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Pierre Boulez in rehearsal with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in February 1969
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Over the course of four decades, Pierre Boulez led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Orchestra Hall, Carnegie Hall, and on tour through Asia and Europe. A complete list of his appearances is below.
February 20, 21, and 22, 1969, Orchestra Hall
DEBUSSY Jeux
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1
Daniel Barenboim, piano
WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1
WEBERN Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
MESSIAEN Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
February 27 and 28, 1969, Orchestra Hall
HAYDN Symphony No. 91 in E-flat Major
SCHUMANN Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129
Jacqueline du Pré, cello
BOULEZ Livre pour cordes (U.S. premiere)
BERG Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
October 22, 23, 25, 1987, Orchestra Hall
STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments
BOULEZ Notations for Orchestra (I, IV, III, II)
BARTÓK The Wooden Prince, Op. 13
October 29, 30, and 31, 1987, Orchestra Hall
DEBUSSY Jeux
BOULEZ Livre pour cordes
SCHOENBERG Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5
November 27, 29, 30, 1991, Orchestra Hall
WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1
SCHOENBERG Transfigured Night, Op. 4
STRAVINSKY Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
December 5, 6, 7, and 10, 1991, Orchestra Hall
BACH/Schoenberg Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552 (Saint Anne’s)
BERG Violin Concerto
Midori, violin
SCHOENBERG Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5
December 12, 13, 14, and 17, 1991, Orchestra Hall
RAN Chicago Skyline (world premiere)
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis, director
BARTÓK Cantata profana (December 12 and 17)
John Aler, tenor
John Tomlinson, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Margaret Hillis, director
STRAVINSKY Scherzo fantastique (December 13 and 14)
SCHOENBERG Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
RAVEL La valse
December 19, 20, and 22, 1991, Orchestra Hall
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
RAVEL Barque sur l’océan from Miroirs
BARTÓK The Wooden Prince, Op. 13
November 21, 1992, Orchestra Hall
BOULEZ Fanfare for the 80th Birthday of Sir Georg Solti (world premiere)
November 25, 27, 28, 29, and December 1, 1992, Orchestra Hall
STRAVINSKY Fireworks, Op. 4
STRAVINSKY Four Studies for Orchestra
CARTER Occasions
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
December 3, 4, 5, and 8, 1992, Orchestra Hall
BARTÓK Two Pictures, Op. 10
BARTÓK Dance Suite
RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major
Leon Fleisher, piano
MESSIAEN Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
December 10, 11, 12, and 15, 1992, Orchestra Hall
BARTÓK Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 12
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 5 in G Major, Op. 55
Dmitri Alexeev, piano
STRAVINSKY The Firebird
December 17, 18, and 19, 1992, Orchestra Hall
STRAVINSKY Chorale Variations on Vom Himmel hoch, da komm’ ich her
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
STRAVINSKY Agon
STRAVINSKY King of the Stars
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Cheryl Frazes Hill, director
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
November 26 and 27, 1993, Orchestra Hall
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1
Krystian Zimerman, piano
MAHLER Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
December 2, 4, and 7, 1993, Orchestra Hall
RANDS Tambourin No. 1
RANDS Tambourin No. 2
BARTÓK Bluebeard’s Castle
Jessye Norman, soprano
László Polgár, bass
Larry Russo, narrator
Friday, December 3, 1993, Orchestra Hall
RANDS Tambourin No. 1
RANDS Tambourin No. 2
MAHLER Symphony No. 6 in A Minor
December 9, 10, 11, and 14, 1993, Orchestra Hall
BARTÓK Divertimento for String Orchestra
BARTÓK Hungarian Sketches
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3
Olli Mustonen, piano
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole
RAVEL Boléro
November 25, 26, and 27, 1994, Orchestra Hall
WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1
WEBERN Six Pieces for Orchestra
DEBUSSY Rhapsody for Clarinet No. 1
Larry Combs, clarinet
BERIO Sinfonia
Swingle Singers
December 1, 2, 3, and 6, 1994, Orchestra Hall
STRAUSS Metamorphosen
WEBERN Five Movements, Op. 5
BARTÓK Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
December 8, 9, and 10, 1994, Orchestra Hall
MAHLER Symphony No. 7 in E Minor
December 15, 16, and 17, 1994, Orchestra Hall
BOULEZ Le visage nuptial
Laura Aikin, soprano
Lucy Shelton, soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Grant Gershon, chorus director
BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
March 30, 31, and April 1, 1995, Orchestra Hall
DEBUSSY Jeux
DEBUSSY Ibéria from Images
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1
Daniel Barenboim, piano
May 31, 1995, Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan
WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1
WEBERN Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1
Daniel Barenboim, piano
BERIO Sinfonia
Swingle Singers
November 24, 25, and 28, 1995, Orchestra Hall
STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Op. 28
DAVIDOVSKY Concertante for String Quartet and Orchestra
Samuel Magad, violin
Joseph Golan, violin
Charles Pikler, viola
John Sharp, cello
RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin
SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
November 30, December 1, 2, and 5, 1995, Orchestra Hall
MAHLER Symphony No. 9 in D Major
December 7, 8, 9, and 12, 1995, Orchestra Hall
DUKAS Fanfare and Poème dansé from La Péri
DEBUSSY La mer
VARÈSE Ionisation
VARÈSE Amériques
December 14, 15, and 16, 1995, Orchestra Hall
MANOURY Prelude and Wait (world premiere)
DEBUSSY Selections from The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
STRAVINSKY The Song of the Nightingale
RAVEL Piano Concerto the Left Hand in D Major
Leon Fleisher, piano
November 29, 30, and December 3, 1996, Orchestra Hall
VARÈSE Déserts
RAVEL Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
José van Dam, bass-baritone
RAVEL Mélodies populaires grecques
José van Dam, bass-baritone
MAHLER Three Rückert Lieder (Liebst du um Schönheit, Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft, Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen)
José van Dam, bass-baritone
MESSIAEN L’ascension
December 5, 6, 7, and 10, 1996, Orchestra Hall
STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments
SCRIABIN Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor, Op. 20
Anatol Ugorski, piano
SCRIABIN Prometheus, Op. 60
Anatol Ugorski, piano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
PROKOFIEV Scythian Suite, Op. 20
December 12, 13, 14, and 17, 1996, Orchestra Hall
THOMAS . . . words of the sea . . . (world premiere)
VARÈSE Arcana
STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
December 19, 20, and 21, 1996, Orchestra Hall
MAHLER Totenfeier
MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G Major
Juliane Banse, soprano
November 20, 21, 22, and 25, 1997, Orchestra Hall
SCHUBERT Hymnus an den Heiligen Geist, D. 948
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
SCHUBERT Nachtgesang im Walde, D. 913
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
Dale Clevenger, Norman Schweikert, Daniel Gingrich, David Griffin, Alice Render, horns
SCHUBERT Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D. 714
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
April 23, 24, 25, 26, and 28, 1998, Orchestra Hall
CARTER Clarinet Concerto (U.S. premiere)
John Bruce Yeh, clarinet
MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D Major
April 30, May 1, 2, and 5, 1998, Orchestra Hall
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
LIGETI Piano Concerto
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
MESSIAEN Oiseaux exotiques
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
ROUSSEL Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 42
November 27, 28, and December 1, 1998, Orchestra Hall
THOMAS Orbital Beacons (world premiere)
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
DEBUSSY La mer
December 3, 4, 5, and 8, 1998, Orchestra Hall
MESSIAEN Sourire
BARTÓK Rhapsody for Violin No. 1
Gil Shaham, violin
BARTÓK Rhapsody for Violin No. 2
Gil Shaham, violin
BERG Three Pieces from the Lyric Suite
STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements
December 10, 11, 12, and 15, 1998, Orchestra Hall
BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2
Gil Shaham, violin
BARTÓK The Wooden Prince, Op. 13
March 18, 19, and 20, 1999, Orchestra Hall
STRAVINSKY The Song of the Nightingale
DEBUSSY Sacred and Profane Dances
Sarah Bullen, harp
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
March 24 and 26, 1999, Orchestra Hall
April 1, 1999 (Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany)
SCHOENBERG Moses und Aron
David Pittman-Jennings, baritone
Chris Merritt, tenor
Carola Höhn, soprano
Stephan Rügamer, tenor
Antti Suhonen, bass-baritone
Kwangchul Youn, bass
Uta Priew, mezzo-soprano
Julia Bentley, soprano
Stacy Eckert, mezzo-soprano
Mary Zitnik, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Greenberg, baritone
Stephen Brett Hyberger, baritone
Ned Lott, baritone
Debra Schuerer-DeNoon, soprano
Jessie Raven, mezzo-soprano
Buffy Baggott, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Dymit, tenor
Paul Grizzell, bass
Peter Van de Graaff, bass
Angela Presutti, soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
Chicago Children’s Choir (March 24 and 26)
William Chin, director (March 24 and 26)
Aurelius Sängerknaben, Calw (April 1)
November 26, 27, and 30, 1999, Orchestra Hall
MANOURY Sound and Fury (world premiere)
STRAVINSKY Four Studies for Orchestra
STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Joanna MacGregor, piano
STRAUSS Suite from Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60
December 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, 1999, Orchestra Hall
WEBERN Five Movements, Op. 5
BOULEZ Livre pour cordes
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9 in D Minor
December 9, 10, and 11, 1999, Orchestra Hall
April 25 and 26, 2000, Philharmonie, Cologne, Germany
BERG Symphonic Pieces from Lulu
Christine Schäfer, soprano
DEBUSSY Jet d’eau from Poèmes de Baudelaire
Christine Schäfer, soprano
DEBUSSY Ballades de François Villon
Christine Schäfer, soprano
STRAVINSKY The Firebird
October 26, 27, and 28, 2000, Orchestra Hall
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major
November 2, 3, and 4, 2000, Orchestra Hall
STRAVINSKY Symphonies of Wind Instruments
STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, chorus director
JANÁCEK Glagolitic Mass
Elzbieta Szmytka, soprano
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Neill, tenor
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone
David Schrader, organ
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
May 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, 2001, Orchestra Hall
DALBAVIE Concertante il suono
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
November 8, 9, 10, and 13, 2001, Orchestra Hall
EÖTVÖS zeroPoints (U.S. premiere)
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1
Krystian Zimerman, piano
MUSSORGSKY/Ravel Pictures from an Exhibition
November 15, 16, and 17, 2001, Orchestra Hall
MAHLER Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (Resurrection)
Christine Brewer, soprano
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
November 29, 30, and December 3, 2002, Orchestra Hall
RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin
ROUSSEL Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 53
DEBUSSY Images
December 5, 6, and 7, 2002, Orchestra Hall
HAYDN Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major
SCHOENBERG Piano Concerto, Op. 42
Daniel Barenboim, piano
SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38
STRAUSS Burleske for Piano and Orchestra in D Minor, Op. 11
Daniel Barenboim, piano
December 12, 13, and 14, 2002, Orchestra Hall
BERLIOZ Requiem, Op. 5
Charles Castronovo, tenor
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
December 4, 5, and 7, 2003, Orchestra Hall
BARTÓK Divertimento for String Orchestra
LIGETI Chamber Concerto
MESSIAEN L’ascension
RAVEL Barque sur l’océan
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso
December 11, 12, and 13, 2003, Orchestra Hall
BERLIOZ Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Robert Holl, bass
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
February 3 and 4, 2005, Orchestra Hall
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1
Daniel Barenboim, piano
March 10, 11, and 12, 2005, Orchestra Hall
HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major (Drum Roll)
RANDS Cello Concerto
Johannes Moser, cello
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
March 17, 18, and 19, 2005, Orchestra Hall
BARTÓK Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 12
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, chorus director
BOULEZ Le visage nuptial
Françoise Pollet, soprano
Hilary Summers, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
March 25, 2005, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
March 31, 2005, National Philharmonic Hall, Budapest, Hungary
April 4, 2005, Royal Festival Hall, London, England
May 14, 2005, Carnegie Hall
BARTÓK Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 12
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 1
Daniel Barenboim, piano
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
March 28, 2005, Philharmonie, Essen, Germany
HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E-flat Major (Drum Roll)
BARTÓK Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 12
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
November 24, 25, and 28, 2006, Orchestra Hall
December 8, 2006, Carnegie Hall
MAHLER Symphony No. 7 in E Minor
November 30, December 1, 2, and 5, 2006, Orchestra Hall
December 10, 2006, Carnegie Hall
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
LIGETI Piano Concerto
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
December 3, 2006, Orchestra Hall (Beyond the Score)
December 9, 2006, Carnegie Hall (Sound Insights)
BARTÓK The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
January 31, February 1, and 2, 2008, Orchestra Hall
February 26, 2008, Carnegie Hall
BERIO Quatre dédicaces (Fanfara, Entrata, Festum, and Encore)
BERLIOZ Les nuits d’été, Op. 7
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
February 21, 22, and 23, 2008, Orchestra Hall
February 25, 2008, Carnegie Hall
PINTSCHER Osiris (world premiere)
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
DEBUSSY Images
March 1, 2008, Orchestra hall
BERIO Quatre dédicaces (Fanfara, Entrata, Festum, and Encore)
DEBUSSY Images
STRAVINSKY Petrushka
February 26, 27, 28, and March 3, 2009, Orchestra Hall
March 10, 2009, Carnegie Hall
STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements
STRAVINSKY Studies for Orchestra
CARTER Réflexions
VARÈSE Ionisation
VARÈSE Amériques
March 5, 6, and 7, 2009, Orchestra Hall
March 9, 2009, Carnegie Hall
JANÁCEK Sinfonietta
SZYMANOWSKI Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella
Roxana Constantinescu, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone
January 7, 8, 9, and 12, 2010, Orchestra Hall
January 27, 2010, Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan
January 30, 2010, Carnegie Hall
RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin
DALBAVIE Flute Concerto
Mathieu Dufour, flute
BARTÓK Bluebeard’s Castle
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Falk Struckman, bass-baritone
January 21, 22, and 23, 2010, Orchestra Hall
January 31, 2010, Carnegie Hall
BOULEZ Livre pour cordes
BARTÓK Concerto for Two Pianos and Percussion
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Tamara Stefanovich, piano
Cynthia Yeh, percussion
Vadim Karpinos, percussion
STRAVINSKY The Firebird
October 14, 15, 16, and 17, 2010, Orchestra Hall
WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1
MAHLER Symphony No. 7 in E Minor
November 26 and 27, 2010, Orchestra Hall
DEBUSSY Selections from The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
LIGETI Violin Concerto
Robert Chen, violin
RAVEL Ma mère l’oye Suite
DEBUSSY La mer
December 2, 3, and 4, 2010, Orchestra Hall
SCHOENBERG Transfigured Night, Op. 4
JANÁCEK Glagolitic Mass
Christine Brewer, soprano
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
Lance Ryan, tenor
Mikhail Petrenko, bass
Paul Jacobs, organ
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
