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Yuri Temirkanov in 2014
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra family joins the music world in mourning the loss of Russian conductor Yuri Temirkanov, who died yesterday in Saint Petersburg. He was 84.
For nearly 30 years, Temirkanov was a frequent visitor to Chicago, appearing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival, at Wheaton College and in Orchestra Hall, as well as with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, the ensemble was renamed in 1991) and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra on the Allied Arts and Symphony Center Presents series.
In November 1990, the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra — under the direction of Temirkanov, who had been named music director in 1988 — returned to the United States for the first time in over a decade and performed three concerts on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s subscription concert series. With that visit, the ensemble became only the second guest orchestra to appear on the series (the New York Philharmonic had appeared on the subscription series for two concerts in November 1940).
A complete list of Yuri Temirkanov’s appearances — under the auspices of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and the Ravinia Festival — is below.
July 28, 1988, Ravinia Festival
BRITTEN Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major
Leon Fleisher, piano
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
July 30, 1988, Ravinia Festival
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26
Shlomo Mintz, violin
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
November 13, 15, and 18, 1990, Orchestra Hall
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Viktor Tretyakov, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred, Op. 58
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
October 24, 1993, Orchestra Hall
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Prelude to The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Dmitri Alexeev, piano
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
July 18, 1997, Ravinia Festival
BORODIN Overture to Prince Igor
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Yefim Bronfman, piano
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
July 19, 1997, Ravinia Festival
LIADOV Kikimora, Op. 63
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Sarah Chang, violin
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
October 11, 1998, Orchestra Hall
SVIRIDOV Small Triptych
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Jonathan Gilad, piano
RAVEL Suites Nos. 1 and 2 from Daphnis and Chloe
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
April 9, 10, 11, and 13, 1999, Orchestra Hall
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Prelude to The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23
Alexander Slobodyanik, piano
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
March 7, 2000, Orchestra Hall
RUDERS Concerto in Pieces (Purcell Variations for Orchestra)
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
Pamela Frank, violin
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
March 4, 2002, Orchestra Hall
MUSSORGSKY Prelude to Khovanshchina
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Yefim Bronfman, piano
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
November 10, 2004, Orchestra Hall
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (Classical)
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
Lynn Harrell, cello
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique)
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
November 6, 2007, Orchestra Hall
MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
Julia Fischer, violin
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
March 30, 2011, Orchestra Hall
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 107
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 (From the New World)
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
February 23, 2014, Orchestra Hall
ROSSINI Overture to The Barber of Seville
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63
Vilde Frang, violin
RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
March 23, 2016, Edman Memorial Chapel, Wheaton College
March 24, 25, and 26, 2016, Orchestra Hall
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30
Denis Matsuev, piano
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
March 5, 2017, Orchestra Hall
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
Nikolai Lugansky, piano
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Numerous tributes have been posted online, including articles at the Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, Telegraph and OperaWire, among others.
This article also appears here.
