Monday, 24 September 2018

Philadelphia Orchestra - Subscription Concerts in the Sawallisch era 1993 - 1998

1993 – 1994

Programme 1

21, 22, 24 September 1993

Wolfgang Sawallisch

APOSTEL
Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn

SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto

HAYDN
Symphony No. 103, 'Drum Roll'


Programme 2

1, 2, 4 October 1993

Wolfgang Sawallisch

ROREM
Eagles

PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake, excerpts

Sarah Chang, violin


Programme 3

8, 9, 12 October 1993

Wolfgang Sawallisch

STRAUSS
Don Juan

WEILL
Symphony No. 1

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

Gerhard Oppitz, piano



Programme 4

14, 15, 16 October 1993

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BRITTEN
War Requiem

Carol Vaness, soprano
John Aler, tenor
John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
Philadelphia Boys' Choir
The Westminster Symphonic Choir


Programme 5

21, 22, 23 October 1993

Zdeněk Mácal

MOZART
Symphony No. 29

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1

Maxim Vengerov, violin


Programme 6

28, 29, 30 October 1993

Charles Dutoit

STUCKY
Son et lumière

MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Jean Laurendeau, ondes martenot
Ladies of the Philadelphia Choral Arts Society



Programme 7

4, 5, 6, 9 November 1993

Charles Dutoit

MESSIAEN
Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine

DEBUSSY
La Damoiselle élue

ROUSSEL
Bacchus et Ariane, ballet suites Nos. 1 and 2

Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
Ladies of the Philadelphia Choral Arts Society


Programme 8

11, 12, 13 November 1993

Charles Dutoit

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1

WEILL
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Chantal Juillet, violin


Programme 9

19, 20, 22, 23 November 1993

Claus Peter Flor

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 4

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 9

William Pasquale, violin



Programme 10

26, 27, 30 November 1993

Daniele Gatti

STRAVINSKY
Circus Polka

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2

PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet, excerpts

Garrick Ohlsson, piano


Programme 11

2, 3, 4, 7 December 1993

Franz Welser-Möst

DVOŘÁK
The Water Sprite

FELD
Concerto for flute, strings, piano, harp and percussion

MARTINŮ
Symphony No. 5

Jeffrey Khaner, flute


Programme 12

3, 4 January 1994

Zdeněk Mácal

ROSSINI
Semiramide, overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 5

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 8



Programme 13

7, 8, 11 January 1994

Zdeněk Mácal

SMETANA
Ma vlast - Vysehrad, Vltava and Sarka

GRIEG
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1

RESPIGHI
Pines of Rome


Programme 14

13, 14, 15, 18 January 1994

David Loebel

SINGLETON
56 Blows

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 9

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 6

Peter Orth, piano


Programme 15

21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 31 January 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

HANDEL
Music for The Royal Fireworks

BARTÓK
Violin Concerto No. 2

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4

Kyoko Takezawa, violin



Programme 16

3, 4 February 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

LISZT
Orpheus

HINDEMITH
Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber

FRANCK
Symphony


Programme 17

10, 12, 15 February 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

HONEGGER
Pacific 231

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2

Bruno Leonardo Gelber, piano


Programme 18

17, 18, 19, 21, 22 February 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, Overture

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

STRAVINSKY
Scherzo fantastique

STRAVINSKY
Symphony in Three Movements

Radu Lupu, piano



Programme 19

25, 26 February 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 2

MOZART
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Marten aller Arten

STRAUSS
Das Bachlein, song

STRAUSS
Wiegenlied, song

STRAUSS
An die Nacht, song

RESPIGHI
La Boutique fantasque

Kathleen Battle, soprano


Programme 20

3, 4, 5 March 1994

Mariss Jansons

SIBELIUS
Lemminkaïnen's Return

MUSSORGSKY
Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich)

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 10

Robert Lloyd, bass



Programme 21

10, 11, 12 March 1994

David Zinman

BERLIOZ
Benvenuto Cellini, Overture

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 21

BARTÓK
Viola Concerto

BARBER
Symphony No. 1

Jeffrey Kahane, piano
Joseph de Pasquale, viola


Programme 22

18, 19, 21, 22 March 1994

David Zinman

BERNSTEIN
Serenade after Plato's Symposium

ELGAR
Symphony No. 2

Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin


Programme 23

24, 25, 29 March 1994

Riccardo Chailly

SCHNITTKE
pianissimo…

SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Mario Brunello, cello



Programme 24

31 March, 1, 2, 5 April 1994

Christoph Eschenbach

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 2

STUCKY
Symphony No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1

Tzimon Barto, piano


Programme 25

7, 8, 9 April 1994

Christoph Eschenbach

SCHUMANN
The Bride of Messina, Overture

BERG
Violin Concerto

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

Pinchas Zukerman, violin


Programme 26

28, 29, 30 April 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

MOZART
Symphony No. 1

DRUCKMAN
Counterpoise

MOZART
Exsultate jubilate, motet

HINDEMITH
Symphony, 'Mathis der Maler'

Dawn Upshaw, soprano



Programme 27

5, 6, 7, 10 May 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BLACHER
Variations on a Theme of Paganini

HAYDN
Piano Concerto in D major

STRAVINSKY
Capriccio for piano and orchestra

BRITTEN
Variations and Fugue on a theme of Purcell

Emanuel Ax, piano


Programme 28

12, 13, 14 May 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

RANDS
Tre canzoni senza parole

BERNSTEIN
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)




1994 – 1995

Programme 1

22, 23, 24, 27 September 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

HAYDN
The Seasons

Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Herbert Lippert, tenor
René Pape, bass
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 2

29, 30 September, 1 October 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

SCHOENBERG
Piano Concerto

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2

Emanuel Ax, piano


Programme 3

7, 11 October 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

PISTON
Symphony No. 4

STRAUSS
Oboe Concerto

HAYDN
Symphony No. 102

Richard Woodhams, oboe



Programme 4

14, 15 October 1994

Wolfgang Sawallisch

HAAS
Study fpr string orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

MARTINŮ
Symphony No. 4

Gil Shaham, violin


Programme 5

28, 29 October 1994

Christoph Eschenbach

SCHUMANN
Violin Concerto

MAHLER
Symphony No. 5

Joshua Bell, violin


Programme 6

4, 5, 6 November 1994

Myung-Whun Chung

HAYDN
Symphony No. 80

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 4



Programme 7

11, 12, 15 November 1994

Franz Welser-Möst

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2

HAYDN
Symphony No. 98

STRAUSS, Johann II
Die Fledermaus, Overture

Horacio Gutierrez, piano


Programme 8

17, 18, 19, 22 November 1994

Eiji Oue

SMETANA
The Bartered Bride, overture

DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto

COPLAND
Appalachian Spring, suite

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, Suite (1919)

Pamela Frank, violin


Programme 9

25, 26 November 1994

David Zinman

HAYDN
Symphony No. 87

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

Kyung-Wha Chung, violin





Programme 10

1, 2, 3 December 1994

Michael Stern

BARBER
Overture to The School for Scandal

ELGAR
Cello Concerto

HAYDN
Cello Concerto in C major

RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances

Yo-Yo Ma, cello


Programme 11

9, 10 December 1994

Marek Janowski

HAYDN
Symphony No. 96, 'Miracle'

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4

Olli Mustonen, piano


Programme 12

14, 15, 16 December 1994

James DePreist

HAYDN
Symphony No. 39

KORNGOLD
Violin Concerto

PROKOFIEV
Cinderella, Suite No. 1

William Pasquale, violin





Programme 13

5, 6, 7 January 1995

André Previn

RAVEL
Le tombeau de Couperin

HAYDN
Cello Concerto in D major

SHAPERO
Symphony for Classical Orchestra

Wendy Warner, cello


Programme 14

12, 13, 14 January 1995

Christian Thielemann

PFITZNER
Palestrina, Three Preludes

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 27

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

Radu Lupu, piano


Programme 15

19, 20, 21 January 1995

Hans Vonk

WERNICK
Symphony No. 2

MAHLER
Symphony No. 4

Sylvia McNair, soprano



Programme 16

26, 27, 31 January 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

ULLMANN
Symphony No. 1 (ed. Wulff)

HINDEMITH
Piano Concerto

MOZART
Symphony No. 39

Peter Serkin, piano


Programme 17

3, 4, 7 February 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

WAGNER
Wesendonck Lieder (arr. Henze)

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 1

BACH
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (orch. Stokowski)

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Stokowski)

Marjana Lipovsek, mezzo-soprano


Programme 18

10, 11, 14 February 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

HAYDN
Symphony No. 100, 'Military'

MARTINŮ
Der Cornet

Marjana Lipovsek, mezzo-soprano



Programme 19

16, 17, 18, 21 February 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

SCHUBERT
Overtures in D and C, 'In the Italian Style'

HINDEMITH
Cello Concerto

STRAUSS
Don Quixote

Heinrich Schiff, cello
Joseph de Pasquale, viola


Programme 20

25, 28 February 1995

Charles Dutoit

HAYDN
Symphony No. 30

NIELSEN
Violin Concerto

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

Cho-Liang Lin, violin


Programme 21

2, 3, 4 March 1995

Charles Dutoit

HONEGGER
Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher

Julie Vincent, actress
Guy Provost, actor
Kate Young, actress
Deborah Voigt, soprano
Dominique Labelle, soprano
Helene Perraguin, mezzo-soprano
John Aler, tenor
Philippe Rouillon, bass
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale
The American Boychoir



Programme 22

9, 10, 11 March 1995

Yuri Temirkanov

HAYDN
Symphony No. 7, 'Le midi'

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2

ELGAR
Enigma Variations

André Watts, piano


Programme 23

17, 18, 21 March 1995

Yuri Temirkanov

LIADOV
The Enchanted Lake

BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Suite No. 3

Miriam Fried, violin


Programme 24

30, 31 March, 1 April 1995

Mstislav Rostropovich

HAYDN
Symphony No. 104, 'London'

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5



Programme 25

7, 8 April 1995

Carl St. Clair

HAYDN
Symphony No. 49, 'La passione'

TICHELI
Radiant Voices

RAVEL
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Leon Fleisher, piano


Programme 26

21, 22, 25 April 1995

Mark Wigglesworth

STILL
Symphony No. 1, 'Afro-American'

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 2

HAYDN
Symphony No. 1

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5

Yefim Bronfman, piano


Programme 27

27, 28, 29 April, 2 May 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

WAGNER
Das Liebesverbot, overture

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Mitsuko Uchida, piano


Programme 28

5, 6, 9 May 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BERGER
Rondo ostinato

RANDS
Canzoni per Orchestra

WAGNER
A Faust Overture

WAGNER
Symphony in E major, 1st Movement

WAGNER
Rienzi, Overture


Programme 29

10, 12, 20 May 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

STRAUSS
Ariadne auf Naxos (concert performance)

Mechthild Gessendorf, soprano
Paul Frey, tenor
Jane Giering-De Haan, soprano
Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano
Werner Klemperer, actor
Eike Wilm Schulte, baritone


Programme 30

11, 13, 16, 19 May 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

HINDEMITH
Violin Concerto

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 3

Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin








1995 - 1996

Programme 1

21, 22, 23 September 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

Ignat Solzhenitsyn, piano


Programme 2

28, 29, 30 September, 2 October 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

GLINKA
Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture

SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique

Kyoko Takezawa, violin


Programme 3
  
5, 6, 7, 10 October 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4

STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben



Programme 4

13, 14, 17 October 1995

Wolfgang Sawallisch

HINDEMITH
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd

Florence Quivar. mezzo-soprano
Thomas Hampson, baritone
The Westminster Symphonic Choir


Programme 5

19, 20, 21, 24 October 1995

Christoph Eschenbach

SHENG
Prelude for Orchestra

GRIEG
Piano Concerto

BARTÓK
Concerto for orchestra

Tzimon Barto, piano


Programme 6

27, 28 October 1995

Christoph Eschenbach

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'

BARTÓK
Violin Concerto No. 2

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Midori, violin



Programme 7

2, 3, 4 November 1995

Franz Welser-Möst

SIBELIUS
Finlandia

KANCHELI
Lament

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 7

Gidon Kremer, violin
Maacha Deubner, soprano


Programme 8

9, 10, 12, 15 November 1997

Franz Welser-Möst

BERNSTEIN
Divertimento for orchestra

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

KORNGOLD
Symphony


Programme 9

17, 18, 21 November 1995

Charles Dutoit

BARTÓK
Dance Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

Maxim Vengerov, violin



Programme 10

24, 25 November 1995

Georges Prêtre

BRAHMS
Hunagrian Dances (8)

CHAUSSON
Poème

RAVEL
Tzigane

MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin


Programme 11

1, 2, 5 December 1995

Riccardo Chailly

SHOSTAKOVICH
The Bolt, suite

NIELSEN
Flute Concerto

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring

Jeffrey Khaner, flute


Programme 12

8, 9, 12 December 1995

Riccardo Chailly

RAVEL
Alborada del gracioso

RAVEL
Piano Concerto in G major

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano



Programme 13

15, 16 December 1995

Andrew Davis

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on Greensleeves

MacMILLAN
Veni veni Emmanuel!

MOZART
Posthorn Serenade

Evelyn Glennie, percussion


Programme 14

4, 5, 6 January 1996

David Zinman

DANIELPOUR
Cello Concerto

KIRCHNER
Music for Cello and Orchestra

ROUSE
Cello Concerto

Yo-Yo Ma, cello


Programme 15

11, 12, 13, 16 January 1996

David Zinman

BARBER
First Essay

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

Pinchas Zukerman, violin



Programme 16

19, 20, 23 January 1996

Zdeněk Mácal

ZAIMONT
Symphony No. 1

GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Francesca da Rimini

Leila Josefowicz, violin


Programme 17

25, 26, 30 January 1996

Charles Dutoit

ADAMS
The Chiarman Dances

POULENC
Concerto for Two Pianos

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 1, 'Winter Dreams'

Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
Pascal Rogé, piano


Programme 18

2, 3, 6 February 1996

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 8



Programme 19

8, 10 February 1996

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, Overture

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 9

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

Murray Perahia, piano


Programme 20

16, 17, 20 February 1996

Wolfgang Sawallisch

STRAUSS
Don Juan

STRAUSS
Burleske

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

Emanuel Ax, piano


Programme 21

22, 23, 24 February 1996

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BARTÓK
Divertimento for Strings

ROCHBERG
Clarinet Concerto

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

Anthony Gigliotti, clarinet



Programme 22

29 February, 1, 2 March 1996

Mariss Jansons

DEBUSSY
La Mer

SAINT-SAËNS
Cello Concerto No. 1

STRAVINSKY
Petrushka (1947 version)

Lynn Harrell, cello


Programme 23

7, 8, 9, 12 March 1996

Mariss Jansons

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 23

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 11, 'The Year 1905'

Mikhail Rudy, piano


Programme 24


14, 15, 16, 19 March 1996

Myung-Whun Chung

MUSSORGSKY
Introduction and Gopak from Sorochintsky Fair

TCHAIKOVSKY
Rococo variations

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 6

Matt Haimovitz, cello



Programme 25

21, 22, 23 March 1996

James Levine

MAHLER
Symphony No. 3

Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano
Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale
The American Boychoir


Programme 26

29, 30 March 1996

André Raphel Smith

ROSSINI
La gazza ladra, overture

RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

RESPIGHI
Feste Romane

Garrick Ohlsson, piano


Programme 27

11, 12, 13, 16 April 1996

Helmut Rilling

BACH
St. John Passion

Donna Brown, Soprano
Ingeborg Danz, mezzo-soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Thomas Quasthoff, baritone
Matthias Goerne, bass
Westminster Symphonic Choir



Programme 28

26, 27 April 1996

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra

Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin


Programme 29

2, 3, 4, 7 May 1996

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3


Programme 30

8, 9, 10, 11 May 1996

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BEETHOVEN
Choral Fantasy

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'

Wolfgang Sawallisch, piano
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Mary Ann McCormick, mezzo-soprano
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Jan-Hendrik Rootering, bass
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale

1996 – 1997

(The first part of the season was cancelled due to strike action by the orchestra)

Programme 1

19, 21, 22, 23 November 1996

Christoph Eschenbach

VERDI
The Force of Destiny, Overture

SAINT-SAËNS
Violin Concerto No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3

Hilary Hahn, violin


Programme 2

28, 29, 30 November 1996

Krzysztof Penderecki

MENDELSSOHN
The Hebrides, Overture

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4, 'Italian'

PENDERECKI
Violin Concerto No. 2

Chantal Juillet, violin


Programme 3

5, 6, 7, 10 December 1996

Myung-Whun Chung

MAHLER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

MAHLER
Symphony No. 5

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone



Programme 4

2, 3, 4, 7 January 1997

David Zinman

STOKES
Prophet Bird

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 2

BRAHMS
Serenade No. 1

Christian Zacharias, piano


Programme 5

9, 10, 11 January 1997

Vladimir Ashkenazy

ELGAR
Falstaff

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5


Programme 6

16, 17, 18 January 1997

Franz Welser-Möst

DUKAS
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

MOZART
Oboe Concerto

MILHAUD
Le boeuf sur la toit

RAVEL
Bolero

Richard Woodhams, oboe



Programme 7

23, 24, 28 January 1997

Franz Welser-Möst

JOACHIM
Hamlet, overture

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 24

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1

Radu Lupu, piano


Programme 8

31 January, 1, 4 February 1997

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 1

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano


Programme 9

6, 7, 8 February 1997

Wolfgang Sawallisch

STRAVINSKY
Le baiser de la Fée, Divertimento

PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Gil Shaham, violin



Programme 10

13, 15, 18 February 1997

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BRAHMS
A German Requiem

Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Thomas Hampson, baritone
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 11

20, 21, 22 February 1997

Wolfgang Sawallisch

MATHIAS
Helios

MOZART
Symphony No. 36, 'Linz'

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

André Watts, piano


Programme 12

28 February, 1 March 1997

Andrew Davis

MESSIAEN
Turangalïla Symphony

Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Jean Laurendeau, ondes martenot


Programme 13

7, 8, 11 March 1997

Yuri Temirkanov

PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky (performed with film)

Larissa Diadkova, mezzo-soprano
The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia




Programme 14

14, 15 March 1997

Sian Edwards

COPLAND
Appalachian Spring, suite

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 2

IVES
The Unanswered Question

JANACEK
Taras Bulba

Yefim Bronfman, piano


Programme 15

27, 28, 29 March 1997

Christian Thielemann

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Overture

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude to Act 1

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod

András Schiff, piano



Programme 16

3, 4, 5, 8 April 1997

Christian Thielemann

WEBER
Euryanthe, Overture

SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 2

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

William Pasquale, violin


Programme 17

10, 11, 12, 15 April 1997

Riccardo Chailly

PROKOFIEV
The Love for Three Oranges, Suite

STRAVINSKY
Symphony in Three Movements

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 3


Programme 18

18, 19, 22 April 1997

Riccardo Chailly

BARTÓK
Viola Concerto

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1

Roberto Diaz, viola



Programme 19

25, 26, 29 April 1997

Wolfgang Sawallisch

RIHM
Ernster Gesang

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

Alfred Brendel, piano


Programme 20

2, 3, 6 May 1997

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 7


Programme 21

8, 9, 10 May 1997

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture

BRAHMS
Double Concerto

BRAHMS
Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg)

Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Mario Brunello, cello


1997 – 1998

Programme 1

18, 19, 20, 23 September 1997

Wolfgang Sawallisch

SMETANA
The Bartered Bride, overture

DVOŘÁK
Serenade for Wind Instruments

TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings

TCHAIKOVSKY
Capriccio Italien


Programme 2

25, 26, 27, 30 September 1997

Wolfgang Sawallisch

SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela

SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concerto No. 2

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 8

Heinrich Schiff, cello


Programme 3

3, 4, 7 October 1997

Wolfgang Sawallisch

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 3, 'Scottish'

PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2

LISZT
Les Préludes

Erez Ofer, violin

Programme 4

9, 10, 11 October 1997

Wolfgang Sawallisch

SCHUBERT
Memnos, Geheimes and An Schwager Kronos (orch. Brahms)

SCHUBERT
Wanderer Fantasy for piano and orchestra (arr. Liszt)

SCHUBERT
Mass No. 6 in E flat major

Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Karen Clift, soprano
Mary Ann McCormick, mezzo-soprano
Richard Clement, tenor
Gordon Gietz, tenor
Terry Cook, bass
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 5

17, 18, 21 October 1997

Luis Biava

RAVEL
Menuet Antique

SAINT-SAËNS
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Egyptian'

REYNOLDS
Two Voices - an allegory

ELGAR
In the South (Alassio)

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano


Programme 6

23, 24, 25 October 1997

Franz Welser-Möst

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 8

Krystian Zimerman, piano

Programme 7

30 October, 1, 4 November 1997

Simon Rattle

MAHLER
Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'

Christine Schäfer, soprano
Natalie Stutzmann, contralto
Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 8

6, 7, 8 November 1997

Simon Rattle

RAMEAU
Dances from Les Boréades

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'


Programme 9

13, 14, 15 November 1997

Christian Thielemann

SCHUBERT
Manfred Overture

MATTHUS
Night Scene in the Park

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4


Programme 10

20, 21, 22, 24, 25 November 1997

Christian Thielemann

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 3, 'Rhenish'

André Watts, piano

Programme 11

28, 29 November, 2 December 1997

Hans Vonk

DIEPENBROCK
Wandering through the Forest

VIEUXTEMPS
Violin Concerto No. 5

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, complete ballet

William de Pasquale, violin


Programme 12

5, 6, 9 December 1997

André Raphel Smith

BERNSTEIN
Chichester Psalms

HANNIBAL
African Portraits


Programme 13

12, 13 December 1997

Yuri Temirkanov

GRIEG
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1

GRIEG
Piano Concerto

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

Garrick Ohlsson, piano



Programme 14

2, 3, 6 January 1998

Leonard Slatkin

ROSSINI
La gazza ladra, overture

VERDI
Ninfel! Elfi! Silfi!...Sul fil d'un soffio etesio from Falstaff

VERDI
Oh! Nel fuggente nuvolo from Attila

ROSSINI
Il barbiere di Siviglia, overture

ROSSINI
Una voce poco fa from Il barbiere di Siviglia

PUCCINI
O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

Kathleen Battle, soprano


Programme 15

8, 9, 10 January 1998

Bernhard Klee

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 21

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

Peter Serkin, piano



Programme 16

16, 17, 20 January 1998

Wolfgang Sawallisch

KRAFT
Timpani Concerto

MENDELSSOHN
String Symphony No. 8

PONTINEN
Blue Winter

SCHUMANN
Konzertstück for four horns and orchestra

Don S. Liuzzi, timpani
Nitzan Haroz, trombone
Nolan Miller, horn
David Wetherill, horn
Jeffry Kirschen, horn
Daniel Williams, horn


Programme 17

22, 23 January 1998

Wolfgang Sawallisch

ANDERSON
Concerto for double bass, strings and harp

MOZART
Concerto for flute, harp and orchestra

HAYDN
Symphony No. 101, 'The Clock'

Harold Robinson, double bass
Elizabeth Hainen, harp
Jeffrey Khaner, flute



Programme 18

29, 30 January 1998

Wolfgang Sawallisch

ROSSINI
La scala di seta

MOZART
Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola

TOMASI
Trumpet Concerto

RAVEL
La Valse

Erez Ofer, violin
Roberto Diaz, viola
David Bilger, trumpet


Programme 19

5, 6, 7, 10 February 1998

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7

Sarah Chang, violin


Programme 20

12, 13 February 1998

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BACH
Magnificat

ORFF
Carmina burana

Karen Clift, soprano
Ruzandra Donose, mezzo-soprano
Marietta Simpson, contralto
Herbert Lippert, tenor
Eike Wilm Schulte, baritone
John Relyea, bass-baritone
American Boychoir
Westminster Symphonic Choir

Programme 21

19, 20, 21, 24 February 1998

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

ALBENIZ
Suite española (orch. Frühbeckk de Burgos

RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez

FALLA
The Three Cornered Hat, Suite Nos. 1 and 2

Christopher Parkening, guitar


Programme 22

27, 28 February, 3 March 1998

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

SAINT-SAËNS
Violin Concerto No. 3

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, complete ballet

Joshua Bell, violin
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia


Programme 23

6, 7, 10 March 1998

David Zinman

HARBISON
Remembering Gatsby

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3

JANACEK
Violin Concerto, 'Pilgramage of the Soul' (compl. Faltus/Stedron)

KODALY
Dances of Galanta

Christian Tetzlaff, violin

Programme 24

12, 13, 14, 17 March 1998

David Zinman

IVES
Decoration Day

HARRIS
Symphony No. 3

COPLAND
Symphony No. 3


Programme 25

19, 20, 21 March 1998

André Raphel Smith

BERLIOZ
Le Corsaire, overture

DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto

FAURÉ
Pavane

DEBUSSY
La mer

Truls Mørk, cello


Programme 26

26, 27, 28 March 1998

Mark Wigglesworth

BRITTEN
Sinfonia da Requiem

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 23

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

Stephen Hough, piano



Programme 27

3, 4 April 1998

Mark Wigglesworth

LIADOV
The Enchanted Lake

RACHMANINOV
The Isle of the Dead

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5


Programme 28

16, 17, 18, 21 April 1998

Zdeněk Mácal

BARBER
Violin Concerto

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

Pamela Frank, violin


Programme 29

24, 25 April 1998

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BARBER
Symphony No. 1

BRITTEN
Violin Concerto

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin



Programme 30

30 April, 1, 2, 5 May 1998

Wolfgang Sawallisch

WEBER
Jubel Overture

WEBER
Symphony No. 1

HINDEMITH
The Four Temparments for piano and orchestra

HINDEMITH
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber

Emanuel Ax, piano


Programme 31

7, 8, 9 May 1998

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 2

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Yefim Bronfman, piano



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