Los Angeles Philharmonic
Tours and Festivals, 1921-2010
April 25-May 28, 1921 – Travel by private train provided by William Andrews
Clark, Jr.
Walter Henry Rothwell, conductor; Mrs. Elizabeth Rothwell, soprano; Richard
Buhlig, Sylvain Noack, Alfred Kastner, Ilya Bronson, Emile Ferir, principals in
the orchestra as soloists
CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield
Sacramento
Fresno
Chico
San Jose
OREGON
Medford
Salem
Eugene
Corvallis
Portland
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver
Victoria
WASHINGTON
Seattle
Aberdeen
Yakima
Tacoma
Bellingham
Spokane
Olympia
MONTANA
Deer Lodge
Helena
Missoula
Billings
Butte
COLORADO
Greeley
Denver
Fort Collins
Boulder
Colorado Springs
UTAH
Ogden
Salt Lake City
NEVADA
Reno
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Tours and Festivals
Four weeks in Spring, immediately following last concert of season, 1929 – Travel
by private train provided by William Andrews Clark, Jr.
Alfred Hertz, conductor, Henry Svedrofsky, assistant conductor (both conducted
concerts)
CALIFORNIA
Fresno
Sacramento
OREGON
Roseburg
Portland
WASHINGTON
Tacoma
Seattle
Bellingham
Spokane
MONTANA
Missoula
Deer Lodge
Butte
Helena
Billings
WYOMING
Casper
COLORADO
Denver
Greeley
Boulder
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
UTAH
Salt Lake City
NEVADA
Reno
CALIFORNIA
Visalia
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1955-56 Season: Far East Tour, April 26-June 29, 1956 (Philippines, Japan,
Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Taipei, Okinawa)
No details for Philippines, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Taipei, Okinawa
Conductors
Alfred Wallenstein, Conductor and Music Director
John Barnett, Associate Conductor
Repertoire1
(A) Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, F Major
Mennin: Symphony No. 3
Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
(B) Berlioz: Overture Le Corsaire
Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, A Major
(C) Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, C Major, and “Jupiter”
Wagner: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Die Götterdämmerung
Creston: Symphony No. 2
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
(D) Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, C Minor
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Japanese Program booklet lists the following Program Repertoire:
A. Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger; Virgil Thomson: Acadian Songs and Dances; Ravel: Daphnis
and Chloe Suite No. 2; Brahms: Symphony No. 2, Op. 73, D Major.
B. Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Debussy: La Mer; AlbenizArbos: Festival Day in Seville and Triana from the Suite Iberia; Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme
(Enigma), Op. 36; Beethoven: Symphony No. 5, Op.67, C minor...
C. Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz; Beethoven: Symphony No. 8, Op. 93, F Major; Mennin: Symphony
No. 3; Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier.
D. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3; Mozart: Symphony No. 41, K 551, “Jupiter” in C major; Wagner:
Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Die Götterdämmerung; Creston: Symphony No. 2, Op. 35; Dukas:
Scherzo: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.
E. Haydn: Symphony No. 88, G. major; Gould: American Symphonette No. 2; Britten: Variations and
Fugue on a Theme of Purcell; Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Op. 68, C minor.
F. Berlioz: Overture: Le Corsaire, Op. 21; Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56A; Copland,
Suite from the Ballet, Appalachian Spring; Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Op. 92, A Major.
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Tours and Festivals
1955-56 Season: Far East Tour, April 26-June 29, 1956 (cont.)
Performance Schedule
April 29-June 3: Itinerary includes Tokyo, Iwakuni, Okinawa, Manila, Tourane,
Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Saigon, Hong Kong, Taipei,
Okinawa, Korea, Tokyo. Concert details not found
June 5-June 28: Japan: Tokyo area, Shizuoka Area, Nagoya Area, Kansai area, Kyushu
area,
June 5-6:30 p.m. Tokyo: Hibiya Public Hall (Program C)2
June 6-1:30 p.m. Tokyo: Takarazuka Theatre (Program B)
June 7-6:30 p.m. Yokohama: Kanagawa Prefectural Music Hall (Program D3)
June 9-7 p.m. Kansai (Osaka?): Takarazuka Grand Theater, Takarazuka (Program A)
June 10-7 p.m. Osaka: Takarazuka Grand Theatre, Takarazuka (Program B)
June 11-7 p.m. Fukuoka: Sports Center (Program B)
June 12-6 p.m. Watanabe Memorial hall, Ube City (Program C)
June 13-6:30 Hiroshima: Municipal Hall, (Program D) Concert
June 14-7 p.m. Osaka: Municipal Gymnasium, (Program D) Concert
June 16-1 p.m. Camp Otsu Concert for Military
June 17-5:30 p.m. Nagoya: Municipal Hall (Program B)
June 18-6:30 p.m. Schizuoka: Public Hall
June 19-6:30 p.m. Tokyo: Memorial Hall
June 20 Yokota AFB: Concert
June 21 Yok/Murawa AFB: Concert
June 22 Sapporo: Concert
June 23 Sapporo: 2 Concerts
June 25 Tokyo: Children’s Concert
June 26 Tokyo: Concert and TV Broadcast
Sources: Scrapbook (includes clippings, posters, programs), Itinerary, Booklet by Shibley
Boyes “Where There’s Goodwill There’s a Way” (a memoir)
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Selections from the Tokyo-Yokohama programs were to be broadcast over Nippon Hoso’s station JOLF
on June 9 and 16; another article, in Nikkan Sports, announces a Telecast of the first concert on NTV, June
5, at 7:30 p.m.
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Program announced in Asahi Evening News, June 4, 1956, lists Barber: Adagio, Debussy: La Mer,
Albeniz: 2 Spanish Dances, Beethoven: Symphony No. 5.
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1965-66 Season: Western States tour, November 8-18, 1965 (10 concerts, 8 cities)
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Repertoire
Barber: Medea’s Meditation and Dance
Brahms: Symphony # 2 in D major
Mozart: Symphonie Concertante in E flat for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon (Kalman
Bloch, Bert Gassman, Frederick Moritz, Sinclair Lott)
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé, Suite #2
Shostakovich: Symphony #1
Strauss; Don Juan, Op. 20
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
Performance Schedule
November 8 Seattle (Seattle Symphony Orchestra, host): Webern, Mozart, Strauss [Ein
Heldenleben]
November 9, 8:30 p.m., Vancouver, Queen Elizabeth Theatre: Barber, Mozart, Strauss
[Ein Heldenleben]
November 11, Berkeley, CA, University of California: Barber, Mozart, Strauss [Don
Juan], Ravel
November 12, Sacramento, CA: Barber, Ravel, Brahms
November 13, San Francisco (San Francisco Symphony, host): Webern, Shostakovich,
Strauss [Ein Heldenleben]
November 14, Richmond, CA, Contra Costa College: Barber, Shostakovich, Brahms
November 15-16, Tempe, AZ, Gammage Auditorium, Tempe, Arizona State University:
Webern, Shostakovich, Strauss [Ein Heldenleben]
November 17-18
Tucson, AZ (University of Arizona)
Source: Box 18 folder 27
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1966-67 Season: Eastern tour, April 25-May 12, 1967 (14 concerts, 10 cities)
Conductor and Soloist
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Van Cliburn, Piano
Repertoire
Barber: Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
Beethoven: Symphony #3 (Eroica)
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Brahms: Piano Concerto #1
Dvorak: Symphony #8
Grieg: Piano Concerto
Mozart: Overture, “Marriage of Figaro”
Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Ravel: La Valse
Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Schubert: Symphony No.8
Strauss, R: Don Juan
Strauss, R: Ein Heldenleben
Stravinsky: Petrouchka Suite
Weber: Overture, “Oberon”
Performance Schedule
April 25: Grand Rapids, MI; Civic Auditorium: Strauss (Don Juan), Stravinsky,
Beethoven
April 26: East Lansing, MI; Michigan State University Auditorium: Schubert, Strauss,
(Don Juan) Dvorak
April 27: Fort Wayne, IN; Scottish Rite Auditorium: Schubert, Strauss (Don Juan),
Mussorgsky-Ravel
April 28: Detroit, MI; Masonic Temple: Schubert, Barber, Strauss (Ein Heldenleben)
May 1: Montreal, Canada; Grande Salle of Place des Arts: Barber, Brahms (Cliburn),
Beethoven
May 2: Montreal, Canada; Grande Salle of Place des Arts: Berlioz, Ravel, Respighi (joint
with Montreal Symphony Orchestra)
May 3: New York, NY; Carnegie Hall: Mozart, Brahms (Cliburn), Strauss (Heldenleben)
May 5: Washington, DC; Constitution Hall: Barber, Dvorak, Mussorgsky-Ravel
(Initially Strauss Don Juan scheduled in place of Mussorgsky-Ravel)
May 7: New York, NY; Carnegie Hall: Schoenberg, Grieg (Cliburn), Mussorgsky-Ravel
May 8: Lawrence, Kansas; University of Kansas Hoch Auditorium: Barber, Strauss (Don
Juan), Dvorak
May 9: Tucson; University of Arizona Auditorium: Mozart, Dvorak, Mussorgsky-Ravel
May 10: Tucson: University of Arizona Auditorium: Weber, Stravinsky, Beethoven
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1966-67 Season: Eastern tour, April 25-May 12, 1967 (cont.)
May 11: Tempe; Arizona State University Gammage Auditorium: Schubert, Strauss (Don
Juan), Mussorgsky-Ravel
May 12: Tempe; Arizona State University Gammage Auditorium: Weber, Stravinsky,
Beethoven
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1967-68 Season: World Tour, 8 weeks, September 14-November 6, 1967 (Belgium,
Luxembourg, Romania, Greece, France, Austria, West Germany, Italy, Yugoslavia,
Turkey, Cyprus, Iran, India; 39 concerts)
Conductors and Soloists
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor (all concerts except October 14, 26, 27)
Lawrence Foster, Assistant Conductor (October 14, 26)
André Watts, Piano (all piano concertos)
Suna Kan, Violin (all violin concertos)
Woodwind Quintet
Repertoire
Barber: Medea’s Meditation and Dance
Beethoven: Symphony #3
[Blackwood Symphony #2]
Brahms: Piano Concerto #2
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony #7
Dvorak: Symphony #8
Enesco: Romanian Rhapsody, #2
Kraft: Concerto for 4 Percussion Soloists
Liszt: Piano Concerto #1
MacDowell: Piano Concerto #2
Mahler: Symphony #1
[Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto]
Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Schuller: 7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
Strauss: Don Juan
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4
Vivaldi: Concerto in C major for 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, FXII
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Weber: Overture to Euryanthe
Encores: Orchestra
Albéniz: Triana
Barber: Dance of Vengeance from Medea
Bruckner: Scherzo from Symphony No. 7
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 8
Mussorgsky: Ballet of Chicks in their Shells
Mussorgsky: Bydlo
Mussorgsky: Great Gate of Kiev
Ravel: Finale of Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
Strauss: Clear Track Polka
Wagner: Meistersinger Prelude
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1967-68 Season: World Tour, 8 weeks, September 14-November 6, 1967 (cont.)
Encores: Piano
Beethoven: Bagatelle
Chopin: C min. Nocturne
Chopin: Revolutionary Etude
Chopin: C major Etude
Chopin: C# min. Etude
Liszt: La Campanella
Liszt: Transcription of Paganini Caprice 24
MacDowell: Scherzo
Scarlatti: Sonatas
Performance Schedule
September 14: Antwerp, Belgium; Koningin Elisabethzaal: Barber, Liszt, Beethoven
September 15: Luxembourg; Nouveau Theatre: Schuller, Liszt, Mahler
September 17: Bucharest I; Sala Palatului, Georges Enesco Festival: Enesco, Barber,
Liszt, Strauss [Heldenleben]
September 18: Bucharest II, Sala Palatului, Georges Enesco Festival: Weber, Enesco,
MacDowell, Beethoven
September 21: Athens I, Herod Attic, Athens Festival: Wagner, MacDowell, Mahler
September 22: Athens II, Herod Attic, Athens Festival: Strauss [Don Juan], Kraft,
Beethoven
September 23: Athens III, Herod Attic, Athens Festival: Barber, Brahms [Piano
Concerto], Tchaikovsky
September 25: Stresa (Italy); Teatro del Palazzo dei Congressi: Weber, Brahms [Piano
Concerto], Tchaikovsky
September 27: Paris; Theatre Champs Elysees: Weber, Liszt, Mahler
September 30: October 1, Vienna, Grosser Musikvereinsaal: Brahms [Piano Concerto],
Bruckner
October 2: Munich; Deutsches Museum Kongressaal: Brahms [Piano Concerto], Strauss
[Ein Heldenleben]
October 3: Stuttgart, Liederhalle Beethoven-Saal: Strauss [Don Juan], Liszt, Tchaikovsky
October 4: Berlin; Philharmonic Hall, Berliner Festwochen: Schuller, Liszt, Beethoven
October 6, 7: Milan, Teatro La Scala: Wagner, MacDowell, Mahler
October 8: Florence, Teatro Comunale: Weber, Liszt, Bruckner
October 9, 10: Milan; Teatro La Scala: Vivaldi, Kraft, Bruckner
October 12: Ljubljana; Philharmonic Hall: Barber, Liszt, Bruckner [Program lists
Blackwood, Liszt, Dvorak]
October 13: Zagreb I; Istra Hall: Barber, Liszt, Dvorak [Program lists Blackwood, Liszt,
and Dvorak)
October 14: Zagreb II; Istra Hall: Lawrence Foster, Conductor: Wagner, MacDowell,
Tchaikovsky
October 16: Sarajevo; Workers University Hall: Strauss [Don Juan], Kraft, MussorgskyRavel
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Tours and Festivals
1967-68 Season: World Tour, 8 weeks, September 14-November 6, 1967 (cont.)
October 17: Belgrade I, Kolarac University Hall [or Trade Union Hall]: Wagner,
MacDowell, Tchaikovsky
October 18: Belgrade II; Trade Union Hall: Barber, Liszt, Bruckner
October 19: Skopje; Universal Hall: Wagner, MacDowell, Tchaikovsky
October 20: Istanbul I; San Sinemasi Hall [Movie Theatre used as Concert Hall]:
Schuller, Liszt, Beethoven
October 21: Istanbul II; San Sinemasi Hall: Barber, Brahms [Violin Concerto],
Mussorgsky-Ravel [Boyes lists Barber, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky]
October 23: Ankara I; Concert Hall: Wagner, Macdowell, Tchaikovsky [Boyes lists
Schuller, Liszt, Beethoven]
October 24: Ankara II; Concert Hall: Barber, Brahms (Suna Kan), Mussorgsky [Boyes
lists Barber, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky]
October 25: Nicosia I; Municipal Theatre: Strauss [Don Juan], Kraft, Mussorgsky
(Program lists Wagner, MacDowell, Beethoven)
October 26: Nicosia II; Municipal Theatre: Lawrence Foster, Conductor: Barber, Liszt,
Tchaikovsky (Program lists Barber, Liszt, Dvorak)
October 27: Nicosia III: Woodwind Quintet
October 30: Teheran I, Rudaki Hall [Opera House?]: Strauss [Don Juan], MacDowell,
Mussorgsky-Ravel
October 31: Teheran II; Opera House: Barber, Liszt, Tchaikovsky
November 2: Bombay I; Shanmukhananda Hall: Strauss [Don Juan], Barber,
Tchaikovsky
November 3: Bombay II; Shanmukhananda Hall: Dvorak, Strauss [Ein Heldenleben]
November 4: Bombay III; Shanmukhananda Hall: Weber, Liszt, Mahler
November 5: New Delhi I; Vigyan Bhavan Hall: Strauss [Don Juan], Barber,
Tchaikovsky
November 6: New Delhi II; Vigyan Bhavan Hall: Weber, MacDowell, Dvorak
Sources: Program article; 1967 World Tour folders (Administrative schedules, Programs,
Shibley Boyes booklet)
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1969-70 Season: Japan Tour, September 4-September 28, 1969
(17 concerts, 10 cities)
Conductor and Soloist
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Masuko Ushioda, Violin
Repertoire
Albéniz -Arbos: Fete Dieu a Seville (Corpus Christi); Triana; Navarra
Barber: Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance
Beethoven: Overture, Egmont
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat (Eroica)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Kraft: Concerto for 4 Percussion Soloists and Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D (Haffner)
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe-2nd Series
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Stravinsky: Suite from “Petrouchka”
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Performance Schedule
September 7: Tokyo; Bunka Kaikan: Beethoven (Overture), Stravinsky, Brahms
September 9: Tokyo; Bunka Kaikan: Mozart, Ravel, Strauss
September 10: Tokyo; Bunka Kaikan: Albéniz, Kraft, Tchaikovsky
September 11: Tokyo; Bunka Kaikan: Beethoven (Overture), Stravinsky, Brahms
September 12: Kawaski; Sangyo: Barber, Mendelssohn (Ushioda), Beethoven
(Symphony)
September 13: Nagoya; Aichi Bunka Kodo: Beethoven (Overture), Stravinsky, Brahms
September 14: Nagoya; Aichi Bunko Kodo: Barber, Mendelssohn, Beethoven
(Symphony)
September 16: Kyoto; Kaikan: Barber, Mendelssohn, Beethoven (Symphony)
September 17: Osaka; Festival Hall: Beethoven (Overture), Stravinsky, Brahms
September 18: Osaka; Festival Hall: Mozart, Ravel, Strauss
September 19: Osaka; Festival Hall: Albéniz, Kraft, Tchaikovsky
September 20: Kobe; Kokusai Kaikan: Mozart, Ravel, Strauss
September 21: Fukuoka; Shimin Kaikan: Barber, Mendelssohn, Beethoven (Symphony)
September 23: Kokura; Shimin Kaikan: Mozart, Ravel, Strauss
September 24: Hiroshima; Kokaido: Beethoven (Overture), Stravinsky, Brahms
September 25: Okayama; Shimin Kaikan: Mozart, Ravel, Strauss
September 27: Tokyo; Bunka Kaikan: Barber, Mendelssohn, Beethoven (Symphony)
Program booklets (in Japanese) and photos filed in Tour File Box
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Tours and Festivals
1970-71 Season: Eastern Tour, October 24-November 9, 1970
(15 concerts, 12 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Irina Arkhipova, Mezzo-soprano
Martina Arroyo, Soprano
Daniel Barenboim, Piano
Helge Brilioth, Tenor
Stuart Burrows, Tenor
Jacqueline Du Pre, Cello
Heather Harper, Soprano
Gwendolyn Killebrew, Mezzo-soprano
Bernard Ladysz, Bass
Robert Nagy, Tenor
Joanna Neal, Soprano
Paul Plishka, Bass
Hans Sotin, Bass
Pinchas Zukerman, Violin
Rutgers University Choir
Repertoire
Bartók: Suite: Miraculous Mandarin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (“Choral”)
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Haydn: Symphony No. 96
Ligeti: Lontano
Penderecki: Cosmogony
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Strauss: Domestic Symphony
Webern: 5 Pieces
Webern: 6 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
Performance Schedule
October 24: New York: United Nations (25th Anniversary). Penderecki (Ladysz, Nagy,
Neal), Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Arroyo, Arkhipova, Brilioth, Sotin, Rutgers
University Choir)
October 25: Boston; Symphony Hall: Haydn, Bartók, Strauss.
October 26: Hartford, Conn.; Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall: Haydn, Bruckner.
October 27: Rutgers University: Penderecki (Neal, Nagy, Ladysz), Beethoven:
Symphony No. 9 (Harper, Killebrew, Burrows, Plishka, Rutgers University Choir)
October 29: New York; Carnegie Hall: Same program and soloists as October 27
October 30: New York; Carnegie Hall: Webern: 5 Pieces, Schumann (Du Pre), Bruckner.
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1970-71 Season: Eastern Tour, October 24-November 9, 1970 (cont.)
October 31: New York; Carnegie Hall: Ligeti, Beethoven (Triple Concerto) (Barenboim,
Du Pre, Zukerman), Strauss.
November 1: Levittown; Arena: Bartók, Webern: 6 Pieces, Bruckner.
November 2: Philadelphia; Academy of Music: Haydn, Bartók, Strauss
November 3: Washington D. C.; Constitution Hall: Haydn, Webern: 6 Pieces, Bruckner
November 4: Washington D. C.; Constitution Hall: Same program as November 3
November 6: Athens, OH; Memorial Auditorium: Haydn, Bartók, Beethoven: Symphony
No. 3
November 7: University of Michigan Hall: Haydn, Webern: 6 Pieces, Bruckner
November 8: Chicago; Orchestra Hall: Haydn, Bartók, Strauss
November 9: Bloomington, IN; Indiana University: Haydn, Bartók, Beethoven:
Symphony No. 3
Sources: United Nations Day Program; SCSHBA Executive Office files
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Tours and Festivals
1971-72 Season: Western Tour, November 16-22, 1971 (8 concerts, 4 cities)
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Repertoire
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Ives: Symphony No. 1
Mozart: Symphony No. 31
Prokofiev: Suite from the Ballet “Romeo and Juliet”
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde”
Performance Schedule
November 16: Tucson; University of Arizona Auditorium: Mozart, Wagner, Ives
(Initially Prokofiev scheduled in place of Wagner)
November 17: Tucson; University of Arizona Auditorium: Mozart, Prokofiev, Brahms
(Initially Wagner scheduled in place of Prokofiev)
November 18: Tempe; Arizona State University; Gammage Auditorium: Mozart,
Wagner, Ives
November 19: Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Popejoy Hall: Mozart, Wagner,
Ives
November 20: Provo: Brigham Young University; George Albert Smith Fieldhouse:
Mozart, Prokofiev, Brahms
November 21: Portland; Paramount Theatre: Mozart, Prokofiev, Brahms
November 22: Corvallis; Oregon State University Gill Coliseum [sic]: Mozart, Wagner,
Ives
November 23: Cupertino, CA; De Anza College Calvin C. Flint Center: Mozart,
Prokofiev, Brahms
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1972 Europe Tour Canceled
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Tours and Festivals
1972-73 Season: Japan Tour, November 17-28, 1972 (11 concerts, 8 cities)
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Repertoire
Program A:
Program B:
Program C:
Program D:
Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Wagner: Overture, Rienzi
Prokofiev: Suite from the Ballet “Romeo and Juliet”
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Weber: Overture, Der Freischütz
Copland: Short Symphony
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Weber: Overture, Der Freischütz
Tchaikovsky: Overture-Fantasy, “Romeo and Juliet”
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Performance Schedule
November 17: Tokyo; Ueno Bunka Kaikan Hall: Program A
November 18: Tokyo; Ueno Bunka Kaikan Hall: Program B
November 19: Tokyo; Ueno Bunka Kaikan Hall: Program C
November 20: Tokyo; Ueno Bunka Kaikan Hall: (Concert for students) Program D
November 21: Kawasaki; Kawasaki Sangyo Bunka Kaikan: Program C
November 23: Niigata; Niigata Kenmin Kaikan Hall: Program B
November 24: Toyama; Toyama City Hall: Program B
November 25: Nagoya; Nagoya Shimin Kaikan Hall: Program B
November 26: Osaka; Osaka Festival Hall: Program C
November 27: Kyoto; Kyoto Kaikan Dai-ichi Hall: Program B
November 28: Kobe; Kobe Kokusai Kaikan Hall: Program C
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1972-73 Season: University of Arizona, Tucson, April 26-27, 1973
Conductor and Soloist
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Kurt Reher, Cello
Performance Schedule
April 26: Mehta, Reher
April 27: Mehta
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1973-74 Season: University of Arizona, April 24-25, 1974 (2 concerts)
Conductor and Soloists
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Glenn Dicterow, Violin
Thomas Stevens, Trumpet
Alan De Veritch, Viola
Miles Zentner, Piccolo
Performance Schedule
April 24: University of Arizona: Mehta, cond., Zentner, Stevens
April 25: Zubin Mehta, cond., Dicterow, De Veritch
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1973-74 Season: Miscellaneous, May 3-June 1, 1974
Conductors and Soloists
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Pinchas Zukerman, Conductor and Violin
Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor
Glenn Dicterow, Violin
David Evitts, Baritone
Sidney Harth, Violin
Michele Zukovsky, Clarinet
UCLA A Cappella Chorus
Repertoire
Bach: Concerto in D minor for 2 Violins
Bach: Violin Concerto in E
Mozart: Haffner Serenade
Vivaldi: Spring, from The Four Seasons
Performance Schedule
May 3: Spokane Expo (Mehta, cond., Harth)
May 5: Peninsula Music Fair: (Mehta, cond., Zukovsky)
May 9: Early Concert: Zuckerman, cond.: Vivaldi (Zukerman), Bach Concerto in D
minor (Zukerman, Dicterow), Bach Violin Concerto (Zukerman)
May 16: Early Concert: Zukerman, cond.: Mozart
June 1: Ojai Festival: (Thomas, cond., Evitts, Zukovsky, UCLA A Cappella Chorus)
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Los Angeles Philharmonic Tours and Festivals
1974-75 Season: European-New York Tour - September 4 - October 12, 1974
(England, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, West Germany, New York; 32 concerts, 20
cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Daniel Barenboim, Pianist
Jessye Norman, Soprano
Isaac Stern, Violinist
André Watts, Pianist
Repertoire
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5
Beethoven: Overture, Leonore No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Ives: Decoration Day
Ives: Symphony No. 1
Mahler: Rückert Lieder
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A, K. 219
Samuel: Requiem for Survivors
Schoenberg: Opus 16
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
Wagner: Rienzi Overture
Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
Performance Schedule
September 4: London (Prom Concerts); Royal Albert Hall (BBC Sound, Radio Relay):
Beethoven (Leonore), Ives, Bruckner
September 5: Lucerne (Festival); Kunsthaus: Schoenberg, Elgar, Beethoven (Symphony
No. 7)
September 6: Lucerne (Festival); Kunsthaus: Webern, Beethoven (Piano Concerto No. 3,
Barenboim), Strauss
September 7: Montreux: Maison des Congrès (radio relay): Beethoven (Leonore,
Symphonies 8 and 7)
September 8: Stresa: Palazzo dei Congressi: Schoenberg, Beethoven (Symphony No. 8),
Dvorak
September 10: Brussels (Festival); Palais des Beaux Arts: Webern, Beethoven
(Symphony No. 8), Strauss
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1974-75 Season: European-New York Tour - September 4 - October 12, 1974 (cont.)
September 11: Louvain (Festival); Sint-Pieterskerk (Eglise St. Pierre): Bruckner
September 12: Ghent (Festival); Opera: Schoenberg, Beethoven (Symphony No. 8),
Dvorak
September 13: Ghent (Festival); Sint-Baafskathedral (Cathédrale St. Bavon): Bruckner
September 15: Berlin (Festival); Philharmonie: Schoenberg, Bruckner
September 16: Berlin (Festival); Philharmonie: Wagner, Ives (Symphony No. 1),
Beethoven (Symphony No. 7)
September 17: Hamburg; Musikhalle: Wagner, Beethoven (Symphony No. 8), Strauss
September 18: Bonn (Festival); Beethovensaal (radio relay): Beethoven (Leonore,
Symphonies No. 8 and 7)
September 19: Bonn (Festival); Beethovensaal: Same program as September 18
September 20: Frankfurt; Jahrhunderthalle: Beethoven (Leonore), Mahler (Jessye
Norman), Strauss
September 21: Frankfurt; Jahrhunderthalle (TV Broadcast): Wagner, Tchaikovsky,
Dvorak
September 23: Venice; Teatro La Fenice: Wagner, Schoenberg, Beethoven (Symphony
No. 7)
September 24: Venice; Teatro La Fenice: Wagner, Beethoven (Leonore), Tchaikovsky,
Dvorak
September 25: Milan; Teatro alla Scala: Schoenberg, Elgar, Strauss
September 26: Milan; Teatro alla Scala: Schoenberg, Elgar, Strauss
September 27: Milan; Teatro alla Scala: Schoenberg, Elgar, Strauss
September 29: Vienna; Musikverein: Wagner, Schoenberg, Strauss
September 30: Vienna; Musikverein: Wagner, Schoenberg, Strauss
October 1: Linz; Brucknerhalle: Bruckner
October 3: Bern; Casino: Samuel, Beethoven (Symphony No. 8), Strauss
October 4: Zurich; Tonhalle: Samuel, Beethoven (Symphony No. 8), Dvorak
October 5: Basel; Casino: Samuel, Beethoven (Symphony No. 8), Strauss
October 6: Geneva; Victoria Hall: Samuel, Beethoven (Symphony No. 8), Dvorak
October 7: London; Royal Festival Hall (radio relay): Samuel, Brahms (Isaac Stern),
Elgar
October 10: New York; Carnegie Hall: Mozart (Stern), Bruckner
October 11: New York; Carnegie Hall: Samuel, Beethoven (Piano Concerto No. 5,
Watts), Dvorak
October 12: New York; Carnegie Hall: Schoenberg, Mahler (Jessye Norman), Strauss
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1974-75 Season: Western U. S. Tour - November 19-30, 1974 (Arizona, New Mexico,
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon; 11 concerts)
Conductor and Soloists
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Sidney Harth, Violinist
Repertoire
Brahms: Symphony No. 1, Op. 68
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8, Op. 88
Ives: Variations on America
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
Wagner: Overture to Rienzi
Performance Schedule
November 19: Arizona State University; Gammage Auditorium: Ives, Schoenberg,
Dvorak
November 20: University of Arizona
November 21: University of Arizona
November 22: University of New Mexico (Sidney Harth)
November 23: University of Colorado
November 24: University of Wyoming
November 25: Utah State University
November 26: Brigham Young University
November 28: Vancouver, BC
November 29: Seattle; Opera House: Wagner, Schoenberg, Brahms
November 30: Portland
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1975-76 Season: Eastern/Midwestern U. S. Tour,
November 11-30, 1975 (18 concerts, 13 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Claudio Arrau, Piano
Anna Green, Soprano
Lynn Harrell, Cello
Samuel Mayes, Cello
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Ursula Schroeder-Feinen, Soprano
Isaac Stern, Violin
Noel Tyl, Baritone
Pinchas Zukerman, Violin
Iowa State Festival Chorus
(Gregor Piatigorsky initially scheduled for concerts on 11/12, 11/15, 11/24, 11/29)
Repertoire
Beethoven: Overture, Egmont
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Brahms: Double Concerto
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8
Haydn: Symphony No. 22 (The Philosopher)
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Prokofiev: Suite, Romeo and Juliet
Verdi: Stabat Mater and Te Deum from Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Wagner: Die Meistersinger Prelude
Wagner: Die Walküre excerpts (Ride of the Valkyries, Brünnhilde-Wotan Duologue,
Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music
Wagner: Götterdämmerung excerpts (Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, Siegfried’s
Funeral March, Immolation Scene)
Performance Schedule
November 11: Topeka, Kansas; Municipal Auditorium: Haydn, Prokofiev, Brahms
(Symphony)
November 12: Ames, Iowa; Iowa State University, C. Y. Stephens Auditorium:
Beethoven (Overture, Concerto) (Arrau), Dvorak
(Concert initially scheduled Walton Cello Concerto with Piatigorsky)
November 13: Ames, Iowa; Iowa State University: All Wagner concert (Die Walküre
excerpts, Götterdämmerung excerpts) (Green, Tyl)
November 14: Ames, Iowa; Iowa State University: Mendelssohn (Perlman), Mahler
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1975-76 Season: Eastern/Midwestern U. S. Tour, November 11-30, 1975 (cont.)
November 15: Ames, Iowa; Iowa State University: Haydn, Verdi (Iowa State Festival
Chorus), Brahms Double Concerto (Perlman, Harrell)
November 16: Chicago; Auditorium Theater: Haydn, Prokofiev, Brahms (Symphony)
November 17: Kalamazoo, Michigan; Western Michigan University, Miller Auditorium:
Wagner (Die Meistersinger Prelude, Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey),
Prokofiev, Dvorak
November 18: Dayton, Ohio; Memorial Hall: Haydn, Prokofiev, Wagner (Dawn and
Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, Siegfried’s Funeral March, Prelude to Die Meistersinger)
November 20: Ann Arbor; University of Michigan, Hill Auditorium: Haydn, Dvorak
(Samuel Mayes), Wagner (Same as 11/18)
November 21: Toledo, Ohio; Museum of Art, Peristyle Auditorium: Prokofiev, Mahler
November 22: West Point, New York; Eisenhower Hall: Wagner (Prelude, Die
Meistersinger), Prokofiev, Dvorak (Symphony)
November 23: Brookville, Long Island; C. W. Post College Center Auditorium:
Beethoven (Overture, Egmont), Wagner (Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey),
Prokofiev, Brahms (Symphony)
November 24: New York; Carnegie Hall: Mendelssohn (Zukerman), Mahler
(Concert initially scheduled Walton Cello Concerto with Piatigorsky)
November 25: Hartford, Conn.; Bushnell Memorial Auditorium: Haydn, Prokofiev,
Dvorak (Symphony)
November 26: New York; Carnegie Hall: All Wagner: Die Walküre excerpts,
Götterdämmerung excerpts (Schroeder-Feinen, Tyl)
November 28: Washington, DC; Kennedy Center: Haydn, Mahler
November 29: New York; Carnegie Hall: Prokofiev, Mozart (Stern, Zukerman), Brahms
(Symphony)
November 30: Boston; Symphony Hall: Haydn, Mahler
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1976-77 Season: East European Tour, November 19-December 10, 1976
(14 concerts, 8 countries, 10 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Glenn Dicterow, Violin
Sidney Harth, Violin
Ronald Leonard, Cello
Alan de Veritch, Viola
Repertoire
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Brahms: Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102 (Harth and
Leonard)
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E# minor, Op. 98
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man for Brass and Percussion
Copland: Symphony No. 3
Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Ives: Four Orchestral Pieces
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, K. 364 (Dicterow
and de Veritch)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Penderecki: De natura sonoris No. 2
Chamber Music Repertoire
Berg: Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5
Kraft: Encounters No. 2 for Tuba
Mozart: Serenade in C minor for Winds, K. 388
Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
Schumann: Quartet in E flat for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
Performance Schedule
November 18: Whitehall; Banqueting House: Chamber music (members of the LAP)
November 19: London; Royal Albert Hall: Ives, Mozart (Sinfonia, K. 364) (Dicterow and
de Veritch), Mahler
November 21: Vienna; Konzerthaus: Bartók, Mahler
November 22: Budapest; Erkel Theatre: Ives, Bartók, Mahler
November 23: Budapest; Erkel Theatre: Copland (Symphony), Brahms (Symphony)
November 25: Warsaw; National Philharmonic Hall: Penderecki, Copland (Symphony),
Dvorák
November 26: Warsaw; National Philharmonic Hall: Ives, Mozart (Sinfonia) 364
(Dicterow and de Veritch), Mahler
November 29: Rome; Santa Cecilia Concert Hall: Ives, Mozart (Symphony), Mahler
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1976-77 Season: East European Tour, November 19-December 10, 1976 (cont.)
November 30: Rome; Santa Cecilia Concert Hall: Penderecki, Brahms (Concerto) (Harth
and Leonard), Copland (Symphony)
December 2: Zagreb; Lipinski [Lisinski in Tour booklet] Hall: Copland (Fanfare), Ives,
Mozart (Symphony), Mahler
December 3: Belgrade; Dom Sindicata: Copland (Fanfare), Ives, Mozart (Symphony),
Mahler
December 6: Sofia; Bulgaria Concert Hall: Copland (Symphony), Dvorák
December 7: Sofia; Bulgaria Concert Hall: Ives, Brahms (Concerto) (Harth and Leonard),
Bartók
December 8: Bratislava; Reduta Hall: Ives, Mozart (Symphony), Dvorák
December 10: Prague; Smetana Hall: Copland (Symphony), Dvorák [or Brahms
Symphony]
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1976-77 Season: Eastern U. S. Tour, March 23-27, 1977 (5 concerts, 3 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Lynn Harrell, Cello
Sidney Harth, Violin
Ronald Leonard, Cello
Florence Quivar, Mezzo
Paul Schenly, Piano
Swarthmore College Chorus
Haverford-Bryn Mawr Singers
The Boychoir of Princeton
Columbus Boychoir
Repertoire
Beethoven: Concerto in C for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture, Coriolan
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Brahms: Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Performance Schedule
March 23: Wilmington, Delaware; Grand Opera House: Mahler
March 24: Wilmington, Delaware; Grand Opera House: Beethoven (Overture), Brahms,
Beethoven (Symphony)
March 25: New York; Carnegie Hall: Mahler
March 26: New York; Carnegie Hall: Beethoven (Overture, Concerto, Symphony)
March 27: Philadelphia, Academy of Music: Mahler
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1976-77 Season: Mediterranean Cruise, May 4-20, 1977
(11 concerts, 8 cities; concerts on board)
Conductors and soloists
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor and Piano
Sidney Harth, Conductor and Violin
Glenn Dicterow, Violin
Irving Geller, Violin
Jan Hlinka, Viola
Daniel Rothmuller, Cello
Alan de Veritch, Viola
Mary Louise Zeyen, Cello
Repertoire
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Casals: Saint Martin of Canigóu
Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88
Haydn: Symphony No. 104
Mozart: Adagio in E and Rondo in C (Harth)
Mozart: Symphony No 40 in G minor, K. 550
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
Stravinsky: Fireworks
Tchaikovsky: Sextet for Strings, “Souvenir de Florence”
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams”
Weber: Overture, Abu Hassan
Chamber Music Repertoire
Franck: Sonata in A for Violin and Piano
Mozart: Quartet in F for Oboe and Strings, K. 370
Performance Schedule
May 4: Barcelona; Palacio de la Musica (Mehta): Casals, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky
(Symphony), Dvorák
May 5: Barcelona; Palacio de la Musica (Mehta): Mozart (Symphony), Strauss, Brahms
(Symphony No. 1)
May 6: Palma de Mallorca; Auditorium (Mehta): Mozart (Symphony), Strauss, Brahms
(Symphony No. 1)
May 8: Florence; Teatro Comunale (Mehta): Mozart (Symphony), Strauss,
Mussorgsky/Ravel
May 9: Civitavecchia
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1976-77 Season: Mediterranean Cruise, May 4-20, 1977 (cont.)
May 13: Porto Carras; (Harth): Weber, Mozart (Adagio & Rondo), Tchaikovsky (Sextet)
(Dicterow, Geller, Hlinka, Rothmuller, de Veritch, Zeyen), Haydn
May 14: Athens; Herod Atticus: Bartók, Brahms (Symphony No. 1)
May 15: Athens; Herod Atticus: Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky (Symphony),
Mussorgsky/Ravel
May 17: Madrid; Teatro Real (Mehta):Mozart (Symphony), Strauss, Mussorgsky/Ravel
May 18: Madrid; Teatro Real (Barenboim): Beethoven (Symphony No. 4), Brahms
(Symphony No. 1)
May 19: Toledo; Catedral (Barenboim): Beethoven (Symphony No. 7), Brahms
(Symphony No. 2)
May 20: Barcelona; Palacio de la Musica (Barenboim): Beethoven (Symphony No. 4),
Brahms (Symphony No. 2)
May 3, 7, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18: At Sea: Chamber Music Concerts on board
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1977-78 Season: Mexico Tour, May 11-14, 1978
Conductor and Soloists
Pinchas Zukerman, Conductor and Violinist
Sidney Harth, Violinist
Ronald Leonard, Cellist
Repertoire
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A
Brahms: Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102
Mendelssohn: Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 64
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4
Mozart: Symphony No. 35, K. 385
Performance Schedule
May 11: Guanajuato; Festival Internacional Cervantino, Teatro Juarez: Bach,
Mendelssohn (Concerto) (Zukerman), Beethoven
May 12: Guanajuato; Festival Internacional Cervantino, Teatro Juarez: Mozart, Brahms
(Harth, Leonard), Mendelssohn (Symphony)
May 14: Mexico City; University of Mexico, Neza-Hual Coyotl: Bach, Mendelssohn
(Concerto) (Zukerman), Beethoven
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1978-79 Season: Western U.S. Tour, November 15-21, 1978 (6 concerts, 4 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Carlo Maria Giulini
Repertoire
Program A: Weber: Overture, Der Freischütz
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Program B: Dvorak: Symphony No. 9
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Program C: Messiaen: Les Offrandes Oubliées
Schubert: Symphony No. 8
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Performance Schedule
November 15: San Jose; Center for Performing Arts; Program A
November 16: Las Vegas; University of Nevada: Program B
November 18: Denver; Boettcher Concert Hall: Program A
November 19: Denver; Boettcher Concert Hall: Program B
November 20: Tempe; Arizona State University, Gammage Auditorium: Program C
November 21: Tempe; Arizona State University, Gammage Auditorium: Program B
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1978-79 Season: Eastern U.S. Tour, May 2-15, 1979 (12 concerts, 7 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Carlo Maria Giulini, Music Director and Conductor
John Aler, Tenor
Claudine Carlson, Mezzo-Soprano
Myung-Whun Chung, Piano
Simon Estes, Bass
Gwynne Howell, Bass
Gwendolyn Killebrew, Mezzo-Soprano
Carol Neblett, Soprano
Faye Robinson, Soprano
Robert Tear, Tenor
Frederica Von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano
Iowa State University Festival Chorus
Temple University Choir
Repertoire
Program I: Poughkeepsie, New York
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Choral) (Robinson/Neblett, Killebrew, Tear, Estes,
Temple Univ. Choir)
Program II:
Ravel: Suite Ma Mère l’Oye
Ravel: Sheherazade (Von Stade)
Debussy: L’Après-midi d’un Faune
Debussy: La Mer
Program III:
Mozart: Symphony No 35 (Haffner)
Hindemith: Symphony, Mathis der Maler
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
Program IV:
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (Haffner)
Hindemith: Symphony, Mathis der Maler
Debussy: L’Après-midi d’un Faune
Debussy: La Mer
Program V:
Ravel: Suite Ma Mère l’Oye
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G (Chung)
Debussy: L’Après-midi d’un Faune
Debussy: La Mer
Program VI:
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
Moussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
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1978-79 Season: Eastern U.S. Tour, May 2-15, 1979 (cont.)
Program VII:
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 (Linz)
Mozart: Requiem (Robinson, Carlson, Aler, Howell, Iowa State University Festival
Chorus)
Encores
Berlioz: Danse des Sylphes
Weber: Overture, Der Freischütz
Rossini: Overture, William Tell
Schubert: Ballet Music, Rosamunde
Performance Schedule
May 2: Poughkeepsie, NY; Mid-Hudson Civic Center: Program I (Robinson, Killebrew,
Tear, Estes, Temple Univ. Choir)
May 3: New York City; Carnegie Hall: Program I (Neblett, Killebrew, Tear, Estes,
Temple Univ. Choir)
May 4: New York City; Carnegie Hall: Program II (Von Stade)
May 5: New York City; Carnegie Hall: Program III
May 6: Washington, DC; Kennedy Center: Program III
May 7: Columbus; Ohio State University; Mershon Auditorium: Program IV
May 9: Chicago; Auditorium Theatre: Program IV
May 10: Minneapolis; Orchestra Hall: Program IV
May 11: Ames International Orchestra Festival, Iowa State University; C. Y. Stephens
Auditorium, Iowa State Center: Program IV
May 12: Ames International Orchestra Festival, Iowa State University; C. Y. Stephens
Auditorium, Iowa State Center: Program V
May 13: Ames International Orchestra Festival, Iowa State University; C. Y. Stephens
Auditorium, Iowa State Center: Program VI
May 15: Ames International Orchestra Festival, Iowa State University; C. Y. Stephens
Auditorium, Iowa State Center: Program VII
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1979-80 Season: U.S. Tour, November 24-December 5, 1979 (11 concerts, 9 cities)
Performers
Carlo Maria Giulini, Music Director and conductor
Renata Scotto, Soprano (November 28)
Julia Hamari, Mezzo-soprano (November 28)
Veriano Luchetti, Tenor (November 28)
Martti Talvela, Bass (November 28)
Temple University Choir (November 28)
Repertoire
Mahler: Symphony No. 10, Adagio (November 24, 27, December 1, 2, 3)
Webern: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10 (November 24, 27, December 1, 2. 3)
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (November 24, 27, 29, December 1, 2, 3, 5)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (November 25, 26, 29, December 4, 5)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 (November 25, 26, December 4, 5)
Verdi: Requiem (November 28)
Performance Schedule
November 24: Washington, DC; Kennedy Center
November 25: Boston; Symphony Hall
November 26, 27, 28: New York; Carnegie Hall
November 29: Cleveland; Severance Hall
December 1: University of Iowa, Hancher Auditorium
December 2: Chicago; Orchestra Hall
December 3: Austin; University of Texas, Municipal Auditorium
December 4: Houston; Jesse H. Jones Hall
December 5: San Antonio; Trinity University, Laurie Auditorium
NB Preliminary schedules list a December 5 concert at Houston (Mahler et al) and
December 6 at San Antonio.
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1979-80 Season: European Tour, May 1-25, 1980 ( 20 concerts, 17 cities)
Carlo Maria Giulini, Music Director and Conductor
Repertoire
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Haydn: Symphony No. 99
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Adagio)
Mozart: Symphony No. 41
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6
Performance Schedule
May 1: Manchester; Free Trade Hall: Mahler, Beethoven (Symphony No. 3)
May 2: London; Royal Festival Hall: Mahler, Beethoven (Symphony No. 3)
May 3, 4: Vienna; Musikverein: Mozart, Beethoven (Symphony No. 3)
May 5: Linz; Brucknerhaus: Haydn, Ravel, Beethoven (Symphony No. 2)
May 6: Innsbruck; Kongresshaus: Haydn, Ravel, Brahms
May 8: Zurich; Tonhalle Gesellschaft: Mahler, Beethoven (Symphony No. 3)
May 9: Strasbourg; Palais des Congrès: Beethoven (Symphony No. 2), Tchaikovsky
May 10: Freiburg; Stadthalle: Beethoven (Symphonies 2 and 3)
May 11: Bonn; Beethovenhalle: Haydn, Ravel, Brahms
May 12: Frankfurt; Jahrhunderthalle: Beethoven (Symphonies 2 and 3)
May 14: Milan; Teatro alla Scala: Beethoven (Symphony No. 2), Tchaikovsky
May 15: Florence; Teatro Comunale: Mahler, Beethoven (Symphony No. 3)
May 17: Madrid; Teatro Real: Mozart, Tchaikovsky
May 18: Madrid; Teatro Real: Beethoven (Symphonies 2 and 3)
May 19: Barcelona; Palau de la Musica: Mozart, Tchaikovsky
May 20: Barcelona; Palau de la Musica: Haydn, Ravel, Brahms
May 22: Paris; Salle Pleyel: Haydn, Ravel, Brahms
May 23: Brussels; Palais des Beaux Arts: Beethoven (Symphonies 2 and 3)
May 25: London; Royal Festival Hall: Mozart, Tchaikovsky
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1980-81 Season: Eastern U.S. Tour, November 19-26, 1980 (7 concerts, 7 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Carlo Maria Giulini
Repertoire
Program I:
Verdi: Overture, Vespri Siciliani
William Schuman: Symphony No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6
Program II:
Haydn: Symphony, No. 94 (Surprise)
Copland: Quiet City
Verdi: Overture, La Forza del Destino
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Performance Schedule
November 19: Pittsburgh; Heinz Hall (Program I)
November 20: Philadelphia; Academy of Music (Program I)
November 21: New York; Carnegie Hall (Program I)
November 23: Ann Arbor; University of Michigan; Hill Auditorium (Program II)
November 24: Bloomington; Indiana University; Auditorium (Program II)
November 25: Madison; Oscar Meyer Theater (Program II)
November 26: St. Louis, Powell Symphony Hall (Program II)
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1980-81 Season: Mexico and Southeast U.S. Tour, May 7-26, 1981(14 concerts, 9
cities)
Conductors and Soloist
Erich Leinsdorf, Guest Conductor (May 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14)
Michael Tilson Thomas, Guest Conductor (May 15, 16, 23)
Myung-Whun Chung, Associate Conductor (May 19, 20, 24, 26)
Kung-Wha Chung, Violin (May 19, 20, 24, 26)
Repertoire
Program I (Leinsdorf):
Strauss: Don Juan
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Franck: Symphony in D minor
Program II (Leinsdorf):
Wagner: Prelude, Act I, Die Meistersinger
Debussy: La Mer
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Program III (Leinsdorf):
Weber: Overture, Oberon
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Program IV (Thomas)
Glinka: Overture, Russlan and Ludmilla
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Program V (Thomas)
Berlioz: Overture, Benvenuto Cellini
Copland: Quiet City
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe, Suite No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Program VI (Myung-Whun Chung)
Berlioz: Overture, Benvenuto Cellini
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Kung-Wha Chung)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1
Performance Schedule
May 7: Mexico City; Universidad Nacional Autonima de Mexico Sala Nezahualcoyotl:
Program I
May 8: Mexico City; Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Sala Ollin Yolitzli:
Program II
May 9: Mexico City; Universidad Nacional Autonima de Mexico Sala Nezahualcoyotl:
Program III
May 10: Mexico City; Universidad Nacional Autonima de Mexico Sala Nezahualcoyotl:
Program II
May 12: Dallas; Music Hall: Program I
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1980-81 Season: Mexico and Southeast U.S. Tour, May 7-26, 1981
May 14: Ames International Orchestra Festival, Iowa State University C. Y. Stephens
Auditorium: Program II
May 15: Ames International Orchestra Festival, Iowa State University C. Y. Stephens
Auditorium: Program IV
May 16: Ames International Orchestra Festival, Iowa State University C. Y. Stephens
Auditorium: Program V
May 19: Chicago; Orchestra Hall: Program VI
May 20: Nashville; Tennessee Performing Arts Center: Program VI
May 21: Memphis; Dixon Myers Hall: Program VI
May 23: Charleston; Gaillard Auditorium: Program IV
May 24: Charleston; Gaillard Auditorium: Program VI
May 26: Charlotte; Ovens Auditorium: Program VI
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1981-82 Season: Japan and Korea Tour, May 13-26, 1982 (12 concerts, 9 cities)
Conductors and Soloists
Carlo Maria Giulini, Music Director and Conductor (all concerts except May 26)
Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor and Pianist (May 26)
Zita Carno, Organ (May 26)
Repertoire
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E
Mozart: Concerto in A for Piano and Orchestra, K. 488 (Chung)
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C (Linz), K. 425
Ravel: Suite, Ma Mere l’Oye (1908; 1911)
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C minor (Organ), Op. 78 (Carno)
Stravinsky: Suite from the Ballet, The Firebird (1910; 1919)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor (Pathetique), Op. 74
Verdi: Opera excerpts: Overture to I Vespri Siciliani, Preludes to Acts I and IV of La
Traviata, Overture to La Forza del Destino
Performance Schedule
May 13: Tokyo; Tokyo Bunka Kaikan: Mozart (Symphony), Bruckner
May 14: Tokyo; Tokyo Bunka Kaikan: Ravel, Stravinsky, Brahms
May 15: Tokyo; Hitomi Memorial Hall: Verdi, Tchaikovsky
May 16: Yokohama; Kanagawa Kenmin Hall: Mozart (Symphony), Stravinsky,
Beethoven
May 18: Mito; Ibaragi Kenmin Bunka Center: Mozart (Symphony), Stravinsky,
Beethoven
May 19: Matsudo; Seitoku Gakuen Kawanami Memorial Hall: Verdi, Tchaikovsky
May 20: Nagoya; Nagoya Shimin Kaikan: Ravel, Stravinsky, Brahms
May 21: Osaka; Osaka Festival Hall: Tchaikovsky, Beethoven
May 23: Wakayama; Kenmin Bunka Kaikan: Mozart (Symphony), Stravinsky,
Beethoven
May 24: Fukuoka; Sun Palace Hall: Ravel, Stravinsky, Brahms
May 25: Seoul; Sejong Cultural Center: Ravel, Stravinsky, Brahms
May 26: Seoul; Sejong Cultural Center: (Chung conducting) Verdi (Overture to La Forza
del Destino), Mozart (Concerto, Chung), Saint-Saens (Carno)
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1982-83 Season: United States Tour, November 27-December 10, 1982
(11 orchestral concerts, 1 new music concert, 8 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Carlo Maria Giulini, Music Director and Conductor
Kathleen Battle, Soprano
Tom Krause, Baritone
Thomas Stevens, Trumpet
Westminster Choir
Repertoire
Program I:
Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino
Laderman: Symphony for Brass and Orchestra (Symphony No. 4, 1980),
East Coast premiere
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Program II: Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor (Tragic)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
Program III: Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op. 88
Haydn: Concerto in E flat for Trumpet and Orchestra (Stevens)
Stravinsky: Suite from the Ballet, The Firebird
Program IV: Brahms: Tragic Overture
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (Battle, Krause, Westminster Choir)
Performance Schedule
November 27: Washington, DC; Kennedy Center: Program I
November 28: Boston; Symphony Hall: Program II
November 29: Portland, ME; Portland City Hall Auditorium: Program III (Stevens)
November 30: Greenvale, NY; C. W. Post Concert Theater: Program I
December 1: New York (New Music Group)
December 2: New York; Carnegie Hall: Program IV (Battle, Krause, Westminster Choir)
December 3: New York; Carnegie Hall: Program II
December 5: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Program III (Stevens)
December 6: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Program I
December 7: Ann Arbor; Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan: Program II
December 8: Chicago; Orchestra Hall: Program I
December 10: Dallas; McFarlin Auditorium, Southern Methodist University: Program II
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1982-83 Season: Europe Tour, May 10-23, 1983 (11 concerts, 5 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano
Gidon Kremer, Violin
Ronald Leonard, Cello
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Sidney Weiss, Violin
Repertoire
All Brahms
Program I:
Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op. 102 (Kremer,
Ma, May 10, 14; Weiss, Leonard, May 22)
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
Program II: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77 (Kremer)
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Program III: Concerto No. 2 in B flat for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83 (Ashkenazy)
Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Program IV: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73
Program V: Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 90
Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Performance Schedule
May 10: Florence; Teatro Comunale: Program I
May 11: Florence; Teatro Comunale: Program II
May 13: Florence; Teatro Comunale: Program III
May 14: Milan; Teatro alla Scala: Program I
May 15: Milan; Teatro alla Scala: Program III
May 16: Milan; Teatro alla Scala: Program II
May 18: Bonn; Beethovenhalle: Program IV
May 20: Copenhagen; Tivoli: Program V
May 21: Copenhagen; Tivoli: Program II
May 22: Copenhagen; Tivoli: Program I
May 23: Hamburg; Musikhalle: Program V
Notes: Mehta replaced ailing Giulini; 21 concerts originally scheduled. (Clipping)
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1983-84 Season: United States Tour, November 27-December 10, 1983
(11 concerts, 8 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Andrew Davis, Conductor
Jeffrey Kahane, Piano
Alexander Toradze, Piano
Repertoire
Program I:
Program II:
Program III:
Mozart Piano Concerto in B-flat, K. 450 (Kahane)
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Toradze)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
Performance Schedule
November 27: Washington, DC; Kennedy Center: Program I
November 28: Washington, DC; Kennedy Center: Program II
November 30: Utica, NY; Stanley Performing Arts Center, Munson-Williams Proctor
Institute: Program II
December 1: Ithaca, NY; Bailey Hall Auditorium, Cornell University: Program II
December 2: Boston; Symphony Hall: Program II
December 4: Richmond; Virginia Center for Performing Arts: Program II
December 5: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Program II
December 6: New York; Carnegie Hall: Program I
December 8: San Francisco; Davies Symphony Hall: Program II
December 9: Cupertino; Flint Center: Program II
December 10: San Francisco; Davies Symphony Hall: Program III
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1983-84 Season: United States Tour, November 27-December 10, 1983
(14 concerts, 8 cities)
Conductors and Soloists
Simon Rattle, Conductor (New York concerts, January 17, 18, 19, 20)
Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor and Piano (Florida etc. concerts, January 23, 25, 26,
27, 28, 30, 31, February 1, 2, 3)
Ronald Leonard, Cello (January 28, 30)
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello (February 3)
Shlomo Mintz, Violin (January 23)
Peter Serkin, Piano (January 17, 18, 19, 20)
Ilana Vered, Piano (January 25, 27, 30, February 1, 2)
Repertoire
Conducted by Rattle
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (Serkin)
Mahler: Symphony No. 10
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Takemitsu: Riverrun (Piano Concerto) (Serkin)
Conducted by Thomas
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 (Mintz)
Copland: Orchestral Variations
Gershwin: Second Rhapsody (Thomas)
Mahler: Symphony No 5
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Vered)
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 (Leonard, 1/28, 1/30), (Ma, 2/3)
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Performance Schedule
January 17: Greenvale, New York; C. W. Post Concert Theatre: Takemitsu, Mahler
January 18: New York City; Carnegie Hall: Takemitsu, Mahler
January 19: New York; Brooklyn College Walt Whitman Hall: Beethoven, Sibelius
January 20: New York City; Avery Fisher Hall: Beethoven, Sibelius
January 23: Miami; Dade County Auditorium: Bruch, Mahler
January 25: Miami; Dade County Auditorium: Copland, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov,
Tchaikovsky
January 26: Clearwater, FL; Ruth Eckerd Hall: Copland, Stravinsky, Gershwin,
Tchaikovsky
January 27: Sarasota; VanWezel Performing Arts Hall: Copland, Stravinsky,
Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky
January 28: Sarasota; VanWezel Performing Arts Hall: Saint-Saens, Mahler
January 30: Daytona Beach; Peabody Auditorium: Copland, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov,
Tchaikovsky
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1983-84 Season: United States Tour, November 27-December 10, 1983 (cont.)
January 31: Winston-Salem; Wait Chapel Auditorium at Wake Forest University: SaintSaens, Mahler
February 1: Washington DC; Kennedy Center: Copland, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov,
Tchaikovsky
February 2: New York City; Carnegie Hall: Copland, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov,
Tchaikovsky
February 3: New York City; Avery Fisher Hall: Saint-Saens, Mahler
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1985-86 Season: Western U. S. Tour, March 19-23, 1986 (5 cities)
André Previn, Music Director and Conductor
Repertoire
Bartók: Suite, Miraculous Mandarin
Berlioz: Overture, Benvenuto Cellini
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Haydn: Symphony No. 92
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Performance Schedule
March 19: Salt Lake City; Utah Symphony Hall: Bartók, Haydn, Shostakovich
March 20: Sacramento; Sacramento Community Center Theatre: Berlioz, Shostakovich,
Elgar
March 21: Fresno; Fresno Convention Center Theatre: Bartók, Haydn, Elgar
March 22: Cupertino; Flint Center: Berlioz, Shostakovich, Elgar
March 23: San Francisco; Davies Symphony Hall: Bartók, Haydn, Elgar
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1985-86 Season: Eastern U. S. Tour, May 14-24, 1986 (9 concerts, 8 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
André Previn, Conductor and Piano (piano: May 19, 23)
Sheila Armstrong, Soprano (May 14, 15)
Robert Cowart, English Horn (May 17, 18, 20, 22, 24)
Martyn Hill, Tenor (May 14, 15)
Anne Howells, Mezzo-soprano (May 14, 15)
Ronald Leonard, Cello (May 17, 18, 20, 22, 24)
Los Angeles Master Chorale (May 14, 15)
American Boychoir (May 14, 15)
Repertoire
Britten: Spring Symphony (Armstrong, Howells, Hill, Chorale, Boychoir)
Elgar: Enigma Variations
Harbison: Symphony No. 1
Mozart: Piano Concerto, K. 453 (Previn)
Previn: Reflections, for English Horn, Cello and Orchestra (Cowart, Leonard)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Performance Schedule
May 14: Philadelphia; Academy of Music: Mozart, Britten
May 15: New York; Carnegie Hall: Mozart, Britten
May 17: Flushing, NY; Colden Center, Queens College: Elgar, Previn, Prokofiev
May 18: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Elgar, Previn, Prokofiev
May 19: Buffalo; Kleinhans Music Hall: Harbison, Mozart, Elgar
May 20: Columbus, OH; Ohio Theatre: Elgar, Previn, Prokofiev
May 22: Oklahoma City; Civic Center Music Hall: Elgar, Previn, Prokofiev
May 23: Fort Worth: Tarrant County Convention Center: Harbison, Mozart, Elgar
May 24: Houston; Jones Hall: Elgar, Previn, Prokofiev
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1986-87 Season: European Tour, May 1-23, 1987 (18 concerts, 15 cities)
Conductors and Soloists
André Previn, Music Director and Conductor
Ronald Leonard, Cello
Heiichiro Ohyama, Viola
Sidney Weiss, Violin
Repertoire
Debussy: La Mer
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Harbison: Symphony No. 1
Korngold: Violin Concerto (Weiss)
Previn: Principals
Ravel: La Valse
Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye
Schoenberg: 5 Pieces, Op. 16
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Strauss: Don Quixote (Leonard, Ohyama)
Performance Schedule (Preliminary)
May 1: West Berlin; Philharmonie: Strauss, Schoenberg, Debussy
May 2: West Berlin (Berlin Festival); Philharmonie: Previn, Korngold, Ravel, Ravel
May 3: Bonn; Beethovenhalle: Schoenberg, Ravel, Ravel, Shostakovich
May 4: Hamburg; Musikhalle: Strauss, Shostakovich
May 6: Nuremberg; Meistersingerhalle: Schoenberg, Debussy, Strauss
May 7: Stuttgart; Liederhalle: Ravel, Ravel, Elgar
May 8: Florence (Maggio Musicale); Teatro Comunale: Previn, Korngold, Ravel, Ravel
May 9: Florence (Maggio Musicale); Teatro Comunale: Strauss, Harbison, Debussy
May 11: Madrid; Teatro Real: Ravel, Ravel, Elgar
May 12: Barcelona; Palau de la Musica: Strauss, Harbison, Debussy
May 13: Monte Carlo; Auditorium de Monte Carlo: Strauss, Harbison, Ravel (La Valse)
May 15: Ghent (Festival of Flanders)Harbison, Shostakovich, Debussy, Ravel (La Valse)
May 16: Cologne; Neue Philharmonie: Previn, Strauss, Debussy, Ravel
May 17: Amsterdam; Concertgebouw: Ravel, Ravel, Elgar
May 19: Munich; Philharmonie am Gasteig: Strauss, Ravel, Ravel
May 20: Vienna (Vienna Festival); Konzerthaus: Previn, Debussy, Ravel, Ravel
May 21: Vienna (Vienna Festival); Konzerthaus: Schoenberg, Korngold, Strauss
May 23: London; Royal Festival Hall: Shostakovich, Elgar
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1987-88 Season: East Coast Tour, May 9-18, 1988 (8 concerts, 6 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
André Previn, Music Director and Conductor
Emanuel Ax, Piano
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano
Vladimir Feltsman, Piano
Repertoire
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.
Previn: Piano Concerto
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Shapero: Symphony for Classical Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Walton: Symphony No. 1
Performance Schedule
May 9: Hartford; Bushnell Memorial Hall: Dvorak, Walton
May 10: New Haven; Woolsey Hall: Beethoven (Ax), Shapero
May 12: New York; Carnegie Hall: Dvorak, Walton
May 13: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Vaughan Williams, Previn (Ashkenazy),
Mendelssohn
May 14: New York; Carnegie Hall: Rachmaninov (Feltsman), Shapero
May 15: Greenvale, NY; Tilles Center: Same as May 9 & 12
May 17: Wilmington, DE; Grand Opera House: Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn,
Walton
May 18: Washington, DC; Kennedy Center: Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn, Walton
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1988-89 Season: Japan Tour, September 25-October 8, 1988 (12 concerts, 7 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
André Previn, Music Director, Conductor and Piano
Michele Zukovsky, Clarinet
Donald Green, Trumpet
Boyde Hood, Trumpet
Rob Roy McGregor, Trumpet
Thomas Stevens, Trumpet
Repertoire
Berlioz: Overture, Beatrice and Benedict
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Copland: Clarinet Concerto (Zukovsky)
Mozart: Piano Concerto in C minor, K. 491 (Previn)
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé
Shostakovich: Symphony No 5
Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Vivaldi: Concerto in E Major for Four Trumpets (Stevens, Green, McGregor, Hood)
Performance Schedule
September 25: Tokyo; Suntory Hall: Brahms, Copland, Ravel
September 26: Tokyo; Suntory Hall: Brahms, Shostakovich
September 27: Tokyo; Suntory Hall: Berlioz, Strauss, Shostakovich
September 28: Nagoya; Seto Bunka Center: Vivaldi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
September 30: Nagoya; Nagoya Shimin Kaikan Hall: Vivaldi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
October 1: Tokyo; Hitomi Kinen Kodo Hall: Vivaldi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
October 2: Yokohama; Kanagawa Kenmin Hall: Brahms, Shostakovich
October 3: Matsudo; Kawanami Kinen Kodo: Brahms, Copland, Ravel
October 4: Tokyo; Tokyo Bunka Kaikan: Brahms, Copland, Ravel
October 6: Wakayama (Osaka); Kenmin Bunka Kaikan: Brahms, Copland, Ravel
October 7: Fukuoka; Sun Palace Hall: Brahms, Copland, Ravel
October 8: Osaka; Osaka Festival Hall: Brahms, Shostakovich
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1989-90 Season: East Coast, Canada Tour, Ann Arbor Festival, May 9-23, 1990
Conductor and soloists:
Andre Previn, conductor and piano
Hei-Kyung Hong, soprano
Richard Stilwell, baritone
Chorus
Repertoire:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Brahms: German Requiem (Hong, soprano; Stilwell, baritone; unnamed chorus)
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Gershwin: Concerto in F (Previn, piano)
Harbison; Concerto for Brass and Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Hong, soprano)
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
May 9: Ann Arbor; Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan.
Gershwin; Rachmaninoff
May 10: Ann Arbor (as above)
Harbison; Mahler
May 11: Ann Arbor (as above)
Beethoven; Shostakovich
May 12: Ann Arbor (as above)
Brahms Overture; Brahms Requiem
May 14: Toronto; Roy Thomson Hall
Beethoven; Mahler
May 15: Cleveland
Beethoven; Shostakovich
May 16: Columbus, Ohio
Beethoven; Shostakovich
May 18: New York; Avery Fisher Hall
Beethoven; Shostakovich
May 19: Queens College; Colden Center
Beethoven; Mahler
May 20: CW Post Campus, Long Island University; Tilles Center
Beethoven; Shostakovich
May 22: New York; Carnegie Hall
Harbison; Rachmaninoff
May 23: Washington DC; Kennedy Center
Beethoven; Shostakovich
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1990-91 Season: New York Tour, September 26-27, 1990
(Carnegie Hall 100th Anniversary)
Conductor and Soloists
André Previn, Conductor
Emanuel Ax, Piano
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Repertoire
Barber: Concerto for violin and orchestra Op. 14 (1939)
Beethoven: Overture, Leonore, No. 3, Op. 72b
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3, in C minor, Op. 37
Schuman, W.: Symphony No. 3 (1941)
Star-Spangled Banner (Toscanini, orch.)
Stucky, Steven: Angelus
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major (1943)
Performance Schedule
September 26: Carnegie Hall: Star-Spangled Banner, Beethoven (Overture), Barber
(Perlman), Schuman
September 27: Carnegie Hall: Stucky, Beethoven (Piano Concerto- Ax), Vaughan
Williams
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1990-91 Season: Queen Elizabeth 2, European Tour, May 19-June 5, 1991
(9 concerts, 7 cities)
Conductor and Performers, Queen Elizabeth 2
David Alan Miller, Conductor
Chamber Orchestra featuring Members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Lynn Harrell, Cello
Rochelle Abramson, Violin
David Breidenthal, Bassoon
Stephen Custer, Cello
Brian Drake, Horn
Carol Drake, Horn
Patricia Heimerl, Bassoon
Carolyn Hove, Oboe
Guido Lamell, Violin
Gloria Lum, Cello
Edith Markman, Violin
Judith Mass, Violin
Mitchell Newman, Violin
Michael Nutt, Violin
Meredith Snow, Viola
Lawrence Sonderling, Violin
Alpha Walker, Piano and Keyboards
David Weiss, Oboe, Sea Saw
Evan Wilson, Viola
Conductor and Soloist, European Tour
Kurt Sanderling, Conductor
Richard Goode, Pianist (Beethoven)
Repertoire, Queen Elizabeth 2
Elgar: Salut d’amour
Fiocco: Arioso
Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1
Handel: Oboe Concerto, G minor
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C, HVIIb:1
Haydn: Symphony No. 49, La passione
Hockett: Four Pieces for Oboe and Piano
Ibert: Tunis from Ports of Call
Mendelssohn: Octet in E flat for strings, Op. 20
Mozart: Divertimento in D for Strings, K. 136
Mozart: Divertimento for Wind Sextet, K. 240
Mozart: Duo for Two Horns, K. 487
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525
Mozart: String Quartet in D. K 575
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1990-91 Season: Queen Elizabeth 2, European Tour, May 19-June 5, 1991 (cont.)
Mozart: Symphony No. 29, K. 201 (186a)
Poulenc: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Popular selections for musical saw
Repertoire, European Tour
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat (Romantic)
Haydn: Symphony No. 39 in G minor
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Performance Schedule
May 19: Queen Elizabeth 2: Handel (Water Music), Handel (Oboe concerto) (Weiss),
Haydn (Symphony)
May 20: Queen Elizabeth 2: Afternoon Chamber Music: Poulenc (Weiss, Breidenthal,
Walker), Mendelssohn (Newman, Sonderling, Lamell, Mass, Wilson, Snow, Custer,
Lum)
May 20: Queen Elizabeth 2: Evening Chamber Orchestra Concert: Mozart (Eine Kleine
Nachtmusik), Haydn (Cello Concerto) (Harrell), Mozart (Symphony)
May 21: Queen Elizabeth 2: Afternoon Chamber Music: Mozart (Divertimento for
strings) (Markman, Whitson, Wilson, Lum), Fiocco, Hockett, Ibert, Elgar, Sea Saw
selections (Weiss, Walker)
May 21: Queen Elizabeth 2: Evening Recital: Lynn Harrell
May 22: Queen Elizabeth 2: Evening Chamber Music: Mozart (Duo) (C. Drake, B.
Drake), Mozart (Divertimento for Winds) (Weiss, Hove, Breidenthal, Heimerl, C.
Drake, B. Drake), Mozart (String Quartet) (Abramson, Nutt, Wilson, Custer)
May 25: Glasgow; Royal Concert Hall: Haydn, Shostakovich
May 26: Glasgow; Royal Concert Hall: Beethoven (Goode), Bruckner
May 29: London; Royal Festival Hall: Beethoven (Goode), Bruckner
May 30: Birmingham; Symphony Hall: Beethoven (Goode), Bruckner
May 31: Birmingham; Symphony Hall: Haydn, Shostakovich
June 2: London; Royal Festival Hall: Haydn, Shostakovich
June 3: Cologne; Philharmonie: Haydn, Shostakovich
June 4: Berlin; Schauspielhaus: Haydn, Shostakovich
June 5: Dresden (Dresdner Musikfestspiele); Kulturpalast: Haydn, Shostakovich
Source: Tour booklet, Programs
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1991-92 Season: Salzburg Festival, August 2-30, 1992 (7 performances)
Conductors and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor and Music Director-Designate
Pierre Boulez, Guest Conductor
Kyung-Wha Chung, Violinist
Maria Ewing, Soprano
Barbara Hendricks, Soprano
Krystian Zimerman, Pianist
Repertoire
Bartók: Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1
Berg: Seven Early Songs
Berg: Violin Concerto
Debussy: Images
Debussy: Jeux
Debussy: Trois Ballades de François Villon
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Messiaen: St. François d’Assise
Stravinsky: The Firebird
Strauss, J.: Emperor Waltz
Performance Schedule
August 6: Grosses Festspielhaus, Salonen cond.: Strauss, Berg (Violin Concerto, Chung),
Mahler (Hendricks) (recorded for non-commercial European radio broadcast)
August 17, 21, 25, 28: Felsenreitschule, Salonen, cond.: Messiaen (Upshaw, Van Dam,
Hamilton, Malmberg, Aler, Young, Krause) (segments of 8/17 performance
videotaped for a documentary about Messiaen and St. François d’Assise)
August 20: Grosses Festspielhaus, Salonen, cond.: Debussy (Jeux), Bartók (Piano
Concerto-Zimerman), Stravinsky (recorded for non-commercial European radio
broadcast)
August 24: Grosses Festspielhaus, Boulez, cond.: Bartók (Orchestral Pieces), Berg
(Songs-Ewing), Debussy (Ballades-Ewing), Debussy (Images) (recorded for noncommercial European radio broadcast; also videotaped for documentary on Boulez)
Source: Tour Book. Tour box contains a great deal of documentation and display
material.
NB. Festival Bahnhof Rolandseck (Rheinland-Pfalz), August 30-September 9, 1992,
featured soloists from the LAPO in concerts and master courses.
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1992-93 Season: Lucerne Easter Festival/Oster Festspiele Luzern, April 6-13, 1993
(3 performances)
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Christian Zacharias, Pianist
Birgitta Svendén, Mezzo-soprano
Women of the Lucerne Festival Chorus
Lucerne Boys’ Choir
Repertoire
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2
Dvorák: Cello Concerto
Haydn: Symphony No. 22
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Legends, op. 22
Performance Schedule
April 10: Lucerne; Kunsthaus: Beethoven (Zacharias), Nielsen, Haydn
April 11: Lucerne; Kunsthaus: Dvorák (Harrell), Sibelius
April 12: Lucerne; Kunsthaus: Mahler (Svendén, Festival Chorus, Boys’ Choir
Source: Tour book and folder material
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1993-94 Season: Asia Tour, March 17-25, 1994 (7 concerts, 4 cities, Taiwan and
Japan)
Music Director and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Repertoire
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Overture, zur Namensfeier
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Purcell-Stucky: Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Performance Schedule
March 17: Taipei; National Concert Hall: Bartók, Beethoven (Symphony)
March 18: Taipei; National Concert Hall: Stravinsky, Sibelius
March 20: Osaka; The Symphony Hall: Beethoven (Overture), Mozart (Andsnes), Bartók
March 22: Tokyo; Suntory Hall: Beethoven (Overture), Mozart (Andsnes), Stravinsky
March 23: Tokyo; Suntory Hall: Purcell-Stucky, Prokofiev (Andsnes), Sibelius
March 24: Tokyo; Suntory Hall: Bartók, Beethoven (Symphony)
March 25: Hiroshima; Koseinenkin Kaikan: Beethoven (Overture), Mozart (Andsnes),
Stravinsky
Source: Tour Book
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1993-94 Season: 75th Anniversary Tour of Europe, August 25-September 13, 1994
(14 concerts, 11 cities, 5 countries)
Music Director and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Repertoire
Beethoven: Overture, Consecration of the House
Bruckner: Symphony No. 3
Carter: Symphony No. 1
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler
Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 4
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, in D minor
Purcell-Stucky: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Performance Schedule
August 26: Helsinki; Finlandia Hall (Helsinki Festival): Beethoven, Lutoslawski, Sibelius
August 28: Helsinki; Finlandia Hall (Helsinki Festival) (TV broadcast): Hindemith,
Bruckner
August 30: London; Royal Albert Hall (televised and broadcast on BBC TV and Radio):
Lutoslawski, Mozart (Ax), Sibelius
September 1: London; Royal Albert Hall (broadcast on BBC Radio 3): Hindemith,
Bruckner
September 2: Birmingham; Symphony Hall: Beethoven, Mozart (Ax), Sibelius
September 3: Ghent; Ghent Cathedral (Flanders Festival): Purcell-Stucky, Bruckner
September 4: Brussels; Palais des Beaux Arts (Flanders Festival): Purcell-Stucky,
Hindemith, Sibelius
September 6: Amsterdam; Concertgebouw: Purcell-Stucky, Mozart (Ax), Sibelius
September 7: Hamburg; Musikhalle: Beethoven, Carter, Sibelius
September 8: Berlin; Philharmonie (Berlin Festival): Carter, Bruckner
September 10: Düsseldorf; Tonhalle: Beethoven, Carter, Sibelius
September 11: Cologne; Philharmonie: Beethoven, Carter, Sibelius
September 12: Frankfurt; Alte Oper (Frankfurt Festival): Hindemith, Bruckner
September 13: Frankfurt; Alte Oper (Frankfurt Festival): Beethoven, Lutoslawski,
Sibelius
Source: Tour Book
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1994-95 Season: Mexico/U.S. Tour, November 22-December 4, 1994
(9 concerts, 6 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Ronald Leonard, Cello
Olli Mustonen, Piano
Repertoire
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven: Overture, The Consecration of the House
Debussy: La Mer
Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 4
Ravel: Le jardin féerique from Ma Mère l’Oye (encore)
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen’s Return (encore)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Performance Schedule
November 22: Mexico City; Palacio de Bellas Artes: Debussy, Bartók, Lutoslawski,
Ravel (Piano Concerto, Mustonen)
November 23: Mexico City; Palacio de Bellas Artes: Beethoven, Shostakovich
(Leonard), Sibelius (Symphony)
November 26: Washington DC; Kennedy Center: Lutoslawski, Ravel (Piano Concerto,
Mustonen), Sibelius (Symphony)
November 27: New York City; Avery Fisher Hall: Schoenberg, Ravel (Piano Concerto,
Mustonen), Sibelius (Symphony)
November 28: New York City; Avery Fisher Hall: Beethoven, Lutoslawski, Sibelius
(Symphony)
December 1: Sarasota, FL; Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall: Debussy, Ravel (Concerto,
Mustonen), Bartók
December 2: Clearwater, FL; Ruth Eckerd Hall: Beethoven, Shostakovich (Cello
Concerto, Leonard), Sibelius
December 3: West Palm Beach, FL; Kravis Center for the Arts: Debussy, Ravel (Piano
Concerto, Mustonen), Bartók
December 4: West Palm Beach, FL; Kravis Center for the Arts: Beethoven, Shostakovich
(Cello Concerto, Leonard), Sibelius
Source: Tour Book
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1995-96 Season: Hartford/New York Tour March 21-March 25, 1996
(5 concerts, 3 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Anu Komsi, soprano
Lorin Levee, clarinet
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Westminster Choir
Repertoire, Full Orchestra
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Encore
Stravinsky: Suite No. 2: Valse, Galop
Repertoire, New Music Group
Kaipainen: Carpe diem! (Levee)
Salonen: Floof (Komsi)
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1
Stucky: Boston Fancies
Performance Schedule
March 21: Hartford; Bushnell Auditorium: Stravinsky: Symphony in C, Mahler
(Rodgers)
March 22: New York; Alice Tully Hall: New Music Concert (see above)
March 23: Greenvale (Brookville); Tilles Center: Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind
Instruments, Symphony in Three Movements, Mahler (Rodgers)
March 24: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Bartók, Mahler (Rodgers)
March 25: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments,
Symphony in C, Symphony of Psalms (Westminster Choir), Symphony in Three
Movements
Source: Tour Book
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1996-97 Season: Paris Residency, September 16-October 13, 1996, Chatelet
(15 performances: Rake-6; orchestral-3; chamber & new music-6)
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Pierre Boulez, Conductor
London Sinfonietta Voices
Performers, Rake’s Progress
John Duykers (Sellem)
Denyce Graves (Baba the Turk)
Paul Groves (Tom Rakewell)
Donald McIntyre (Father Trulove)
Zelotes Edmund Toliver (Gardien de l’asile)
Dawn Upshaw (Anne Trulove)
Victoria Vergara (Mother Goose)
Willard White (Nick Shadow)
London Sinfonietta Voices
Opera Orchestra
Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
Repertoire, Concert Orchestra
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death
Smith, arr. Stravinsky: Start-Spangled Banner (encore)
Stravinsky: Agon
Stravinsky: Firebird
Stravinsky: Four Etudes
Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 - Polka, Valse and Galop (encores)
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Stravinsky: Symphony in C
Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Stravinsky: Variations (Aldous Huxley in memoriam)
Repertoire, New Music Group
Adams: Chamber Symphony
Kaipainen: Carpe diem!
Lavista: Reflejos de la noche
Lindroth: Duro for two violins
Salonen: Floof
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1
Sierra: Tres fantasias
Stravinsky: Cantata
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1996-97 Season: Paris Residency, September 16-October 13, 1996, Chatelet (cont.)
Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks”
Stravinsky: Eight Instrumental Miniatures
Stravinsky: Octet
Stucky: Boston Fancies
Additional piece TBA, Oct. 5-7
Repertoire, Chamber music
Hindemith: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 30
Janacek: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Lutoslawski: String Quartet
Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello
Stravinsky: Concertino
Stravinsky: Double Canon
Stravinsky: Elegy Solo Viola
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet
Stravinsky, arr.: La Marseillaise for Solo Violin
Additional piece TBA, Oct. 5-7
Performance Schedule
All performances given at the Châtelet Théâtre Musical de Paris; All performances
conducted by Salonen, except as noted
September 28, 30, October 3, 7, 9, 12: Stravinsky: Rake’s Progress
October 1: Orchestra concert: Mussorgsky (Night, Songs), Stravinsky (Rite); Encores:
Stravinsky (Polka, Star-Spangled Banner)
October 2: Chamber music concert, Foyer bar: Janacek, Stravinsky (3 Pieces for String
Quartet, for Solo Clarinet, Elegy for Solo Viola, Double Canon, Concertino,
Stravinsky, arr.: Marseillaise
October 4: Orchestra concert, Boulez, cond.: Stravinsky: Agon, Variations, Three Pieces
for String Quartet (Martin Chalifour, Lyndon Johnston Taylor, Evan N. Wilson,
Ronald Leonard), Four Etudes, Firebird
October 5: New Music Group concert (Salonen, Komsi, Levee): Stucky, Kaipainen,
Salonen, Schoenberg
October 6: New Music Group concert: Lavista, Lindroth, Sierra, Adams
October 7: Chamber music concert, Foyer Bar: Lutoslawski, (additional piece TBA)
October 8: Orchestra concert (Salonen, London Sinfonietta voices): Stravinsky:
Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Symphony in C, Symphony of Psalms,
Symphony in Three Movements; encores: Stravinsky: Suite No. 2-Valse and
Galop
October 9: Chamber music concert, Foyer bar: Hindemith, Ravel
October 11: New Music Group Concert (Salonen, Komsi, Groves, London Sinfonietta
Chorus): Stravinsky: Cantata, Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks”, Eight
Instrumental Miniatures, Octet
Source: Tour Book and folder material
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1996-97 Season: Canary Islands-Spain Tour, January 29-February 8, 1997
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Monica Group, mezzo-soprano
Jorma Silvasti, tenor
Robert Lee, tenor
Willard White, bass-baritone
Kenneth Cox, bass
Rafael Taibo, narrator
Orfeón Donostiarra
Repertoire
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: La mer
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Rodgers)
Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex (Groop, Silvasti, Lee, White, Cox, Taibo, Donostiarra)
Performance Schedule
January 29: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Teatro Guimerá: Debussy, Bruckner
January 30: Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Teatro Guimerá: Bartók, Mahler
February 1: La Palmas de Gran Canaria; Teatro Pérez Galdós: Debussy, Bruckner
February 2: La Palmas de Gran Canaria; Teatro Pérez Galdós: Bartók, Mahler
February 4: Barcelona; Palau de la Música Catalana: Debussy, Mahler
February 5: Valencia; Palau de la Música Valencia: Bartók, Mahler
February 7: Madrid; Auditorio Nacional de Música: Mussorgsky, Debussy, Stravinsky
February 8: Madrid; Auditorio Nacional de Música: Bartók, Mahler
Source: Tour book
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1996-97 Season: New York-Washington, D. C. Tour, May 1-4, 1997
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Yefim Bronfman, Pianist
New Music Group
Repertoire
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bronfman)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Debussy: La Mer
Ligeti: Melodien
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Salonen: LA Variations
Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps
Repertoire-New Music Group
Druckman: Dark Wind
Hillborg: Meltdown Variations
Liderman: Notebook
Ligeti: Melodien
Sanchez-Gutierrez: Jarocho Locochon
Xenakis: Echange
Performance Schedule
May 1: New York; Alice Tully Hall: (New Music Group) See repertoire, above
May 2: New York; Alice Tully Hall: Bartók (Bronfman), Bruckner
May 3: Washington; Constitution Hall: Mussorgsky, Debussy, Stravinsky
May 4: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Mussorgsky, Salonen, Stravinsky
Source: Tour book
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1997-98 Season: New York Tour, March 12-15, 1998
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Martin Chalifour, violin
New York City Opera Children’s Chorus
Repertoire
Bernstein: Serenade
Lindberg: Fresco
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Schumann: Symphony No. 3
Performance Schedule
March 20: Avery Fisher Hall: Bernstein (Chalifour), Schumann, Lindberg
March 22: Avery Fisher Hall: Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Children’s Chorus)
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1997-98 Season: European Festivals Tour, August 27-September 12, 1998 (13
concerts, 11 cities, 7 countries)
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Lorraine Hunt, mezzo-soprano (Mahler)
Gundula Janowitz, soprano (Strauss)
Repertoire
Adams: Slonimsky’s Earbox
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4
Copland: El Sálon México
Mahler: Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen
Schoenberg: Five pieces for orchestra, op. 16
Salonen: LA Variations
Sibelius: Four Legends from the Kalevala
Strauss: Five Songs (Ruhe, Meine Seele; Waldseligkeit; Wiegenlied; Morgen; Befreit)
Stravinsky: Firebird
Encores
Prokofiev: Death of Tybalt from Romeo and Juliet
Revueltas: Noche de Jaranas from La Noche de Los Mayas
Sibelius: The Death of Mélisande from Pélleas et Mélisande
Performance Schedule
August 27: Hamburg (Schleswig-Holstein Festival; Radio Broadcast); Grosse
Musikhalle: Schoenberg, Bruckner
August 28: Copenhagen; Tivoli Koncertsal: Copland, Mahler (Hunt), Sibelius
August 29: Manchester; Bridgewater Hall: Copland, Sibelius (Two Lemminkäinen
Legends: Swan of Tuonela, Lemminkäinen’s Return), Stravinsky
August 31: London (BBC Proms; Radio Broadcast); Royal Albert Hall: Copland,
Salonen, Stravinsky
September 1: London (BBC Proms; Broadcast on BBC-TV and radio); Royal Albert
Hall: Adams, Mahler (Hunt), Sibelius
September 2: Brussels (Flanders Festival); Palais des Beaux Arts: Copland, Salonen,
Sibelius
September 3: Lucerne (International Festival of Music, Lucerne; Radio Broadcast);
Lucerne Kunsthaus: Copland, Salonen, Stravinsky
September 4: Lucerne (International Festival of Music, Lucerne; Radio Broadcast);
Lucerne Kunsthaus: Strauss (Janowitz), Bruckner
September 7: Turin (Settembre Music); Lingotto Fiere: Schoenberg, Bruckner
September 8: Amsterdam; Concertgebouw: Adams, Mahler (Hunt), Sibelius
September 9: Dusseldorf; Tonhalle: Copland, Sibelius (Two Lemminkäinen Legends:
Swan of Tuonela, Lemminkäinen’s Return), Stravinsky
September 10: Cologne; Kölner Philharmonie: Salonen, Sibelius (Two Lemminkäinen
Legends: Swan of Tuonela, Lemminkäinen’s Return), Stravinsky
September 12: Frankfurt; Alte Oper: Salonen, Bruckner
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1998-99 Season: Eastern United States Tour, March 10-21, 1999
(10 concerts, 8 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Nathan Berg, Bass-baritone
Janice Chandler, Soprano
Jerry Folsom, Horn
Paul Groves, Tenor
Suzanne Mentzer, Mezzo-soprano
New York Choral Artists
Performers, New Music Group
Mark Kashper, Violin
Ronald Leonard, Cello
Carolyn Hove, English horn
Raynor Carroll, Percussion
Gloria Cheng-Cochran, Piano
Repertoire, Full Orchestra
Adams: Naïve and Sentimental Music
Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet Suite
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Haydn: Symphony No. 8 “Le Soir”
Mozart: Mass in C minor
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
Encores
Prokofiev: Death of Tybalt from Romeo and Juliet
Ravel: Le jardin féerique from Ma Mère l’Oye
Revueltas: Noche de Jaranas from La Noche de Los Mayas
Repertoire, New Music Group
Adams: Chamber Symphony
Kirchner: Two Duos for Violin and Cello
Kraft: Encounters XI
Levinson: Time and the Bell . . . , for Piano and Ensemble
Revueltas: Ocho por radio
Performance Schedule
March 10: Hartford; Bushnell Memorial Hall: (Full Orchestra) Haydn, Prokofiev (Romeo
and Juliet Suite), Adams
March 11: New York; Alice Tully Hall: (New Music Group) Revueltas, Kirchner
(Kashper, Leonard), Levinson (Cheng-Cochran), Kraft (Hove, Carroll), Adams
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1998-99 Season: Eastern United States Tour, March 10-21, 1999 (cont.)
March 12: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: (Full Orchestra) Haydn, Britten (Groves,
Folsom), Mozart (Bonney, Mentzer, Groves, Berg, New York Choral Artists)
March 13: Newark; Prudential Hall, New Jersey Performing Arts Center: (Full Orchestra)
Berlioz, Stravinsky
March 14: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: (Full Orchestra) Adams, Prokofiev (Romeo and
Juliet Suite)
March 16: Washington, DC; Kennedy Center Concert Hall: (Full Orchestra) Berlioz,
Stravinsky
March 18: West Palm Beach; Kravis Center for the Performing Arts: (Full Orchestra)
Prokofiev (Romeo and Juliet Suite), Tchaikovsky
March 19: Ft. Lauderdale; Broward Center for the Performing Arts: (Full Orchestra):
Berlioz, Stravinsky
March 20: Miami; Dade County Auditorium: (Full Orchestra) Prokofiev (Romeo and
Juliet Suite), Stravinsky
March 21: Sarasota; Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall: (Full Orchestra) Berlioz,
Stravinsky
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1999-00 Season: Mexico City Tour, September 28-29, 1999 (2 concerts)
Conductor
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director
Repertoire
Bach/Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
Bach/Stokowski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas
Encores
Prokofiev: “Death of Tybalt” from Romeo and Juliet
Ravel: “Le jardin féerique” from Ma Mère l’Oye
Sibelius: “The Death of Mélisande” from Pélleas et Mélisande
Performance Schedule
September 28: Palacio de Bellas Artes: Rimsky-Korsakov, Bach/Stokowski, Revueltas
September 29: Palacio de Bellas Artes: Bach/Elgar, Bernstein, Mahler
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2000-01 Season: United States Tour, March 13-21, 2001
(6 Concerts, 5 Cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Olli Mustonen, piano
Sanford Sylvan, baritone
Michele Zukovsky, clarinet
Martin Chalifour, violin
Performers, New Music Group
Janet Fergusen, flute
Catherine Ransom, flute
Tamera Thweat, flute/alto
David Weiss, oboe
Carolyn Hove, English Horn
Michele Zukovsky, clarinet
David Howard, bass clarinet
David Breidenthal, bassoon
Michelle Grego, bassoon
Elizabeth Cook-Shen, horn
Bruce Hudson, horn
Boyde Hood, trumpet
Rob Roy McGregor, trumpet
Ralph Sauer, trombone
Herbert Ausman, trombone
Norman Pearson, tuba
Martin Chalifour, violin
Bing Wang, violin
Mitchell Newman, violin
Mark Kashper, violin
Kristine Hedwall, violin
Chao-Hua Jin, violin
Evan Wilson, viola
Dale Hikawa, viola
Hui Liu, viola
Ingrid Hutman, viola
Andrew Shulman, cello
Gloria Lum, cello
Christopher Hanulik, bass
Oscar Meza, bass
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2000-01 Season: United States Tour, March 13-21, 2001 (cont.)
Repertoire, Full Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Ravel: La Valse
Ravel: Suite, Ma Mère l’Oye
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra
Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Winds
Stravinsky: The Firebird (complete)
Repertoire, New Music Group
Stravinsky: Abraham and Isaac
Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks”
Stravinsky: L’histoire du soldat, Suite for Trio
Stravinksy: Octet
Stravinsky: Pribaoutki
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet
Performance Schedule
March 13: San Francisco; Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall: (Full Orchestra) Ravel
(Suite, Ma Mère l’Oye), Sibelius, Stravinsky (Movements for Piano and
Orchestra), Stravinsky (Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, Ravel (La Valse)
March 14: Seattle; Benaroya Hall: (Full Orchestra) Ravel (Suite, Ma Mère l’Oye),
Sibelius, Beethoven
March 16: New York; Alice Tully Hall: (New Music Group) [All Stravinsky] Octet,
Three Pieces for String Quartet, Abraham and Isaac (Sylvan), Pribaoutki
(Sylvan), L’histoire du soldat, Suite for Trio (Mustonen, Zukovsky, Chalifour),
Concerto in E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks”
March 17: Newark; Prudential Hall: (Full Orchestra) Ravel (Suite, Ma Mère l’Oye),
Sibelius, Beethoven
March 17: New York; Alice Tully Hall: (Full Orchestra) [All Stravinsky] Movements for
Piano and Orchestra, Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, Concerto for Piano and
Orchestra, The Firebird (complete)
March 20: Chicago; Symphony Center: (Full Orchestra) Ravel (Suite, Ma Mère l’Oye),
Sibelius, Stravinsky (Movements for Piano and Orchestra), Stravinsky (Capriccio
for Piano and Orchestra), Ravel (La Valse)
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2001-02 Season: European Festivals Tour, August 20-September 5, 2002
(10 concerts, 5 countries, 5 cities)
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Matthias Goerne, Baritone-Bass
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Melanie Diener, soprano
Paula Rasmussen, mezzo soprano
Robert Gambill, tenor
Eike Wilm Schulte, bass
BBC Symphony Chorus
Thomas Quasthoff, baritone
Anna Larsson, mezzo soprano
Repertoire
Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Debussy: Ibéria
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite
Ravel: La Valse
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 2
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
Stravinsky: Agon
Encores
Bach/Elgar: Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
Mahler: Trost im Ungluck
Prokofiev: “Death of Tybalt” from Romeo and Juliet
Prokofiev: “Morning Dance” from Romeo and Juliet
Ravel: “The Enchanted Garden” from Mother Goose Suite
Sibelius: “Death of Melisande”
Berio: 4 Origional Versions of Boccherini’s “Ritirata Notturna di Madrid
Concert Schedule
August 23: Lucerne (International Festival of Music, Lucerne); Kultur and
Kongresszentrum Lucerne: Ravel (Mother Goose Suite), Bartók (Bronfman),
Stravinsky, Ravel (La Valse), Bach/Elgar, Prokofiev (Death of Tybalt), Prokofiev
(Morning Dance)
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2001-02 Season: European Festivals Tour, August 20-September 5, 2002 (cont.)
August 24: Lucerne; KKL: Sibelius (Symphony No. 7), Mahler (Des Knaben
Wunderhorn) (Goerne), Mahler (Trost im Ungluck)
August 25: Lucerne; KKL: Shostakovitch, Beethoven (Diener, Rasmussen, Gambill,
Schulte, BBC Symphony Chorus)
August 27: Edinburgh (Edinburgh Festival); Usher Hall: Sibelius (Symphony No. 7),
Mahler (Des Knaben
Wunderhorn)(Larsson, Quastoff)
August 28: Edinburgh; Usher Hall: Prokofiev (Romeo and Juliet Suite), Stravinsky,
Ravel (La Valse), Ravel (The Enchanted Garden), Bach/Elgar
August 30: London (BBC Proms Festival); Royal Albert Hall: Debussy, Bartók
(Bronfman), Prokofiev (Romeo and Juliet Suite), Ravel (The Enchanted Garden),
Bach/Elgar
August 31: London (BBC Proms Festival; BBC TV and Radio Broadcast); Royal Albert
Hall: Shostakovich, Beethoven (Diener, Rasmussen,
Gambill, Schulte, BBC Symphony Chorus)
September 2: Brussels (Flanders Festival); Palais des Beaux Arts: Stravinsky, Ravel (La
Valse), Prokofiev (Romeo and Juliet Suite), Ravel (The Enchanted Garden),
Bach/Elgar
September 3: Helsinki; Finlandia Hall: Debussy, Bartók (Bronfman), Prokofiev (Romeo
and Juliet Suite), Sibelius (Death of Melisande)
September 4: Helsinki; Finlandia Hall: Ravel (Mother Goose Suite), Sibelius (Symphony
No. 7), Stravinsky, Ravel (La Valse), Bach/Elgar
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2002-2003 Season: New York Tour, March 19-25, 2003
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Peter Sellars, Director of El Niño
Karita Mattila, soprano
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo soprano
Willard White, bass
Theatre of Voices
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Repertoire, Full Orchestra
Adams: Naïve and Sentimental Music
Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin Suite
Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 4
Ravel: La Valse
Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye Suite
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Encores
Sibelius: Death of Melisande
Repertoire, El Niño Orchestra
Adams: El Niño
Performance Schedule
March 20: New York; Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM): El Niño (Upshaw,
Lieberson, White, Theatre of Voices, LAMC)
March 22: New York; BAM: El Niño (Upshaw, Lieberson, White, Theatre of Voices,
LAMC)
March 23: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Ravel (Ma Mère l’Oye Suite), Strauss
(Mattila), Lutoslawski, Ravel (La Valse), Sibelius
March 24: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Bartók, Adams (Naïve and Sentimental Music)
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2002-2003 Season: Edinburgh Tour, August 9-16, 2003
(6 concerts)
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Performers, Early Chamber Group
Martin Chalifour, violin
Ingrid Chun, violin
Chao-Hua Jin, violin
Kristine Hedwall, violin
Lyndon Johnston Taylor, violin
Akiko Tarumoto, violin
Jonathan Wei, violin
John Hayhurst, viola
Dale Hikawa-Silverman, viola
Hui Liu, viola
David Garrett, cello
Barry Gold, cello
David Howard, clarinet
Performers, Late Chamber Group
Lyndon Johnston Taylor, violin
Mark Kashper, violin
Ingrid Hutman, viola
Jonathan Karoly, cello
Brent Samuel, cello
Christopher Hanulik, bass
Catherine Ransom, flute
Anne Marie Gabriele, oboe
David Breidenthal, bassoon
Lorin Levee, clarinet
Monica Kaenzig, clarinet
Bruce Hudson, horn
Elizabeth Cook-Shen, horn
Don Green, trumpet
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2002-2003 Season: Edinburgh Tour, August 9-16, 2003 (cont.)
Repertoire, Full Orchestra
Berlioz: Royal Hunt and Storm
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
Debussy: La Mer
Debussy: Nocturnes
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete)
Revueltas: Sensemayá
Salonen: LA Variations
Sibelius: The Oceanides
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Encores
Bach-Elgar: Fugue in C minor
Mahler: Symphony No.1, Trio from Scherzo
Mussorgsky: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks from Pictures at an Exhibition
Sibelius: Death of Melisande from Pelleas and Melisande
Sibelius: Valse Triste from Kuolema
Stravinsky: Galop from Suite No. 2
Repertoire, Early Chamber Group
Beethoven: String Trio in C minor, Op. 9, No. 3
Mendelssohn: Octet
Mozart: Quintet in A for Clarinet and Strings, K.581
Repertoire, Late Chamber Group
Schubert: Octet
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Performance Schedule
August 10: Queen’s Hall (Early Chamber Group): Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn
August 11: Queen’s Hall (Early Chamber Group): Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn
August 12: Usher Hall (Edinburgh Festival, Full Orchestra): Berlioz (Royal Hunt and
Storm), Salonen, Berlioz (Symphonie fantastique), Bach-Elgar, Mahler
August 13: Usher Hall (Edinburgh Festival, Full Orchestra): Stravinsky (Petrushka),
Sibelius (The Oceanides), Debussy (La Mer), Stravinsky (Galop),
Sibelius (Valse Triste)
August 14: Usher Hall (Edinburgh Festival, Full Orchestra): Revueltas, Debussy
(Nocturnes), Ravel, Sibelius (Death of Melisande), Mussorgsky
August 15: Queen’s Hall (Late Chamber Group): Wagner, Schubert
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2004-2005 Season: Köln Tour, February 27-March 7, 2005
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Ansi Karttunen, cello
Piia Komsi, soprano
Anu Komsi, soprano
Emanuel Ax, piano
Repertoire, Full Orchestra
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
Debussy: Fantaisie
Salonen: Insomnia
Salonen: Mania
Salonen: Wing on Wing
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Encores
Ravel: Le Jardin Feerique, from Ma Mere L’Oye
Repertoire, Chamber Music Group
Debussy: Cello Sonata
Faure: Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor
Saariaho: Je sens un deuxieme Coeur
Stucky: Sonate en Forme de Preludes
Performance Schedule
March 2: Köln; Kölner Philharmonie: Stravinsky (Pulcinella Suite), Salonen (Mania),
Berlioz, Ravel (encore)
March 3: Köln; Kölner Philharmonie: Salonen (Wing on Wing – Komsi, Komsi),
Debussy (Ax), Stravinsky (Rite of Spring)
March 4: Köln; Kölner Philharmonie: Chamber Concert – Debussy (Cello Sonata –
Karttunen), Stucky, Saariaho, Faure (Ax)
March 5: Köln; Kölner Philharmonie: Salonen (Wing on Wing – Komsi, Komsi),
Debussy (Ax), Stravinsky (Rite of Spring)
March 6: Köln; Kölner Philharmonie: Salonen (Insomnia), Bruckner
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2004-2005 Season: New York Tour, June 2 – June 5, 2005
Conductor and Soloists
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director and Conductor
Alexander Toradze, piano
Tracey Silverman, violin
New York Concert Chorale
Repertoire, Full Orchestra
Adams: Dharma at Big Sur
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Encores
Sibelius: Valse Triste
Performance Schedule
June 3: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Mussorgsky, Shostakovich (Piano Concerto –
Toradze), Shostakovich (Symphony)
June 5: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Ives, Adams (Silverman), Ravel, Sibelius
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2005-2006 Season: San Francisco and Seattle, May 15-18, 2006
Conductor
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Repertoire
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Hillborg: Eleven Gates
Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 4
Encores
Sibelius: Valse triste
Stravinsky: Galop
Performance Schedule
May 15: San Francisco; Davies Symphony Hall: Beethoven 8, Hillborg, Beethoven 5
(Sibelius)
May 16: San Francisco: Davies Symphony Hall: Beethoven Overture, Lutoslawski,
Beethoven 7 (Stravinsky)
May 17: Seattle: Benaroya Hall: Beethoven 8, Lutoslawski, Beethoven 5 (Sibelius,
Stravinsky)
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2006-2007 Season: The Tristan Project in New York, April 27-May 6, 2007
Conductor
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Soloists
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Renee Fleming, soprano
Christine Brewer, Isolde
Christian Franz, Tristan
Anne Sofie von Otter, Brangane
John Relyea, King Mark
Jukka Rasilainen, Kurwenal
Thomas Truhitte, Melot
Michael Slattery, Sailor
Concert Chorale of New York
Repertoire
Korngold: Ich ging zu ihm
Korngold: Ich soll ihm niemals
Korngold: Prelude to Act II from Das Wunder der Heliane
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Salonen: Helix
Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite
Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio
Strauss: Intermezzo & Wie um gibst du mich mit Frieden
Strauss: Mein Elemer
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Encores
Berio: Four Original Versions of Luigi Boccherini’s Ritirata notturna di Madrid
Korngold: Marietta’s Lied
Sibelius: Valse triste
Prokofiev: Morning Dance from Romeo and Juliet
Performance Schedule
Saturday, April 28: Newark, NJ; Prudential Hall: Salonen, Ravel, Prokofiev (Berio)
Sunday, April 29: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Salonen, Ravel, Prokofiev (Berio)
Wednesday, May 2: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Tristan
Thursday, May 3: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Strauss Sextet, Strauss & Korngold
arias, (Korngold encore), Sibelius (Sibelius, Prokofiev)
Saturday, May 5: New York; Avery Fisher Hall: Tristan
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2007-2008 Season: Europe/The Sibelius Project, October 29-November 15, 2007
Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Soloists:
Karita Mattila, soprano (Saariaho)
Anu Komsi, soprano (Salonen)
Cyndia Sieden, soprano (Salonen)
Ben Heppner, tenor (Sibelius songs)
Repertoire
Saariaho: Quatre Instants
Salonen: Wing on Wing
Sibelius: Lemminkainen’s Return
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Sibelius: Songs, arr John Estacio
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7
Stucky: Radical Light
Encores
Ligeti: Concert Romanesc (2nd movement)
Sibelius: Death of Melisande
Sibelius: Finlandia
Sibelius: Valse triste
Performance Schedule
Thursday, November 1: London; Barbican Centre: Sibelius Lemminkainen, Salonen,
Sibelius 2 (Valse triste)
Friday, November 2: London; Barbican Centre: Sibelius 4, Stucky, Sibelius 7 (Finlandia)
Sunday, November 4: Paris; Salle Pleyel: Sibelius Pohjola’s, Sibelius 3, Sibelius 1
(Ligeti)
Monday, November 5: Paris; Salle Pleyel: Sibelius 6, Sibelius Songs, Sibelius 5 (Death
of Melisande)
Tuesday, November 6: Paris; Salle Pleyel: Sibelius Lemminkainen, Salonen, Sibelius 2
(Valse triste)
Thursday, November 8: Paris; Salle Pleyel: Sibelius 4, Stucky, Sibelius 7 (Finlandia)
Friday, November 9: London; Barbican Centre: Saariaho, Sibelius 3, Sibelius 1 (Ligeti)
Saturday, November 10: London; Barbican Center: Sibelius 6, Sibelius Songs, Sibelius 5
(Death of Melisande)
Monday, November 12: Barcelona; Palau de la Musica: Sibelius 4, Stucky, Sibelius 7
(Finlandia & Valse triste)
Tuesday, November 13: Lisbon; Coliseu dos Recreios: Sibelius 4, Stucky, Sibelius 7
(Finlandia & Valse triste)
Wednesday, November 14: Madrid; Teatro Zarzuela: Sibelius Pohjola’s, Sibelius 3,
Sibelius 1 (Ligeti & Finlandia)
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2008/2009 Season: Asia, October 15-31, 2008
Conductor
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Soloists
Sarah Chang
Yefim Bronfman
REPERTOIRE:
DEBUSSY: La mer
FALLA: Three Dances from El Amor Brujo
(Danza del terror; Danza del juego de amor; Danza ritual de fuego)
RAVEL: Boléro
RAVEL: Ma mère l’oye, complete
SIBELIUS: Death of Melisande
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
Sarah Chang, violin
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947)
STRAVINSKY: Firebird, complete (1910)
STRAVINSKY: Fireworks
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
Yefim Bronfman, piano
ENCORES:
FALLA: Danza ritual de fuego from El Amor Brujo
SIBELIUS: Death of Melisande
STRAVINSKY: Fireworks
Performance Schedule:
Saturday, October 18; Sejong Center for the Perf. Arts, Seoul
STRAVINSKY: Fireworks
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
RAVEL: Ma mère l’oye
RAVEL: Boléro
Sunday, October 19: Seoul Arts Center
STRAVINSKY: Fireworks
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY: Firebird, complete (1910)
Tuesday, October 21: Suntory Hall, Tokyo
FALLA: Three Dances from El Amor Brujo
RAVEL: Ma mère l’oye
STRAVINSKY: Firebird, complete (1910)
Wednesday, October 22: Suntory Hall, Tokyo
STRAVINSKY: Fireworks
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947)
DEBUSSY: La mer
RAVEL: Boléro
Saturday, October 25: Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore
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Salonen/Chang
SIBELIUS: Death of Melisande
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
DEBUSSY: La mer
RAVEL: Boléro
Sunday, October 26: Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore
Salonen/Bronfman
STRAVINSKY: Fireworks
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY: Firebird, complete (1910)
Wednesday, October 29: Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
Salonen/Bronfman
STRAVINSKY: Fireworks
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY: Firebird, complete (1910)
Live video feed- closed-circuit to plaza
Thursday, October 30: Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
Salonen/
FALLA: Three Dances from El Amor Brujo
DEBUSSY: La mer
RAVEL: Ma mère l’oye
RAVEL: Boléro
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2009-2010 Season: US Tour May 10-23, 2010
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
Soloist: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
REPERTOIRE:
ADAMS: City Noir
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1
BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 2, Age of Anxiety
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6
ENCORES:
BERNSTEIN: Waltz from Divertimento
PUCCINI: Intermezzo from Act III of Manon Lescaut
Performance Schedule:
Monday, May 10, San Francisco, Davies Symphony Hall
PROGRAM I
Dudamel/
ADAMS: City Noir
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1
Tuesday, May 11, San Francisco, Davies Symphony Hall
PROGRAM II
Dudamel/Thibaudet
BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 2, Age of Anxiety
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6
Wednesday, May 12, Phoenix, Symphony Hall
PROGRAM I
Friday, May 14, Chicago, Symphony Center
PROGRAM I
Saturday, May 15, Nashville, __________________
Dudamel/Thibaudet
BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 2, Age of Anxiety
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1
Monday, May 17, Washington DC, Kennedy Center Concert Hall
PROGRAM II
Wednesday, May 19, Philadelphia, Kimmel Center Verizon Hall
ADAMS: City Noir
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6
Thursday, May 20, New York, Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall
PROGRAM II
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Friday, May 21, New Jersey, NJPAC Prudential Hall
BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 2, Age of Anxiety
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1
Saturday, May 22, New York, Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall
PROGRAM I
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2010-2011 Season: Europe Tour January 18-February 6, 2011
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
Soloist: Kelley O’Connor
REPERTOIRE
ADAMS: Slonimsky’s Earbox
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 1, “Jeremiah”
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
ENCORES:
BERNSTEIN: Waltz from Divertimento
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 1
Performance Schedule:
Friday, January 21, Lisbon, Gulbenkian Hall
PROGRAM I
Dudamel/ O’Connor
ADAMS: Slonimsky’s Earbox
BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
Saturday, January 22, Lisbon, Gulbenkian Hall
PROGRAM II
Dudamel/
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
Sunday, January 23, Madrid, Auditorio Nacional de Musica
PROGRAM II
Tuesday, January 25, Cologne, Kölner Philharmonie
PROGRAM I
Wednesday, January 26, Cologne, Kölner Philharmonie
PROGRAM II
Thursday, January 27, London, Barbican Centre
PROGRAM I
Friday, January 28, London, Barbican Centre
PROGRAM II
Sunday, January 30, Paris, Salle Pleyel
PROGRAM I
Monday, January 31, Paris, Salle Pleyel
PROGRAM II
Wednesday, February 2, Budapest, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
PROGRAM I
Thursday, February 3, Budapest, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
PROGRAM II
Friday, February 4, Vienna, Wiener Musikverein
PROGRAM II
Saturday, February 5, Vienna, Wiener Musikverein
PROGRAM I
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2011-2012 Season: San Francisco Tour October 23-25, 2011
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
Soloist: Johannes Moser, cello (Chapela)
REPERTOIRE:
ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
ADAMS: Tromba Iontana
BENZECRY: Rituales Amerindios
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
CHAPELA: MAGNETAR
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
Performance Schedule:
Sunday, October 22, San Francisco, Davies Symphony Hall
Dudamel/Moser
ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
CHAPELA: MAGNETAR
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
Monday, October 23, San Francisco, Davies Symphony Hall
Dudamel/
ADAMS: Tromba lontana
BENZECRY: Rituales Amerindios
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
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2011-2012 Season: Caracas Tour February 10-19, 2012
CONDUCTOR: Gustavo Dudamel
ORCHESTRAS: Los Angeles Philharmonic
Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (Mahler 8)
SOLOISTS:
Klara Ek, soprano (Mahler 4)
Manuela Uhl, soprano (Mahler 8)
Julianna Di Giacomo, soprano (Mahler 8)
Kiera Duffy, soprano (Mahler 8)
Anna Larsson, alto (Mahler 8)
Charlotte Hellekant, alto (Mahler 8)
Burkhard Fritz, tenor (Mahler 8)
Brian Mulligan, baritone (Mahler 8)
Alexander Vinogradov, bass (Mahler 8)
National Youth Choir of Venezuela (Mahler 8)
REPERTOIRE:
All MAHLER:
Symphony No. 1 in D, “Titan”
Symphony No. 4 in G
Symphony No. 6 in A minor, “Tragic”
Symphony No. 8 in E-flat, “Symphony of a Thousand”
Symphony No. 9 in D
Symphony No. 10 in F-sharp, first movement
THEATRE:
Teatro Teresa Carreño, Caracas, Venezuela
PERFORMANCES:
Saturday, February 11 – MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
Monday, February 13 – MAHLER: Symphony No. 4
Wednesday, February 15 – MAHLER: Symphony No. 6
Thursday, February 16 – MAHLER: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 10
Saturday, February 18 – MAHLER: Symphony No. 8
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2012-2013 Season: Europe/NY Tour March 12-29, 2013
CONDUCTOR:
Gustavo Dudamel
ADAMS SOLOISTS: Russell Thomas, tenor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo
Tamara Mumford, mezzo
Daniel Bubeck, countertenor
Brian Cummings, countertenor
Nathan Medley, countertenor
CHORUS:
Los Angeles Master Chorale; Grant Gershon, music director
DIRECTOR:
Peter Sellars
REPERTOIRE:
ADAMS: The Gospel According to the Other Mary
DEBUSSY: La mer
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, complete
VIVIER: Zipangu
GREEN UMBRELLA:
ADAMS: Son of Chamber Symphony
PEREIRA: Percussion Concerto (Joseph Pereira, solo)
CHIN: Graffiti
ENCORES:
None
PERFORMANCES:
Thursday, March 14, London, Barbican Centre
Green Umbrella
Saturday, March 16, London, Barbican Centre
PROGRAM I:
ADAMS: The Gospel According to the Other Mary
Sunday, March 17, London, Barbican Centre
PROGRAM II:
VIVIER: Zipangu
DEBUSSY: La mer
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird, complete
Wednesday, March 20, Lucerne, KKL - PROGRAM I
Thursday, March 21, Lucerne, KKL - PROGRAM II
Saturday, March 23, Paris, Salle Pleyel - PROGRAM I
Sunday, March 24, Paris, Salle Pleyel - PROGRAM II
Wednesday, March 27, New York, Avery Fisher Hall - PROGRAM I
Thursday, March 28, New York, Avery Fisher Hall - PROGRAM II
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2013-2014 Season: North American Tour March 11-23, 2014
CONDUCTOR:
Gustavo Dudamel
SOLOIST:
Yuja Wang, piano
REPERTOIRE:
BJARNASON: Blow bright
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
CORIGLIANO: Symphony No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
PERFORMANCES:
Thursday, March 11, San Francisco, Davies Symphony Hall
Corigliano/Tchaikovsky
Wednesday, March 12, San Francisco, Davies Symphony Hall
Bjarnason/Rachmaninoff/Brahms
Friday, March 14, Kansas City, Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
Bjarnason/Rachmaninoff/Brahms
Sunday, March 16, New York, Avery Fisher Hall
Corigliano/Tchaikovsky
Monday, March 17, New York, Avery Fisher Hall
Bjarnason/Rachmaninoff/Brahms
Tuesday, March 18, Washington DC, Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Corigliano/Tchaikovsky
Wednesday, March 19, Toronto, Roy Thomson Hall
Corigliano/Tchaikovsky
Thursday, March 20, Montreal, La Maison symphonique de Montreal
Corigliano/Tchaikovsky
Sunday, March 23, Boston, Symphony Hall
Corigliano/Tchaikovsky
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