan Khara, Maid
Catherine Wyn Rogers, Maid
Margaret Yauger, Maid
Lesley Garrett, Maid
Anna Steiger, Maid
Phyllis Cannan, Overseer
Roderic Keating, Servant
Roderick Kennedy, Servant
London Symphony Chorus
Richard Strauss: Elektra (concert performance)


26 May 1989
Sir Colin Davis
Kyung-Wha Chung, violin
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments


4 June 1989
Richard Hickox
Margaret Marshall, soprano
Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano
Arthur Davies, tenor
David Wilson-Johnson, bass
London Symphony Chorus
Elgar: The Kingdom


6 June 1989
Sir Georg Solti
Murray Perahia, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


8 June 1989
Sir Georg Solti
Murray Perahia, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


15 June 1989
Kent Nagano
Jean-François Heisser, piano
Jeanne Loriod, ondes martenot
Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony


18 June 1989
Bryden Thomson
Brian Rayner Cook, baritone
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Katia and Marielle Labèque, piano
Mozart: Overture to Cosi fan tutte
Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)



29 June 1989
Mstislav Rostropovich
Mussorgsky: Overture to Khovanshchina
Shostakovich: Suite from The Age of Gold
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10


1 July 1989
Mstislav Rostropovich
Midori, violin
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15

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