Saturday 13 August 2016

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - The Solti Years 1969 - 1991 Part 1


1969 – 1970


25, 26, 27 September 1969
Carlo Maria Giulini
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Orchestral excerpts
Salviucci: Introduzione, passacaglia e finale
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947 version)


2, 3 October 1969
Carlo Maria Giulini
Isaac Stern, violin
Beethoven: Egmont, Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite


9, 10, 11 October 1969
Carlo Maria Giulini
Claude Frank, piano
Bonporti: Concerto Grosso in D major
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


16, 17, 18 October 1969
Carlo Maria Giulini
Franco Gulli, violin
Rossini: Semiramide, Overture
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 2
Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina, Prelude
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


23, 24 October 1969
Irwin Hoffman
Rudolf Firkusny, piano
Kay: Of New Horizons
Dvořák: Piano Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


30, 31 October, 1 November 1969
Eliahu Inbal
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5


6, 7, 8 November 1969
Erich Leinsdorf
Bruno Leonardo Gelber, piano
Weber: Der Freischütz, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, excerpts


13, 14, 15 November 1969
Jerzy Semkow
Pierre Fournier, cello
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Overture
Haydn: Cello Concerto in D major
Scriabin: Symphony No. 2


20, 21 November 1969
Jerzy Semkow
Rossini: Sonata a quattro No. 3
Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


27, 28, 29 November 1969
Georg Solti
Jacqueline du Pré, cello
Ives: Three Places in New England
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8


4, 5 December 1969
Georg Solti
Robert Casadesus, piano
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Carter: Variations for Orchestra
Bartók: Dance Suite


11, 12 December 1969
Georg Solti
Heather Harper, soprano
Stuart Burrows, tenor
Giorgio Tozzi, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Haydn: The Creation


18, 19, 20 December 1969
Georg Solti
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Overture
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


1, 2, 3 January 1970
Georg Solti
Haydn: Symphony No. 102
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


15, 16, 17 January 1970
Bruno Maderna
Cathy Berberian, mezzo-soprano
Schubert: Five Pieces for Piano, Four Hands (orch. Maderna)
Maderna: Quadrivium
Berio: Epifanio
Stravinsky: Circus Polka
Stravinsky: Scherzo à la Russe


22, 23 January 1970
Bruno Maderna
Donald Peck, flute
Mozart: Symphony No. 31, Paris
Earle Brown: From Here
Gabrieli: In ecclesiis, motet
Vlijmen: Serenate No. 2 for flute and orchestra
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra




29, 30, 31 January 1970
Carlo Maria Giulini
Claudio Arrau, piano
Casella: La Giara, Suite
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 3


5, 6 February 1970
Carlo Maria Giulini
Zino Francescatti, violin
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Nabokov: Two Portraits
Debussy: La mer


12, 13, 14 February 1970
Carlo Maria Giulini
Teresa Zylis-Gara, soprano
Anna Reynolds, mezzo-soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
Ezio Flagello, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Missa solemnis


19, 20, 21 February 1970
Carlo Maria Giulini
Geza Anda, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Haffner
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish


26, 27, 28 February 1970
Georg Solti
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


5, 6 March 1970
Georg Solti
Clifford Curzon, piano
Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Schumann: Symphony No. 2


12, 14, 16 March 1970
Georg Solti
Anja Silja, Leonore
Jess Thomas, Florestan
Thomas Paul, Don Fernando
Kurt Boehme, Rocco
Lucia Popp, Marcelline
Herbert Fliether, Don Pizarro
Frank Porretta, Jacquino
William Wahman, Prisoner
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Fidelio (concert performance)





19, 20, 21 March 1970
Georg Solti
Victor Aitay, violin
Frank Miller, cello
Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude Act 1
Brahms: Double Concerto
Elgar: Symphony No. 1


30 March, 2, 3 April 1970
Georg Solti
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Mahler: Symphony No. 6


9, 10, 11 April 1970
Aaron Copland
Carter: Holiday Overture
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Royal Hunt and Storm
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra
Copland: Symphonic Ode


16, 17, 18 April 1970
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Albeniz: Iberia, excerpts (orch. Arbos)
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


23, 24, 25 April 1970
Irwin Hoffman
György Pauk, violin
Mozart: Divertimento No. 17 in D major
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Ravel: La valse


7, 8, 9 May 1970
Irwin Hoffman
André Watts, piano
Colgrass: As Quiet As
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra


14, 15 May 1970
Charles Mackerras
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Joan Caplan, mezzo-soprano
John Alexander, tenor
Ara Berberian, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Janáček: Sinfonietta
Janáček: Cunning Little Vixen, Suite
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass




1970 – 1971


24, 25 September 1970
Carlo Maria Giulini
Robert Conant, harpsichord
Edward Druzinsky, harp
Mary Sauer, piano
Frescobaldi: Three Pieces (arr. Ghedini)
Martin: Petite symphonie concertante
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


1, 2, 3 October 1970
Carlo Maria Giulini
John Browning, piano
Sidney Weiss, violin
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole


8, 9 October 1970
Carlo Maria Giulini
Rafael Orozco, piano
Ray Still, oboe
Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


15, 16, 17 October 1970
Carlo Maria Giulini
Teresa Zylis-Gara, soprano
Joanna Simon, contralto
Luigi Alva, tenor
Paul Plishka, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Haydn: Symphony No. 99
Beethoven: Mass in C major


22, 23, 24 October 1970
Henry Mazer
Kerstin Meyer, contralto
Berlioz: Le Corsaire, Overture
Delius: Brigg Fair
Chausson: Poème de l’amour et de la mer
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5


29, 30, 31 October 1970
Charles Mackerras
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
Brahms: Symphony No. 3


12, 13, 14 November 1970
Daniel Barenboim
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 7
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7




19, 20, 21 November 1970
Georg Solti
Sidney Weiss, violin
Jean Weiss, piano
Haydn: Concerto in F major for violin, piano and strings
Mahler: Symphony No. 7


26, 27 November 1970
Georg Solti
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra


3, 4 December 1970
Georg Solti
Earl Wild, piano
Marvin David Levy: Piano Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8


10, 11, 12 December 1970
Georg Solti
Alexis Weissenberg, piano
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Stravinsky: Orpheus
Rossini: The Barber of Seville, Overture


16, 18, 19 December 1970
Georg Solti
Helen Donath, soprano
Huguette Tourangeau, mezzo-soprano
George Shirley, tenor
Martti Talvela, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Choral


30 December 1970, 1, 2 January 1971
Aldo Ceccato
Alfred Brendel, piano
Penderecki: Polymorphia
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19
Ravel: Un barque sur l’océan
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish


7, 8, 9 January 1971
Claudio Abbado
Josef Suk, violin
Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


14, 15 January 1971
Claudio Abbado
Helen Watts, contralto
Glenn Ellyn Children’s Theater Chorus
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 3




21, 22, 23 January 1971
Claudio Abbado
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Bruckner: Symphony No.  1


28, 29, 30 January 1971
Erich Leinsdorf
Varèse: Déserts
Weill: The Threepenny Opera, Suite
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


4, 5, 6 February 1971
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Leonid Kogan, violin
Mozart: Symphony No. 38
Berg: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4


11, 12, 13 February 1971
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Gina Bachauer, piano
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Symphony in One Movement
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


18, 19, 20 February 1971
Eugene Ormandy
Bartók: Two Portraits
Harris: Symphony No. 3
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5


25, 26 February 1971
Irwin Hoffman
Peter Frankl, piano
Dello Joio: Variations, Chaconne and Finale
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


4, 5, 6 March 1971
Carlo Maria Giulini
Ray Still, oboe
Clark Brody, clarinet
Willard Elliot, bassoon
Dale Clevenger, horn
Mozart: A Musical Joke
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Wind Instruments
Mozart: Symphony No. 39


11, 12 March 1971
Carlo Maria Giulini
Jerome Lowenthal, piano
Victor Altay, violin
Elsa Charlston, soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
György Rayki: Concert Requiem
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Donald Denniston: Sun Song
Brahms: Tragic Overture




18, 19 March 1971
Carlo Maria Giulini
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


25, 26, 27 March 1971
Carlo Maria Giulini
Martina Arroyo, soprano
Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano
Carlo Cossutta, tenor
Ezio Flagello, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Messa da Requiem


1, 2 April 1971
Georg Solti
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Stephen Burton: Symphony for Large Orchestra
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


9, 10 April 1971
Georg Solti
Heather Harper, soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Tom Krause, baritone
Donald Gramm, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Glen Ellyn Children’s Theatre Chorus
Bach: St. Matthew Passion


15, 16, 17 April 1971
Georg Solti
Isaac Stern, violin
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Stout: Symphony No. 4
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique


22, 24, 25 April 1971
Georg Solti
Karen Altman, soprano (Woglinde, Freia)
Mignon Dunn, mezzo-soprano (Fricka)
Huguette Tourangeau, mezzo-soprano (Wellgunde)
Helen Watts. contralto (Flosshilde, Erda)
John Lanigan, tenor (Mime)
Kenneth Riegel, tenor (Froh)
Gerhard Stolze, tenor (Loge)
Rolf Kuhne, bass (Alberich)
Thomas Paul, bass (Donner)
Hans Sotin, bass (Fafner)
Martti Talvela, bass (Fasolt)
David Ward, bass (Wotan)
Wagner: Das Rheingold (concert performance)




7, 8 May 1971
Georg Solti
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Lou Ann Wyckoff, soprano
Ella Lee, soprano
Elsa Charlston, soprano
Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
Robert Johnson, tenor
William Walker, baritone
Michael Devlin, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Elen Ellyn Children’s Theatre Chorus
Concert Choir of Northwestern University
Chorus of North Park College
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Mahler: Symphony No. 8





















1971 – 1972


14, 15 October 1971
Georg Solti
Carter: Variations for Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


21, 22, 23 October 1971
Georg Solti
Ives: Washington’s Birthday
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


28, 29, 30 October 1971
Georg Solti
Geza Anda, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Haffner
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2


4, 5 November 1971
Georg Solti
Janos Starker, cello
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Rosza: Cello Concerto
Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude Act 1


11, 12, 13 November 1971
Georg Solti
Richard Lewis, tenor
Hans Hotter, bass
Donald Gramm, bass
Karen Altman, soprano
Kenneth Riegel, tenor
Benjamin Matthews, baritone
Eugene Johnson, bass
Alfred Reichel, baritone
Jack Abraham, baritone
Emilie Miller, mezzo soprano
Stephen Swanson, baritone
Barbara Pearson, soprano
Nancy Clevenger, soprano
Elizabeth Muir-Lewis, contralto
Sharon Powell, mezzo soprano
William Wahman, tenor
Arthur Berg, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron (concert performance)


24, 26, 27 November 1971
Henry Mazer
György Pauk, violin
Adolph Herseth, trumpet
Telemann: Concerto for Trumpet, Strings and Harpsichord
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Franck: Symphony




2, 3 December 1971
Carlo Maria Giulini
André Watts, piano
Robert Roberts, electric guitar
Stephen Alberts: Leaves from the Golden Notebook (world premiere)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


9, 10, 11 December 1971
Carlo Maria Giulini
Mahler: Symphony No. 9


16, 17, 18 December 1971
Carlo Maria Giulini
Margaret Price, soprano
Josephine Veasey, mezzo soprano
Luigi Alva, tenor
John Shirley-Quirk, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Bach: Mass in B minor


6, 7 January 1972
John Pritchard
Ruggiero Ricci, violin
Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Holst: The Planets


13, 14 January 1972
Carlo Maria Giulini
Szymon Goldberg, violin
Milton Preves, viola
Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral


20, 21, 22 January 1972
Carlo Maria Giulini
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Raffaele Arié, bass
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Little Russian


27, 28, 29 January 1972
Carlo Maria Giulini
Szymon Goldberg, violin
Donald Peck, flute
Ghedini: Sonata da Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion
Turchi: The Labyrinth (world premiere)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto




3, 4, 5 February 1972
Carlo Maria Giulini
Victor Altay, violin
Edgar Muenzer, violin
Milton Preves, viola
Frank Miller, cello
Leonard Chausow, cello
Raffaele Arié, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Josephs: Requiem


17, 18, 19 February 1972
Daniel Barenboim
Clifford Curzon, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9


24, 25, 26 February 1972
Daniel Barenboim
Dale Clevenger, horn
Richard Oldberg, horn
Thomas Howell, horn
Norman Schweikert, horn
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Schumann: Konzertstück for Four Horns
Elgar: Symphony No. 2


2, 3, 4 March 1972
Zdenek Macal
Konstanty Kulka, violin
Dvorak: Carnival, Overture
Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1
Martinu: Symphony No. 1


9, 10, 11 March 1972
Dean Dixon
Alfred Brendel, piano
Henze: Undine, Trois Pas de Tritons
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


16, 17, 18 March 1972
Bruno Maderna
Esther Glazer, violin
Mozart: Serenata notturna
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto
Druckman: Windows (premiere)
Debussy: Jeux


23, 24, 25 March 1972
Bruno Maderna
Earl Wild, piano
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Levy: Trialogus (premiere)
Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Maderna: Aura (premiere)




30, 31 March, 1 April 1972
Margaret Hillis
Heather Harper, soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
Robert Johnson, tenor
Richard Lewis, tenor
Barry McDaniel, baritone
Boris Carmeli, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Handel: Jephtha


6, 7, 8 April 1972
Mario Bernardi
Philippe Entremont, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1919)



13, 14 April 1972
Georg Solti
Dale Clevenger, horn
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


27, 28 April 1972
Georg Solti
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Handel: Concerto grosso Op. 3 No. 1
Mozart: Mentre ti lascio
Mozart: La finta Giardiniera, Nach der Welschen Art
Mozart: Un bacio di mano
Mozart: Männer suchen stets zu naschen
Mozart: Ich möchte wohl der Kaiser sein
Roussel: Symphony No. 3
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice


4, 5, 6 May 1972
, Georg Solti
Yvonne Minton mezzo soprano
René Kollo, tenor
Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde


12, 13 May 1972
Georg Solti
Pilar Lorengar, soprano
Yvonne Minton, mezzo soprano
René Kollo, tenor
Martti Talvela, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Choral


25, 26, 27 May 1972
Henry Mazer
John Browning, piano
Ray Still, oboe
Richard Kanter, oboe
Albinoni: Concerto for Two Oboes
Barber: Piano Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
1, 2, 3 June 1972
Aldo Ceccato
Franco Gulli, violin
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Ravel: Tzigane
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suites Nos. 1 and 2


8, 9 June 1972
Aldo Ceccato
Menahem Pressler, piano
Robert Johnson, tenor
Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Liszt: A Faust Symphony


15, 16 June 1972
Irwin Hoffman
Jerome Lowenthal, piano
David Ward-Steinman, synthesizer
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Rorem: Piano Concerto No. 3
Ward-Steinman: Arcturus
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8




1972 – 1973


28, 29, 30 September 1972
Carlo Maria Giulini
Schumann: Manfred, Overture
Petrassi: Concerto for Orchestra No. 8
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


5, 6 October 1972
Carlo Maria Giulini
Radu Lupu, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8


12, 13, 14 October 1972
Carlo Maria Giulini
Heather Harper, soprano
Julia Hamari, mezzo soprano
Veriano Luchetti, tenor
Raffaele Arie, bass
Willard Elliot, bassoon
Vivaldi: Concerto for Bassoon and Strings, La note
Vivaldi: Gloria
Rossini: Stabat Mater


19, 20 October 1972
Carlo Maria Giulini
Frank Miller, cello
Robert Lombardo: Threnody for Strings
Lalo: Cello Concerto
Ravel: Mother Goose, Suite
Falla: The Three Cornered Hat, Three Dances


26, 27, 28 October 1972
Daniel Barenboim
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Falstaff


2, 3, 4 November 1972
Daniel Barenboim
Haydn: Symphony No. 86
Stravinsky: Concerto in D
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring


9, 10 November 1972
Georg Solti
Samuel Magad, violin
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, Overture
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


16, 17, 18 November 1972
Georg Solti
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Weber: Oberon, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Henze: Heliogabulus Imperator (world premiere)

22, 24, 25 November 1972
Georg Solti
Isaac Stern, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 22
Bsrtók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes


30 November, 1, 2 December 1972
Georg Solti
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Stuart Burrows, tenor
Robert Savoir, baritone
Roger Soyer, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust


14, 15, 16 December 1972
Georg Solti
Christoph Eschenbach, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Alan Stout: George Lieder (world premiere)
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2


21, 22 December 1972
Georg Solti
Barbara Pearson, soprano
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Mahler: Symphony No. 4


11, 12, 13 January 1973
Erich Leinsdorf
Ralph Votapek, piano
Chicago Symphony String Quartet
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Schoenberg: Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Ravel: La valse


18, 19, 20 January 1973
Daniel Barenboim
Sheila Arnstrong, soprano
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Brahms: A German Requiem


25, 26, 27 January 1973
Daniel Barenboim
Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


1, 2, 3 February 1973
Seiji Ozawa
Haydn: Symphony No. 60, Il distratto
Ligeti: Melodien
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5




8, 9, 10 February 1973
Seiji Ozawa
Gina Bachauer, piano
Charles Boone: First Landscape
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Stravinsky: The Firebird, complete


15, 16 February 1973
Henry Mazer
Israela Margalit, piano
Grover Schlitz, cor anglais
Donald Peck, flute
Diamond: Elegies
Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Janacek: Taras Bulba


22, 23, 24 February 1973
Lorin Maazel
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Bartók: Two Images
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy


1, 2, 3 March 1973
Lorin Maazel
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Salvatore Martirano: Contrasto
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Symphony No. 2


9, 10, 11 March 1973
Lukas Foss
Bethaly Bearsdale, soprano
Robert Johnson, tenor
Leslie Guinn, baritone
Ives: Decoration Day
Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Foss: Baroque Variations
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod


22, 23, 24 March 1973
Rafael Kubelik
Haydn: Symphony No. 104
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic


29, 30, 31 March 1973
Sergiu Comissiona
Chausson: Symphony
Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite


5, 6, 7 April 1973
Sergiu Comissiona
Alfred Brendel, piano
Husa: Music for Prague
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony




12, 13 April 1973
Sir Georg Solti
Anja Silja, soprano
Clark Brody, clarinet
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Schoenberg: Erwartung



19, 20, 21 April 1973
Sir Georg Solti
Eugene Istomin, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


26, 28 April 1973
Sir Georg Solti
Helga Dernesch, soprano
Karen Altman, soprano
Barbara Pearson, soprano
Gwendolyn Jones, mezzo soprano
Sandra Walker, mezzo soprano
Jess Thomas, tenor
Donald Gramm, bass
Martti Talvela, bass
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Act 3 (concert performance)


24, 25 May 1973
Henry Mazer
Stephen Bishop, piano
William Schuman: Credendum
Richard Rodney Bennett: Piano Concerto
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Inextinguishable


31 May, 1 June 1973
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Stephen Swanson, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Haydn: Symphony No. 44
Hindemith: Concert Music for Strings and Brass
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast


7, 8 June 1973
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Misha Dichter, piano
Teresa Orantes, soprano
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Falla: The Three Cornered Hat, complete




1973 – 1974


(First two weeks of season cancelled due to labour dispute)

18, 19 October 1973
Sir Georg Solti
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
Ruggles: Men and Mountains
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


25, 27 October 1973
Sir Georg Solti
Josef Suk, violin
Berlioz: Les francs-juges, Overture
Martinu: Violin Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Macbeth
Richard Strauss: Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils


1, 2, 3 November 1973
Sir Georg Solti
Wendy Fine, soprano
Julia Hamari, mezzo soprano
Peter Schreier, tenor
Karl Ridderbusch, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Missa solemnis


8, 10, 11 November 1973
Sir Georg Solti
Mahler: Symphony No. 6


21, 23, 24 November 1973
Carlo Maria Giulini
Samuel Magad, violin
Frank Miller, cello
Ray Still, oboe
Willard Elliot, bassoon
Haydn: Sinfonia concertante
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


29, 30 November 1973
Carlo Maria Giulini
Michel Bloch, piano
Clark Brody, clarinet
Debussy: Clarinet Rhapsody No. 1
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Webern: Passacaglia
Hindemith, Symphony, Mathis der Maler


6, 7 December 1973
Michael Gielen
Wanda Wilkomirska, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2
Penderecki: Capriccio for Violin
Scriabin: Symphony No. 3, The Divine Poem




13, 14 December 1973
John Nelson
Copland: Unanswered Question
Stravinsky: Petrushka (1947)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6


20, 21, 22 December 1973
Henry Mazer
Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano
William Karlin: Concert Music No. 5
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26, Coronation
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15


10, 11, 13 January 1974
Guido Ajmone-Marsan
Gary Graffmann, piano
Weber: Euryanthe, Overture
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Walton: Symphony No. 1


17, 18, 19 January 1974
Sir Georg Solti
Kyung-Wha Chung, violin
Bartók: Divertimento for Strings
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Enigma Variations


24, 26, 27 January 1974
Sir Georg Solti
Adolph Herseth, trumpet
Britten: Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto
Hindemith: Symphony in E flat major
Verdi: La forza del destino, Overture


31 January, 1, 2 February 1974
Christoph von Dohnányi
György Pauk, violin
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, From the New World


7, 8, 9 February 1974
Christoph von Dohnányi
Anthony and Joseph Paratore, piano
Ligeti: Lontano
Mozart: Double Piano Concerto
Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


14, 15, 16 February 1974
Claudio Abbado
Alan Baker, narrator
Schubert: Rosamunde, Two excerpts
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique




21, 22, 23 February 1974
Claudio Abbado
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 3


28 February, 1, 3 March 1974
Lukas Foss
Alexis Weissenberg, piano
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Schnittke: Pianissmo
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini

7, 8, 9 March 1974
Michael Tippett
Heather Harper, soprano
Stephen Bishop, piano
Tippett: Piano Concerto
Tippett: Symphony No. 3


14, 15, 16 March 1974
Carlo Maria Giulini
Dino Ciani, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Bruckner: Symphony No. 2


21, 22, 23 March 1974
Carlo Maria Giulini
Jessye Norman, soprano
Birgit Finnilä, mezzo soprano
Ernst Haefliger, tenor
Raffaele Ariè, baritone
Sarah Beatty, soprano
Isola Jones, contralto
Philip Creech, tenor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri


28, 29 March 1974
Henry Mazer
Bruno Leonardo Gelber, piano
Sibelius: Symphony No. 4
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances


4, 5, 7 April 1974
Leonard Slatkin
Purcell: Chaconny
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6
Piston: Symphony No. 2
Ravel: La valse


18, 19 April 1974
Sir Georg Solti
Radu Lupu, piano
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring




25, 27 April 1974
Sir Georg Solti
Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo soprano
Zoltan Kelemen, bass
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle



1974 – 1975


4, 5 October 1974
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3
Liadov: Kikimora
Scriabin: Symphony No. 3, Le divine poème


10, 11, 12 October 1974
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Viktoria Postnikova, piano
Prokofiev: Russian Overture
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8


17, 18, 19 October 1974
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Prokofiev: Chout
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky


24, 25, 26 October 1974
Eduardo Mata
Schubert: Symphony No. 3
Revueltas: Redes, Suite
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7


31 October, 1, 2 November 1974
Carlo Maria Giulini
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9


7, 8, 9 November 1974
Carlo Maria Giulini
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Stravinsky: Octet for Winds
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1


14, 15, 16 November 1974
Sir Georg Solti
Wagner: The Flying Dutchman, Overture
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


21, 22 November 1974
Sir Georg Solti
Ives: Decoration Day
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Elgar: Symphony No. 2


27, 29, 30 November 1974
Henry Mazer
Michel Beroff, piano
Kirchner: Music for Orchestra
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1

 5, 6, 7 December 1974
Sir Georg Solti
Gilbert Amy*
Anthony and Joseph Paratore, pianos
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Amy: D’un espace déployé*
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture
Mozart: Vorrei spiegarvi, O Dio, concert aria
Debussy: Three Nocturnes


9, 10, 12 January 1975
Leonard Slatkin
Zara Nelsova, cello
Haydn: Symphony No. 87
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Copland: Symphony No. 3


16, 17, 18 January 1975
Sir Georg Solti
Murray Perahia, piano
Weber: Der Freischütz, Overture
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2
Schumann: Symphony No. 2


23, 24, 25 January 1975
Sir Georg Solti
Christoph Eschenbach, piano
Nielsen: Symphony No. 6
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


30, 31 January, 1 February 1975
Sir Georg Solti
Dale Clevenger, horn
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zararthustra


6, 7, 8 February 1975
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Samuel Magad, violin
Frank Miller, cello
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brahms: Double Concerto
Stravinsky: Petrushka, (1947)
Ravel: Boléro


13, 14 February 1975
Andrew Davis
Milton Preves, viola
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time
Berlioz: Harold in Italy


20, 21, 22 February 1975
André Previn
Kyung-Wha Chung, violin
Berlioz: Beatrice and Benedict, Overture
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6


 27, 28 February, 2 March 1975
André Previn
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


6, 7, 8 March 1975
Silvio Varviso
Leonid Kogan, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 83, La Poule
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Borodin: Symphony No. 2


13, 14, 15 March 1975
Silvio Varviso
James Tocco, piano
Wolf-Ferrari: Serenade for Strings
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Zimmermann: Photoptosis
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung


20, 21, 22 March 1975
Riccardo Muti
Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso in A major, for Strings and Harpsichord
Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique
Britten: Peter Grimes, Four Sea Interludes
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams


27, 28, 29 March 1975
Carlo Maria Giulini
Mahler: Symphony No. 9


3, 4, 5 April 1975
Carlo Maria Giulini
Phyllis Curtin, soprano
Olivia Stapp, mezzo soprano
Robert Johnson, tenor
John McCallum, tenor
Paul Plishka, bass
Victor Altay, violin
Samuel Magad, violin
Jacques Israelovitch, violin
Francis Akes, violin
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Vivaldi: Concertos for Two, Three and Four Violins
Schubert: Mass in E flat major


10, 11, 12 April 1975
Sir Georg Solti
Isaac Stern, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, Clock
Rochberg: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Symphony in C major


17, 18, 20 April 1975
Sir Georg Solti
Gina Bachauer, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5




24, 26 April 1975
Sir Georg Solti
Leontyne Price, soprano
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Gwynne Howell, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Messa da Requiem


8, 9, 10 May 1975
Sir Georg Solti
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Ray Still, oboe
Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
Liszt: From the Cradle to the Grave


15, 16 May 1975
Henry Mazer
Edith Peinemann, violin
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


22, 23, 24 May 1975
Daniel Barenboim
Clifford Curzon, piano
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Sainr-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Organ


29, 30, 31 May 1975
Daniel Barenboim
Jessye Norman, soprano
Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas, Overture
LaMontaine: The Rose of Sharon
Elgar: Symphony No. 1


5, 6 June 1975
Henry Mazer
Igor Kipnis, harpsichord
Milhaud: La création du monde
Poulenc: Concert champêtre
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8




1975 – 1976


2, 3, 4 October 1975
Erich Leinsdorf
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges, Suite
Copland: Quiet City
Colgrass: As Quiet As
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra


9, 10, 11 October 1975
Erich Leinsdorf
Horacio Gutierrez, piano
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Brahms: Hungarian Dances (orch. Dvořák)


17, 18 October1975
Erich Leinsdorf
Samuel Magad, violin
Charles Wuorinen, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 96, Miracle
Wuorinen: Piano Concerto No. 2
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel: Tzigane
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole


23, 24, 25 October 1975
Bernhard Klee
Wagner: A Faust Overture
Voříšek: Symphony in D major
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Stille und Umkehr
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung


30, 31 October, 1 November 1975
Rafael Kubelik
Janáček: Sinfonietta
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


6, 7, 9 November 1975
Rafael Kubelik
Donald Peck, flute
Hartmann: Symphony No. 4
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


13, 14, 15 November 1975
Rafael Kubelik
Teresa Zylis-Gara, soprano
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Eric Tappy, tenor
Paul Plishka, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Dvořák: Stabat Mater




20, 21, 22 November 1975
Antonio de Almeida
Yong Uck Kim, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 98
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Symphony No. 2


26, 28, 29 November 1975
Henry Mazer
Rudolf Firkusny, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


4, 5, 6 December 1975
Carlo Maria Giulini
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8


11, 12 December 1975
Carlo Maria Giulini
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Persichetti: Symphony No. 5
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, symphonic excerpts


8, 9, 10 January 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


15, 16, 17 January 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Berlioz: Les nuits d’été
Copland: Music for a Great City
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture


22, 23, 24 January 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Joseph Golan, violin
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


29, 30, 31 January 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Sarah Beatty, soprano
Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano
Peter Pears, tenor
Mallory Walker, tenor
Dominic Cosse, bass
Donald Gramm, bass
Gwynne Howell, bass
Werner Klemperer, speaker
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Sessions: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex




5, 6, 7 February 1976
Maurice Peress
James Dick, piano
Virgil Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune
Lees: Etudes for Piano and Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4


12, 14 February 1976
Claudio Abbado
Carol Neblett, soprano
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection


19, 20, 21 February 1976
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Haydn: Symphony No.  104
Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony


26, 27, 28 Febriary 1976
Leonard Slatkin
Viktor Tretyakov, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 84, La Reine
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2, Little Russian


4, 5, 6 March 1976
Bernard Haitink
Ravel: Alborada del Gracioso
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish


11, 12, 14 March 1976
Bernard Haitink
Silvia Marcovici, violin
Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4


18, 19, 20 March 1976
Carlo Maria Giulini
Dmitri Alexeev, piano
Webern: Six Pieces
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


25, 26, 27, 29 March 1976
Carlo Maria Giulini
Faye Robinson, soprano
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
Frank Little, tenor
Raymond Michalski, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Egmont, Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Choral




1, 2 April 1976
Carlo Maria Giulini
Mahler: Symphony No. 9


8, 9, 11 April 1976
Kirill Kondrashin
Lynn Harrell, cello
Boris Tchaikovsky: Theme and Eight Variations
Boccherini: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 3


15, 16, 17 April 1976
Margaret Hillis
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano
Frank Little, tenor
John McCollum, tenor
Leslie Quinn, baritone
LeRoy Lehr, baritone
Monroe Olson, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Alan Stout: Passion


22, 23, 24 April 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


29, 30 April, 1 May 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, excerpts
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Debussy: La mer


20, 21 May 1976
Henry Mazer
Emanuel Ax, piano
Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Chausson: Symphony


27, 28 May 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Ilana Vered, piano
Jay Friedman, trombone
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla, Overture
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Creston: Fantasy for Trombone and Orchestra
Nielsen: Symphony No. 1


3, 4 June 1976
Leonard Slatkin
William Schuman: Symphony No. 10
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10




1976 – 1977


30 September, 1, 2 October 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


7, 8, 9 October 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Janos Starker, cello
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
Del Tredici: Final Alice


14, 15, 17 October 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Gary Graffman, piano
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


20, 22, 23 October 1976
Sir Georg Solti
Samuel Magad, violin
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Berg: Violin Concerto
Ravel: La valse
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique


28, 29, 30 October 1976
Charles Mackerras
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
Bassett: Echoes from an Invisible World
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5


4, 5, 6 November 1976
Sir Georg Solti
David Ward, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue
Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast


18, 19, 20 November 1976
Carlo Maria Giulini
Milton Preves, viola
Bartók: Viola Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


24, 26, 28 November 1976
Carlo Maria Giulini
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9




9, 10, 11 December 1976
Klaus Tennstedt
Henryk Szeryng, violin
Blacher: Concertante Musik
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


16, 17, 18 December 1976
Andrew Davis
Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, piano
Subotnick: Before the Butterfly
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


6, 7, 8 January 1977
Guido Ajmone-Marsan
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Rorem: Air Music
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Reformation


13, 14, 15 January 1977
Irwin Hoffman
Esther Glazer, violin
Kay: Of New Horizons, Overture
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5


20, 21, 22 January 1977
André Previn
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Jeanne Loriod, ondes-martenot
Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony


27, 28, 30 January 1977
André Previn
Mayumi Fujikawa, violin
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4


3, 4, 5 February 1977
Henry Mazer
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Brahms: Serenade No. 2
Johann Strauss II: Der Waldmeister, Overture


10, 11 February 1977
Claudio Abbado
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


17, 18, 20 February 1977
Claudio Abbado
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Lucia Valentini-Terrani, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky


24, 26 February 1977
Claudio Abbado
Ligeti: Lontano
Schubert: Symphony No. 2
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije, Suite
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite


3, 4, 5 March 1977
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Ellen Stanley, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Berlioz: Rob Roy, Overture
Bizet: Symphony in C
Debussy: La Damoiselle élue
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2


10, 11, 12 March 1977
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Victoria Postnikova, piano
Adolph Herseth, trumpet
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Ives: Symphony No. 4
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1
Suppé: Light Cavalry, Overture


17, 18, 19 March 1977
Daniel Barenboim
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish
Schumann: Symphony No. 2


24, 25, 26 March 1977
Daniel Barenboim
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring


31 March, 1, 2 April 1977
Carlo Maria Giulini
Ray Still, oboe
Clark Brody, clarinet
Willard Elliot, bassoon
Dale Clevenger, horn
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for wind instruments
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World


7, 8 April 1977
Carlo Maria Giulini
Robert Tear, tenor
Dale Clevenger, horn
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Brahms: Symphony No. 4




14, 15, 16 April 1977
Carlo Maria Giulini
Mary Sauer, piano
Richard Boldrey, piano
Elizabeth Buccherl, piano
Eloise Hiwa, piano
Jann Jaffe, soprano
Isola Jones, mezzo-soprano
Philip Creech, tenor
Gershon Silins, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Bach: Concerto for Two Pianos
Bach: Concerto for Three Pianos
Bach: Concerto for Four Pianos
Stravinsky: Les Noces


21, 22, 23 April 1977
Sir Georg Solti
Murray Perahia, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 103, Drum Roll
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter


28, 29, 30 April 1977
Sir Georg Solti
Frank Miller, cello
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


5, 6, 7 May 1977
Sir Georg Solti
Lucia Popp, soprano
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano
Mallory Walker, tenor
Gwynne Howell, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Missa solemnis


20, 21 May 1977
Sir Georg Solti
Victor Aitay, violin
Liszt: Festklänge
Bartók: Violin Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn


26, 27, 28 May 1977
Sir Georg Solti
Carter: Variations for Orchestra
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique




1977 – 1978


29, 30 September, 1 October 1977
Sir Georg Solti
Rossini: The Barber of Seville, Overture
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Richard Strauss: Don Juan


6, 7, 8 October 1977
Sir Georg Solti
Tippett: Symphony No. 4
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


13, 14, 15 October 1977
Sir Georg Solti
Larry Adler, harmonica
Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes
Gershwin: Lullabye (trans. Gould)
Chagrin: Romanian Fantasy
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, orchestral excerpts


20, 21, 22 October 1977
Henry Mazer
Peter Frankl, piano
Frank Miller, cello
Milton Preves, viola
Barber: The School for Scandal, Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Richard Strauss: Don Quixote


27, 28, 29 October 1977
Sir Georg Solti
Christiane Eda-Pierre, soprano
Lucia Popp, soprano
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Jan De Gaetani, mezzo-soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
Kenneth Riegel, tenor
William Walker, baritone
Donald Gramm, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 8


10, 11, 12 November 1977
Carlo Maria Giulini
Haydn: Symphony No. 94, Surprise
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


17, 18, 20 November 1977
Carlo Maria Giulini
Costanza Cuccaro, soprano
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
Vinson Cole, tenor
James Morris, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, Linz
Mozart: Requiem


23, 25, 26 November 1977
Carlo Maria Giulini
Claudio Arrau, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


1, 2, 3 December 1977
Daniel Barenboim
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5


8, 9, 10 December 1977
Daniel Barenboim
Robert Johnson, tenor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus
Debussy: Nocturnes
Berlioz: Te Deum


15, 16, 17 December 1977
Daniel Barenboim
Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano
Lutoslawski: Mi-parti
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1
Schumann: Symphony No. 4


5, 6, 8 January 1978
Erich Leinsdorf
Victor Aitay, violin
Frank Miller, cello
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Prague
Rózsa: Sinfonia concertante
Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra


12, 13, 14 January 1978
Erich Leinsdorf
Radu Lupu, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Debussy: La mer


19, 20, 21 January 1978
Erich Leinsdorf
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


27, 28 January 1978
Leonard Slatkin
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Poulenc: Suite Français
Ravel: Mother Goose, complete
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, complete


2, 3, 4 February 1978
Leonard Slatkin
Bruno Leonardo Gelber, piano
Druckman: Chiaroscuro
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26, Coronation
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1



9, 10, 11 February 1978
Margaret Hillis
Werner Klemperer, narrator
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Handel: Dixit Dominus
Gerhard: The Plague


16, 17, 18 February 1978
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Victoria Postnikova, piano
Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony


23, 24, 26 February 1978
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Francis Akos, violin
Karlovich: Eternal Songs
Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 2
Janáček: Taras Bulba
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances


2, 3, 4 March 1978
Carlo Maria Giulini
Isaac Stern, violin
Schubert: German Dances (orch. Webern)
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
Brahms: Violin Concerto


9, 10, 11 March 1978
Carlo Maria Giulini
Clifford Curzon, piano
Gabrieli: Two Pieces for Brass Choir
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8


16, 17, 18 March 1978
Carlo Maria Giulini
Pina Carmirelli, violin
Beethoven: Egmont, Overture
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 4, Tragic


30, 31 March, 1 April 1978
Sir Georg Solti
John Browning, piano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Holst: The Planets


6, 7, 8 April 1978
Sir Georg Solti
Jacques Israelievitch, violin
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4




13, 14, 16 April 1978
Sir Georg Solti
Samuel Magad, violin
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


20, 21, 22 April 1978
Sir Georg Solti
Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, Prelude and Dream Music
Ravel: Shéhérazade, song cycle
Brahms: Symphony No. 3


27, 28, 29 April 1978
Sir Georg Solti
Alfred Brendel, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


4, 5, 6 May 1978
Sir Georg Solti
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Bernd Weikl, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Brahms: A German Requiem


18, 19, 20 May 1978
Sir Georg Solti
Edward Druzinsky, harp
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Handel: Harp Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1


25, 26, 28 May 1978
Henry Mazer
Miriam Fried, violin
Richard Graef, flute
Elliot: Snake Charmer
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


1, 2, 3 June 1978
Henry Mazer
Swingle Singers II
Karlins: Concert Music No. 4
Cage: Renga with Apartment House 1776
Berio: Sinfonia















1978 – 1979


5, 6, 7 October 1978
Claudio Abbado
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Schubert: Rosamunde, Ballet Music and Entr’acte
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


12, 13, 14 October 1978
Carlos Kleiber
Weber: Der Freischütz, Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


19, 20, 21 October 1978
Charles Mackerras
Josef Suk, violin
Janáček: The Makropulos Case, Prelude
Dvořák: In Nature’s Realm
Hindemith: Violin Concerto
Walton: Symphony No. 1


26, 27, 28 October 1978
Henry Mazer
Arnold Jacobs, tuba
Jankowski: Lustrations
Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams


2, 3, 4 November 1978
Leonard Slatkin
Walter Klien, piano
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3


9, 10, 11 November 1978
Leonard Slatkin
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
Mozart: Serenata notturna
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Bernstein: Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah
Chávez: Symphony No. 2, Sinfonia India


16, 17, 18 November 1978
Edo de Waart
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Petrushka


22, 24, 25 November 1978
Sir Georg Solti
Janos Starker, cello
Blackwood: Symphony No. 4
Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B flat major
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish




30 November, 1, 2 December 1978
Sir Georg Solti
Murray Perahia, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6


8, 9 December 1978
Sir Georg Solti
Ray Still, oboe
Britten: Variations on a Theme of Purcell
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2


14, 15, 16 December 1978
Sir Georg Solti
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Lucia Popp, soprano
Maria Venuti, soprano
Daniel Nelson, tenor
Samuel Jones, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Don Giovanni, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Mozart: Mass in C minor


21, 22, 23 December 1978
Sir Georg Solti
Emanuel Ax, piano
Victor Aitay, violin
Schuller: Recitative and Rondo for violin and orchestra
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


11, 12 January 1979
Sir Georg Solti
Leonid Kogan, violin
Handel: Concerto Grosso No. 2 Op. 3
Mozart: Adagio in E major
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Mozart: Symphony No. 39


18, 19, 20 January 1979
Sir Georg Solti
Etsko Tazaki, piano
Weber: Euryanthe, Overture
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral


25, 26, 27 January 1979
Margaret Hillis
Diane Barclay, soprano
Karen Zajac, mezzo-soprano
Kirk Stuart, tenor
Philip Kraus, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum
Woollen: In Martyrum Memoriam


1, 2, 4 February 1979
Claudio Abbado
Mahler: Symphony No. 6


8, 9, 10 February 1978
Claudio Abbado
Maria Ewing, soprano
Ryland Davies, tenor
Claudio Desderi, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Stravinsky: King of the Stars
Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes
Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite (1919)


15, 16, 17 February 1978
Erich Leinsdorf
Wagner: Parsifal, excerpts (Prelude Act 1, Transformation Music, Prelude Act 3, Good Friday Music, Transformation Music and Finale)
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, excerpts (Dawn, Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, Funeral Music, and Finale)


22, 23, 24 February 1978
Erich Leinsdorf
Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg)
Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron, Overture
Johann Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile
Johann Strauss II: Kunstler Quadrille
Johann Strauss II: Emperor Waltz
Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitzen


1, 2, 4 March 1978
Daniel Barenboim
Ruth Welting, soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Bruckner: Symphony No. 0
Bruckner: Psalm 150
Bruckner: Helgoland


8, 9, 10 March 1978
Daniel Barenboim, conductor/pianist
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Dutilleux: Métaboles
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2


15, 16, 17 March 1978
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Arnold Voketaitis, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Haydn: The Seven Last Words
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar


22, 23, 24 March 1979
János Ferencsik
András Schiff, piano
Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K. 136
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7




29, 30 March, 1 April 1979
János Ferencsik
Juliana Markova, piano
Szöllösy: Transfiguration
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra


5, 6, 7 April 1979
Christoph von Dohnányi
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8


12, 13, 14 April 1979
Christoph von Dohnányi
Anja Silja, soprano
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1
Henze: Symphony No. 5
Schoenberg: Erwartung


19, 20, 21 April 1979
André Previn
Horacio Gutierrez, piano
Maw: Life Studies No. VII and VIII
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony


26, 27, 29 April 1979
André Previn
Viktor Tretyakov, violin
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


3, 4, 5 May 1979
Sir Georg Solti
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


25, 26 May 1979
Henry Mazer
Piotr Paleczny, piano
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Paderewski: Piano Concerto
Franck: Symphony


31 May, 1 June 1979
Sir Georg Solti
André Watts, piano
Tippett: Symphony No. 4
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

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