1988 – 1989
Programme 1
23, 24, 26 September 1988
Riccardo Muti
SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 1
PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky
Viktoria Mullova, violin
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
Programme 2
30 September, 1, 4 October 1988
Riccardo Muti
BRAHMS
Tragic Overture
RAVEL
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2
Gary Graffman, piano
Programme 3
6, 7, 8, 11 October 1988
Riccardo Muti
TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture
HINDEMITH
Violin Concerto
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 4, 'Tragic'
Norman Carol, violin
Programme 4
13, 14, 15 October 1988
Yuri Temirkanov
WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1
SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Gidon Kremer, violin
Programme 5
20, 21, 22, 25 October 1988
Yuri Temirkanov
LIADOV
Kikimora
SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concerto No. 2
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5
Karine Georgian, cello
Programme 6
27, 28, 29 October, 2 November 1988
Riccardo Muti
DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto
STUCKY
Concerto for Orchestra
RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole
Kyung Wha Chung, violin
Programme 7
3, 4, 5 November 1988
Riccardo Muti
DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Programme 8
10, 11, 12, 14, 15 November 1988
Charles Dutoit
BERLIOZ
The Damnation of Faust
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
Dennis O'Neill/Jerry Hadley, tenor
Franz Grundheber, baritone
Terry Cook, bass
The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
Programme 9
18, 19, 22 November 1988
Charles Dutoit
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 23
HONEGGER
Symphony No. 4
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Programme 10
25, 26, 28, 29 November 1988
Günther Herbig
MOZART
Symphony No. 25
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto
SCHOENBERG
Verklärte Nacht
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Programme 11
2, 3, 6 December 1988
William Smith
HARBISON
Remembering Gatsby
MOZART
Symphony No. 40
STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben
Programme 12
8, 9, 10, 13 December 1988
Catherine Comet
BIZET
Symphony No. 1
BOLCOM
Fantasia Concertante
DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune
STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, Suite
Joseph de Pasquale, viola
William Stokking, cello
Programme 13
15, 16, 17 December 1988
Christoph von Dohnanyi
LUTOSLAWSKI
Chain 2, for violin and orchestra
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 9
William de Pasquale, violin
Programme 14
29, 30 December 1988, 3 January 1989
William Smith
ALBERT
Symphony, 'RiverRun'
SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concerto No. 1
DELIUS
Eventyr
Auroro Natola-Ginastera, cello
Programme 15
5, 6, 7, 9 January 1989
Klaus Tennstedt
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 8
Programme 16
13, 14, 17 January 1989
Klaus Tennstedt
GLINKA
Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture
KODÁLY
Háry Janos, Suite
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 8
Programme 17
26, 27, 28 January 1989
Riccardo Muti
MOZART
Double Piano Concerto
BARTÓK
Concerto for two pianos, percussion and
orchestra
STRAVINSKY
Orpheus
RAVEL
Boléro
Bruno Canino, piano
Antonio Ballista, piano
Programme 18
3, 4, 6 February 1989
Riccardo Muti
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto
SCRIABIN
Symphony No. 2
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Programme 19
10, 14, 17 February 1989
Riccardo Muti
VERDI
Nabucco (concert performance)
Eduard Tumagian, soprano
Linda Roark-Strummer, baritone
Paata Burchuladze, bass
Michael Myers, tenor
Luciana D'Intino, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Dumont, bass
Maria Fortuna, soprano
Richard Drews, tenor
Westminster Choir
Programme 20
16, 18, 21 February 1989
Riccardo Muti
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'
Radu Lupu, piano
Programme 21
24, 26, 28 February 1989
Witold Rowicki
WEBER
Oberon, Overture
BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5
David Arben, violin
Programme 22
2, 3, 4, 7 March 1989
Witold Rowicki
PROKOFIEV
Scythian Suite
SPISAK
Bassoon Concerto
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade
Bernard Garfield, bassoon
Programme 23
9, 10, 11 March 1989
Charles Dutoit
MOZART
Symphony No. 39
MAHLER
Symphony No. 5
Programme 24
30, 31 March, 1, 4 April 1989
William Smith
CARLSON
Rhapsodies for Orchestra
CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 1
THOMSON
Symphony on a Hymn Tune
COPLAND
El salon Mexico
Laura de Fusco, piano
Programme 25
6, 7, 8, 10 April 1989
Wolfgang Sawallisch
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 22
STRAUSS
Burleske for piano and orchestra
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 7
Emanuel Ax, piano
Programme 26
14, 15 April 1989
Wolfgang Sawallisch
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 2
STRAUSS
Macbeth
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 9
Programme 27
21, 22 April 1989
Riccardo Muti
DRUCKMAN
In memoriam Vincent Persichetti
PERSCHETTI
Symphony for Strings (No. 5)
BRAHMS
Alto Rhapsody
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3
Jessye Norman, soprano
Men of the Choral Arts Society of
Philadelphia
Programme 28
27, 28 April 1989
Riccardo Muti
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2
PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet, excerpts
Andrei Gavrilov, piano
Programme 29
29 April 1989
Riccardo Muti
BRAHMS
Tragic Overture
RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet, excerpts
Andrei Gavrilov, piano
Programme 30
4, 5, 6, 9 May 1989
Andrew Litton
BARBER
First Essay for Orchestra
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 3
Malcolm Frager, piano
Programme 31
11, 12, 13 May 1989
Riccardo Muti
MOZART
Divertimento in D major, K. 136
MOZART
Flute and Harp Concerto
MOZART
La clemenza di Tito, overture
MOZART
Symphony No. 36, 'Linz'
David Cramer, flute
Marilyn Costello, harp
1989 –
1990
Programme 1
21, 22, 23 September 1989
Riccardo Muti
FINE
Serious Song
STRAVINSKY
Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
Programme 2
28, 29 September 1989
Riccardo Muti
BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
SCHUMANN
Cello Concerto
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Programme 3
5, 6, 7 October 1989
Catherine Comet
BERLIOZ
Benvenuto Cellini, overture
HARBISON
Symphony No. 1
RAVEL
Shéhérazade
ROUSSEL
Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
Programme 4
12, 13, 14 October 1989
Christoph Eschenbach
SZYMANOWSKI
Violin Concerto No. 1
MAHLER
Symphony No. 1
David Arben, violin
Programme 5
20, 21, 24 October 1989
James Conlon
MUSSORGSKY
Khovanshchina, Prelude (orch.
Shostakovich)
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 3
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 6
Barry Douglas, piano
Programme 6
26, 27, 28 October 1989
Neeme Järvi
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 21
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 13, 'Babi Yar’
Alicia de Larrocha, piano
Sergei Leiferkus, baritone
Men of the Singing City Choir
Programme 7
2, 3, 4, 6, 7 November 1989
Riccardo Muti
RANDS
Le Tambourin, Suites Nos, 1 and 2
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'
Shlomo Mintz, violin
Programme 8
10, 11 November 1989
Riccardo Muti
FARAGO
In Memoriam
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Hamlet, overture
BARTÓK
Music for Strings, Percussion and
Celesta
Ana-Maria Vera, piano
Programme 9
16, 17, 18, 21 November 1990
Erich Leinsdorf
MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’
Luigi Alberto Blanchi, violin
Programme 10
24, 25, 27, 28 November 1989
Gary Bertini
KOPYTMAN
Memory
MAHLER
Symphony No. 10, Adagio
STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra
Gila Bashari, folk singer
Programme 11
1, 2, 5 December 1989
Hans Vonk
STRAVINSKY
Four Studies
GLAZUNOV
Violin Concerto
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 4
Oscar Shumsky, violin
Programme 12
7, 8, 9 December 1989
Hans Vonk
BABBITT
Music for 12 Instruments
FIALA
Cor Anglais Concerto
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2
Louis Rosenblatt, cor anglais
Programme 13
29, 30 December 1989, 2 January 1990
Charles Dutoit
ROUSSEL
Petite Suite
PERSICHETTI
Piano Concerto
HAYDN
Symphony No. 101, 'The Clock'
Robert Taub, piano
Programme 14
4, 5, 6 January 1990
Charles Dutoit
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 25
HOLST
The Planets
Malcolm Frager, piano
Women of the Choral Arts Society of
Philadelphia
Programme 15
11, 12, 13 January 1990
Dennis Russell Davies
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Incidental
Music
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Oboe Concerto
BOLCOM
Symphony No. 5
Richard Woodhams, oboe
Philadelphia Boys' Choir
Programme 16
23 January 1990
Riccardo Muti
TCHAIKOVSKY
Hamlet, overture
STRAVINSKY
Divertimento from Le Baiser de la fée
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4
Programme 17
25, 26, 27 January 1990
Riccardo Muti
BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture
GRIEG
Piano Concerto
BUSONI
Excerpts from Turandot Suite
PROKOFIEV
The Meeting of the Volga and the Don
Radu Lupu, piano
Programme 18
1, 2, 3, 6 February 1990
Riccardo Muti
ROSSINI
The Barber of Seville, overture
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5
Kyung-Wha Chung, violin
Programme 19
8, 9, 10, 13 February 1990
Riccardo Muti
PERGOLESI
Stabat mater
CHERUBINI
Requiem in C minor
Patricia Schuman, soprano
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
The Westminster Symphonic Choir
Programme 20
16, 17 February 1990
Klaus Tennstedt
MAHLER
Symphony No. 6
Programme 21
22, 23, 24, 26, 27 February 1990
Klaus Tennstedt
BRITTEN
Simple Symphony
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 17
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'
Emanuel Ax, piano
Programme 22
2, 3 March 1990
Erich Leinsdorf
STRAVINSKY
Octet
BRAHMS
Double Concerto
BIZET
L'Arlésienne, Suites Nos. 1 and 2
Norman Carol, violin
George Harpham, cello
Programme 23
8, 9, 10 March 1990
Erich Leinsdorf
HAYDN
Symphony No. 95
DAVIDOVSKY
Concertante for String Quartet and
Orchestra
STRAVINSKY
Symphony in Three Movements
RAVEL
La valse
Guarneri
String Quartet
Programme 24
16, 17 March 1990
William Smith
BEETHOVEN
Egmont, Overture
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3
ROCHBERG
Symphony No. 6
KODÁLY
Dances of Galanta
Marcantonio Barone, piano
Programme 25
22, 23, 24, 26 March 1990
Riccardo Muti
CHERUBINI
Lodoiska, overture
BERLIOZ
Les nuits d'été
WAGNER
A Faust Overture
SCRIABIN
The Poem of Ecstasy
Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Programme 26
30, 31 March, 3 April 1990
Riccardo Muti
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8
SCRIABIN
Prometheus, 'The Poem of Fire'
LISZT
Les Préludes
Dmitri Alexeev, piano
The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
Programme 27
5, 6, 7 April 1990
Christoph Eschenbach
BERG
Three Pieces for Orchestra
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 2
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2
Vladimir Spivakov, violin
Programme 28
19, 20, 21 April 1990
Charles Dutoit
MARTIN
Petite symphonie concertante
HAYDN
Cello Concerto in C major
RAVEL
L'Enfant et les sortilèges (concert
performance)
Paul Tortelier, cello
Gwendolyn Bradley, soprano
Edith Wiens, soprano
Colette Alliot-Lugas, mezzo-soprano
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
Maureen Forrester, contralto
Thierry Dran, tenor
Philippe Huttenlocher, baritone
Jean-Philippe Courtis, bass
The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
Programme 29
27, 28, 30 April, 1 May 1990
Leonard Slatkin
TOWER
Island Prelude, for oboe and strings
WILLIAM SCHUMAN
Symphony No. 3
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2
Richard Woodhams, oboe
Alfred Brendel, piano
Programme 30
4, 5, 8 May 1990
William Smith
RAVEL
Le tombeau de Couperin
CRUMB
A Haunted Landscape
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A London Symphony
Programme 31
10, 11, 12 May 1990
Riccardo Muti
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 3
CASTALDO
Viola Concerto
STRAUSS
Don Juan
Joseph de Pasquale, viola
1990
– 1991
Programme 1
21, 22, 25 September 1990
Riccardo Muti
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'
BARBER
Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Programme 2
27, 28 September, 1 October 1990
Riccardo Muti
WERNICK
Symphony No. 1
BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4
Kyung-Wha Chung, violin
Programme 3
5, 6 October 1990
Riccardo Muti
MUSSORGSKY
A Night on a Bare Mountain
MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Programme 4
11, 12, 13 October 1990
David Zinman
DRUCKMAN
Brangle
POULENC
Double Piano Concerto
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'
Bruno Canino, piano
Antonio Ballista, piano
Programme 5
19, 20, 23 October 1990
Gary Bertini
MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture
RAN
Symphony
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique
Programme 6
25, 26, 27, 30 October 1990
Franz Welser-Möst
DVOŘÁK
Carnival Overture
BRUCH
Romance for viola and orchestra
HANDEL
Viola Concerto (arr. Casdesus)
SCHMIDT
Symphony No. 4
Joseph de Pasquale, viola
Programme 7
2, 3, 6 November 1990
Kenneth Jean
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring
GINASTERA
Harp Concerto
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
IBERT
Escales
Marilyn Costello, harp
Programme 8
8, 9, 10, 12 November 1990
Charles Dutoit
VARÈSE
Arcana
LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances
Barry Douglas, piano
Programme 9
15, 17, 20 November 1990
Charles Dutoit
WEBER
Invitation to the Dance (arr. Berlioz)
PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 3
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Programme 10
23, 24, 27 November 1990
James DePriest
SALLINEN
Shadows
HARTY
Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 11, 'The Year 1905'
Norman Carol, violin
Programme 11
29, 30 November, 1 December 1990
Christoph Eschenbach
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 26, 'Coronation'
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7
Christoph Eschenbach, piano
Programme 12
7, 8, 10, 11 December 1990
Hans Vonk
SIBELIUS
The Swan of Tuonela
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'
Programme 13
14, 15 December 1990
Hans Vonk
THOMAS
Glass Moon
MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4
Gil Shaham, violin
Programme 14
21, 22 December 1990
Marin Alsop
ADAMS
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
TAKEMITSU
A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal
Garden
HARRIS
Symphony No. 3
BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra
Programme 15
3, 4, 5 January 1991
Hugh Wolff
KIM
Where Grief Slumbers
BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 1, 'Winter Daydreams'
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Programme 16
10, 11, 12, 15 January 1991
Riccardo Muti
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 3
William de Pasquale, violin
Programme 17
18, 22 January 1991
Riccardo Muti
WUORINEN
Machault mon chou
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5
Programme 18
24, 25, 26 January 1991
Wolfgang Sawallisch
MOZART
March, K. 445
MOZART
Divertimento in D major
MOZART
Horn Concerto No. 4
MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
David Wetherill, horn
Programme 19
31 January, 1, 2 February 1991
Wolfgang Sawallisch
DVOŘÁK
Symphonic Variations
DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4
Natalia Gutman, cello
Programme 20
8, 9, 11, 12 February 1991
Charles Dutoit
DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune
DUTILLEUX
Tout un monde lointain
STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, complete ballet
Lynn Harrell, cello
Programme 21
15, 16, 19 February 1991
Franz Welser-Möst
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2
Programme 22
21, 22, 23, 26 February 1991
Zdenek Macal
WEBER
Der Freischütz, overture
SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto
JANÁČEK
Sinfonietta
Shlomo Mintz, violin
Programme 23
28 February, 1, 2 March 1991
Kurt Masur
MOZART
Symphony No. 29
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 23
MOZART
Symphony No. 38, Prague'
Emanuel Ax, piano
Programme 24
8, 9 March 1991
Kurt Masur
STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung
BRAHMS
A German Requiem
Marvis Martin, soprano
Simon Estes, bass
The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
Programme 25
14, 15, 16 March 1991
Riccardo Muti
TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto
MALIPIERO
Vivaldiana
ELGAR
In the South, concert overture
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Programme 26
21, 22, 23 March 1991
Riccardo Muti
RANDS
Ceremonial 3
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1
SCRIABIN
Symphony No. 3, 'The Divine Poem'
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Programme 27
27, 30 March, 5 April 1991
Riccardo Muti
PUCCINI
Tosca (concert performance)
Carol Vaness, soprano
Giuseppe Giacomini, tenor
Giorgio Zancanaro, baritone
Alfredo Mariotti, baritone
Danilo Serraiocco, bass
Orazio Mori, bass
Jeffrey Smith, boy soprano
Piero de Palma, tenor
Charles Austin, bass
The Westminster Symphonic Choir
The Philadelphia Boys Choir
Programme 28
28, 29 March 1991
Riccardo Muti
VIVALDI
Concerto in A major for strings
BOCCHERINI
Cello Concerto in B flat major (arr.
Grutzmacher)
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3
William Stokking, cello
Programme 29
4, 6 April 1991
Riccardo Muti
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 3, 'Rhenish'
Krystian Zimerman, piano
Programme 30
19, 20 April 1991
William Smith
DELIUS
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
HAGEN
Symphony No. 1
PROKOFIEV
Lieutenant Kijé, suite
FALLA
Three Cornered Hat, suite
Programme 31
2, 3, 4 May 1991
Neville Marriner
MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'
MOZART
Mass in C minor, K. 427
Margaret Marshall, soprano
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Vinson Cole, tenor
Robert Lloyd, bass
The Singing City Choir
Programme 32
9.10.12 May 1991
Riccardo Muti
MOZART
Symphony No. 34
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'
MAHLER
Rückert Lieder
HINDEMITH
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by
Weber
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
1991 –
1992
Programme 1
19, 20, 21 September 1991
Zdenek Macal
MOZART
Serenata notturna
DVOŘÁK
Othello, overture
MAHLER
Symphony No. 1
Programme 2
26, 27, 28 September 1991
Riccardo Muti
PETRASSI
Coro di morti
MOZART
Requiem Mass
Arleen Auger, soprano
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
Josef Kundlak, tenor
Simon Estes, bass
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Programme 3
3, 4, 5, 8 October 1991
Riccardo Muti
MENDELSSOHN
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage,
overture
MOZART
Sinfonia concertante for violin and
viola
RANDS
Madrigali
BRITTEN
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Norman Carol, violin
Joseph de Pasquale, viola
Programme 4
11, 12, 15 October 1991
William Smith
HAAS
Study for String Orchestra
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto
SIBELIUS
Pohjola's Daughter
BARBER
Medea's Dance of Vengeance
Blanca Uribe, piano
Programme 5
17, 18, 19, 22 October 1991
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1
ALBERT
Wind Canticle
PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet, excerpts
David Shifrin, clarinet
Programme 6
25, 26, 29 October 1991
Kenneth Jean
MOZART
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, overture
DVOŘÁK
Piano Concerto
LONDON
In Heinrich's Shoes
RESPIGHI
Pines of Rome
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Programme 7
1, 2, 5 November 1991
Erich Leinsdorf
STRAVINSKY
Symphonies of Wind Instruments
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 20
STRAVINSKY
Symphony in C
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
Programme 8
7, 8, 9 November 1991
Charles Dutoit
RACHMANINOV
The Rock
BRAHMS
Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 15
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Programme 9
15, 16, 19 November 1991
Charles Dutoit
RACHMANINOV
Caprice Bohemien
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 1
Emanuel Ax, piano
Programme 10
21, 22, 23, 25, 26 November 1991
Robert Spano
BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 25
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7
Ivan Moravec, piano
Programme 11
29, 30 November 1991
James DePreist
MOZART
Symphony No. 31, 'Paris'
MAHLER
Symphony No. 5
Programme 12
5, 6, 7, 9 December 1991
Gary Bertini
MOZART
Serenade in D major, K. 251
MOZART
Symphony No. 39
MOZART
Symphony No. 40
Programme 13
12, 13, 14 December 1991
Gary Bertini
MAHLER
Symphony No. 7
Programme 14
3, 4, 7 January 1992
William Smith
SIERRA
Preambulo for Orchestra
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 6
BERNSTEIN
Symphony No. 2, 'The Age of Anxiety'
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
Programme 15
9, 10, 11, 14 January 1992
Charles Dutoit
ROUSSEL
The Spider's Feast
STRAVINSKY
Violin Concerto
NIELSEN
Symphony No. 5
Chantal Juillet, violin
Programme 16
17, 18, 20 January 1992
Charles Dutoit
RACHMANINOV
Three Russian Songs
RACHMANINOV
Spring cantata
RACHMANINOV
Vocalise
RACHMANINOV
The Bells, symphony
Alexandrina Pendachantska, soprano
Kaludi Kaludov, tenor
Kevin McMillan, baritone
The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
Programme 17
24, 28 January 1992
Riccardo Muti
HINDEMITH
Clarinet Concerto
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'
Anthony Gigliotti, clarinet
Programme 18
30, 31 January 1, 4 February 1992
Riccardo Muti
DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, Great
Shira Rabin, violin
Programme 19
5, 8, 14 February 1992
Riccardo Muti
LEONCAVALLO
Pagliacci (concert performance)
Luciano Pavarotti, tenor
Daniela Dessi, soprano
Juan Pons, baritone
Paolo Coni, baritone
Ernesto Gavezzi, tenor
Westminster Choir
Programme 20
6, 7 February 1992
Riccardo Muti
HAYDN
Symphony No. 48, 'Maria Theresa'
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 3
SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 1, 'Spring'
David Arben, violin
Programme 21
13, 15 February 1992
Riccardo Muti
WAGNER
Christopher Columbus, overture
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4
SCRIABIN
Symphony No. 2
Radu Lupu, piano
Programme 22
20, 22, 25 February 1992
Erich Leinsdorf
MENDELSSOHN
The Hebrides, overture
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 3, 'Scottish'
SHCHEDRIN
Carmen Suite (after Bizet)
Programme 23
27, 28, 29 February 1992
Hans Vonk
HAYDN
Symphony No. 91
BARTÓK
Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 for violin and
orchestra
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5
Robert McDuffie, violin
Programme 24
5, 6, 7 March 1992
Gerard Schwarz
PERLE
Dance Fantasy
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 27
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 1
HINDEMITH
Mathis der Maler, symphony
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Programme 25
12, 13, 14, 17 March 1992
Herbert Blomstedt
BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
ROCHBERG
Oboe Concerto
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'
Richard Woodhams, oboe
Programme 26
19, 20, 21 March 1992
Yuri Temirkanov
BRITTEN
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of
Purcell
BRUCH
Scottish Fantasy for violin and
orchestra
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2
William de Pasquale, violin
Programme 27
27, 28 March 1992
Yuri Temirkanov
SIBELIUS
Finlandia
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 8
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Programme 28
2, 3, 4 April 1992
Mariss Jansons
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 6
ELGAR
Cello Concerto
RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloe, Suite No. 2
Heinrich Schiff, cello
Programme 29
13, 14 April 1992
Riccardo Muti
WAGNER
Christopher Columbus, overture
COPLAND
Appalachian Spring, suite
SCRIABIN
Symphony No. 2
Programme 30
17, 18, 21 April 1992
Riccardo Muti
MARTUCCI
Piano Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5
Carlo Bruno, piano
Programme 31
1, 2 May 1992
Riccardo Muti
CHERUBINI
Symphony in D major
ROSSINI
Stabat Mater
Carol Vaness, soprano
Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano
Frank Lopardo, tenor
Roberto Scandiuzzi, bass
Philadelphia Singers Chorale
Programme 32
7, 8, 9 May 1992
Christoph Eschenbach
WEBERN
Six Pieces for Orchestra
MOZART
Flute Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2
Jeffrey Khaner, flute
1992 – 1993
Programme 1
17, 18, 19, 22 September 1992
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
WAGNER
The Flying Dutchman, Overture
PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 1
BERLIOZ
Romeo and Juliet, orchestral excerpts
Joshua Bell, violin
Programme 2
24, 25, 26, 29 September 1992
Hans Vonk
SCHUMANN
Manfred, overture
ERB
Concerto for Brass and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 3, 'Polish'
Programme 3
1, 2, 3, 5 October 1992
Hans Vonk
HAYDN
Cello Concerto in C major
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 6
Matt Haimovitz, cello
Programme 4
8, 9, 10 October 1992
David Zinman
WEBERN
Im Sommerwind
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 2
BARBER
Music for a Scene from Shelley
BARTÓK
The Miraculous Mandarin, suite
Richard Goode, piano
Programme 5
16, 17, 20 October 1992
David Zinman
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Prelude
Act 1
KIRCHNER
Music for Cello and Orchestra
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Programme 6
22, 23, 24, 27 October 1992
Claus Peter Flor
MATTHUS
Bride of the Wind
STRAVINSKY
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5
Peter Serkin, piano
Programme 7
30, 31 October, 2 November 1992
Neal Stulberg
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
BRITTEN
Diversions for piano and orchestra
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 4
PROKOFIEV
The Love for Three Oranges, Suite
Gary Graffman, piano
Programme 8
5, 6, 7, 10 November 1992
Mark Wigglesworth
MUSSORGSKY
Khovanshchina, Prelude (Dawn over the
Moscow River)
PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 10
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Programme 9
12, 13, 14 November 1992
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
HAYDN
Symphony No. 100, 'Military'
MAHLER
Symphony No. 4
Roberta Alexander, soprano
Programme 10
20, 21, 24 November 1992
Marek Janowski
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4
Programme 11
27, 28 November, 1 December 1992
Myung-Whun Chung
HAYDN
Symphony No. 44
SAINT-SAËNS
Piano Concerto No. 2
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 7
André Watts, piano
Programme 12
3, 4, 5 December 1992
Charles Dutoit
STRAVINSKY
Apollon musagète
STRAVINSKY
Oedipus Rex
Keith Lewis, tenor
Eva Randová, mezzo-soprano
John Shirley-Quirk, baritone
Robert Lloyd, bass
Jon Garrison, tenor
William Warfield, speaker
Men of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale
Programme 13
10, 11, 12, 15 December 1992
Charles Dutoit
FALLA
Love the Magician
SIBELIUS
Six Humoresques for violin and
orchestra
CHAUSSON
Symphony
RAVEL
Bolero
Emily Golden, mezzo-soprano
Norman Carol, violin
Programme 14
2, 4, 5 January 1993
David Alan Miller
HAYDN
Symphony No. 53
SHULMAN
Theme and Variations for viola and
orchestra
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1
Joseph de Pasquale, viola
Programme 15
8, 9, 12 January 1993
Christoph Eschenbach
MOZART
Don Giovanni, overture
SCHOENBERG
Violin Concerto
MOZART
Eine Klein Nachtmusik
TCHAIKOVSKY
Francesca da Rimini
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Programme 16
14, 16 January 1993
Christoph Eschenbach
PICKER
Old and Lost Rivers
SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin
Programme 17
21, 22, 26 January 1993
James DePreist
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 23
MAHLER
Symphony No. 10 (reconstr. Cooke)
Misha Dichter, piano
Programme 18
28, 29, 30 January, 2 February 1993
Gerard Schwarz
STRAVINSKY
Tribute to Gesualdo di Venosa
RANDS
Canti dell'Eclissi
BRAHMS
Serenade No. 1
Thomas Paul, bass
Programme 19
5, 6 February 1993
Riccardo Muti
FAURÉ
Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite
CHAUSSON
Poème de l'amour et de la mer
RAVEL
Une Barque due l'océan
DEBUSSY
La mer
Waltraud Meier, mezzo-soprano
Programme 20
11, 12, 13, 16 February 1993
Charles Dutoit
RACHMANINOV
The Isle of the Dead
RAVEL
Piano Concerto in G major
BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra
Louis Lortie, piano
Programme 21
19, 20, 22, 23 February 1993
Charles Dutoit
BERLIOZ
Béatrice et Bénédict, overture
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Programme 22
26, 27 February, 2 March 1993
Wolfgang Sawallisch
HAYDN
Symphony No. 104, 'London'
BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’
Programme 23
5, 6, 9 March 1993
Wolfgang Sawallisch
EGK
French Suite, after Rameau
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5
DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'
Frank Peter Zimmerman, violin
Programme 24
11, 12, 13 March 1993
Wolfgang Sawallisch
WEBER
Euryanthe, overture
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3
STRAUSS
Symphonia domestica
Maurizio Pollini, piano
Programme 25
19, 20, 23 March 1993
Zdenek Macal
WUORINEN
Microsymphony for Orchestra
MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 7
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique
David Arben, violin
Programme 26
25, 26, 27, 29 March 1993
Yuri Temirkanov
TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet, overture
SCHNITTKE
Concerto for Piano and Strings
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 1
Alexander Slobodyanik. piano
Programme 27
2, 3 April 1993
Yuri Temirkanov
STRAVINSKY
Pulcinella, suite
PROKOFIEV
Ivan the Terrible
Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano
Terry Cook, bass
Arnold Voketaitis, narrator
The Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia
Programme 28
15, 16, 17 April 1993
Luis Biava
LINDROTH
Clash and Glitter
SUDERBURG
Concerto for Solo Percussionist
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 5, 'Reformation'
Michael Bookspan, percussion
Programme 29
22, 23, 24 April 1993
Luciano Berio
BERIO
Epiphanies
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'
Charlotte Hellekant, soprano
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Programme 30
29, 30 April, 1, 3 May 1993
Zdenek Macal
HAYDN
Symphony No. 82, 'The Bear'
ORFF
Carmina burana
Luba Orgonasova, soprano
Rockwell Blake, tenor
Simon Keenlyside, baritone
The Westminster Symphonic Chor
Philadelphia Boys Choir
Programme 31
6, 7, 8 May 1993
Wolfgang Sawallisch
BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture
STRAVINSKY
Jeu de cartes
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’
STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel
