Sunday 22 January 2017

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Barenboim Years 1991 - 2006 (Part 2)



1999 - 2000


23, 24, 25 September 1999
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor, violin, and viola
William Eddins*
Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2
Bartók: Viola Concerto*
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Reformation


30 September, 1, 2 5 October 1999
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Rihm: Piano Concerto, Sotto voce
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter


7, 8, 9, 12 October 1999
Daniel Barenboim
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


14, 15, 16, 19 October 1999
Daniel Barenboim
Wynton Marsalis, conductor and trumpet*
Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite
Duke Ellington: Peer Gynt Suite (arr. Strayhorn)
Duke Ellington: Afro-Bossa (Bula)
Duke Ellington: Blues in Blueprint
Duke Ellington: Happy Goes Lucky Local from Deep South Suite
Duke Ellington:  A Tone Parallel to Harlem


21, 22, 23 October 1999
Daniel Barenboim
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Carter: Allegro Scorrevole
Debussy: La mer


4, 5, 6, 7, 9 November 1999
William Eddins
Earl Wild, piano
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Paderewski: Piano Concerto in A Minor
Chávez: Symphony No. 2, India


11, 12, 13, 16 November 1999
Riccardo Chailly
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Pas de deux (arr. Stravinsky)
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


18, 19, 20, 23 November 1999
Riccardo Chailly
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Bach: Suite for Orchestra (arr. Mahler)
Mahler: Symphony No. 4

26, 27, 30 November 1999
Pierre Boulez
Joanna MacGregor, piano
Stravinsky: Four Studies
Manoury: Sound and Fury
Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Richard Strauss: Le bourgeois Gentilhomme, Suite


2, 3, 4, 5, 7 December 1999
Pierre Boulez
Webern: Five Movements, Op. 5
Boulez: Livre pour cordes
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9


9, 10, 11 December 1999
Pierre Boulez
Christine Schäfer, soprano
Berg: Symphonic Pieces from Lulu
Debussy: Three Ballades of Villon
Debussy: Le jet d'eau
Stravinsky: The Firebird, ballet


16, 17, 18 December 1999
Peter Schreier, conductor and tenor
Ute Selbig, soprano
Rosemarie Lang, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Egbert Junghanns, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Parts 1-3


6, 7, 8 January 2000
Daniel Barenboim
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Thomas: Ceremonials
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


13, 14, 15, 16 January 2000
Daniel Barenboim
Alex Klein, oboe
Larry Combs, clarinet
David McGill, bassoon
Dale Clevenger, horn
Michael Mulcahy, trombone
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Winds
Leopold Mozart: Alto Trombone Concerto
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25


20, 21, 22, 25 January 2000
Daniel Barenboim
Eva Mei, soprano
Katherine Kammerloher, mezzo-soprano
Gunnar Gudbjörnsson, tenor
Robert Holl, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mozart: Mass in C Major, Coronation
Bruckner: Mass No. 3



27, 28, 29 January 2000
Daniel Barenboim
Boulez: Notations for Orchestra I, III, IV, VII, II
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic


10, 11, 12, 15 February 2000
David Zinman
Radu Lupu, piano
Bartók Two Portraits
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvořák: Symphony No. 5


17, 18, 19, 22 February 2000
Osmo Vänskä
Stephen Kovacevich, piano
Sibelius: Tapiola
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5


24, 25, 26, 29 February 2000
Daniel Barenboim
Simone Nold, soprano
Lynne Dawson, soprano
Hilary Summers, contralto
William Joyner, tenor
Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
Michael John Devine, boy soprano
Carter: What Next?
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat


2 March 2000
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


10, 11, 14 March 2000
James Paul
Elmar Oliveira, violin
David Schrader, organ
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Rautavaara: Violin Concerto
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Organ


16, 17, 18 March 2000
Krzysztof Penderecki
Bozena Harasimowicz-Haas, soprano
Izabella Klosinska, soprano
Jadwiga Rappé, contralto
Jorma Silvasti, tenor
Romuald Tesarowicz, bass
Alberto Mizrahi, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Schubert: Symphony No. 5
Penderecki: Seven Gates of Jerusalem


23, 24, 25, 28 March 2000
Mark Elder
David McGill, bassoon
Bax: Spring Fire
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto
Elgar: In the South


30, 31 March, 1, 2 April 2000
Christoph Eschenbach
Nexus Percussion Ensemble
Takemitsu: From Me Flows What You Call Time
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


6, 7, 8 April 2000
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor and piano
Turnage: Evening Songs
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Schumann: Symphony No. 2


13, 14, 15 April 2000
Markus Stenz
Mussorgsky: A Night on Bare Mountain (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Ives: Three Places in New England
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony


10, 11, 12, 13, 14 May 2000
Bobby McFerrin, conductor and soloist
Stephen Balderston, cello
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV. 531
Bizet: Symphony in C major


18, 19, 20, 23 May 2000
Neeme Järvi
Samuel Magad, violin
John Sharp, cello
Schumann: Manfred, Overture
Brahms: Double Concerto
Dohnanyi: Symphony No. 2


25, 26, 27, 30 May 2000
Plácido Domingo
Rachel Barton, violin
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


1, 2, 3 June 2000
Charles Dutoit
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Debussy: Petite Suite
Barber: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


6 June 2000
Charles Dutoit
Debussy: Petite Suite
Roussel: Bacchus and Ariadne, Suite No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5


8, 9, 10 June 2000
William Eddins
Gene Pokorny, tuba
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Stevens: Tuba Concerto, Journey
Copland: Symphony No. 3
2000 - 2001


19 September 2000
Daniel Barenboim
Gershwin:  An American in Paris
Carter:  Partita
Mahler:  Symphony No. 1


21, 22, 23, 26 September 2000
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Elizabeth Norman, soprano
Thomas: Aurora for piano and orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 7


28, 29 September 2000
Daniel Barenboim
Waltraud Meier, soprano
Bo Skovhus, baritone
Mahler: Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Varèse: Amériques


19, 20, 21 October 2000
David Robertson
Synergy
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Berio: Sinfonia
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5


26, 27, 28 October 2000
Pierre Boulez
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5


2, 3, 4 November 2000
Pierre Boulez
Elzbieta Szmytka, soprano
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Neill, tenor
Nathan Berg, bass
 Chicago Symphony Chorus
Stravinsky:  Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Stravinsky:  Symphony of Psalms
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass


9, 10, 11, 14 November 2000
Markus Stenz
Ute Lemper, singer
 Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Weill: The Silver Lake, Suite
Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins


16, 17, 18 November 2000
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Ellington: New World Coming (arr. Counot)
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World
Varèse: Amériques



24, 25 November 2000
Daniel Barenboim
Nikolai Znaider, violin
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World


30 November, 1, 2, 3 December 2000
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Mathieu Dufour, flute
Sarah Bullen, harp
Robert Chen, violin
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24


7, 8, 9 December 2000
Franz Welser-Möst
Gil Shaham, violin
Adès: Chamber Symphony
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring


14, 15, 16 December 2000
Lorin Maazel
Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture
Maazel: Farewells, Symphonic Movement
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


4, 5, 6, 9 January 2001
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin
Mozart: Serenade in D Major, Haffner (Movements 1-4)
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Haffner
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish


11, 12, 13, 16 January 2001
Michael Gielen
Beethoven: Egmont, Overture
Beethoven: Andante cantabile from Archduke Trio (orch. Liszt)
Beethoven: Grosse Fugue (orch. Gielen)
Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 5


18, 20, 23 January 2001
Michael Gielen
Zoltan Kocsis, piano
Mahler: Symphony No. 10, Adagio
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Kurtág: …quasi una fantasia…
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished


25, 26, 27, 28 January 2001
David Robertson
Emanuel Ax, piano
Benjamin: Palimpsest
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14
Richard Strauss: Burleske
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2


1, 2, 3 February 2001
William Eddins, conductor and piano
Lili Boulanger: D'un matin du printemps
Fauré: Ballade
Franck: Symphonic Variations
Milhaud: The Creation of the World
Antheil: Symphony No. 5, Joyous


8, 9, 10 February 2001
Zubin Mehta
Deborah Voigt,  soprano
Roman Trekel, baritone
Jon Villars, tenor
Nancy Pifer, soprano
Stacy Eckert, mezzo-soprano
James Cornelison, baritone
Timothy J. Quistorff, bass
Andrew Funk, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Berlioz: The Trojans, Part 1, The Fall of Troy (concert performance)


15, 17, 20 February 2001
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Moncayo: Huapango
Ginastera: Tres danzas argentinas (arr. Carli)                                                                                                                                                                                               
Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes
Salgán: A fuego lento (arr. Carli)
Piazzolla: Adios Nonino (arr. Carli)
Piazzolla: Decarissimo (arr. Carli)
Gardel: El dia que me quieras (orch. Carli)
Rodriguez: La cumparsita y sus variaciones (arr. Carli)


22, 23, 24, 27 February 2001
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Peter Serkin, piano
Bach: Concerto for Two Pianos in C Major
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
Sibelius: Valse triste
Tchaikovsy: The Nutcracker, Waltz of the Flowers
Johann Strauss II: Emperor Waltz
Ravel: La valse


25 February 2001
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Elizabeth Norman, soprano
Thomas: Aurora for piano and orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 7


1, 2, 3 March 2001
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26, Coronation
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7


6 March 2001
Daniel Barenboim
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scherzo
Berlioz: Les nuits d'été
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring



15, 16, 17 March 2001
Andrew Davis
Kurt Streit, tenor
Dale Clevenger, horn
Haydn: Symphony No. 104, London
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements


29, 30, 31 March, 3 April 2001
Leif Segerstam
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Sibelius: Andante festivo
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1
Holst: The Planets
Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer


5, 6 April 2001
Antonio Pappano
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Honegger: Symphony No. 3, Liturgique
Britten: Les Illuminations
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


12, 13, 14, 17 April 2001
William Eddins
Crawford Seeger: Rissolty Rossolty
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Charlie Chaplin: City Lights (with film)


19, 20, 21 April 2001
Daniel Barenboim
André Watts, piano
Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude and Good Friday Music
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture


24, 26, 28 April 2001
Daniel Barenboim
Deborah Voigt, soprano
Violeta Urmana, mezzo-soprano
Johan Botha, tenor
René Pape, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Verdi: Messa da Requiem


25, 27 April 2001
Daniel Barenboim
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude and Good Friday Music
Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces


3, 4, 5, 6, 8 May 2001
Pierre Boulez
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Dalbavie: Concertate il suono
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin


10, 11, 12, 15 May 2001
Mikko Franck
Adam Neiman, piano
Lindberg: Feria
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Sibelius: Four Legends


17, 18, 19, 22 May 2001
Christoph Eschenbach
Larry Combs, clarinet
Martinů: Memorial to Lidice
Rouse: Clarinet Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4


24, 25, 26 May 2001
Christoph Eschenbach
Pamela Frank, violin
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


31 May, 1, 2 June 2001
Lawrence Foster
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Cherubini: Lodoïska, Overture
Berg: Violin Concerto
Dukas: Symphony in C Major


7, 8, 9, 10 June 2001
Peter Schreier, conductor and tenor
Camilla Nylund, soprano
Annette Markert, mezzo-soprano
Marcus Ullmann, tenor
Jörg Hempel, baritone
Stephan Loges, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Bach: St. John Passion



2001 – 2002


27, 28, 29 September 2001
Daniel Barenboim
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude
Carter: Cello Concerto, In one movement
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music, and Final Scene


4, 5, 6 October 2001
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Angela Denoke, soprano
Peter Seiffert, tenor
John Tomlinson, bass
Mundry: Panorama ciego
Wagner: Die Walküre, Act 1


11, 12 October 2001
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Elizabeth Connell, soprano
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude Act 3
Mundry: Panorama ciego
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music, and Final Scene


13, 16 October 2001
Daniel Barenboim
Waltraud Meier, soprano
Nadja Michael, mezzo-soprano
Christian Franz, tenor
John Tomlinson, baritone
Andreas Schmidt, baritone
Brian Davis, baritone
Mark Eldred, tenor
Michael Brauer, baritone
Marcel Reijans, tenor
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, concert performance


28, 30 October 2001
William Eddins, conductor and piano
Guy Livingston, piano
Rebel: The Elements, Chaos
Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


1, 2, 3 November 2001
Jun Märkl
Andreas Haefliger, piano
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration


8, 9, 10, 13 November 2001
Pierre Boulez
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Eötvös: zeroPoints
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

15, 16, 17 November 2001
Pierre Boulez
Christine Brewer, soprano
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection


23, 24, 25, 27 November 2001
Daniel Barenboim
Samuel Magad, violin
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Kodály: Dances of Galánta
Bartók: Dance Suite


29, 30 November, 1, 4 December 2001
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Dorothea Röschmann, soprano
Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te? . . . Non temer, amato bene
Mozart: Bella mia fiamma, addio . . . Resta, oh cara
Mozart: Rondo in D Major, K. 382
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Giunse alfin il momento . . . Deh vieni non tardar
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte: Temerari! . . . Come scoglio
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20


6, 7, 8 December 2001
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Mathieu Dufour, flute
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Bach, J.S.: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Boulez: Originel from . . . explosante-fixe . . .
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2


12 December 2001
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Furtwängler: Symphony No. 2


13, 14, 15 December 2001
Daniel Barenboim
Jane Eaglen, soprano
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Furtwängler: Symphony No. 2


19, 20, 21, 22, 23 December 2001
Daniel Barenboim
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, selections
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Suite (with arrangements by Ellington/Strayhorn)


10, 11, 12 January 2002
Antonio Pappano
Lisa Saffer, soprano
Haydn: Symphony No. 22, The Philosopher
Primosch: From a Book of Hours
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10



17, 18, 19, 22 January 2002
Michael Gielen
Elena Bashkirova, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


24, 25, 26, 29 January 2002
Michael Gielen
David Schrader, organ
Donald Koss, timpani
Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
Dutilleux: Symphony No. 2, Le double
Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra, and Timpani
Ravel: La valse


31 January, 1, 2 February 2002
Daniele Gatti
Gianluca Cascioli, piano
Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


7, 8, 9, 10 February 2002
Manfred Honeck
Lang Lang, piano
Thomas: Ceremonial
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5


14, 15, 16 February 2002
Ingo Metzmacher
Michael Henoch, oboe
William Buchman, bassoon
Yuan-Qing Yu, violin
Stephen Balderston, cello
Ives: Central Park in the Dark
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante
Hartmann: Symphony No. 6


21, 22, 23 February 2002
Franz Welser-Möst
Radu Lupu, piano
Saariaho: Du cristal
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27
Dvorák: Symphony No. 7


28 February, 1, 2, 5 March 2002
David Robertson
Gil Shaham, violin
Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat, Dumbarton Oaks
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, Linz


7, 9, 12 March 2002
David Robertson
Christian Lindberg, trombone
Berlioz: Le corsaire, overture
Berio: SOLO for trombone and orchestra
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1

14, 15, 16 March 2002
Leonard Slatkin
Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Gabrieli: Canzon IX from Canzoni e Sonate
Gabrieli: Sonata pian' e forte from Sacrae symphoniae
Gabrieli: Canzon XVII from Canzoni e Sonate
Schwantner: Percussion Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3, Polish


28, 29, 30 March, 2 April 2002
William Eddins
Lynn Harrell, cello
Rossini: William Tell, Overture
Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade


4, 5, 6 April 2002
Zubin Mehta
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Stravinsky: Fireworks
Stravinsky: Circus Polka
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


11, 12, 13 April 2002
Zubin Mehta
Nadja Michael, mezzo-soprano
Jon Villars, tenor
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Meredith Barber, soprano
Stephen Milling, bass
Terry Cook, bass
Michael Sommese, tenor
Timothy J. Quistorff, baritone
Terry Cook, bass
Stacy Eckert, mezzo-soprano
Michael Brauer, baritone
The Chicago Symphony Chorus
The Trojans, Part 2 The Trojans at Carthage


17, 18, 19, 20, 21 April 2002
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor, violin, and viola
William Eddins, conductor
John Mahoney, The Narrator
Paul Adelstein, The Soldier
Hollis Resnik, The Devil
Tina Cannon, The Princess (Dancer)
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale


25, 26, 27 April 2002
Pinchas Zukerman
Martin Kasik, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 6, Le matin
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Takemitsu: Requiem for String Orchestra
Haydn: Symphony No. 101, The Clock



2, 3, 4 May 2002
Mstislav Rostropovich
John Sharp, cello
Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas, Pas de Six
Britten: Symphony for Cello and Orchestra
Britten: Sinfonia da requiem
Britten: Peter Grimes, Four Sea Interludes


9, 10, 11 May 2002
Mstislav Rostropovich
Duain Wolfe, assistant conductor
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Ian Bostridge, tenor
Andreas Schmidt, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
The American Boychoir
Britten: War Requiem


23, 24, 25, 28 May 2002
Ivan Fischer
Alex Klein, oboe
Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto
Stravinsky: Petrushka


30, 31 May, 1, 4 June 2002
Daniel Barenboim
John Williams, guitar
Debussy: Images, Ibéria
Takemitsu: To the Edge of Dream
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Halffter: Tiento del primer tono y batalla imperial


6, 7, 8, 11 June 2002
Daniel Barenboim
Anna Larsson, contralto
Robert Gambill, tenor
Robert Holl, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius


13, 14, 15 June 2002
Daniel Barenboim
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Boulez: Notations I-IV and VII
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

2002 – 2003


25, 26, 27, 28 September 2002
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, The Miller's Dance (Farruca)
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel: Pavane pour une Infante défunte
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Ravel: Boléro


9, 10, 11, 12 October 2002
Daniel Barenboim
Mozart: Symphony No. 39
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter


17, 18, 19 October 2002
Daniel Barenboim
Angela Denoke, soprano
Peter Seiffert, tenor
Roman Trekel, baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Wagner: Tannhäuser, excerpts (Overture,
Act 1, Scene 2: Duet for Venus and Tannhäuser, Act 3)


24, 25, 26 October 2002
Andrey Boreyko
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
The Silk Road Ensemble
Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale
Kalhor: Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur
Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade


31 October, 1, 2 November 2002
William Eddins
Jorge Federico Osorio, piano
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre
Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead
Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain
Liszt: From the Cradle to the Grave
Liszt: Totentanz


7, 8, 9 November 2002
Christoph von Dohnányi
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


14, 15, 17, 19 November 2002
Lorin Maazel
Jessica Jones, soprano
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, Reformation
Kernis: Simple Songs
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite



21, 22, 23 November 2002
Lorin Maazel
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Penderecki                : Symphony No. 4, Adagio
Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra


29, 30 November, 3 December 2002
Pierre Boulez
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Roussel: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: Images for Orchestra


5, 6, 7 December 2002
Pierre Boulez
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 102
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 2
Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra


12, 13, 14 December 2003
Pierre Boulez
Charles Castronovo, tenor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Berlioz: Requiem


19, 20, 21 December 2003
Mikko Franck
Larry Combs, clarinet
Rautavaara: Isle of Bliss
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Sibelius: En Saga
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7


9, 10, 12 January 2003
Antonio Pappano
Gil Shaham, violin
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


16, 17, 18  January 2003
Charles Dutoit
Martha Argerich, piano
Ravel: Mother Goose, ballet (complete)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique


22, 23, 24, 25 January 2003
William Eddins
David Schrader, organ
Barber: Toccata Festiva
Corigliano: Phantasmagoria, The Ghosts of Versailles, Suite
Bernstein: Facsimile
Copland: Billy the Kid, Suite



30, 31 January, 1, 4 February 2003
Mark Elder
Peter Coleman-Wright, baritone
Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, Overture
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
Delius: Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody
Strauss: Symphonia domestica


6, 7, 8, 11 February 2003
Sir Andrew Davis
Charles Pikler, viola
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture
Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher
Dvořák: Symphony No. 6


13, 14, 16 February 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Radu Lupu, piano
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor


18 February 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3


20, 21, 22, 25 February 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5


27 February, 1, 4 March 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 44, Trauersymphonie
Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian


6, 7, 8 March 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Robert Chen, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 49, La passione
Carter: Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel


13, 14, 15, 18 March 2003
David Robertson
Mathieu Dufour, flute
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Nielsen: Flute Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 3



20, 21, 23, 25 March 2003
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin
Schubert: Rondo in A Major for Violin and Strings
Schubert: Death and the Maiden, arr. Mahler
Schubert: Symphony No. 5


27, 28, 29 March 2003
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin
Dvořák: Romance in F Minor for Violin and Orchestra
Dvořák: Legends Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Op. 59
Dvořák: Symphony No. 5


3, 4, 5 April 2003
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Midori, violin
Salonen: Insomnia
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird


10, 11 April 2003
Roberto Abbado
Alfred Brendel, piano
Colla: Le rovine di Palmira
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Symphony No. 4


12 April 2003
Roberto Abbado
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Colla: Le rovine di Palmira
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Schumann: Symphony No. 4


24, 25, 26 April 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic


29 April 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Ilya Gringolts, violin
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic


1, 2, 3 May 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Andreas Schmidt, baritone
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Mahler: Rückert Lieder
Richard Strauss: Tod und Verlärung


8, 9, 11 May 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Angela Denoke, soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Ah! perfido, Op. 65
Rands: apókryphos
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral


15, 16, 17, 20 May 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Mathieu Dufour, flute
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4


22, 23, 24, 27 May 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Emanuel Ax, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 48, Maria Theresa
Melinda Wagner: Extremity of Sky, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Franck: Symphonic Variations
Debussy: La mer


29, 30, 31 May 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Carter: Of Rewaking
Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben


5, 6, 7 June 2003
Sir Andrew Davis
Haydn: Symphony No. 92, Oxford
Tippett: The Rose Lake
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8


2003 – 2004


21, 23 September 2003
William Eddins
Savion Glover, tap dancer
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
Stravinsky: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 for Small Orchestra
Gould: Tap Dance Concerto
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat


25, 26, 27 September 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2


2, 3, 5 October 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Qing Hou, violin
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Mahler: Symphony No. 9


7 October 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4


9, 11 October 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
Schifrin: Fantasy for Screenplay and Orchestra
Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite


10, 14 October 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Mathieu Dufour, flute
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2
Mahler: Symphony No. 9


16, 17 October 2003
Daniel Barenboim
Sarah Bullen, harp
Berio: Requies for Chamber Orchestra
Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique



8, 11 November 2003
Sir Andrew Davis
Chicago Symphony Singers
Fry: Fanfare
Fry: To Dream Again
Deak: Prologue to the Rustics' Play
Vaughan Williams: Over Hill, Over Dale
Harrison: I Know a Bank
Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Now the hungry lion roars . . .
Orsillo: Have at You with a Proverb
Fraser: Willow Song and Ave Maria
Britten: Gloriana, The Masque
Fry: O Brave New World
Fry: If We Shadows Have Offended
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet


13, 14, 15, 18 November 2003
David Zinman
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Barber: Second Essay
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2


20, 21, 22 November 2003
Kurt Masur
Vadim Repin, violin
Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


29 November, 2 December 2003
John Williams
Dale Clevenger, horn
John Williams: Sound the Bells!
John Williams: Tributes!
John Williams: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
John Williams: Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
John Williams: Suite from JFK
John Williams: Selections from Far and Away
John Williams: Theme from Schindler's List
John Williams: Adventures on Earth from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial


4, 5, 7 December 2003
Pierre Boulez
Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto
Messiaen: L'ascension
Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso


11, 12, 13 December 2003
Pierre Boulez
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Robert Holl, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet



18, 19, 20 December 2003
David Robertson
Gene Pokorny, tuba
Beethoven: Egmont, Overture
Stevens: Journey, Concerto for Contrabass Tuba
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Inextinguishable


8, 9, 10 January 2004
Sir Andrew Davis
Louis Lortie, piano
Jones: at the exactest point
Prokofiev: Cinderella, Selections
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3


22, 23, 24, 27 January 2004
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and viola
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
J. S. Bach: counter/part
Haydn: Symphony No. 22, The Philosopher
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1


29, 30, 31 January 2004
Pinchas Zukerman
Jonathan Gilad, piano
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Haydn: Symphony No. 102


5, 6, 7, 10 February 2004
Daniel Barenboim
Deborah Voigt, soprano
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano
Clifton Forbis, tenor
Robert Holl, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Choral


12, 13, 14 February 2004
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Peter Serkin, piano
Bach: Concerto for Two Pianos in C Major
Lieberson: Red Garuda for Piano and Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


17 February 2004
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Peter Serkin, piano
Bach: Concerto for Two Pianos in C Major
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5


19, 20, 21, 24 February 2004
Daniel Barenboim
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica



26, 27, 28 February 2004
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4


4, 5, 6 March 2004
Charles Dutoit
Fauré: Pelleas and Melisande, Suite
Martin: Petite symphonie concertante
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite


11, 12, 13, 14, 16 March 2004
Peter Schreier
Esther Heideman, soprano
Jane Gilbert, mezzo-soprano
Randal Rushing, tenor
Kevin Burdette, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Handel: Messiah


18, 19, 20 March 2004
David Robertson
Elena Bashkirova, piano
Thomas: Tangle for Orchestra
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World


25, 26, 27, 30 March 2004
Andrey Boreyko
Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano
Franck: The Accursed Huntsman
Chausson: Poème de l’amour et de la mer
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5


1, 2 April 2004
Alan Gilbert
Tai Murray, violin
Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise
Bernstein: Serenade
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, Sinfonia espansiva


15, 16, 17 April 2004
Kent Nagano
Bach, arr. Nodaïra: The Art of Fugue, Selections
Schubert: Rosamunde, Overture
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3


22, 24, 27 April 2004
Mstislav Rostropovich
Xavier Phillips, cello
Tchaikovsky: Marche slave
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5



29, 30 April, 1 May 2004
Mstislav Rostropovich
Dutilleux: Fanfare for Slava
Dutilleux: Timbres, espace, mouvement
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10


6, 7, 8 May 2004
Christoph von Dohnányi
Yuan-Qing Yu, violin
Pärt: Fratres
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical
Mahler: Symphony No. 1


13, 14, 15, 18 May 2004
Mitsuko Uchida, guest conductor and piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12
Mozart: Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19


20, 21, 22, 23 May 2004
Daniel Barenboim
Angela Denoke, soprano
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Prague
Berg: Three Fragments from Wozzeck
Janáček: Soliloquy from Jenůfa
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, Haffner


27, 28, 29 May 2004
Mariss Jansons
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 97
Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Suite
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


1 June 2004
Daniel Barenboim
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring


3, 4, 5, 8 June 2004
Daniel Barenboim
Samuel Magad, violin
Ran: Legends for Orchestra
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1
Smetana: Vltava
Janáček: Taras Bulba



2004 – 2005


1, 2, 5 October 2004
Charles Dutoit
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Liszt: Totentanz
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Ravel: La valse


7, 8, 9 October 2004
Paavo Järvi
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5


13 October 2004
Ingo Matzmacher
 Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter


14, 16, 19 October 2004
Ingo Matzmacher
Han-Na Chang, cello
 Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter


21, 22, 23 October 2004
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Brahms: Symphony No. 1


28, 29, 30 October 2004
Daniel Barenboim
Deborah Voigt, soprano
Schoenberg: Erwartung
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


4, 5, 6 November 2004
David Robertson
John Bruce Yeh, clarinet
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Bartók: The Wooden Prince


11, 12, 14 November 2004
Semyon Bychkov
Larry Combs, clarinet
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8



18, 20, 23 November 2004
Mikko Franck
John Mahoney, narrator
Erin Wall, soprano
Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite


26, 27 November 2004
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and viola
William Eddins, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Bartók: Viola Concerto
Schubert: Symphony No. 3


2, 3, 4, 7 December 2004
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 60, Il distratto
Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 4
Haydn: Symphony No. 98


9, 10, 11 December 2004
Leonard Slatkin
Jonathan Biss, piano
Piston: Symphony No. 2
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6


16, 17, 18 December 2004
Andrey Boreyko
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Glazunov: Concerto for Alto Saxophone
Zemlinsky: The Mermaid


6, 7, 8, 9, 11 January 2005
Daniel Barenboim
Lang Lang, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 86
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2
Haydn: Symphony No. 99


13, 14, 15 January 2005
Daniel Barenboim
Mathieu Dufour, flute
Haydn: Symphony No. 88
Ibert: Flute Concerto
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta


20, 21, 22, 25 January 2005
Helmuth Rilling
Angela Denoke, soprano
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Gould, tenor
Alexander Vinogradov, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Beethoven: Missa solemnis



27, 28, 29 January, 1 February 2005
Daniel Barenboim
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Haydn: Symphony No. 1
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
Haydn: Symphony No. 104, London


3, 4 February 2005
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Pierre Boulez, conductor
Haydn: Symphony No. 95
Boulez: Notations for Orchestra
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1


10, 12 February 2005
Lorin Maazel
Brahms: Serenade No. 2
Bartók: Two Pictures
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5


17, 18, 19, 20 February 2005
Lorin Maazel
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
John Sharp, cello
Thomas: Gathering Paradise, Emily Dickinson Settings
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 1


24, 26 February, 1 March 2005
Alan Gilbert
Gil Shaham, violin
Hillborg: Exquisite Corpse
Dvorák: Violin Concerto
Martinů : Symphony No. 4


3, 4, 5, 8 March 2005
David Robertson
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Reigakusha, gagaku ensemble
Boulez: Rituel (In Memoriam Bruno Maderna)
Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Boulez: Piano Sonata No. 1
Messiaen: Sept haïkaï
Traditional: Gagaku performance


10, 11, 12 March 2005
Pierre Boulez
Johannes Moser, cello
Haydn: Symphony No. 103, Drumroll
Rands: Cello Concerto
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra


17, 18, 19 March 2005
Pierre Boulez
Françoise Pollet, soprano
Hilary Summers, contralto
Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Debussy: Nocturnes
Bartók: Four Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 12
Boulez: Le visage nuptial


14, 15, 16, 19 April 2005
Daniele Gatti
Julian Rachlin, violin
Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture
Berg: Violin Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish


21, 22, 26 April 2005
Daniele Gatti (21, 22)
Leonard Slatkin (26)
Mahler: Symphony No. 6


28, 29, 30 April 2005
Valery Gergiev (28, 29)
Leonard Slatkin (30)
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2


5, 6, 7 May 2005
Daniel Barenboim
Gidon Kremer, violin
Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 5
Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 6
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


19, 20, 21 May 2005
Daniel Barenboim
Robert Chen, violin
Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude Act 1
Benjamin: Dance Figures
Beethoven: Violin Concerto


26, 27, 28 May 2005
Daniel Barenboim
Peter Mattei, baritone
Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9


2, 3, 5 June 2005
Sir Andrew Davis
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Guang Yang, mezzo-soprano
Scott Ramsay, tenor
Christian van Horn, bass-baritone
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Handel: Coronation Anthems (The King Shall Rejoice, My Heart is Inditing, Zadok the Priest)
Tippett: A Child of our Time


9, 10, 11 June 2005
Manfred Honeck
Frank-Peter Zimmermann, violin
Britten: Peter Grimes, Four Sea Interludes
Britten: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 4



16, 17, 18 June 2005
Ton Koopman
C.P.E. Bach: Symphony No. 4 in G major
Haydn: Symphony No. 83, The Hen
C.P.E. Bach: Symphony No. 1 in G major
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3



2005 – 2006


22, 27 September 2005
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Ravel: Boléro


23, 24 September 2005
Daniel Barenboim
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Ravel: Boléro


29, 30 September 2005
Daniel Barenboim
Alex Klein, oboe
Larry Combs, clarinet
Dale Clevenger, horn
David McGill, bassoon
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for winds
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5


6, 7 October 2005
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Lang Lang, piano
Mathieu Dufour, flute
Carter: Soundings
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1
Schoenberg: Variations


11 October 2005
Daniel Barenboim
Mathieu Dufour, flute
Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5


14, 15, 16 October 2005
Daniel Barenboim
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


20 October 2005
Sir Andrew Davis
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3



22, 25 October 2005
Sir Andrew Davis
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor


27, 28, 29, 30 October 2005
Nicholas McGegan
Mark Ridenour, trumpet
Haydn: Symphony No. 59, Fire
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto
Purcell: Abdelazar, Suite
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks


10, 11, 12 November 2005
Daniel Harding
Lars Vogt, piano
Berlioz: Le corsaire, overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Richard Strauss:: Ein Heldenleben


17, 18, 19, 22 November 2005
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Truls Mørk, cello
Berlioz: Beatrice et Benedict, Overture
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Sibelius: Four Legends


1, 2, 3, 4 December 2005
Pinchas Zukerman
Benjamin Hochman, piano
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Mozart Dance Programme


9, 10, 13, 15 December 2005
Robert Spano
Marcus Roberts Trio
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony, Symphony No. 2


12, 13, 14 January 2006
Alan Gilbert
Kevin Deas, bass
Salonen: LA Variations
Copland: Old American Songs
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7


19, 20, 21, 22 January 2006
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Daniel Gingrich, horn
Adams: Naïve and Sentimental Music
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5


26, 27, 28 January 2006
Mark Elder
Lynn Harrell, cello
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4

2, 3, 4 February 2006
Andrey Boreyko
Piotr Anderszewski, piano
Weber: Euryanthe, Overture
Szymanowski: Symphony No. 4, Symphonie concertante
Richard Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, suite


9, 10, 11 February 2006
David Robertson
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Beethoven: The Consecration of the House, overture
Dalbavie: Piano Concerto
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2


14 February 2006
Daniel Barenboim
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished
Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great


16, 17, 18 February 2006
Daniel Barenboim
Radu Lupu, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Mundry: Piano Concerto, Panorama ciego
Mozart: Double Piano Concerto


23, 25 February 2006
Daniel Barenboim
Alfred Brendel, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25
Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande


2, 3, 4 March 2006
Bernard Haitink
Weber: Der Freischütz, Overture
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber
Brahms: Symphony No. 2


9, 10, 11 March 2006
Bernard Haitink
Webern: Passacaglia
Debussy: La mer
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7


16, 17, 18 March 2006
Michael Tilson Thomas
Celena Shafer, soprano
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection


23, 24, 25, 28 March 2006
Charles Dutoit
Rossini: William Tell, Overture
Haydn: Symphony No. 85, La Reine
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6



30 March, 1 April 2006
Charles Dutoit
Lisa Batiashvili, violin
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15


6, 7, 8 April 2006
Frans Brüggen
Bejun Mehta, counter-tenor
Rameau: Nais, Suite
Bach: Cantata No. 35, Geist und Seele wird verwirret
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4


11, 13, 14, 15 April 2006
Paavo Järvi
Sibelius: Finlandia
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Smetana: Vltava
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World


20, 21, 22, 23, 25 April 2006
David Zinman
Joshua Bell, violin
Rouse: Rapture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)


27, 28, 29 April, 2 May 2006
David Robertson
James Ehnes, violin
Mozart: Notturno in D major, K. 286
Weill: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Serenade No. 1


4, 5, 6 May 2006
David Zinman
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
HK Gruber: Aerial
Mahler: Symphony No. 4


11, 12, 13 May 2006
Christoph von Dohnányi
Emanuel Ax, piano
Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1


18, 19, 20 May 2006
Helmuth Rilling
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Anne-Carolyn Schlüter, mezzo-soprano
Ingeborg Danz, contralto
Thomas Michael Allen, tenor
Nathan Berg, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Bach: Magnificat
Mozart: Requiem



30 May 2006
Daniel Barenboim
Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Mahler: Symphony No. 5


1, 2 June 2006
Daniel Barenboim
Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone
Robert Chen, violin
Mathieu Dufour, flute
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music
Thomas: Astral Canticle
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Siegfried’s Funeral Music


3 June 2006
Daniel Barenboim
Robert Chen, violin
Mathieu Dufour, flute
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music
Thomas: Astral Canticle
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica


8, 13 June 2006
Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano
Webern: Concerto, Op. 24
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22
Webern: Symphony
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27


9, 10 June 2006
Daniel Barenboim
Maxim Vengerov, violin
Webern: Symphony
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring