CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Barenboim Years 1991 - 2006 (Part 1)

1991 – 1992

1, 3, 4, 5, 8 October 1991

Daniel Barenboim

Bruckner: Symphony No. 5

10 October 1991

Daniel Barenboim

Larry Combs, clarinet

Deborah Polaski, soprano

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Excerpts

11, 12 October 1991

Sir Georg Solti

Larry Combs, clarinet

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

Debussy: La mer

17 October 1991

Sir Georg Solti

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Love Scene

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

19 October 1991

Kenneth Jean

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Love Scene

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

24, 25, 26, 29 October 1991

Andrew Schenck

Dale Duesing, bass-baritone

Sarah Reese, soprano

Beth Babbitt, mezzo-soprano

Thomas Dymit, tenor

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Barber: Symphony No. 1

Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard

Barber: The Lovers

31 October, 1, 3 November 1991

Michael Morgan

Wendy Warner, cello

Dvořák: Carnival, Overture

Dvořák: Serenade for Strings

Bloch: Schelomo

Harris: Symphony No. 3

14, 15, 16, 19 November 1991

James Conlon

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 1

21, 22, 23 November 1991

Tsung Yeh

Ralph Shapey*

Alfred Brendel, piano

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2

Shapey: Concerto fantastique

27, 29, 30 November 1991

Pierre Boulez

Webern: Passacaglia

Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht

Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911)

5, 6, 7, 10 December 1991

Pierre Boulez

Midori, violin

Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E flat (orch. Schoenberg)

Berg: Violin Concerto

Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande

12, 17 December 1991

Pierre Boulez

John Aler, tenor

John Tomlinson, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Ran: Chicago Skyline

Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra

Bartók: Cantata profana

Debussy: Nocturnes

Ravel: La valse

13, 14 December 1991

Pierre Boulez

Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus

Ran: Chicago Skyline

Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra

Stravinsky: Scherzo fantastique

Debussy: Nocturnes

Ravel: La valse

19, 20, 22 December 1991

Pierre Boulez

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Ravel: Une barque sur l’océan

Bartók: The Wooden Prince, ballet

9, 10, 11, 14 January 1992

Daniel Barenboim

Samuel Magad, violin

Mozart: Divertimento No. 17

Bernstein: Serenade for Violin and Orchestra

16, 17, 18 January, 14 February 1992

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Renée Fleming/Margaret Jane Wray (14), soprano

Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano

John Aler, tenor

Peter Rose, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27

Mozart: Requiem

2, 12 February 1992

Daniel Barenboim

Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass

Joan Rodgers, soprano

Günter von Kannen, bass

Mimi Lerner, mezzo-soprano

Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

Michele Pertusi, bass

Graham Clark, tenor

Lella Cuberli, soprano

Peter Rose, bass

Dawn Kotoski, soprano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

4, 13 February 1992

Daniel Barenboim

Michele Pertusi, bass

Sheri Greenawald, soprano

Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass

Peter Rose, bass

Bruno Lazzaretti, tenor

Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano

Joan Rodgers, soprano

Richard Cowan, bass-baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Mozart: Don Giovanni

5, 15 February 1992

Daniel Barenboim

Bruno Lazzaretti, tenor

Michele Pertusi, bass

Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass

Lella Cuberli, soprano

Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano

Joan Rogers, soprano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Mozart: Così fan tutte

19, 20, 21, 22 February 1992

Zubin Mehta

Brahms: Symphony No. 3

Foss: Symphony No. 3, Symphony of Sorrows

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

26, 27, 28, 29 February 1992

Zubin Mehta

Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Chicago Children’s Choir

Mahler: Symphony No. 3

5, 6, 8, 10 March 1992

Erich Leinsdorf

Donald Peck. flute

Ray Still, oboe

Larry Combs, clarinet

Willard Elliot, bassoon

Dale Clevenger, horn

Adolph Herseth, trumpet

Jay Friedman, trombone

Donald Koss, timpani

Hindemith: Symphonia serena

Martin: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and Strings

Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel (orch. Rubbra)

12, 13, 14 March 1992

Erich Leinsdorf

Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Three Pieces

Schubert: Symphony No. 3

Stravinsky: Orpheus

Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld, Overture

17 March 1992

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

19, 20, 21 March 1992

Daniel Barenboim

Evgeny Kissin, piano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor

Liszt: Dante Symphony

24 March 1992

Daniel Barenboim

Evgeny Kissin, piano

Berlioz: Roman Carnival, Overture

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor

Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Orchestral Excerpts

26, 28 March 1992

Daniel Barenboim

Gidon Kremer, violin

Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 3

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2

Corigliano: Symphony No. 1

27 March 1992

Daniel Barenboim

Gidon Kremer, violin

Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 3

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 2

Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Orchestral Excerpts

23, 24, 25 April 1992

Robert Spano

Richard Goode, piano

Stucky: Impromptus for Orchestra

Schumann: Piano Concerto

Elgar: Enigma Variations

1, 2, 5 May 1992

Kenneth Jean

Donald Moline, cello

Loren Brown, cello

C.P.E. Bach: Symphony No. 5 in B minor

Ott: Concerto for Two Cellos and Orchestra

Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony

7, 8, 10 May 1992

Sir Georg Solti

Ben Heppner, tenor

Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus

Liszt: Les préludes

Liszt: A Faust Symphony

14, 15, 16, 19 May 1992

Sir Georg Solti

Ruth Ziesak, soprano

Uwe Heilmann, tenor

René Pape, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Haydn: The Seasons

21, 22, 23, 26 May, 12, 13 June 1992

James DePreist

Blackwood: Symphony No. 5

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1

Schumann: Symphony No. 2

28, 29, 30 May 1992

Kenneth Jean

Gil Shaham, violin

Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

1992 – 1993

17, 18, 19, 22 September 1992

Daniel Barenboim

Edith Wiens, soprano

Thomas Hampson, baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Brahms: Tragic Overture

Brahms: A German Requiem

24, 25, 26, 29 September 1992

Daniel Barenboim

Brigitte Engerer, piano

Richard Strauss: Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten

Richard Strauss: Burleske for piano and orchestra

Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony

1, 2, 3 October 1992

Daniel Barenboim

Isaac Stern, violin

Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3

Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1

Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra

8, 9, 10 October 1992

Dennis Russell Davies

Joseph Golan, violin

Charles Pikler, viola

Bolcom: Symphony No. 5

Atterberg: Suite No. 3 for violin, viola and orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

15, 16, 17, 20 October 1992

Valery Gergiev

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

Scriabin: Symphony No. 3, The Divine Poem

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World

22, 23, 24, 27 October 1992

Erich Leinsdorf

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel, Suite

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Waltz Sequence

Copland: Rodeo, Three Dance Episodes

Stravinsky: Jeu de Cartes

30, 31 October, 1 November 1992

Erich Leinsdorf

Ursula Oppens, piano

Smetana: From Bohemia’s Meadows and Forest

Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, concert version (arr. Leinsdorf)

12, 13, 14 November 1992

Sir Georg Solti

Haydn: Symphony No. 104, London

Bruckner: Symphony No. 3

19, 20, 21 November 1992

Sir Georg Solti

Gail Williams, horn

Mozart: The Magic Flute, Overture

Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

25, 27, 28, 29 November, 1 December 1992

Pierre Boulez

Stravinsky: Fireworks

Stravinsky: Four Studies

Elliott Carter: Three Occasions for Orchestra

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

3, 4, 5, 8 December 1992

Pierre Boulez

Leon Fleisher, piano

Bartók: Two Images

Bartók: Dance Suite

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

Messiaen: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum

10, 11, 12, 15 December 1992

Pierre Boulez

Dmitri Alexeev, piano

Bartók: Four Pieces

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5

Stravinsky: The Firebird

17, 18, 19 December 1992

Pierre Boulez

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Stravinsky: Choral Variations on Vom Himmel hoch da komm’ich her

Stravinsky: Agon

Stravinsky: The King of the Stars

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

7, 8, 9 January 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Yefim Bronfman, piano

Berio: Continuo

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

13, 15 January 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Allison Eldredge, cello

Elgar: Cello Concerto

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic

14, 16, 19 January 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Siegfried Jerusalem, tenor

Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano

Uta Priew, mezzo-soprano

Endrick Wottrich, tenor

René Pape, bass

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act 2

21, 22, 23, 24 January 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Maxim Vengerov, violin

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Suite

Sibelius: Violin Concerto

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

27, 28, 29, 30 January 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Renée Fleming, soprano

Andreas Schmidt, baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Schubert: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

Fauré: Requiem

4, 5, 6 February 1993

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Melinda Wagner: Falling Angels

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

18, 19, 20, 23 February 1993

Kenneth Jean

Grover Schiltz, cor anglais

Beethoven: Andante cantabile from Piano Trio in B flat major, ‘Archduke’ (orch. Liszt)

Giuseppe Ferlendis: Cor Anglais Concerto (arr. Kraus)

Schubert: String Quintet in C major (orch. Stock)

25, 26, 27, 28 February 1993

David Loebel

Donald Peck, flute

André Watts, piano

Piston: The Incredible Flutist, Suite

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1

Dvořák: Symphony No. 7

11, 12, 13, 16 March 1993

Christian Thielemann

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

18, 19, 20, 23 March 1993

Roger Norrington

Beethoven: Coriolan, Overture

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8

Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World

25, 26, 27, 28, 30 March 1993

Christoph Eschenbach

Dvořák: Serenade for Winds

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

Mozart: Symphony No. 38, Prague

1, 2, 3, 6 April 1993

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor and piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23

8, 9, 10 April 1993

Leonard Slatkin

Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

Joan Tower: Concerto for Orchestra

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

15, 17, 20 April 1993

Michiyoshi Inoue

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

22, 23 April 1993

Myung-Whun Chung

Haydn: Symphony No. 44, Trauersinfonie

Messiaen: Les Offrandes oubliées

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

29*, 30 April, 1, 4 May 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Tina Kiberg, soprano

Janice Taylor*/Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano

John Aler, tenor

Robert Holl, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Beethoven: Missa solemnis

6, 7, 8* May 1993

Daniel Barenboim

James Paul+

Ruben Gonzalez, violin

Elgar: Enigma Variations+

Busoni: Violin Concerto+

Brahms: Symphony No. 3

Brahms: Symphony No. 1*

13, 14 May 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Itzhak Perlman, violin

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

Brahms: Symphony No. 1

15, 18 May 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Itzhak Perlman, violin

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2

Brahms: Symphony No. 3

20 May 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Haydn: Symphony No. 48, Maria Teresa

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic

21, 22 May 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Bruckner: Symphony No. 5

1993 – 1994

18, 23, 25 September 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Alessandra Marc, soprano

Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano

Vicente Ombuena, tenor

Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Verdi: Requiem

19, 22, 24, 28 September 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture

Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

30 September, 1, 2, 5 October 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Pinchas Zukerman, violin

Beethoven: Violin Concerto

Schoenberg: Fives Pieces for Orchestra

Wagner: Tannhäuser, Overture

7, 8, 9 October 1993

Daniel Barenboim

Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin

Ran: Legends

Brahms: Symphony No. 2

13, 14, 15, 16, 17 October 1993

Neeme Järvi

John Bruce Yeh, clarinet

Tubin: Elegy for Strings

Eller: Folk Tune from Songs of my Homeland

Dārziņš: Melancholy Waltz

Jānis Mediņš: Aria from Suite No. 1

Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto

Dvořák: Symphony No. 4

29, 30 October, 2 November 1993

Sir Georg Solti

Ruth Ziesak, soprano

Herbert Lippert, tenor

Anton Scharinger, baritone

René Pape, bass

Haydn: The Creation

4, 19 November, 18 December 1993

Kenneth Jean

Philip Sabransky, piano

Gould: Fall River Legend

Grieg: Piano Concerto

Respighi: The Fountains of Rome

Copland: El salón Mexico

5, 6 November 1993

Sir Georg Solti

Steven Isserlis, cello

Beethoven: Leonore, Overture No. 3

Dvořák: Cello Concerto

Stravinsky: Petrushka

11, 12, 13 November 1993

Sir Georg Solti

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

Weiner: Prince Csongor and the Goblins, Introduction and Scherzo

Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances

Kodály: Háry János, Suite

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

18, 23 November 1993

Sir Georg Solti

Patricia Pagny, piano

Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes

Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 2

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

26, 27 November 1993

Pierre Boulez

Krystian Zimerman, piano

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1

Mahler: Symphony No. 6

2, 4, 7 December 1993

Pierre Boulez

Jessye Norman, soprano

Laszlo Polgar, bass

Larry Russo, narrator

Rands: Le tambourin

Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle

3 December 1993

Pierre Boulez

Rands: Le tambourin, Suites Nos. 1 and 2

Mahler: Symphony No. 6

9, 10, 11, 14 December 1993

Pierre Boulez

Olli Mustonen, piano

Bartók: Divertimento for Strings

Bartók: Hungarian Sketches

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Ravel: Boléro

16, 17, 19 December 1993

Zubin Mehta

Webern: Passacaglia

Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra

Webern: Concerto

Schubert: Symphony No. 9, Great

19 December 1993

Kenneth Jean

Philip Sabransky, piano

Gould: Full River Legend

Grieg: Piano Concerto

Respighi: The Fountains of Rome

Copland: El salón Mexico

5, 6, 7, 8, 11 January 1994

Daniel Barenboim

Dmitri Bashkirov, piano

Baird: Canzona

Scriabin: Piano Concerto

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

13, 14, 15 January 1994

Daniel Barenboim

Gidon Kremer, piano

Berg: Violin Concerto

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6

20, 21, 22, 23, 25 January 1994

Daniele Gatti

Mozart: Divertimento in F, K. 138

Hindemith: Nobilissima visione

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, excerpts

27, 28, 29 January, 1 February 1994

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19

Mozart: Rondo in D major, K. 382

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24

3, 4, 5 February 1994

Daniel Barenboim

Peter Serkin, piano

Pamela Frank, violin

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden

Berg: Chamber Concerto

Bruckner: Mass No. 2

10, 11, 12, 15 February 1994

Daniel Barenboim

Radu Lupu, piano

Beethoven: Grosse Fuge

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht

17, 18, 19 February 1994

Daniel Barenboim

Lawrence Golan, violin

Joseph Golan, violin

Bach: Double Violin Concerto

Carter: Partita

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Debussy: La mer

24, 26 February 1994

Mariss Jansons

Samuel Magad, violin

Weber: Euryanthe, Overture

Korngold: Violin Concerto

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

10, 11, 12, 15 March 1994

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor and piano

Picker: Old and Lost Rivers

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1

Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

17, 18, 19, 22 March 1994

Riccardo Chailly

Maria João Pires, piano

Schnittke: Pianissimo

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suites Nos. 1 and 2

24, 25, 26, 29 March 1994

Myung Whun Chung

David Schrader, organ

Dutilleux: Métaboles

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3, Organ

31 March, 1, 2, 5 April 1994

Michael Tilson Thomas

J.C. Bach: Sinfonia for Double Orchestra, Op. 18 No. 1

Reich: Three Movements

Mahler: Symphony No. 1

7, 8, 9 April 1994

Michael Tilson Thomas

Ryan Cox, treble

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Bernstein: On the Town, Imaginery Coney Island Scene

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

13, 14, 15, 16, 17 April 1994

Valery Gergiev

Alexander Toradze, piano

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina, Suite

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini

Borodin: Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances

28, 29, 30 April 1994

David Zinman

Eduardus Halim, piano

Kodály: Dances of Galanta

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

Rouse: Symphony No. 1

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

5, 6, 7 May 1994

Daniel Barenboim

Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Wagner: Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

Schumann: Cello Concerto

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

10 May 1994

Daniel Barenboim

Debussy: La mer

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

Brahms: Symphony No. 2

11 May 1994

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Carter: Partita

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

11, 14. 15, 17, 18 June 1994

Mark Wigglesworth

Donald Peck, flute

Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1

Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

1994 – 1995

17, 20, 27 September 1994

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Karyn Stewart, soprano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Bruckner: Psalm 150

Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished

Wolf: Der Feuerreiter

Beethoven: Elegy, Op. 118

Beethoven: Choral Fantasy

22, 23, 24 September 1994

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Itzhak Perlman, violin

John Sharp, cello

Boulez: Messagesquisse

Stravinsky: Violin Concerto

Beethoven: Triple Concerto

29 September, 1, 4 October 1994

Daniel Barenboim

Maxim Vengerov, violin

Brahms: Violin Concerto

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht

Wagner: Die Meistersinger, Prelude

30 September, 2 October 1994

Daniel Barenboim

Maxim Vengerov, violin

Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished

Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra

Brahms: Violin Concerto

6, 7, 8 October 1994

Daniel Barenboim

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

13, 14, 15, 18 October 1994

James DePreist

Misha Dichter, piano

Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments

Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments

Mozart: Serenade for Wind Instruments, K. 361

20, 21, 22, 25 October 1994

Michiyoshi Inoue

Sylvia McNair, soprano

Mozart: “Misera, dove son!....Ah’ non son io che parlo”

Mahler: Symphony No. 4

27, 28, 29 October 1984

Dennis Russell Davies

Rubén D’Artagnan González, violin

Haydn: Symphony No. 83, La poule

Ginastera: Violin Concerto

Mackey: Eating Greens

Ravel: La valse

10, 11, 12 November 1994

Lawrence Foster

Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano

Lindroth: Big Band

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3

Enescu: Symphony No. 2

17, 18, 19, 22 November 1994

Antonio Pappano

Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano

Britten: Peter Grimes, Four Sea Interludes

Chausson: Poème de l’amour et de la mer

Copland: Symphony No. 3

25, 26, 27 November 1994

Pierre Boulez

Larry Combs, clarinet

The Swingle Singers

Webern: Passacaglia

Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra

Debussy: Clarinet Rhapsody No. 1

Berio: Sinfonia

1, 2, 3, 6 December 1994

Pierre Boulez

Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen

Webern: Five Movements

Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

8, 9, 10 December 1994

Pierre Boulez

Mahler: Symphony No. 7

15, 16, 17 December 1994

Pierre Boulez

Laura Aikin, soprano

Lucy Shelton, soprano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Boulez: Le visage nuptial

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin

5, 6, 7, 10 January 1995

Neeme Järvi

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Barber: Vanessa, Intermezzo and Under the Willow Tree

Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3

Tchaikovsky: The Snow Maiden, Melodrama and Dance of the Buffoons

12, 13, 14, 17 January 1995

James DePreist

J. Lawrie Bloom, bass clarinet

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, Overture

Krouse: Bass Clarinet Concerto

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2

19, 20, 21, 24 January 1995

Christian Thielemann

Heinrich Schiff, cello

Pfitzner: Palestrina, Three Preludes

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1

Schumann: Symphony No. 4

26, 27, 31 January 1995

Zubin Mehta

Janet Williams, soprano

Frank Lopardo, tenor

Bo Skovhus, baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Chicago Children’s Chorus

Schubert: Symphony No. 6

Orff: Carmina burana

28 January, 3 February 1995

Christian Thielemann

Schumann: Manfred, Overture

Schumann: Symphony No. 4

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

2, 4, 5 February 1995

Zubin Mehta

Mozart: Symphony No. 40

Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1

Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

9, 11, 14 February 1995

Sir Georg Solti

Gail Niwa, piano

Schumann: Piano Concerto

Bruckner: Symphony No. 1

16, 18 February 1995

Sir Georg Solti

Murray Perahia, piano

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor

Bruckner: Symphony No. 1

23, 24, 26 February 1995

Sir Georg Solti

Sergej Aleksashkin, bass

Men of the Chicago Symphony Chorus

Mozart: Symphony No. 25

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar

2, 3, 4 March 1995

Eri Klas

Carol Wincenc, flute

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical

Górecki: Concerto-Cantata for Flute and Orchestra

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

9, 10, 11, 17 March 1995

Daniel Barenboim

Francis Akos, violin

András Schiff, piano

Dvořák: Romance for Violin and Orchestra

Dvořák: Piano Concerto

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

15, 18, 21 March 1995

Daniel Barenboim

Deborah Polaski, Elektra

Alessandra Marc, Chrysothemis

Uta Priew, Klytemnestra

Falk Struckmann, Orestes

James King, Aegisthus

Andrea Bönig, Karyn Stewart, Beverly Thiele, Alfreda Burke, Carola Höhn, Debra Schuerer-DeNoon, Stacy Eckert, Nancy J. Pifer, Brian Nedvin, Paul Grizzell, Chris Scott Feigum

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Richard Strauss: Elektra (concert performance)

23, 24, 25 March 1995

Daniel Barenboim

Emanuel Ax, piano

Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Overture

Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

28 March 1995

Daniel Barenboim

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

30, 31 March, 1 April 1995

Pierre Boulez

Daniel Barenboim*

Daniel Barenboim, piano

Debussy: Jeux

Debussy: Ibéria

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1

Boulez: Notations I-IV*

6, 7, 8, 11 April 1995

Mark Wigglesworth

Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7, Leningrad

13, 14, 15 April 1995

Leonard Slatkin

Corigliano: Fantasia on an Ostinato

Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (arr. Mazzetti)

27, 28, 29, 30 April, 2 May 1995

Donald Runnicles

Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus

Mozart: Symphony No. 39

Holst: The Planets

4, 5, 9 May 1995

Daniel Barenboim

Alessandra Marc, soprano

Members of the Kennedy King College Community Chorus

Members of the Doris Ward Workshop Chorale

Members of Morgan State University Choir

Hannibal Peterson Quartet

Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915

Carter: Partita

Lokumbe: African Portraits

11, 12, 13, 16 May 1995

Daniel Barenboim

Sarah Chang, violin

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

18, 20 May 1995

Daniel Barenboim

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Boulez: Notations I-IV

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

19 May 1995

Daniel Barenboim

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

    

1995 – 1996

29, 30 September, 8, 10 October 1995

James Paul

Adolph Herseth, trumpet

Coe: Ischiana

Haydn: Trumpet Concerto

Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)

5, 6, 7 October 1995

Sir Georg Solti

Kyung-Wha Chung, violin

Bartók: Violin Concerto 2

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

12, 13, 14, 17 October 1995

Daniel Barenboim

Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude Act 1

Höller: Aura

Beethoven: Violin Concerto

19, 20, 21, 24 October 1995

Daniel Barenboim

Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

Berlioz: The Death of Cleopatra

Elgar: Falstaff

26, 27, 28 October 1995

Daniel Barenboim

Albert Igolnikov, violin

Rimsky-Korsakov: Fantasia on Two Russian Themes for Violin and Orchestra

Ran: Symphony

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

31 October 1995

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 13

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8

2, 3, 4 November 1995

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 11

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 13

16, 17, 18, 21 November 1995

Semyon Bychkov

Berio: Rendering

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905

24, 25, 28 November 1995

Pierre Boulez

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

Davidovsky: Concertante for String Quartet

Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin

Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy

30 November, 1, 2, 5 December 1995

Pierre Boulez

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

7, 8, 9, 12 December 1995

Pierre Boulez

Dukas: La Péri, Fanfare and Dance Poem

Debussy: La mer

Varèse: Ionisation

Varèse: Amériques

14, 15, 16 December 1995

Pierre Boulez

Leon Fleisher, piano

Manoury: Prelude and Wait

Debussy: The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, Symphonic Fragments

Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

4, 5, 6, 7 January 1996

Daniel Barenboim

Maxim Vengerov, violin

Busoni: Comedy Overture

Nielsen: Violin Concerto (4, 5)

Sibelius: Violin Concerto (6, 7)

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring

11, 12, 13 January 1996

Daniel Barenboim

Melinda Wagner: Falling Angels

Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

18, 29, 20 January 1996

Zubin Mehta

Schubert: Rosamunde, Overture

Schubert: Symphony No. 8, Unfinished

Richard Strauss: Symphonia domestica

24, 25, 26 January 1996

Daniel Barenboim

André Watts, piano

Wagner: Parsifal, Prelude Act 1 and Good Friday Music

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 (24, 25)

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 (26)

Liszt: Totentanz

Wagner: Götterdämmerung, Siegfried’s Death and Funeral Music

27 January 1996

Daniel Barenboim

André Watts, piano

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

1, 2, 3, 6 February 1996

Daniel Barenboim

Evgeny Kissin, piano

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (1, 6)

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (2, 3)

8, 9, 10 February 1996

Daniel Barenboim

Traditional Javanese Court Gamelan Music

Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Overture

Ravel: Mother Goose, Suite, The Empress of the Pagodas

McPhee: Symphony No. 2, Pastorale

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

15, 16, 17 February 1996

Daniel Barenboim

Laura Aikin, soprano

Ben Heppner, tenor

René Pape, bass

Birgitta Svendén, mezzo-soprano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Bernstein: Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah

Beethoven: The Mount of Olives

22, 23, 24 February 1996

Mariss Jansons

Emanuel Ax, piano

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1

Schoenberg: Piano Concerto

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2

29 February, 1, 2, 3, 5 March 1996

Daniele Gatti

Alicia De Larrocha, piano

Adams: Tromba Lontana

Adams: A Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

7, 8, 9, 12 March 1996

Riccardo Chailly

Ives: Robert Browning Overture

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

Ives: The Unanswered Question

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1945)

14, 15, 16, 19 March 1996

Riccardo Chailly

Rossini: William Tell Overture

Janáček: Sinfonietta

Brahms: Symphony No. 1

21, 22, 23, 26 March 1996

Michael Gielen

Mahler: Symphony No. 6

28, 29, 30 March 1996

Michael Gielen

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus Overture

Stucky: Pinturas de Tamayo

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

11, 13, 16 April 1996

Lawrence Foster

Alfred Brendel, piano

Montsalvatge: Desintegración morfologica del la Chacona de J.S. Bach

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

18, 19, 20, 23 April 1996

Dennis Russell Davies

Samuel Magad, violin

Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

Conus: Violin Concerto

Kancheli: Ein trauerfarbenes Land

25, 26, 27, 28 April 1996

Roger Norrington

Bach: Suite No. 3

Haydn: Symphony No. 49, La Passione

Beethoven  Symphony No. 2

8, 9, 10, 11, 14 May 1996

Pinchas Zukerman, violin and conductor

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3

Mozart: Serenade No. 7, Posthorn

16, 17, 18 May 1996

Takashi Asahina

Bruckner: Symphony No. 5

23, 24, 25, 26 May 1996

Christoph Eschenbach

Tzimon Barto, piano

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

30, 31 May, 1 June 1996

Christoph Eschenbach

Sharon Sweet, soprano

Marvis Martin, soprano

Ying Huang, soprano

Florence Quivar, mezzo-soprano

Janis Taylor, mezzo-soprano

Vinson Cole, tenor

Richard Zeller, baritone

Eric Halfvarson, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Mahler: Symphony No. 8

1996 – 1997

21, 24 September 1996

Daniel Barenboim

Ruben D’Artagnan González, violin

Alex Klein, oboe

Dale Clevenger, horn

Richard Strauss: Violin Concerto

Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto

Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1

Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel

26, 27, 28 September 1996

Daniel Barenboim

Itzhak Perlman, violin

Yo Yo Ma, cello

Handel: Solomon, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Brahms: Double Concerto

Carter: Adagio Tenebroso

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

3, 4, 5, 8 October 1996

Daniel Barenboim

Steven Tharp, tenor

Daniel Gingrich, horn

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Schubert: Auf dem Strom, D. 943

Schubert: Psalm 23 for Chorus and Piano, D. 706

Schubert: Offertory for Tenor, Chorus and Orchestra, D. 963

Schubert   Symphony No. 9, Great

10, 11, 12 October 1996

Daniel Barenboim

Maxim Vengerov, violin

Michael Henoch, oboe

Bach: Violin and Oboe Concerto BWV 1060

Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

17, 18, 19, 22 October 1996

Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin

Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 1

Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 4

Haydn: Symphony No. 83, The Hen

24, 25, 26, 29 October 1996

Takashi Asahina

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9

31 October, 1, 2, 3 November 1996

Christoph Eschenbach

Haydn: Symphony No. 92, Oxford

Sheng: China Dreams

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

7, 8, 9, 12 November 1996

Christoph Eschenbach

Peter Serkin, piano

Stravinsky: Circus Polka

Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

14, 15, 16 November 1996

Robert Spano

Midori, violin

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1

Sibelius: Four Legends

29, 30 November, 3 December 1996

Pierre Boulez

José Van Dam, bass-bartione

Varèse: Dèserts

Ravel: Don Quichotte à Dulcinèe

Ravel: Five Popular Greek Melodies

Mahler: Three Rückert Lieder

Messiaen: L'Ascension

5, 6, 7, 10 December 1996

Pierre Boulez

Anatol Ugorski, piano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments

Scriabin: Piano Concerto

Scriabin: Prometheus

Prokofiev: Scythian Suite

12, 13, 14, 17 December 1996

Pierre Boulez

Thomas: ....words of the sea...

Varèse: Arcana

Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

19, 20, 21 December 1996

Pierre Boulez

Juliane Banse, soprano

Mahler: Todtenfeier

Mahler: Symphony No. 4

9, 10, 11, 12 January 1997

Bernard Haitink

Cynthia Clarey, mezzo-soprano

Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn

Turnage: Some Days

Brahms: Symphony No. 2

16, 17, 18, 21 January 1997

Bernard Haitink

Sylvia McNair, soprano

Markella Hatziano, mezzo-soprano

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Mahler: Symphony No. 2, Resurrection

23, 24, 25, 28 January 1997

Daniel Barenboim

William Eddins, piano

Ravel: Mother Goose Suite

Gershwin: Piano Concerto

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

30, 31 January, 1, 4 February 1997

Daniel Barenboim

Radu Lupu, piano

Yim: Rough Magic

Schumann: Piano Concerto

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

6, 8 February 1997

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 13

Mahler: Symphony No. 5

13, 14, 15, 16 February 1997

Neeme Järvi

Rachel Barton, violin

Rapchak: Saetas

PAGANINI   Violin Concerto No. 2

NIELSEN    Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable

20, 21, 22, 25 February 1997

Zubin Mehta

Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 4

Beethoven  Symphony No. 3, Eroica

27, 28 February, 1 March 1997

Zubin Mehta

Yefim Bronfman, piano

Korngold: Much Ado about Nothing, Suite

Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2

Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings (arr. for String Orchestra)

6, 7, 8, 11 March 1997

Peter Schreier, conductor and tenor

Julie Kaufmann, soprano

Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano

Steve Davislim, tenor

Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone

Peter Lika, bass

Chicago Children’s Chorus

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Bach: St. Matthew Passion

14, 15, 18 March 1997

Sir Georg Solti

Murray Perahia, piano

Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Stravinsky: Symphony in C

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

20, 23, 27, 28, 29 March 1997

Sir Georg Solti

Sergei Aleksashkin, bass

Mussorgsky: Prelude, Khovanshchina, (arr Rimsky-Korsakov)

Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (arr. Shostakovich)

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15

3, 4, 5 April 1997

Lawrence Foster

Alfred Brendel, piano

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor

Dutilleux: Timbres, espace, mouvement

Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

10, 11, 12, 15 April 1997

Yaron Traub

Till Fellner, piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25

Schoenberg: Pelleas et Melisande

17, 18, 19 April 1997

Kent Nagano

Yuri Bashmet, viola

Gubaidulina: Viola Concerto

Stravinsky: The Firebird

24, 25, 26 April 1997

Mstislav Rostropovich

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, Classical

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8

8 May 1997 (Medinah Temple)

Daniel Barenboim

Gershwin: Cuban Overture

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Hannibal: African Portraits

13 May 1997 (Medinah Temple)

Daniel Barenboim

Placido Domingo*

Daniel Barenboim, piano

Gershwin: Cuban Overture

Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain*

Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra

15, 16, 17 May 1997 (Medinah Temple)

Daniel Barenboim

Placido Domingo*

Gidon Kremer, violin

Daniel Barenboim, piano

Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Reimann: Violin Concerto

Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain

20 May 1997 (Medinah Temple)

Daniel Barenboim

Gidon Kremer, violin

Reimann: Violin Concerto

Mahler: Symphony No. 5

22, 23, 24, 25, 27 May 1997 (Medinah Temple)

Daniel Barenboim

Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano

Falla: The Three-cornered Hat

Falla: Seven Popular Spanish Songs

Falla: El amor brujo

29, 30 May 1997 (Medinah Temple)

Daniel Barenboim

Höller: Aura

Mahler: Symphony No. 5

1997 - 1998

15, 17, 18, 21 October 1997

Daniel Barenboim

Maxim Vengerov, violin

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1

Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra

Brahms: Violin Concerto

23, 24 October 1997

Daniel Barenboim

Maurizio Pollini, piano

Berg: Three Pieces for Orchestra

Schumann: Piano Concerto

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

29, 30, 31 October, 1 November 1997

Michael Gielen

Ursula Oppens, piano

Beethoven: Leonore No. 2, Overture

Carter: Piano Concerto

Schubert: Rosamunde, Incidental Music

Beethoven: Leonore No. 3, Overture

6, 7, 8, 11 November 1997

Markus Stenz

Larry Combs, clarinet

David McGill, bassoon

Ives: Decoration Day

R. Strauss: Duet Concertino

Schumann: Symphony No. 2

13, 14, 15 November 1997

Christopher Wilkins

Jorge Federico Osorio, piano

Barber: Symphony No. 1

Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Copland: El salon Mexico

Reveultas: La noche de los mayas

20, 21, 22, 25 November 1997

Pierre Boulez

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Schubert: Hymnus an den Heiligen Geist

Schubert: Nachtgesang im Walde

Schubert: Gesang der geister über den Wassern

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloë, complete

28, 29, 30 November, 2 December 1997

Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin

Beethoven: Romance No. 1

Beethoven: Romance No. 2

Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite

Hindemith: Trauermusik

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor (orch. Mahler)

4, 5, 6 December 1997

Leif Segerstam

Ignat Solzhenitsyn, piano

Segerstam: February

Grieg: Piano Concerto

Nielsen: Symphony No. 6, Sinfonia semplice

Sibelius: Finlandia

17, 18, 19, 20 December 1997

Christoph Eschenbach

Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture

Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

Ravel: Tzigane

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra

8, 9, 10 January 1998

William Edkins

Alan Gimpel, piano

Bernstein: Overture, Candide

Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes, On the Town

Bernstein: On the Waterfront, Symphonic Suite

Bernstein: Symphony No. 2, Age of Anxiety

15, 16, 17, 20 January 1998

Christoph Eschenbach

Renée Fleming, soprano

Mary Sauer, piano

John Sharp, cello

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture

Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate

Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Moonlight Music and Final Scene Corigliano: Symphony No. 1

22, 23, 24 January 1998

William Eddins

Itzhak Perlman, violin

Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2

Beethoven: Violin Concerto

29, 30, 31 January, 3 February 1998

Daniel Barenboim

Beethoven:  Symphony No. 8

Bruckner:  Symphony No. 7

5, 6, 7 February 1998

Daniel Barenboim

Birtwistle: Exody

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

12, 13, 14 February 1998

Daniel Barenboim

Peter Serkin, piano

Pamela Frank, violin

Raimi: Elegy

Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin and 13 Wind Instruments

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica

18, 20, 22 February 1998

Zubin Mehta

Daniel Barenboim, piano

Wagner: A Faust Overture

Hindemith: Mathis der Maler Symphony

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1

19, 21 February 1998

Daniel Barenboim

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica

26, 27, 28 February, 3 March 1998

Zubin Mehta

Barbara Ann Martin, soprano

R. Anton Briones, boy soprano

Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Romantic

5, 6, 7, 11 March 1998

Herbert Blomstedt

Lynn Harrell, cello

Mendelssohn: The Hebrides, Overture

Dutilleux: Tout un monde lontain....

Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

12, 13, 14, 17 March 1998

Oliver Knussen

Lucy Shelton, soprano

Gail Williams, horn

Stravinsky: Canon on a Russian Popular Tune

Stravinsky: The Faun and the Shepherdess

Lieberson: Drala

Knussen: Horn Concerto

Stravinsky: The Firebird, Suite

19, 20, 21, 24 March 1998

Oliver Knussen

Rosemary Hardy, soprano

Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain (arr. Stokowski)

Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, Songs and a Sea Interlude

Knussen: The Way to Castle Yonder

Knussen: Where the Wild Things Are, The Wild Rumpus

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Stokowski)

26, 27, 28 March 1998

Daniele Gatti

Samuel Magad, violin

Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 1

Brahms: Symphony No. 1

15, 16, 17, 18, 21 April 1998

Donald Runnicles

John Sharp, cello

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll 

Haydn: Cello Concerto in D 

Pärt: Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten 

Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

 23, 24, 25, 26, 28 April 1998

Pierre Boulez

John Bruce Yeh, clarinet

Carter: Clarinet Concerto 

Mahler: Symphony No. 1

30 April, 1, 2, 5 May 1998

Pierre Boulez

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales 

Ligeti: Piano Concerto 

Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques 

Roussel: Symphony No. 3

7, 8, 9 May 1998

Mark Wigglesworth

Christine Schäfer, soprano

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune 

Mozart: Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio 

Mozart: Mia sperenza adorata 

Berg: Altenberg Lieder 

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

14, 15, 16, 19 May 1998

Franz Welser-Möst

André Watts, piano

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6

22, 23 May 1998

Daniel Barenboim

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica

26, 28, 31 May 1998

Daniel Barenboim

Waltraud Meier, soprano

Thomas Moser, tenor

Ekkehard Wlaschiha, baritone

René Pape, bass

Mark McCrory, tenor

Carola Höhn, soprano

Endrik Wottrich, baritone

Thomas E. Dymit, tenor

David DuBois, bass

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Beethoven: Fidelio  (concert performance)

29, 30 May 1998

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

4 June 1998

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Jane Eaglen, soprano

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 

Beethoven: Ah! Perfido 

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

5 June 1998

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Jane Eaglen, soprano

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 

Beethoven: Ah! Perfido 

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3

6 June 1998

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Jane Eaglen, soprano

Beethoven: Ah! Perfido 

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs 

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor

1998 - 1999

1, 2, 3, 6 October 1998

Daniel Barenboim

Maxim Vengerov, violin

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude

Act 3

Shchedrin: Cantabile for violin and orchestra

Brahms: Symphony No. 1

8, 9, 10, 11, 13 October 1998

Yaron Traub

John Browning, piano

Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture

Barber: Piano Concerto

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish

15, 16, 17 October 1998

Christoph Eschenbach

Mahler: Symphony No. 6

21, 22, 23, 24 October 1998

Daniel Barenboim

Gidon Kremer, violin

Katharina Kammerloher, mezzo-soprano

Kancheli: Lament, Music of Mourning in Memory of Luigi Nono Brahms: Symphony No. 4

29, 30, 31 October 1998

Franz Welser-Möst

Peter Donohoe, piano

Haydn: Symphony No. 66

Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1

12, 13, 14, 17 November 1998

Yaron Traub

Ivan Moravec, piano

Ravel: Alborada del gracioso

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2

19, 20, 21, 22, 24 November 1998

Zdeněk Mácal

Petra Lang, mezzo-soprano

Simon Keenlyside, baritone

Mahler: Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, Italian

27, 28 November, 1 December 1998

Pierre Boulez

Women of the Chicago Symphony Chorus

Augusta Read Thomas: Orbital Beacons

Debussy: Nocturnes

Debussy: La mer

3, 4, 5, 8 December 1998

Pierre Boulez

Gil Shaham, violin

Messiaen: Un sourire

Bartók: Violin Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 (1928)

Berg: Lyric Suite (1928)

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements (1945)

10, 11, 12, 15 December 1998

Pierre Boulez

Gil Shaham, violin

Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2

Bartók: The Wooden Prince, ballet

17, 18, 19, 20 December 1998

Daniel Barenboim

Donald Peck, flute

Wagner: Rienzi, Overture

Nielsen: Flute Concerto

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

7, 8, 9 January 1999

Daniel Barenboim

Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Harbison: Cello Concerto

Brahms: Symphony No. 2

12 January 1999

Daniel Barenboim

Radu Lupu, piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben

14, 15, 16 January 1999

Daniel Barenboim

Radu Lupu, piano

Boulez: Notations VII

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23

Brahms: Symphony No. 3

20, 21, 22, 23, 26 January 1999

Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin

Alex Klein, oboe

Lutoslawski: Funeral Music

Brahms: Serenade No. 2

Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin

Haydn: Symphony No. 49, La passione

28, 29, 30 January 1999

David Robertson

Kyung Wha Chung, violin

Debussy: Printemps

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2

Stravinsky: Petrushka (1911)

11, 12, 13 February 1999

Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano

Joseph Guastafeste, bass

Tanenbaum: First Bassman

Richard Strauss: Don Juan

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22

18, 19, 20 February 1999

Daniel Barenboim

Dorothea Röschmann, soprano

Thomas Quasthoff (18/20)/Nathan Gunn (19), baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Brahms: A German Requiem

27 February, 2 March 1999

William Eddins

Weber: Der Freischütz, Overture

Wilson: Symphony No. 3, Hold On

Dvorák: Symphony No. 7

4, 5, 6, 9 March 1999

Andrew Davis

Andreas Haefliger, piano

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27

Elgar: Symphony No. 3 (elab. Payne)

11, 12, 13 March 1999

James Levine

Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano

Women Of The Chicago Symphony Chorus

Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus

Mahler: Symphony No. 3

18, 20 March 1999

Pierre Boulez

Sarah Bullen, harp

Stravinsky: The Song of the Nightingale

Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique

24, 26 March 1999

Pierre Boulez

David Pittman-Jennings, bass-baritone

Chris Merritt, tenor

Kwangchul Youn, bass

Carola Höhn, soprano

Uta Priew, contralto

Stefan Rügamer, tenor

Antti Sohonen, baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Chicago Children's Chorus

Schoenberg: Moses and Aaron, concert performance

9, 10, 11, 13 April 1999

Yuri Temirkanov

Alex Slobodyanik, piano

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Prelude

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances

15, 16, 17 April 1999

Christoph Eschenbach

Emanuel Ax, piano

Adams: Century Rolls

Bruckner: Symphony No. 6

22, 23, 24 April 1999

Christoph Eschenbach

Lisa Saffer, soprano

Lorraine Hunt, mezzo-soprano

Frank Kelley, tenor

James Maddalena, baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet No. 1

Harbison: Four Psalms

29, 30 April, 1, 4 May 1999

Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Viktoria Postnikova, piano

R. Strauss: Burleske

R. Strauss: Symphonic Fragment from Josephs-Legende

Carpenter: Skyscrapers, A Ballet of Modern American Life

Schnittke: The Dead Souls, Film Suite

6, 7, 8, 11 May 1999

John Adams

Garrick Ohlsson, piano

George Shirley, narrator

Ives: Three Places in New England

Copland: Piano Concerto

Adams: Naïve and Sentimental Music

13, 14, 15, 18 May 1999

John Adams

Vadim Repin, violin

Mary Preston, organ

Mark Ridenour, trumpet

Ives: Country Band March

Ives: Hymn: Largo Cantabile for String Orchestra

Ives: At the River (arr. Adams)

Ives: Ragtime Dance No. 4

Glass: Façades

Harrison: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra

Adams: Violin Concerto

20, 21, 22, 23 May 1999

Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin

Dvořák: Romance in F Minor

Dvořák: Serenade for Winds

Dvořák: Symphony No. 8

27, 28 May 1999

Mstislav Rostropovich

Olga Guryakova, soprano

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Two arias

Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Five Interludes

29 May, 1 June 1999

Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor and cello

Sergei Aleksashkin, bass

Men Of The Chicago Symphony Chorus

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, Babi Yar

3, 4 June 1999

Mstislav Rostropovich

Maxim Vengerov, violin

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

10 June 1999

Mstislav Rostropovich

Larissa Diadkova, contralto

Enrico Dindo, cello

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 12, The Year 1917

Schumann: Cello Concerto (arr. Shostakovich)

Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (arr. Shostakovich)

11, 12 June 1999

Mstislav Rostropovich

Constantin Lifschitz, piano

Adolph Herseth, trumpet

Shostakovich: Hamlet Suite

Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905