Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Philadelphia Orchestra - Subscription Concerts in the Muti era 1980 - 1988


1980-1981

Programme 1

18, 19, 23 September 1980

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'


Programme 2

25, 26, 27 September 1980

Eugene Ormandy

GOLDMARK
In Spring, overture

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1

Eugene Istomin, piano


Programme 3

2, 3, 4, 7 October 1980

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

STRAUSS
Don Juan

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, Suite (1919)


Programme 4

10, 11 October 1980

Eugene Ormandy

RESPIGHI
Trittico botticelliano

GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto

HARRIS
Symphony No. 3

BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1

Nathan Milstein, violin


Programme 5

16, 17, 18 October 1980

Eugene Ormandy

COPLAND
Inscapes

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 6

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 1

Emanuel Ax, piano


Programme 6

24, 25 October 1980

Kirill Kondrashin

HAYDN
Symphony No. 103, 'Drum Roll'

STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben

Norman Carol, violin


Programme 7

30, 31 October, 1 November 1980

Kirill Kondrashin

RACHMANINPV
Piano Concerto No. 3

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 10

Alexis Weissenberg, piano


Programme 8

6, 7, 8, 11 November 1980

Riccardo Muti

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 25

SCRIABIN
Symphony No. 1

Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Beverly Wolff, mezzo-soprano
Jon Frederic West, tenor
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia


Programme 9

14, 15 November 1980

Riccardo Muti

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

HINDEMITH
Concert Music for Strings and Brass

ELGAR
In the South (Alassio)


Programme 10

21, 22, 23 November 1980

Riccardo Muti

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 1, 'Spring'

MOZART
Mass in C minor

Gwendolyn Bradley, soprano
Agnes Baltsa, contralto
Neil Rosenshein, tenor
Paul Plishka, bass
Singing City Choir


Programme 11

28, 29 November, 2 December 1980

Riccardo Muti

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4, 'Romantic'

Itzhak Perlman, violin


Programme 12

4, 5, 6 December 1980

Eugene Ormandy

ROUSSEL
Bacchus et Ariane, ballet suite No. 2

SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto

BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra

Dylana Jenson, violin


Programme 13

11, 12, 13, 17 December 1980

Eugene Ormandy

LADERMAN
Violin Concerto

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7

Elmar Oliveira, violin


Programme 14

2, 3, 6 January 1981

James Conlon

BERLIOZ
Le Corsaire, Overture

CHAUSSON
Symphony

BRITTEN
Peter Grimes, Passacaglia and Four Sea Interludes

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2


Programme 15

8, 9, 10, 11 January 1981

James Conlon

MOZART
Adagio and Fugue

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 2

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 4

Horacio Gutierrez, piano


Programme 16

16, 17, 20 January 1981

William Smith

STRAUSS
Love Scene from Feuersnot

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

STRAUSS
An Alpine Symphony


Programme 17

29, 30, 31 January 1981

Riccardo Muti

MOZART
Symphony No. 34

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring

Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin


Programme 18

6, 7, 10 February 1981

Riccardo Muti

TCHAIKOVSKY
Hamlet, overture

BARTÓK
Violin Concerto No. 2

TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings

William de Pasquale, violin


Programme 19

12, 13, 14 February 1981

Riccardo Muti

SCHUMANN
Hermann und Dorothea, overture

SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto

PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet, Suites Nos. 1 and 2

Lynn Harrell, cello


Programme 20

20, 21 February 1981

Riccardo Muti

ROSSINI
Semiramide, overture

PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No. 1

STRAVINSKY
Petrushka (1947 version)

Salvatore Accardo, violin


Programme 21

27, 28 February, 3 March 1981

Max Rudolf

MOZART
Symphony No. 28

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2

Mark Zeltser, piano


Programme 22

6, 7 March 1981

William Smith

WALTON
Partita for orchestra

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

DEBUSSY
Nuages and Fêtes from Nocturnes

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 6


Programme 23

12, 13, 14 March 1981

Aldo Ceccato

PENDERECKI
De Natura Sonoris No. 1

BERNSTEIN
Symphony No. 2, 'The Age of Anxiety'

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5

Susan Starr, piano


Programme 24

20, 21, 24 March 1981

John Nelson

BARBER
Medea's Dance of Vengeance

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3

SZYMANOWSKI
Violin Concerto No. 2

TCHAIKOVSKY
Francesca da Rimini

Henryk Szeryng, violin


Programme 25

26, 27, 28, 31 March 1981

Klaus Tennstedt

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, Overture

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

Bruno Leonardo Gelber, piano


Programme 26

3, 4 April 1981

Klaus Tennstedt

MAHLER
Kindertotenlieder

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1

Benjamin Luxon, baritone


Programme 27

9, 10, 11 April 1981

Klaus Tennstedt

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 1

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 8

Shlomo Mintz, violin


Programme 28

23, 24, 25 April 1981

Aldo Ceccato

MOZART
Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola

ROSSINI
Stabat mater

Norman Carol, violin
Joseph de Pasquale, viola
Faye Robinson, soprano
Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano
John Gilmore, tenor
John Cheek, bass
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia


Programme 29a

5 May 1981

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano


Programme 29b

8, 9 May 1981

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

DEL TREDICI
All in the Golden Afternoon

Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano
Benita Valente, soprano



1981 – 1982

Programme 1

25, 26, 30 September 1981

Eugene Ormandy

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'

Mary Shearer, soprano
Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano
Riccardo Calleo, tenor
Malcolm Smith, bass
Singing City Choir


Programme 2

1, 2, 3, 6 October 1981

Eugene Ormandy

GLIÈRE
Symphony No. 3, 'Ilya Mourametz'

LALO
Symphonie espagnole

Peter Zazofsky, violin


Programme 4

9, 10 October 1981

Eugene Ormandy

STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra

NIELSEN
Flute Concerto

MOZART
Flute Concerto in G

James Galway, flute


Programme 4

15, 16, 17, 20 October 1981

Riccardo Muti

STRAVINSKY
Symphony of Psalms

CHERUBINI
Requiem in D minor

Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia


Programme 5

23, 24 October 1981

Riccardo Muti

FRANCK
Le chasseur maudit

DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto

FRANCK
Symphony

Isaac Stern, violin


Programme 6

29. 30, 31 October 1981

Riccardo Muti

HAYDN
Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

Kyung-Wha Chung, violin


Programme 7

6, 7 November 1981

Riccardo Muti

ROSSINI
William Tell overture

STRAVINSKY
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Manfred Symphony

Norman Carol, violin


Programme 8

12, 13, 14 November 1981

Klaus Tennstedt

MOZART
Symphony No. 32

STRAUSS
Horn Concerto No. 1

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

Barry Tuckwell, horn


Programme 9

20, 21, 24 November 1981

Eduardo Mata

STRAVINSKY
Pulcinella, complete ballet

ORBON
Tres Versiones Sinfonicas

RESPIGHI
Roman Festivals

Brenda Boozer, soprano
Rockwell Blake, tenor
Douglas Lawrence, baritone


Programme 10

27, 28 November 1981

Eduardo Mata

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

REVUELTAS
Sensemaya

ELGAR
Enigma Variations

Claudio Arrau, piano


Programme 11

3, 4, 5, 8 December 1981

Charles Dutoit

HAYDN
Symphony No. 83, 'The Hen'

RAVEL
Piano Concerto

STRAVINSKY
Symphony in three movements

RAVEL
La valse

Peter Serkin, piano


Programme 12

11, 12 December 1981

Charles Dutoit

BERLIOZ
Waverley Overture

MOZART
Flute and Harp Concerto

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes, Nuages et Fêtes

ROUSSEL
Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

Murray Panitz, flute
Marilyn Costello, harp
Women of the Singing City Choir



Programme 13a

17, 18, 19 December 1981

William Smith

STRAVINSKY
Greetings Prelude

STRAVINSKY
The Fairy's Kiss, complete ballet

BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 3

STRAVINSKY
Four Norwegian Moods

Malcolm Frager, piano


Programme 13b

5 January 1982

William Smth

STRAVINSKY
Greetings Prelude

STRAVINSKY
The Fairy's Kiss, complete ballet

BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 3

STRAVINSKY
Four Norwegian Moods

András Schiff, piano


Programme 14

8, 9 January 1982

Klaus Tennstedt

MAHLER
Symphony No. 9


Programme 15

14, 15, 16 January 1982

Eugene Ormandy

HAYDN
Symphony No. 88

KODALY
Hary Janos, Suite

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

Elmar Oliveira, violin


Programme 16

28, 29, 30 January, 2 February 1982

Riccardo Muti

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 3

STRAVINSKY
Apollon musagète

RAVEL
Bolero

Michele Campanella, piano


Programme 17

5, 6 February 1982

Riccardo Muti

ROSSINI
The Journey to Reims, overture

BLOCH
Violin Concerto

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

Yehudi Menuhin, violin


Programme 18

11, 12, 13, 16 February 1982

Riccardo Muti

COPLAND
Orchestral Variations

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 24

RAVEL
Alborada del gracioso

RAVEL
Daphnis and Chloé, Suite No. 2

Radu Lupu, piano
Singing City Choir


Programme 19

19, 20 February 1982

Riccardo Muti

BERLIOZ
Le Corsaire, overture

BERLIOZ
Les nuits d'été

PONCHIELLI
Elegia

HONEGGER
Symphony No. 3, 'Liturgique'

Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano


Programme 20

26, 27 February, 2 March 1982

Calvin Simmons

STRAVINSKY
Scherzo à la russe

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 8

Juliana Markova, piano


Programme 21

5, 6 March 1982

Kurt Masur

HAYDN
Symphony No. 85

BARTÓK
Viola Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Joseph de Pasquale, viola


Programme 22

11, 12, 13 March 1982
Riccardo Muti

HAYDN
Trumpet Concerto

MARCELLO
Oboe Concerto (arr. André)

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1

Maurice André, trumpet


Programme 23

19, 20 March 1982

Riccardo Muti

PENDERECKI
Paradise Lost, Adagietto

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5

Murray Perahia, piano


Programme 24

26, 27, 30 March 1982

Rafael Kubelik

MOZART
Symphony No. 38, 'Prague'

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 6


Programme 25

1, 2, 3 April 1982

Rafael Kubelik

KUBELIK
Sequences for Orchestra

MARTINŮ
Piano Concerto No. 2

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 8

Rudolf Firkusny, piano


Programme 26

15, 16, 17 April 1982

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, overture

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 1

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

Bella Davidovich, piano


Programme 27

23, 24 April, 4 May 1982

Eugene Ormandy

BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture

SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concerto No. 1

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Yo-Yo Ma, cello


Programme 28

7, 8 May 1982

James Levine

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

Youri Egorov, piano


Programme 29

13, 14, 15, 18 May 1982

William Smith

MAHLER
Symphony No. 7


Programme 30

20, 21, 22 May 1982

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky

Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia



1982 – 1983



Programme 1



24, 25, 28 September 1982



Riccardo Muti



MOZART

Symphony No. 34

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Joshua Bell, violin


Programme 2

30 September, 1, 2 October 1982

Riccardo Muti

LISZT
A Faust Symphony

Gösta Winbergh, tenor
Westminster Choir College Male Chorus


Programme 3

7, 8, 9, 12 October 1982

Riccardo Muti

ELGAR
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 2, 'Little Russian'

Pinchas Zukerman, violin


Programme 4

15, 16, 19 October 1982

Riccardo Muti

BERLIOZ
Roméo et Juliette

Beverly Wolff, mezzo-soprano
Philip Creech, tenor
Simon Estes, bass
Singing City Choir


Programme 5

22, 23 October 1982

Eugene Ormandy

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

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

Franco Gulli, violin


Programme 6

28, 29, 30 October 1982

Eugene Ormandy

HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler, symphony

MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2

Emanuel Ax, piano


Programme 7

4, 5, 6 November 1982

Klaus Tennstedt

MAHLER
Symphony No. 3

Doris Soffel, mezzo-soprano
Women of Temple University Choirs
Philadelphia Boys Choir


Programme 8

12, 13 November 1982

Klaus Tennstedt

BLACHER
Variations on a Theme of Paganini

GRIEG
Piano Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

Russell Sherman, piano


Programme 9

18, 19, 20, 23 November 1982

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

HAYDN
Symphony No. 1

HAYDN
Symphony No. 104, 'London'

BARTÓK
Divertimento for Strings

WEINBERGER
Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper


Programme 10

26, 27 November 1982

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

TURINA
La oración del torero

TURINA
Theme and Variations for harp and strings (arr. de Burgos)

TURINA
Danzas fantásticas

SAINT-SAËNS
Piano Concerto No. 2

KODÁLY
Dances of Galanta

André Watts, piano


Programme 11

2, 3, 4 December 1982

Krzysztof Penderecki
William Smith*

PENDERECKI
Te Deum

SHOSTAKOVICH*
Symphony No. 5

Benita Valente, soprano
Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano
Jarold Norman, tenor
Malcolm Smith, bass
Temple University Choirs


Programme 12

9, 10, 11, 14 December 1982

Eugene Ormandy

BRITTEN
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell

BIZET
Symphony

RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Cecile Licad, piano


Programme 13

17, 18 December 1982

Dennis Russell Davies

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude

WERNICK
Visions of Terror and Wonder

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 8

Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano


Programme 14

30, 31 December 1982, 4 January 1983

William Smith

ROSSINI
Sonata No. 3 for strings

CRUMB
Echoes of Time and the River

MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto

RAVEL
La valse

Young Uck Kim, violin
 

Programme 15

6, 7, 8 January 1983

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

WEBER
Euryanthe, Overture

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 1

Alexis Weissenberg, piano


Programme 16

13, 14, 15 January 1983

William Smith

BARBER
Second Essay

HUMMEL
Potpourri for viola and orchestra

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

Joseph de Pasquale, viola


Programme 17

27, 28, 29 January, 1 February 1983

Riccardo Muti

DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto

LADERMAN
Flute and Bassoon Concerto

LISZT
Les Préludes

Lynn Harrell, cello
Murray Panitz, flute
Bernard Garfield, bassoon


Programme 18

4, 5 February 1983

Riccardo Muti

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet, excerpts

Claudio Arrau, piano


Programme 19

10, 11, 12, 15 February 1983

Riccardo Muti

BEETHOVEN
Romance No. 1 for violin and orchestra

BEETHOVEN
Romance No. 2 for violin and orchestra

WIENIAWSKI
Violin Concerto No. 2

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Norman Carol, violin


Programme 20

17, 18, 19 February 1983

André Previn

HAYDN
Symphony No. 87

DEBUSSY
La mer

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano


Programme 21

24, 25, 26 February, 1 March 1983

André Previn

MOZART
Symphony No. 29

STRAUSS
An Alpine Symphony


Programme 22

4, 5, 8 March 1983

Vladimir Ashkenazy

BERG
Three Pieces from Lyric Suite

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances


Programme 23

11, 12 March 1983

Klaus Tennstedt

WEBER
Der Freischütz, overture

PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Shlomo Mintz, violin


Programme 24

17, 18, 19 March 1983

Klaus Tennstedt

STRAUSS
Don Quixote

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music

WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Overture

William Stokking, cello
Joseph de Pasquale, viola


Programme 25

31 March, 1, 2 April 1983

Erich Leinsdorf

HAYDN
Symphony No. 93

WEBERN
Passacaglia

BRAHMS
Piano Quartet No. 1 (orch. Schoenberg)


Programme 26

7, 8, 9, 12 April 1983

Riccardo Muti

MENDELSSOHN
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, overture

SCHUMANN
Violin Concerto

BARTÓK
Two Pictures

JANÁČEK
Sinfonietta

Gidon Kremer, violin


Programme 27

15, 16 April 1983

Riccardo Muti

DONIZETTI
Don Pasquale, overture

VERDI
La Battaglia di Legnano, overture

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 1

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4

Krystian Zimerman, piano


Programme 28

13, 14 May 1983

Eugene Ormandy

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Eugene Istomin, piano


Programme 29

19, 20, 21, 24 May 1983

Eugene Ormandy

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1

André-Michel Schub, piano


Programme 30

26, 27, 28 May 1983

Eugene Ormandy

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite



1983 – 1984
Programme 1

23, 24 September 1983

Riccardo Muti

CHERUBINI
Symphony in D major

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 1, 'Spring'

WAGNER
Tannhäuser, Overture


Programme 2

29, 30 September, 1, 4, 7 October 1983

Riccardo Muti

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

BEETHOVEN
Triple Concerto

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

Natalie Hinderas, piano
Norman Carol, violin
William Stokking, cello


Programme 3

6, 8 October 1983

Riccardo Muti

VERDI
Macbeth (concert performance)

Renato Bruson, Macbeth
Elizabeth Connell, Lady Macbeth
Simon Estes, Banquo
Luis Lima, Macduff
Henry Grossman, Malcolm
Westminster Symphonic Choir




Programme 4

13, 14, 15 October 1983

Riccardo Muti

MADERNA
Music of Gaiety

MOZART
Clarinet Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 3, 'Polish'

Anthony Gigliotti, clarinet


Programme 5

21, 22, 25 October 1983

Raymond Leppard

MOZART
Don Giovanni, overture

MOZART
Symphony No. 40

LIADOV
The Enchanted Lake

LIADOV
Kikimora

BORODIN
Symphony No. 2


Programme 6

27, 28, 29 October 1983

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 8




Programme 7

3, 4, 5 November 1983

William Smith

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

HAYDN
Cello Concerto in C major

SIBELIUS
Pohjola's Daughter

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5

Lynn Harrell, cello


Programme 8

11, 12, 15 November 1983

Dennis Russell Davies

HAYDN
Symphony No. 91

MAHLER
Five Rückert Lieder

PERISCHETTI
Night Dances

LISZT
Mazeppa

Jan de Gaetani, mezzo-soprano


Programme 9

17, 18, 19, 22 November 1983

Riccardo Muti

PENDERECKI
The Dream of Jacob

SAINT-SAËNS
Violin Concerto No. 3

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 3, 'Scottish'

Norman Carol, violin


Programme 10

25, 26 November 1983

Riccardo Muti

WAGNER
A Faust Overture

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

BARTÓK
Music for strings, Percussion and Celesta

Alexis Weissenberg, piano


Programme 11

1, 2, 3, 6 December 1983

Riccardo Muti

MOZART
Idomeneo, ballet music

ORFF
Carmina burana

Arleen Auger, soprano
Rüdiger Wohlers, tenor
Claudio Desderi, baritone
Philadelphia Boys Choir
Westminster Symphonic Choir


Programme 12

8, 9, 10, 13 December 1983

Riccardo Muti

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 21

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1

Murray Perahia, piano




Programme 13

16, 17 December 1983

William Smith

MENDELSSOHN
The Hebrides, overture

DVOŘÁK
Romance for violin and orchestra

BRUCH
In Memoriam for violin and orchestra

RESPIGHI
Ancient Airs and Dances, Sjuite No. 3

BARBER
Adagio for Strings

William de Pasquale, violin


Programme 14

29, 30 December 1983, 3 January 1984

William Smith

BEETHOVEN
Ruins of Athens, overture

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 2

IVES
Symphony No. 2

Jeffrey Siegel, piano


Programme 15

5, 6, 7 January 1984

William Smith

BEETHOVEN
Leonore, Overture No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra


Programme 16

13, 14, 17 January 1984

William Smith

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'

MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

Pinchas Zukerman, violin


Programme 17

20, 21 January 1984

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

STRAUSS
Don Juan

SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Gidon Kremer, violin


Programme 18

2, 3, 4 February 1984

Riccardo Muti

SCHULLER
Symphony for Brass and Percussion

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

Kyung-Wha Chung, violin




Programme 19

9, 10, 11, 14 February 1984

Riccardo Muti

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 17

SCRIABIN
Symphony No. 3, 'The Divine Poem'

Radu Lupu, piano


Programme 20

17, 18, 21 February 1984

Riccardo Muti

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Sleeping Beauty, Suite

TCHAIKOVSKY
Swan Lake, Suite

Isaac Stern, violin


Programme 21

24, 25 February 1984

Riccardo Muti

BERLIOZ
Le mort de Cléopatre

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’

Jessye Norman, soprano




Programme 22

1, 2, 3 March 1984

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

STRAVINSKY
Pulcinella, complete

HINDEMITH
Concert Music for Strings and Brass

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

Shirley Love, soprano
Rockwell Blake, tenor
Douglas Lawrence, bass


Programme 23

9, 10, 13 March 1984

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes

ALBENIZ
Iberia (3 excerpts orch. Arbos)

Women of the Philadelphia Singers


Programme 24

15, 16, 17, 20 March 1984

Richard Dufallo

BERLIOZ
Beatrice and Benedict, overture

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3

SCHOENBERG
Pelleas und Melisande

Franco Gulli, violin




Programme 25

22, 23, 24 March 1984

Erich Leinsdorf

BACH
Ricercare a 6 voci (orch. Webern)

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2

SCHOENBERG
Chamber Symphony No. 1

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole


Programme 26

29, 30, 31 March, 3 April 1984

Erich Leinsdorf

MOZART
Symphony No. 38, Prague'

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 22

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring

Emanuel Ax, piano


Programme 27

6, 7, 10 April 1984

Wolfgang Sawallisch

ELGAR
Cello Concerto

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 2

Paul Tortelier, cello




Programme 28

12, 13, 14 April 1984

Wolfgang Sawallisch

HAYDN
Symphony No. 104, 'London'

HINDEMITH
Symphony, 'Mathis der Maler'

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 8


Programme 29

3, 4, 5, 8 May 1984

Yoel Levi

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn

GINASTERA
Variaciones concertantes

FRANCK
Symphony


Programme 30

10, 11, 12 May 1984

Riccardo Muti

VIVALDI
Concerto for strings in A major, 'La notte'

VIVALDI
Concerto per la solennità di S Lorenzo, for violin, strings & continuo in F major

VIVALDI
Concerto in G minor for flute and strings

VIVALDI
Concerto in F minor, 'La tempeste del mare'

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2

Norman Carol. violin
Irving Rosen, violin
William Stokking, cello
Murray Panitz, flute
Richard Woodhams, oboe

Bernard Garfield, bassoon


1984 – 1985
Programme 1

21, 22, 25 September 1984

Riccardo Muti

MOZART
Oboe Concerto

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 6

Richard Woodhams, oboe


Programme 2

28, 29 September, 2, 12 October 1984

Riccardo Muti

LISZT
Totentanz

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

Michele Campanella, piano


Programme 3

4, 5, 9, 16 October 1984

Riccardo Muti

DeANGELIS
Suite of 16th century lute music

CONUS
Violin Concerto

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 3, 'Rhenish'

Marilyn Costello, harp
Norman Carol, violin




Programme 4

11, 13 October 1984

Riccardo Muti

GLUCK
Orfeo ed Euridice (concert version)

Agnes Baltsa, mezzo-soprano
Margaret Marshall, soprano
Arleen Auger, soprano
Westminster Symphonic Choir


Programme 5

19, 20, 23 October 1984

Christopher Keene

REISE
Symphony No. 2

GRIEG
Piano Concerto

ROUSSEL
Symphony No. 3

Ivan Moravec, piano


Programme 6

25, 26, 27 October 1984

Neville Marriner

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

ELGAR
Enigma Variations

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 7




Programme 7

1, 2, 3 November 1984

Riccardo Muti

SALIERI
26 Variations on La Follia di Spagna

BACH
Violin Concerto No. 1

BACH
Violin Concerto No. 2

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 3

Pinchas Zukerman, violin


Programme 8

8, 9, 10 November 1984

Riccardo Muti

MOZART
Symphony No. 34

MAHLER
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

RESPIGHI
Pines of Rome

RESPIGHI
Roman Festivals

Maureen Forrester, contralto


Programme 9

15, 16, 17, 20 November 1984

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

SCHUMAN
New England Triptych

RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

Earl Wild, piano


Programme 10

23, 24 November 1984

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

GLUCK
Alceste, overture

WEBER
Konzertstück for piano and orchestra

FRANCK
Symphonic Variations

DEBUSSY
La mer

KODÁLY
Hary Janos, suite

Jorge Bolet, piano


Programme 11

29, 30 November, 1, 4 December 1984

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished'

FALLA
La vida breve (concert version)

Enrique Tarres, soprano
Evelio Esteve, tenor
Jane Henschel, mezzo-soprano
Gabriel Moreno, flamenco
Peter Segal, guitar
Singing City Choir


Programme 12

6, 7, 8 December 1984

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

HAYDN
Symphony No. 100, 'Military'

BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 2

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suites Nos. 1 and 2

Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Programme 13

13, 14, 15, 18 December 1984

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

WEBER
Ruler of the Spirits, overture

LUTOSLAWSKI
Concerto for Orchestra

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 0


Programme 14

21, 22 December 1984

William Smith

HANDEL
Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 No. 5

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 1

SCHUMAN
Symphony No. 8

Lydia Artymiw piano


Programme 15

3, 4, 5 January 1985

Klaus Tennstedt

BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7

Elmar Oliveira, violin




Programme 16

10, 11, 12, 15 January 1985

Klaus Tennstedt

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel

HINDEMITH
Cello Concerto

STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra

Janos Starker, cello


Programme 17

17, 18, 19, 22 January 1985

Kurt Masur

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 1

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 3


Programme 18

29 January 1985

Riccardo Muti

HANDEL
Concerto a due cori No. 1

PAGANINI
Violin Concerto No. 2, 'La Clochette'

SCRIABIN
Symphony No. 1

Stefania Toczyska, mezzo-soprano
Wieslaw Ochman, tenor
Westminster Choir




Programme 19

1, 2 February 1985

Riccardo Muti

FAURÉ
Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite

CHAUSSON
Poéme de l'amour et de la mer

VARÈSE
Arcana

BRITTEN
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano


Programme 20

7, 8, 9, 19 February 1985

Riccardo Muti

BERG
Three Pieces from Lyric Suite

BLOCH
Suite for viola and orchestra

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1

Joseph de Pasquale, viola


Programme 21

21, 22, 23 February 1985

Charles Dutoit

DUTILLEUX
Métaboles

SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5

Yo-Yo Ma, cello


Programme 22

28 February, 1, 2, 5 March 1985

Charles Dutoit

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

MARTIN
Ballade for Flute, Strings and Piano

MOZART
Flute Concerto No. 1

STRAVINSKY
Petrushka (1911)

Jean-Pierre Rampal. Flute


Programme 23

8, 9, 19 March 1985

William Smith

ROCHBERG
Symphony No. 2

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5

BRAHMS
Serenade No. 2

David Arben, violin


Programme 24

22, 23, 26 March 1985

Erich Leinsdorf

RUGGLES
Angels

STRAVINSKY
Symphony in Three Movements

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 9

WAGNER
Göterdämmerung, excerpts

John Browning, piano


Programme 25

29, 30 March, 2 April 1985

Erich Leinsdorf

BACH
St. Matthew Passion

Kathleen Battle, soprano
Katherine Ciesinski, mezzo-soprano
John Aler, tenor
John Cheek, bass
Terry Cook, bass
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale
Philadelphia Boys Choir

Programme 26

4, 5, 6 April 1985

Wolfgang Sawallisch

SMETANA
Ma vlast


Programme 27

11, 12, 13, 16 April 1985

Erich Leinsdorf

SCHUMANN
Manfred, overture

HARRIS
Symphony No. 3

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 3


Programme 28

19, 20 April 1985

Klaus Tennstedt

BRAHMS
A German Requiem

Benita Valente, soprano
Wolfgang Brendel, baritone
Singing City Choir




Programme 29

25, 26, 27, 30 April 1985

Riccardo Muti

VERDI
Luisa Miller, overture

COPLAND
Symphony No. 3

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

Alfred Brendel, piano


Programme 30

3, 4 May  1985

Riccardo Muti

HANDEL
Concerto in D for flute and strings

PREMRU
Music for Three Trombones, Tuba and Orchestra

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 1

Murray Panitz, flute
Glenn Dodson, trombone
David Read, trombone
Charles Vernon, trombone
Paul Krzywicki, tuba


Programme 31

9, 10, 11 May 1985

Riccardo Muti

FINE
Notturno

STRAUSS
Duo-Concertino for clarinet and bassoon

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4

Anthony Gigliotti, clarinet

Bernard Garfield, bassoon



1985 – 1986

Programme 1

26, 27, 28 September, 4 October 1985

Riccardo Muti

BEETHOVEN
Fidelio, overture

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

Gidon Kremer, violin


Programme 2

3, 5 October 1985

Riccardo Muti

VERDI
Rigoletto (concert performance)

Michael Myers, tenor
Frank Lopardo, tenor
Stephanie Friede, mezzo-soprano
Renato Bruson, baritone
Kurt Link, bass
Henry Grossman, tenor
Anthony Raffell, baritone
Stephen Dupont, bass
Cecilia Gasdia, soprano
Shirley Close, mezzo-soprano
Doralene Davis, sorprano
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Westminster Choir


Programme 3

10, 11, 12 October 1985

Riccardo Muti

GINASTERA
Cello Concerto No. 2

HANDEL
Water Music

Aurora Natola-Ginastea, cello


Programme 4

17, 18, 19 October 1985

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

ARRIAGA
Symphony in D

RODRIGO
Fantasia para un gentilhombre

STRAVINSKY
Le baiser de la fee

Narciso Yepes, guitar


Programme 5

24, 25, 26, 29 October 1985

Riccardo Muti

BACH
Mass in B minor

Margaret Marshall, soprano
Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano
Keith Lewis, tenor
Wolfgang Schöne, bass-baritone
Singing City Choir


Programme 6

31 October, 1, 2 November 1985

Riccardo Muti

ROSSINI
String Sonata No. 6

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3

HINDEMITH
Symphony in E flat major

Claudio Arrau, piano




Programme 7

7, 8, 9, 12 November 1985

Riccardo Muti

FAURÉ
Prelude to Promethée

HAYDN
Cello Concerto in D major

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Yo-Yo Ma, cello


Programme 8

15, 16, 19 November 1985

Eugen Jochum

MOZART
Symphony No. 33

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 9


Programme 9

21, 22, 23, 26 November 1985

Klaus Tennstedt

BARBER
Adagio for Strings

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 3

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5

Alexander Toradze, piano


Programme 10

29, 30 November 1985

Klaus Tennstedt

BRITTEN
Sinfonia da Requiem

STRAUSS
An Alpine Symphony
Programme 11

5, 6, 7, 10 December 1985

Jahja Ling

MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture

PISTON
Viola Concerto
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Joseph de Pasquale, viola


Programme 12

12, 13, 14, 17 December 1985

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

SKROWACZEWSKI
Violin Concerto

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 5

Norman Carol, violin


Programme 13

3, 4 January 1986

Charles Dutoit

SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto

BARTÓK
Bluebeard's Castle (concert version)

Young Uck Kim, violin
Sylvia Sass, soprano
Aage Haugland, bass




Programme 14

9, 10, 11, 14 January 1986

Charles Dutoit

STRAUSS
Don Juan

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 1

HONEGGER
Symphony No. 5

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole

Susan Starr, piano


Programme 15

17, 18 January 1906

Riccardo Muti

MARTUCCI
Notturno

MARTUCCI
Giga

MARTUCCI
Noveletta

WERNICK
Violin Concerto

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 5

Gregory Fulkerson, violin


Programme 16

23, 24, 25, 28 January 1986

Riccardo Muti

BERLIOZ
Roméo et Juliette

Jessye Norman, soprano
John Aler, tenor
Simon Estes, bass
Westminster Choir


Programme 17

6, 7, 8, 11 February 1986

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

RAVEL
Pavane pour une infante défunte

RAVEL
Alborada del gracioso

LALO
Cello Concerto

BLACHER
Concertante Musik

BARTÓK
The Miraculous Mandarin, suite

William Stokking, cello


Programme 18

14, 15, 18 February 1986

Erich Leinsdorf

MOZART
The Impresario, Overture

STRAVINSKY
Capriccio for piano and orchestra

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 19

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, suite

Peter Serkin, piano


Programme 19

21, 22 February 1986

Erich Leinsdorf

BARTÓK
Violin Concerto No. 2

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 10

Shlomo Mintz, violin


Programme 20

27, 28 February, 1, 4 March 1986

Erich Leinsdorf

PERSICHETTI
Concerto for Cor Anglais and Strings

MAHLER
Symphony No. 5

Louis Rosenblatt, cor anglais


Programme 21

7, 8 March 1986

Richard Buckley

SZYMANOWSKI
Concert Overture

PAULUS
Concerto for Orchestra

NIELSEN
Symphony No. 5


Programme 22

21, 22, 25, 28 March 1986

Dennis Russell Davies

CARTER
Symphony of Three Orchestras

SIBELIUS
Songs for soprano and orchestra (The spirit of nature, A Girl came back, Svarta rosor, Var det en drom)

MAHLER
Symphony No. 4

Raili Viljakainen, soprano











Programme 23

27, 29 March, 1 April 1986

Dennis Russell Davies

DEBUSSY
Pelléas et Mélisande, concert performance

Benita Valente, soprano
Ryland Davies, tenor
Andrea Matthews, soprano
Diane Curry, contralto
Wolfgang Schöne, baritone
Thomas Paul, bass
Richard Crist, bass
The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia


Programme 24

3, 4, 5, 8 April 1986

William Smith

VILLA-LOBOS
Preludio from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4

ARGENTO
A Ring of Time

STRAUSS
Brentano Lieder

STRAUSS
Waltzes from Intermezzo

Rita Shane, soprano


Programme 25

10, 11, 12 April 1986

William Smith

SCHUBERT
Rosamunde, Overture

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 27

MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Gorchakov)

Walter Klien, piano


Programme 26

18, 19, 22 April 1986

Günther Herbig

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, Overture

SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 2

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

William de Pasquale, violin


Programme 27

24, 25, 26, 29 April 1986

Riccardo Muti

ETLER
Concerto for Wind Quintet and Orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Murray Panitz, flute
Richard Woodhams, oboe
Anthony Gigliotti, clarinet
Bernard Garfield, bassoon
Nolan Miller, horn
Viktoria Mullova, violin


Programme 28

2, 3 May 1986

Riccardo Muti

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’


1986 – 1987

Programme 1

19, 20, 22, 23 September 1986

Riccardo Muti

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4, 'Italian'

RANDS
Madrigali

ELGAR
In the South


Programme 2

26, 27, 30 September, 10 October 1986

Riccardo Muti

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture

BERNSTEIN
Serenade for Violin, Strings and Percussion

BIZET
Roma Symphony

Norman Carol, violin


Programme 3

2, 3, 7 October 1986

Riccardo Muti

SHOSTAKOVICH
Festival Overture

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 2

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 1, 'Winter Daydreams'

Laura DeFusco, piano


Programme 4

9, 11, 14 October 1986

Riccardo Muti

WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman (concert performance)

Hartmut Welker, bass-baritone
Sabine Hass, soprano
Gary Lakes, tenor
Aage Haugland, bass
Michael Myers, tenor
Clarity James, mezzo-soprano
Westminster Choir


Programme 5

16, 17, 18 October 1986

Charles Dutoit

CARTER
Elegy

PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet, excerpts

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


Programme 6

24, 25, 28 October 1986

Riccardo Muti

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3

STRAUSS
Aus Italien

Andrei Gavrilov, piano




Programme 7

31 October, 1 November 1986

Riccardo Muti

CIMAROSA
L'appresivo raggirato, overture

BARBER
Violin Concerto

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 6

Elmar Oliveira, violin


Programme 9

20, 21, 22 November 1986

Dennis Russell Davies

WEBER
Der Freischütz, overture

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

UNG
Inner Voice

HINDEMITH
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber

Horacio Gutierrez, piano


Programme 10

27, 28 November, 2 December 1986

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

FALLA
Master Peter's Puppet Show

STRAUSS
Don Quixote

Douglas Lawrence, baritone
Philip Bologna, tenor
Andrea Matthews, soprano
William Stokking, cello
Joseph de Pasquale, viola


Programme 11

4, 5, 6, 8, 9 December 1986

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

IBERT
Escales

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra

Alicia de Larrocha, piano


Programme 12

12, 13, 16 December 1986

Esa-Pekka Salonen

HAYDN
Symphony No. 99

TIPPETT
Piano Concerto

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5

Emanuel Ax, piano


Programme 13

19, 20 December 1986

Gilbert Levine

DRUCKMAN
Aureole

MOZART
Adagio in E major for violin and orchestra

PANUFNIK
Concerto for Violin and Strings

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

David Arben, violin


Programme 15

8, 9, 10 January 1987

Riccardo Muti

ROUSE
Phaethon

MOZART
Exsultate jubilate

MOZART
Aria from Idomeneo

MOZART
L'Amero, saro costante from Il re pastore

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

Benita Valente, soprano


Programme 16

15, 16, 17, 19, 20 January 1987

Riccardo Muti

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2

PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2

FALLA
Three Dances from the Three Cornered Hat

Kyung-Wha Chung, violin


Programme 17

23, 24 January 1987

Riccardo Muti

BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

HINDEMITH
Symphony in E flat major

Programme 18

5, 6, 7 February 1987

Klaus Tennstedt

MAHLER
Symphony No. 7


Programme 19

12, 13, 14, 16, 17 February 1987

Erich Leinsdorf

DEBUSSY
Jeux

DUTILLEUX
Timbres, espace, mouvement

BERLIOZ
Harold in Italy

Joseph de Pasquale, viola


Programme 20

20, 21 February 1987

Erich Leinsdorf

HUSA
Music for Prague

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 25

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suites Nos. 1 and 2

Radu Lupu, piano




Programme 21

26, 27, 28 February, 3 March 1987

Erich Leinsdorf

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

WALDEN
Invisible Cities

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 1, 'Spring'

STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel


Programme 22

5, 6, 7, 17 March 1987

William Smith

WALTON
Partita

MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto

BARTÓK
Dance Suite

RAVEL
La Valse

Salvatore Accardo, violin


Programme 23

19, 20, 21 March 1987

Witold Lutoslawski

LUTOSLAWSKI
Mi-parti

LUTOSLAWSKI
Cello Concerto

LUTOSLAWSKI
Symphony No. 3

Yo-Yo Ma, cello




Programme 24

2, 3, 4 April 1987

Riccardo Muti

SHAPEY
Symphonie Concertante

MENDELSSOHN
Piano Concerto No. 1

PROKOFIEV
Cinderella, Suite No. 1

André Watts, piano


Programme 25

9, 10, 11 April 1987

Witold Rowicki

HAYDN
Symphony No. 94, 'Surprise'

KILAR
Krzesany

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 1


Programme 26

16, 17, 18 April 1987

Herbert Blomstedt

PISTON
Toccata

DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto

NIELSEN
Symphony No. 6

Lynn Harrell, cello




Programme 27

23, 24, 25, 28 April 1987

Charles Dutoit

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 2

BERG
Violin Concerto

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4

Peter Zazofsky, violin


Programme 28

30 April, 1, 2, 4 May 1987

Gary Bertini

DEBUSSY
Printemps

BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 2

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

Russell Sherman, piano


Programme 29

14, 15, 16 May 1987

Riccardo Muti

MOZART
Divertimento No. 17

LIGETI
Ramifications

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 6

1987 – 1988

Programme 1

25, 26, 29 September 1988

Riccardo Muti

LIGETI
Lontano

WEBER
Piano Concerto No. 1

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

Malcolm Frager, piano

Programme 2

1, 2 October 1987

Riccardo Muti

LIGETI
Lontano

WEBER
Piano Concerto No. 1

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 6

Malcolm Frager, piano

Programme 3

8, 9, 10, 13 October 1987

Dennis Russell Davies

WAGNER
Rienzi, overture

ELGAR
Violin Concerto

HARRISON
Symphony No. 3

Oscar Shumsky, violin


Programme 4

15, 16, 17, 20 October 1987

Dennis Russell Davies

BABBIT
Transfigured Notes

RAVEL
Piano Concerto in G major

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

Aldo Ciccolini, piano

Programme 5

22, 23, 24, 27 October 1987

Hans Vonk

HAYDN
Symphony No. 82, 'The Bear'

SESSIONS
Concerto for Orchestra

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2

Programme 6

29, 30, 31 October, 2 November 1987

David Zinman

MENDELSSOHN
The Hebrides, overture

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

ELGAR
Enigma Variations

Claudio Arrau, piano



Programme 7

6, 7 November 1987

David Zinman

WEBER
Euryanthe, overture

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 5, 'Reformation'

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

Ivan Moravec, piano

Programme 8

13, 14, 17 November 1987

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

HAYDN
Symphony No. 6, 'Le Matin'

ARGENTO
Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra, 'Rossini in Paris'

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring

Anthony Gigliotti, clarinet

Programme 9

19, 20, 21, 23, 24  November 1987

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

WALTON
Violin Concerto

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1

William de Pasquale, violin



Programme 10

27, 28 November 1987

Yuri Temirkanov

GLINKA
Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture

BRITTEN
Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 6

Norman Carol, violin

Programme 11

3, 4, 5 December 1987

STRAVINSKY
Petrushka (1947 version)

TCHAIKOVSKY
Manfred Symphony

Programme 12

10, 11, 12, 15 December 1987

Yoel Levi

BARBER
Medea's Dance of Vengeance

MAHLER
Kindertotenlieder

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 3

Maureen Forrester, contralto

Programme 13

18, 19 December 1987

William Smith

THORNE
Revelations

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 24

SIBELIUS
Lemminkainen Suite

Walter Klien, piano


Programme 14

30 December 1987, 2, 5 January 1988

Hugh Wolff

CAPANNA
Reliquaries, Part 1 for soprano and chamber choir

RAVEL
Trois poèmes de Stephane Mallarme

LALO
Symphonie espagnole

NIELSEN
Symphony No. 4, Inextinguishable

Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano
Joshua Bell, violin

Programme 15

7, 8, 9, 12 January 1988

Klaus Tennstedt

TCHAIKOVSKY
Rococo Variations

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7

Paul Tortelier, cello

Programme 16
14, 15, 16 January 1988
MAHLER
Symphony No. 9

Programme 17

28, 29, 30 January, 1, 2 February 1988

Riccardo Muti

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

COPLAND
Symphony No. 3

Rudolf Firkusny, piano


Programme 18

5, 6, 9, 12 February 1988

Riccardo Muti

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3

MARTINŮ
Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

Joseph de Pasquale, viola

Programme 19

11, 13, 16 February 1988

Riccardo Muti

MOZART
Ave verum corpus

BRUCKNER
Te Deum

VERDI
Quattro pezzi sacri

Maria Fortuna, soprano
Gweneth Bean, contralto
Frank Lopardo, tenor
Mark Doss, bass
Westminster Choir

Programme 20

19, 20 February 1988

Riccardo Muti

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

BRAHMS
Serenade No. 1

Lydia Mordkovitch, violin



Programme 21

3, 4, 5, 7, 8 March 1988

Erich Leinsdorf

POULENC
Organ Concerto

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes

FRANCK
Symphony

Michael Stairs, organ
Women of the Philadelphia Singers

Programme 22

11, 12 March 1988

Erich Leinsdorf

MOZART
Symphony No. 29

KIRCHNER
Piano Concerto No. 2

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 15

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Programme 23

17, 18, 19, 20, 22 March 1988

Erich Leinsdorf

HINDEMITH
Concerto for Orchestra

BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 2

STRAVINSKY
Dumbarton Oaks

KODÁLY
Concerto for Orchestra

Yefim Bronfman, piano




Programme 24

25, 26 March 1988

Charles Dutoit

RAVEL
Mother Goose, suite

PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 1

BARBER
Essay No. 3

RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances

Shlomo Mintz, violin

Programme 25

7, 8, 9, 11 April 1988

Wolfgang Sawallisch

DVOŘÁK
Scherzo capriccioso

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 16

STRAVINSKY
Movements for piano and orchestra

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

Peter Serkin, piano

Programme 26

15, 16 April 1988

Wolfgang Sawallisch

REGER
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart

STRAUSS
Symphonia domestica



Programme 27

21, 22, 23, 26 April 1988

Wolfgang Sawallisch

MICHAEL HAYDN
Symphony No. 37 (attrib Mozart)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'

Cheryl Studer, soprano
Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano
Peter Seiffert, tenor
James Morris, bass-baritone
Westminster Choir

Programme 28

28, 29, 30 April 1988

Riccardo Muti

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3

SCRIABIN
Symphony No. 3, 'The divine Poem'

Krystian Zimerman, piano

Programme 29

5, 6, 7, 9 May 1988

William Smith

MAHLER
Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'

Judith Blegen, soprano
Gwendolyn Killebrew, mezzo-soprano
Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia



Programme 30

12, 13, 14 May 1988

Riccardo Muti

ROSSINI
William Tell overture

HINDEMITH
Concert Music for Strings and Brass

TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No. 4

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