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Philadelphia Orchestra - Subscription Concerts in the Muti era 1988 - 1993


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

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